VaRoma 7

¹Hamuzivi here, hama dzangu, (nokuti ndinotaura navanhu vanoziva murairo), kuti murairo unobata munhu nguva yose yovupenyu bwake?Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

²Nokuti mukadzi, unomurume, wakasungwa nomurairo kumurume wake, iye achiri mupenyu; asi kana murume afa, wasunungurwa pamurairo womurume.For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

³Naizvozvo zvino kana akawanikwa nomumwe murume, murume wake achiri mupenyu, uchanzi chifeve asi kana murume wake afa,wasununguka pamurairo, zvino haazi chifeve kunyange akawanikwa nomumwe murume.So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

⁴Saka, hama dzangu nemi vo makaitwa vakafa kumurairo nomuviri waKristu; kuti muve womumwe, iye wakamutswa pavakafa, kuti tiberekere Mwari zvibereko.Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

⁵Nokuti panguva iyo tichiri munyama, kuchiva kwezvivi, kwakamutswa nomurairo, kwakabata mumitezo yedu kuti kubereke zvibereko zvinoisa kurufu.For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

⁶Asi zvino takasunungurwa pamurairo, takafa kunaizvozvo zvatakanga takasungwa nazvo; naizvozvo tinobatira Mwari nomweya mutsva, tisingabatiri nezvakanyorwa zvakare.But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

⁷Zvino tichatiyiko? Murairo zvivi here? Haiswa! Asi handizaiziva zvivi kana murairo usipo; nokuti handizaiziva kuchiva, kana murairo usina kuti: Usachiva;What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

⁸zvino zvivi zvakawana nzira nomurairo, zvikaita mandiri mitovo yose yokuchiva; nokuti kunze kwomurairo zvivi zvakafa.But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

⁹Ini ndaiva mupenyu kare kunze kwomurairo, asi mutemo uchizosvika, zvivi zvakamuka, ini ndikafa;For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

¹⁰nomutemo iwo waifanira kuisa muvupenyu, ndakauwana uchiisa kurufu;And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

¹¹nokuti zvivi zvakawana nzira nomutemo, zvikandinyengera zvikandivuraya nawo.For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

¹²Naizvozvo murairo mutsvene, nomutemo mutsvene, wakarurama, wakanaka.Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

¹³Ko zvino zvakanaka zvakazova rufu kwandiri here? Haiswa! Asi ndizvo zvivi, kuti zviratidzwe kuti zvivi, zvakandiitira rufu nezvakanaka; kuti nomutemo zvivi zvive zvakaipa kwazvokwazvo.Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

¹⁴Nokuti tinoziva kuti murairo ndowomweya; asi ini ndiri wenyama, ndakatengeswa pasi pezvivi.For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

¹⁵Nokuti zvandinoita handizvizivi; nokuti zvandinoita hazvizi izvo zvandinoda; zvandinoda; handizvo zvandinoita; asi zvandinovenga ndizvo zvandinoita..For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

¹⁶Zvino kana ndichiita izvo zvandisingadi, ndinobvumira kuti murairo wakanaka.If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

¹⁷Zvino handizati ndichiri ini ndinozviita, asi zvivi zvinogara mandiri.Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

¹⁸Nokuti ndinoziva kuti mukati mangu, imo munyama yangu, hamugari chinhu chakanaka; nokuti kuda kuripo kwandiri, asi kuita zvakanaka hakupo.For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

¹⁹Nokuti zvakanaka, zvandinoda, handizviiti; asi zvakaipa, zvandisingadi, ndizvo zvandinoita.For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

²⁰Zvino kana ndichiita zvandisingadi, handisini ndinozviita, asi zvivi zvinogara mandiri.Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

²¹Naizvozvo ndinowana murairo uyu kuti kana ndichida kuita zvakanaka, zvakaipa zviripo kwandiri.I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

²²Nokuti ndinofarira murairo waMwari nomunhu womukati;For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

²³asi ndinovona mumwe murairo pamitezo yangu, unorwa nomurairo womurangariro wangu, unonditapira kumurairo wezvivi uri pamitezo yangu.But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

²⁴Ndiri munhu uri pakutambudzika! Ndianiko uchandisunungura pamuviri worufu urwu?O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

²⁵Mwari ngaavongwe, naJesu Kristu, Ishe wedu. Naizvozvo nomurangariro ndinobatira Mwari, asi nenyama murairo wezvivi.I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.