Romans 7

أَمْ تَجْهَلُونَ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ ­ لأَنِّي أُكَلِّمُ الْعَارِفِينَ بِالنَّامُوسِ ­ أَنَّ النَّامُوسَ يَسُودُ عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ مَا دَامَ حَيًّا؟

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?

فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ الَّتِي تَحْتَ رَجُل هِيَ مُرْتَبِطَةٌ بِالنَّامُوسِ بِالرَّجُلِ الْحَيِّ. وَلكِنْ إِنْ مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَدْ تَحَرَّرَتْ مِنْ نَامُوسِ الرَّجُلِ.

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.

فَإِذًا مَا دَامَ الرَّجُلُ حَيًّا تُدْعَى زَانِيَةً إِنْ صَارَتْ لِرَجُل آخَرَ. وَلكِنْ إِنْ مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ فَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ مِنَ النَّامُوسِ، حَتَّى إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ زَانِيَةً إِنْ صَارَتْ لِرَجُل آخَرَ.

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.

إِذًا يَا إِخْوَتِي أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا قَدْ مُتُّمْ لِلنَّامُوسِ بِجَسَدِ الْمَسِيحِ، لِكَيْ تَصِيرُوا لآخَرَ، لِلَّذِي قَدْ أُقِيمَ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ لِنُثْمِرَ ِللهِ.

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.

لأَنَّهُ لَمَّا كُنَّا فِي الْجَسَدِ كَانَتْ أَهْوَاءُ الْخَطَايَا الَّتِي بِالنَّامُوسِ تَعْمَلُ فِي أَعْضَائِنَا، لِكَيْ نُثْمِرَ لِلْمَوْتِ.

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.

وَأَمَّا الآنَ فَقَدْ تَحَرَّرْنَا مِنَ النَّامُوسِ، إِذْ مَاتَ الَّذِي كُنَّا مُمْسَكِينَ فِيهِ، حَتَّى نَعْبُدَ بِجِدَّةِ الرُّوحِ لاَ بِعِتْقِ الْحَرْفِ.

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.

فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ؟ هَلِ النَّامُوسُ خَطِيَّةٌ؟ حَاشَا! بَلْ لَمْ أَعْرِفِ الْخَطِيَّةَ إِلاَّ بِالنَّامُوسِ. فَإِنَّنِي لَمْ أَعْرِفِ الشَّهْوَةَ لَوْ لَمْ يَقُلِ النَّامُوسُ:«لاَ تَشْتَهِ».

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.

وَلكِنَّ الْخَطِيَّةَ وَهِيَ مُتَّخِذَةٌ فُرْصَةً بِالْوَصِيَّةِ أَنْشَأَتْ فِيَّ كُلَّ شَهْوَةٍ. لأَنْ بِدُونِ النَّامُوسِ الْخَطِيَّةُ مَيِّتَةٌ.

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

أَمَّا أَنَا فَكُنْتُ بِدُونِ النَّامُوسِ عَائِشًا قَبْلاً. وَلكِنْ لَمَّا جَاءَتِ الْوَصِيَّةُ عَاشَتِ الْخَطِيَّةُ، فَمُتُّ أَنَا،

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

فَوُجِدَتِ الْوَصِيَّةُ الَّتِي لِلْحَيَاةِ هِيَ نَفْسُهَا لِي لِلْمَوْتِ.

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

لأَنَّ الْخَطِيَّةَ، وَهِيَ مُتَّخِذَةٌ فُرْصَةً بِالْوَصِيَّةِ، خَدَعَتْنِي بِهَا وَقَتَلَتْنِي.

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

إِذًا النَّامُوسُ مُقَدَّسٌ، وَالْوَصِيَّةُ مُقَدَّسَةٌ وَعَادِلَةٌ وَصَالِحَةٌ.

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

فَهَلْ صَارَ لِي الصَّالِحُ مَوْتًا؟ حَاشَا! بَلِ الْخَطِيَّةُ. لِكَيْ تَظْهَرَ خَطِيَّةً مُنْشِئَةً لِي بِالصَّالِحِ مَوْتًا، لِكَيْ تَصِيرَ الْخَطِيَّةُ خَاطِئَةً جِدًّا بِالْوَصِيَّةِ.

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.

فَإِنَّنَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ النَّامُوسَ رُوحِيٌّ، وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَجَسَدِيٌّ مَبِيعٌ تَحْتَ الْخَطِيَّةِ.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

لأَنِّي لَسْتُ أَعْرِفُ مَا أَنَا أَفْعَلُهُ، إِذْ لَسْتُ أَفْعَلُ مَا أُرِيدُهُ، بَلْ مَا أُبْغِضُهُ فَإِيَّاهُ أَفْعَلُ.

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

فَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَفْعَلُ مَا لَسْتُ أُرِيدُهُ، فَإِنِّي أُصَادِقُ النَّامُوسَ أَنَّهُ حَسَنٌ.

If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

فَالآنَ لَسْتُ بَعْدُ أَفْعَلُ ذلِكَ أَنَا، بَلِ الْخَطِيَّةُ السَّاكِنَةُ فِيَّ.

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

فَإِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ سَاكِنٌ فِيَّ، أَيْ فِي جَسَدِي، شَيْءٌ صَالِحٌ. لأَنَّ الإِرَادَةَ حَاضِرَةٌ عِنْدِي، وَأَمَّا أَنْ أَفْعَلَ الْحُسْنَى فَلَسْتُ أَجِدُ.

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.

لأَنِّي لَسْتُ أَفْعَلُ الصَّالِحَ الَّذِي أُرِيدُهُ، بَلِ الشَّرَّ الَّذِي لَسْتُ أُرِيدُهُ فَإِيَّاهُ أَفْعَلُ.

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

فَإِنْ كُنْتُ مَا لَسْتُ أُرِيدُهُ إِيَّاهُ أَفْعَلُ، فَلَسْتُ بَعْدُ أَفْعَلُهُ أَنَا، بَلِ الْخَطِيَّةُ السَّاكِنَةُ فِيَّ.

Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

إِذًا أَجِدُ النَّامُوسَ لِي حِينَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ الْحُسْنَى أَنَّ الشَّرَّ حَاضِرٌ عِنْدِي.

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

فَإِنِّي أُسَرُّ بِنَامُوسِ اللهِ بِحَسَبِ الإِنْسَانِ الْبَاطِنِ.

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

وَلكِنِّي أَرَى نَامُوسًا آخَرَ فِي أَعْضَائِي يُحَارِبُ نَامُوسَ ذِهْنِي، وَيَسْبِينِي إِلَى نَامُوسِ الْخَطِيَّةِ الْكَائِنِ فِي أَعْضَائِي.

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.

وَيْحِي أَنَا الإِنْسَانُ الشَّقِيُّ! مَنْ يُنْقِذُنِي مِنْ جَسَدِ هذَا الْمَوْتِ؟

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

أَشْكُرُ اللهَ بِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ رَبِّنَا! إِذًا أَنَا نَفْسِي بِذِهْنِي أَخْدِمُ نَامُوسَ اللهِ، وَلكِنْ بِالْجَسَدِ نَامُوسَ الْخَطِيَّةِ.

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.