Pāvilavēstulē Romiešiem 6
1 Ko nu lai sakām? Vai mums grēkā būs palikt, lai žēlastība vairojās?
What are we to say, then? Are we to continue to sin, in order that God’s loving kindness may be multiplied?
2 Nemaz ne! Kā mēs, kas grēkam esam miruši, iekš tā vēl gribētu dzīvot?
Heaven forbid! We became dead to sin, so how can we go on living in it?
3 Jeb vai jūs nezināt, ka, cik no mums ir kristīti uz Kristu Jēzu, tie uz Viņa nāvi ir kristīti?
Or can it be that you do not know that all of us, who were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, in our baptism shared his death?
4 Tad nu mēs līdz ar Viņu caur kristību esam aprakti nāvē, lai, kā Kristus ir uzmodināts no miroņiem caur Tā Tēva godību, tāpat arī mēs staigājam atjaunotā dzīvībā.
Consequently, through sharing his death in our baptism, we were buried with him; so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by a manifestation of the Father’s power, so we also may live a new life.
5 Jo ja mēs esam dēstīti līdzīgā nāvē ar Viņu, tad arī augšāmcelšanā Viņam būsim līdzīgi,
If we have become united with him by the act symbolic of his death, surely we will also become united with him by the act symbolic of his resurrection.
6 To zinādami, ka mūsu vecais cilvēks līdz ir krustā sists, lai grēcīgā miesa iznīkst, ka mēs grēkam vairs nekalpojam.
We recognise the truth that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the body, the stronghold of sin, might be rendered powerless, so that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
7 Jo, kas nomiris, tas ir taisnots no grēka.
For the man who has so died has been pronounced righteous and released from sin.
8 Bet ja mēs ar Kristu esam miruši, tad ticam, ka ar Viņu arī dzīvosim,
And our belief is, that, as we have shared Christ’s death, we will also share his life.
9 Zinādami, ka Kristus no miroņiem uzmodināts vairs nemirst; nāve pār Viņu vairs nevalda.
We know, indeed, that Christ, having once risen from the dead, will not die again. Death has power over him no longer.
10 Jo ko Viņš miris, to Viņš grēkam nomiris vienreiz; bet ko Viņš dzīvo, to Viņš dzīvo Dievam.
For the death that he died was a death to sin, once and for all. But the life that he now lives, he lives for God.
11 Tāpat turaties arī jūs, ka grēkam esat nomiruši, bet dzīvojiet Dievam iekš Kristus Jēzus, mūsu Kunga.
So let it be with you – regard yourselves as dead to sin, but as living for God, through union with Christ Jesus.
12 Tad nu lai grēks nevalda jūsu mirstamā miesā, paklausīt viņas kārībām;
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies and compel you to obey its cravings.
13 Nedz padodiet savus locekļus grēkam par netaisnības ieročiem; bet padodiet sevi pašus Dievam, tā kā no miroņiem dzīvus, un savus locekļus Dievam par taisnības ieročiem.
Do not offer any part of your bodies to sin, in the cause of unrighteousness, but once for all offer yourselves to God (as those who, though once dead, now have life), and devote every part of your bodies to the cause of righteousness.
14 Jo grēks pār jums nevaldīs; jo jūs neesat apakš bauslības, bet apakš žēlastības.
For sin will not lord it over you. You are living under the reign, not of Law, but of love.
15 Ko nu? Vai mums būs grēkot, tāpēc ka neesam apakš bauslības, bet apakš žēlastības? Ne mūžam!
What follows, then? Are we to sin because we are living under the reign of love and not of Law? Heaven forbid!
16 Vai nezināt, ka jūs tam esat kalpi, kam padodaties par kalpiem uz paklausību, paklausīdami, vai grēkam uz nāvi, vai paklausībai uz taisnību?
Surely you know that when you offer yourselves as servants, to obey anyone, you are the servants of the person whom you obey, whether the service be a service to sin which leads to death, or a service to duty which leads to righteousness.
17 Bet gods Dievam, ka jūs, kas bijuši grēka kalpi, no sirds dziļuma esat palikuši paklausīgi tai mācības priekšzīmei, uz ko esat nodoti,
God be thanked that, though you were once servants of sin, yet you learned to give hearty obedience to that form of doctrine under which you were placed.
18 Un atsvabināti no grēka esat palikuši par kalpiem taisnībai.
Set free from the control of sin, you became servants to righteousness.
19 Es runāju cilvēcīgi jūsu miesas vājības dēļ; jo tā kā jūs savus locekļus bijāt padevuši kalpot nešķīstībai un netaisnībai uz netaisniem darbiem, tāpat padodiet tagad savus locekļus, kalpot taisnībai uz svētiem darbiem.
I can but speak as people do because of the weakness of your earthly nature. Once you offered every part of your bodies to the service of impurity, and of wickedness, which leads to further wickedness. Now, in the same way, offer them to the service of righteousness, which leads to holiness.
20 Jo kad jūs bijāt grēka kalpi, tad jūs bijāt svabadi no taisnības.
While you were still servants of sin, you were free as regards righteousness.
21 Kāds auglis tad jums to brīdi bija? Tāds, par ko jūs tagad kaunaties; jo viņa gals ir nāve.
But what were the fruits that you reaped from those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of such things is death.
22 Bet tagad, kad jūs no grēka esat atsvabināti un Dievam kalpojat, tad jums ir savs auglis, ka paliekat svēti; bet tas gals ir mūžīga dzīvošana. (aiōnios g166)
But now that you have been set free from the control of sin, and have become servants to God, the fruit that you reap is an ever increasing holiness, and the end eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
