Eller vet dere ikke, brødre — jeg taler til dem som kjenner loven — at loven har herredømme over et menneske så lenge det lever?

Do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a person as long as they live?

For en gift kvinne er ved lov bundet til sin levende ektemann; men hvis mannen dør, er hun løst fra loven som bandt henne til ham.

For a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.

Derfor, mens hennes ektemann lever, skal hun kalles en horkvinne hvis hun blir en annen manns; men hvis ektemannen dør, er hun fri fra loven, så hun ikke er en horkvinne hvis hun blir en annen manns.

Consequently, while her husband is still alive, she would be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so she would not be an adulteress by becoming another man’s wife.

Så, mine brødre, har også dere ved Kristi legeme blitt drept til loven for å tilhøre en annen, han som er oppreist fra de døde, for at vi skulle bære frukt for Gud.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—in order that we might bear fruit for God.

For da vi var i kjødet, virket syndens lidenskaper som ble vekket av loven i våre lemmer for å bære frukt til døden.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

Men nå er vi løst fra loven, etter å ha dødd fra det som holdt oss fanget, slik at vi tjener i Åndens nye vesen, og ikke i bokstavens gamle vesen.

But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

Hva skal vi da si? Er loven synd? Slett ikke! Men jeg ville ikke ha kjent synden, hvis ikke ved loven. For jeg ville ikke ha visst hva begjær var, hvis ikke loven sa: Du skal ikke begjære.

What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

Men synden grep en mulighet gjennom budet og virket i meg alle slags begjær. For uten loven er synden død.

But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.

Jeg levde uten lov en gang, men da budet kom, våknet synden til liv.

At one time I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died.

Men jeg døde, og budet som skulle gi liv, viste seg for meg å føre til død.

I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

For synden grep en mulighet gjennom budet, bedrager meg og drepte meg ved det.

For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

Så er da loven hellig, og budet hellig, rettferdig og godt.

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Har da det gode blitt til død for meg? Slett ikke! Men synden, for at den skulle vise seg å være synd, virket død i meg gjennom det gode, så synden kunne bli ufattelig syndig gjennom budet.

Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.

For vi vet at loven er åndelig, men jeg er kjødelig og solgt under synden.

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

For det jeg gjør, forstår jeg ikke: For det jeg vil, gjør jeg ikke, men det jeg hater, det gjør jeg.

For I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate, I do.

Og hvis jeg gjør det jeg ikke vil, er jeg enig med loven at den er god.

And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

Så er det ikke lenger jeg som gjør det, men synden som bor i meg.

As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjød, bor intet godt: Viljen finnes hos meg, men å gjøre det gode, finner jeg ikke.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

For det gode jeg vil, gjør jeg ikke; men det onde som jeg ikke vil, det gjør jeg.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

Men hvis jeg gjør det jeg ikke vil, er det ikke lenger jeg som gjør det, men synden som bor i meg.

Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

Jeg finner altså denne loven: Når jeg vil gjøre det gode, ligger det onde ved meg.

So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

For jeg har en glede i Guds lov etter det indre menneske.

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;

Men jeg ser en annen lov i mine lemmer, som strider mot loven i mitt sinn og tar meg til fange under syndens lov som er i mine lemmer.

but I see another law at work in my members, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.

Jeg elendige menneske! Hvem skal fri meg fra dette dødens legeme?

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Jeg takker Gud ved Jesus Kristus vår Herre! Så tjener jeg da selv Guds lov med mitt sinn, men syndens lov med kjødet.

Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.