VARHOMA 7

Ku fananisela hi swa vukati

1 Xana a mi tivi, vamakwerhu (ndzi vulavula ni lava tivaka nawu), leswaku nawu wu fuma munhu hi nkarhi lowu a hanyaka xana? 2 Swi fana ni wansati la tekiweke: Ú bohekile eka nuna wa yena hi nawu, loko nuna a ha hanya; kambe loko nuna a file, wansati loyi ú ntshunxekile enawini lowu a wu n'wi boha eka nuna wa yena.

3 Hikokwalaho, loko a tekana ni wanuna un'wana, kasi nuna wa yena wa ha hanya, ú ta vuriwa muoswi; kambe loko nuna wa yena a file, ú ntshunxekile enawini; swi vula leswaku loko a tekana ni wanuna un'wana, a nga ka a nga vuriwi muoswi.
4 Swi nga leswi ke, vamakwerhu, na n'wina mi file hi tlhelo ra Nawu, hikuva mi endla miri wun'we na Kriste;t swi vula leswaku mi va un'wana, a nga yena loyi a pfuxiweke exikarhi ka vafi leswaku hi tswala mihandzu leyi tsakisaka Xikwembu. 5 Hikuva, loko ha ha hanyela swa ntumbuluko wa hina, ku navela loku nga na ku dyoha, loku a ku pfuxiwa hi mhaka ya Nawu, a ku tirha eswirhweni swa hina, kutani mihandzu ya kona a ku ri ku fa.

6 Kambe sweswi hi ntshunxiwile eNawini, leswi hi nga fa hi tlhelo ra leswi a hi bohiwile hi swona khale; hikokwa laho ke, hi tirhela Xikwembu hi ndlela leyintshwa ya Moya, ku nga ri hi leya khale ya leswi tsariweke eNawini.

Ta Nawu ni ku dyoha

8 Kambe ku dyoha ku kumile ndlela hi mhaka ya xileriso, kutani ku pfuxile ku navela ka tinxaka-xaka endzeni ka mina; hikuva ehandle ka Nawu, ku dyoha ku file.
9 Khale, a ndzi ri la hanyaka, ndzi nga ri ehansi ka Nawu; kambe hi ku ta ka xileriso, ku dyoha ku pfuka ku hanya, kutani mina ndzi fa. 10 Ku kumeka leswaku xileriso lexi a xi ri xo ndzi hanyisa, xi hundzukile xo ndzi lovisa. 11 tHikuva ku dyoha ku kumile ndlela hi mhaka ya xileriso, kutani ku ndzi xisile, ni ku ndzi dlaya hikwalaho ka xileriso lexi.

12 Hikokwalaho ke, nawu hi woxe wu hlawulekile, na xona xileriso xi hlawulekile, xi lulamile, hi lexinene.

13 Loko swi ri tano, xana xilo lexinene, hi xona lexi nga ndzi vangela rifu xana? Niswitsanana! Kambe i ku dyoha, leswaku ku dyoha loku ku tikomba leswi ku nga swona; kutani ku ndzi vangele rifu hi ku tirhisa xilo lexinene; a swi ri leswaku, hi mhaka ya xileriso, ku dyoha ku kombisisa swinene ku biha ka kona.

Ku dyoha ku fuma munhu

25 A ku nkhensiwe Xikwembu ha Yesu Kriste, Hosi ya hina!
Ku hetisela emhakeni leyi, ndzi nga ku: Mina hi ndzexe, hambi ndzi tirhela Nawu wa Xikwembu hi mianakanyo ya mina, hi ntumbuluko wa mina wa laha misaveni ndzi tirhela nawu wa ku dyoha.

Romans 7

1 Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth?2 For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.3 So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:8 but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.9 And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;10 and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:11 for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.12 So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.13 Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; --that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.15 For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.16 But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.19 For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.20 But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.21 I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.24 Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.