Romans 7

1 Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?

1 Eller vide I ikke, Brødre! (thi jeg taler til sådanne, som kender Loven) at Loven hersker over Mennesket, så lang Tid han lever?

2 For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

2 Den gifte Kvinde er jo ved Loven bunden til sin Mand, medens han lever; men når Manden dør, er hun løst fra Mandens Lov.

3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

3 Derfor skal hun kaldes en Horkvinde, om hun bliver en anden Mands, medens Manden lever: men når Manden dør, er hun fri fra den Lov, så at hun ikke er en Horkvinde, om hun bliver en anden Mands.

4 Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

4 Altså ere også I, mine Brødre! gjorte døde for Loven ved Kristi Legeme*, for at I skulle blive en andens, hans, som blev oprejst fra de døde, for at vi skulle bære Frugt for Gud. { [*ved den Død, Kristus led på sit Legeme.] }

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

5 Thi da vi vare i Kødet*, vare de syndige Lidenskaber, som vaktes ved Loven, virksomme i vore Lemmer til at bære Frugt for Døden, { [*d. e. før vi bleve Kristne. K. 6, 21.] }

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

6 Men nu ere vi løste fra Loven, idet vi ere bortdøde fra det, hvori vi holdtes nede, så at vi tjene i Åndens nye Væsen og ikke i Bogstavens gamle Væsen.

7 What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

7 Hvad skulle vi da sige? er Loven Synd? Det være langt fra! Men jeg kendte ikke Synden uden ved Loven; thi jeg kendte jo ikke Begæringen, hvis ikke Loven sagde: “Du må ikke begære.”

8 But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

8 Men da Synden fik Anledning, virkede den ved Budet al Begæring i mig; thi uden Lov er Synden død.

9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

9 Og jeg levede engang uden Lov, men da Budet kom, levede Synden op;

10 So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

10 men jeg døde, og Budet, som var til Liv, det fandtes at blive mig til Død;

11 For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

11 thi idet Synden fik Anledning, forførte den mig ved Budet og dræbte mig ved det.

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

12 Altså er Loven vel hellig, og Budet helligt og retfærdigt og godt.

13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

13 Blev da det gode mig til Død? Det være langt fra! Men Synden blev det, for at den skulde vise sig som Synd, idet den ved det gode virkede Død for mig, for at Synden ved Budet skulde blive overvættes syndig.

14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

14 Thi vi vide, at Loven er åndelig; men jeg er kødelig, solgt under Synden.

15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

15 Thi jeg forstår ikke, hvad jeg udfører; thi ikke det, som jeg vil, øver jeg, men hvad jeg hader, det gør jeg.

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

16 Men når jeg gør det, jeg ikke vil, så samstemmer jeg med Loven i, at den er god.

17 In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

17 Men nu er det ikke mere mig, som udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.

18 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.

18 Thi jeg ved, at i mig, det vil sige i mit Kød, bor der ikke godt; thi Villien har jeg vel, men at udføre det gode formår jeg ikke;

19 For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.

19 thi det gode, som jeg vil, det gør jeg ikke; men det onde, som jeg ikke vil, det øver jeg.

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

20 Dersom jeg da gør det, som jeg ikke vil, så er det ikke mere mig, der udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.

21 So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

21 Så finder jeg da den Lov for mig, som vil gøre det gode, at det onde ligger mig for Hånden.

22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

22 Thi jeg glæder mig ved Guds Lov efter det indvortes Menneske;

23 But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.

23 men jeg ser en anden Lov i mine Lemmer, som strider imod mit Sinds Lov og tager mig fangen under Syndens Lov, som er i mine Lemmer.

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

24 Jeg elendige Menneske! hvem skal fri mig fra dette Dødens Legeme?

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

25 Gud ske Tak ved Jesus Kristus, vor Herre! Altså: jeg selv tjener med Sindet Guds Lov, men med Kødet Syndens Lov.