1 C hristian brothers, I am sure you understand what I am going to say. You know all about the Law. The Law has power over a man as long as he lives.

Mise ma waydaan ogayn, walaalayaalow, in sharcigu nin u taliyo intuu nool yahay oo keliya? (Waxaan la hadlayaa dadka sharciga yaqaan.)

2 A married woman is joined by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if he dies, she is free from the law that joined her to him.

Naagtii nin luhu sharcigay ugu xidhan tahay ninkeeda intuu nool yahay, laakiinse mar haddii ninku dhinto, way ka furan tahay sharcigii ninka.

3 I f she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is sinning by not being faithful in marriage. If her husband dies, she is free from the law that joined her to him. After that she can marry someone else. She does not sin if she marries another man.

Sidaas daraaddeed inta ninkeedu nool yahay, hadday nin kale naag u noqoto, waxaa loogu yeedhi doonaa dhillo, laakiinse ninkeedu hadduu dhinto, sharciga way ka furan tahay, oo sidaas daraaddeed dhillo ma aha in kastoo ay nin kale naag u noqoto.

4 M y Christian brothers, that is the way it is with you. You were under the power of the Law. But now you are dead to it because you are joined to another. You are joined to Christ Who was raised from the dead. This is so we may be what God wants us to be. Our lives are to give fruit for Him.

Sidaas daraaddeed, walaalahayow, jidhkii Masiixa baa meyd idinka dhigay xagga sharciga, in mid kale idin lahaado, oo ah kii kuwii dhintay laga sara kiciyey inaynu Ilaah midho u soo bixinno.

5 W hen we lived to please our bodies, those sinful desires were pulling at us all the time. We always wanted to do what the Law said not to do. Living that kind of life brings death,

Waayo, markii aynu jidhka ku dhex jirnay, damacyadii dembiyada ee sharciga ka yimid waxay ka dhex shaqaynayeen xubnaheenna inay midho u soo bixiyaan dhimasho.

6 b ut now we are free from the Law. We are dead to sin that once held us in its power. No longer do we follow the Law which is the old way. We now follow the new way, the way of the Spirit.

Laakiinse haatan sharcigii waa laynaga furay, innagoo ka dhimannay wixii aynu ku hoos xidhnayn, si aynu ugu adeegno cusaybka ruuxa ee aynaan ugu adeegin gabowga qorniinka. Sharciga Iyo Dembiga

7 T hen what are we saying? Is the Law sinful? No, not at all! But it was the Law that showed me what sin is. I did not know it was sin to follow wrong desires, but the Law said, “You must not follow wrong desires.”

Haddaba maxaynu nidhaahnaa? Sharcigu ma dembi baa? Ma suurtowdo! Hase ahaatee, dembi ma aanan garteen, sharcigaan ku gartay mooyaane, damaca xun ma aanan garteen haddaan sharcigu i odhan, Waa inaadan wax damcin.

8 T he Law made me know how much I was sinning. It showed me how I had a desire for all kinds of things. For without the Law, sin is dead.

Dembigu, isagoo wakhti helay, ayuu amarka dhexdayda kaga falay damac xun oo kasta; waayo, sharciga la'aantiis dembigu waa meyd.

9 I was once alive. That was when I did not know what the Law said I had to do. Then I found that I had broken the Law. I knew I was a sinner. Death was mine because of the Law.

Waa baan noolaa sharciga la'aantiis, laakiin markii amarku yimid, dembigu waa soo noolaaday, aniguna waan dhintay.

10 T he Law was supposed to give me new life. Instead, it gave me death.

Amarkii nolosha ii geeyn lahaa, waxaan gartay inuu dhimasho ii geeynayo.

11 S in found a way to trap me by working through the Law. Then sin killed me by using the Law.

Waayo, dembigu, isagoo wakhti helay, ayuu amarka igu khiyaaneeyey, wuuna igu dilay.

12 T he Law is holy. Each one of the Laws is holy and right and good.

Haddabase sharcigu waa quduus, amarkuna waa quduus, waana xaq, wuuna wanaagsan yahay.

13 T hen does it mean that the Law, which is good, brought death to me? No, not at all! It was sin that did it. Sin brought death to me by the Law that is good. In that way, sin was shown to be what it is. So because of the Law, sin becomes much more sinful.

Haddaba wixii wanaagsanaa miyey dhimasho ii noqdeen? Ma suurtowdo! Laakiin dembigu, inuu muuqdo inuu dembi yahay, ayuu wax wanaagsan igaga dhex shaqeeyey oo dhimasho ii keenay, in dembigu amarka ku noqdo dembi miidhan. Dadka Labadiisa Dabci

14 W e know that the Law is right and good, but I am a person who does what is wrong and bad. I am not my own boss. Sin is my boss.

Waayo, waxaynu og nahay in sharcigu ku saabsan yahay ruuxa, laakiinse anigu waxaan ahay mid jidhka raaca oo lagu iibiyey dembiga hoostiisa.

15 I do not understand myself. I want to do what is right but I do not do it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate.

Waayo, waxaan samaynayo garan maayo, maxaa yeelay, ma sameeyo wixii aan doonayo, laakiin waxaan sameeyaa wixii aan necbahay.

16 W hen I do the thing I do not want to do, it shows me that the Law is right and good.

Laakiin haddaan sameeyo waxa aanan doonayn, de markaas waxaan gartay in sharcigu wanaagsan yahay.

17 S o I am not doing it. Sin living in me is doing it.

Haddabase haatan ma aha aniga kan waxaas sameeyaa, laakiinse waa dembiga igu dhex jira.

18 I know there is nothing good in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do good but I do not.

Waayo, waan ogahay inaan wax wanaagsanu igu dhex jirin, taas waxaan ula jeedaa, jidhkayga wax wanaagsanu kuma jiraan, waayo, waan ku talo jiraa inaan waxa wanaagsan sameeyo, laakiin ma sameeyo.

19 I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I am always doing the sinful things I do not want to do.

Waayo, waxa wanaagsan oo aan doonayo inaan falo, ma sameeyo, laakiinse waxa sharka ah oo aanan doonayn inaan falo, ayaan sameeyaa.

20 I f I am always doing the very thing I do not want to do, it means I am no longer the one who does it. It is sin that lives in me.

Laakiin haddaan sameeyo wixii aanan doonayn inaan falo, de haatan ma aha aniga kan sameeyaa, laakiinse waa dembiga igu dhex jira.

21 T his has become my way of life: When I want to do what is right, I always do what is wrong.

Haddee waxaan arkaa qaynuunka in shar ila jiro in kastoo aan doonayo inaan waxa wanaagsan sameeyo.

22 M y mind and heart agree with the Law of God.

Waayo, sharciga Ilaah ayaan kaga farxaa ninka gudaha ah.

23 B ut there is a different law at work deep inside of me that fights with my mind. This law of sin holds me in its power because sin is still in me.

Laakiin waxaan xubnahayga ka arkaa qaynuun kale, isagoo la dagaallamaya qaynuunka maankayga oo maxbuus iiga dhigaya qaynuunka dembiga oo xubnahayga ku jira.

24 T here is no happiness in me! Who can set me free from my sinful old self?

Nin belaysan baan ahay. Yaa iga furan doona jidhkan dhimashada leh?

25 G od’s Law has power over my mind, but sin still has power over my sinful old self. I thank God I can be free through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Waxaan Ilaah ugu mahadnaqayaa inuu Rabbigeen Ciise Masiix igu furan doono. Sidaas daraaddeed aniga qudhaydu waxaan maankayga ugu adeegaa sharciga Ilaah; laakiinse waxaan jidhka ugu adeegaa qaynuunka dembiga.