Pāvilavēstulē Romiešiem 7
1 Jeb vai jūs nezināt, brāļi (jo es runāju ar tiem, kas bauslību zin), ka bauslība valda pār cilvēku, kamēr tas dzīvo?
Surely, friends, you know (for I am speaking to people who know what Law means) that Law has power over a person only as long as they lives.
2 Jo laulāta sieva caur bauslību ir piesieta pie vīra, kamēr tas dzīvs; bet kad vīrs miris, tad viņa ir atsvabināta no tā vīra bauslības.
For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband while he is living; but, if her husband dies, she is set free from the law that bound her to him.
3 Tad nu viņa taps saukta laulības pārkāpēja, kad viņa, kamēr vīrs dzīvs, pie cita vīra turas; bet ja vīrs miris, tad viņa ir svabada no tās bauslības, tā ka viņa nav vis laulības pārkāpēja, kad viņa iet pie cita vīra.
If, then, during her husband’s lifetime, she unites herself to another man, she will be called an adulteress; but, if her husband dies, the law has no further hold on her, nor, if she unites herself to another man, is she an adulteress.
4 Tā, mani brāļi, arī jūs bauslībai esat nonāvēti caur Kristus miesu, ka jums būs turēties pie cita, pie Tā, kas no miroņiem ir uzmodināts, lai Dievam augļus nesam.
And so with you, my friends; as far as the Law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives might bear fruit for God.
5 Jo kad mēs miesā bijām, tad grēku kārības caur bauslību mūsu locekļos bija spēcīgas, nāvei augļus nest.
When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for death.
6 Bet tagad mēs no tās bauslības, kur tapām turēti, esam atsvabināti un tai nomiruši, tā ka mēs kalpojam atjaunotā garā un ne vecā raksta būšanā.
But now we are set free from the Law, because we are dead to that which once kept us under restraint; and so we serve under new, spiritual conditions, and not under old, written regulations.
7 Ko nu lai sakām? Vai bauslība ir grēks? Nemaz ne! Bet grēku es nepazinu kā vien caur bauslību. Jo iekārošanu es nezinātu, ja bauslība nesacītu: tev nebūs iekāroties.
What are we to say, then? That Law and sin are the same thing? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, I should not have learned what sin is, had not it been for Law. If the Law did not say “You must not covet,” I should not know what it is to covet.
8 Bet grēks, caur bausli pamodināts, cēla iekš manis visādu iekārošanu. Jo bez bauslības grēks ir nedzīvs.
But sin took advantage of the commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.
9 Un es citkārt dzīvoju bez bauslības, bet kad bauslis nāca, tad grēks palika dzīvs.
There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!
10 Bet es nomiru, un atradās, ka tas bauslis man uz nāvi izdevās, kas man bija dots uz dzīvību.
The commandment that should have meant life I found to result in death!
11 Jo grēks caur bausli pamodināts mani ir pievīlis un caur to pašu nokāvis.
Sin took advantage of the commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my death.
12 Tad jau bauslība gan ir svēta, un bauslis gan ir svēts un taisns un labs.
And so the Law is holy, and each commandment is also holy, and just, and good.
13 Vai tad tas, kas ir labs, man palicis par nāvi? Nemaz ne! Bet grēks, - lai tas parādītos kā grēks, kas caur to, kas labs, man padara nāvi, lai grēks paliktu pārlieku grēcīgs caur bausli.
Did, then, a thing, which in itself was good, involve death in my case? Heaven forbid! It was sin that involved death; so that, by its use of what I regarded as good to bring about my death, its true nature might appear; and in this way the commandment showed how intensely sinful sin is.
14 Jo mēs zinām, ka bauslība ir garīga; bet es esmu miesīgs, pārdots apakš grēka.
We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am earthly – sold into slavery to sin.
15 Jo es nezinu, ko es daru; jo to es nedaru, ko gribu; bet ko es ienīstu, to es daru.
I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the thing that I hate.
16 Bet ja es daru, ko negribu, tad es apliecināju, bauslību esam labu.
But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the Law is right.
17 Bet tagad es vairs to nedaru, bet tas grēks, kas iekš manis mīt.
This being so, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is within me.
18 Jo es zinu, ka iekš manis (tas ir manā miesā) labums nemīt; jo gribēt gan gribu labu darīt, bet spēt nespēju.
I know that there is nothing good in me – I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy.
19 Jo to labu, ko gribu, es nedaru; bet to ļaunu, ko negribu, to es daru.
I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do – that I habitually do.
20 Bet ja es to daru, ko negribu, tad es to vairs nedaru, bet tas grēks, kas iekš manis mīt.
But, when I do the thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is within me.
21 Tad nu šo likumu atrodu, ka man gribot to labu darīt ļaunums pielīp.
This, then, is the law that I find – when I want to do right, wrong presents itself!
22 Jo man ir labs prāts pie Dieva bauslības pēc tā iekšējā cilvēka.
At heart I delight in the Law of God;
23 Bet es redzu citu bauslību savos locekļos pret mana prāta bauslību karojam un mani gūstītu novedam apakš grēka bauslības, kas ir manos locekļos.
but throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavours to make me a prisoner to that law of sin which exists throughout my body.
24 Es nabaga cilvēks, kas mani izraus no šīs nāves miesas.
Miserable man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body that is bringing me to this death?
25 Es Dievam pateicos caur Jēzu Kristu, mūsu Kungu. Tad nu es pats ar savu prātu kalpoju Dieva bauslībai, bet ar savu miesu grēka bauslībai.
Thank God, there is deliverance through Jesus Christ, our Lord! Well then, for myself, with my reason I serve the Law of God, but with my earthly nature the Law of sin.
