Romans 7

NEW JERUSALEM	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 As people who are familiar with the Law, brothers, you cannot have forgotten that the law can control aperson only during that person's lifetime.	1 אוֹ הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם אֶחָי וּלְיֹדְעֵי הַתּוֹרָה אָנֹכִי מְדַבֵּר כִּי הַתּוֹרָה תִּשְׁלֹט עַל־הָאָדָם כָּל־יְמֵי חַיָּיו
2 A married woman, for instance, is bound to her husband by law, as long as he lives, but when herhusband dies all her legal obligation to him as husband is ended.	2 כִּי אִשָּׁה בְעֻלַת־בַּעַל קְשׁוּרָה הִיא בְּאִישָׁהּ כְּפִי הַתּוֹרָה בְּחַיָּיו וּבְמוֹת הַבַּעַל פְּטוּרָה הִיא מִתּוֹרַת בַּעְלָהּ
3 So if she were to have relations with another man while her husband was still alive, she would betermed an adulteress; but if her husband dies, her legal obligation comes to an end and if she then has relationswith another man, that does not make her an adulteress.	3 וְהִנֵּה אִם־תִּהְיֶה לְאִישׁ אַחֵר בְּחַיֵּי בַעְלָהּ נֹאֶפֶת יִקָּרֵא לָהּ אֲבָל אַחֲרֵי מוֹת בַּעְלָהּ פְּטוּרָה הִיא מִן־הַתּוֹרָה וְאֵינֶנָּה נֹאֶפֶת בִּהְיוֹתָהּ לְאִישׁ אַחֵר
4 In the same way you, my brothers, through the body of Christ have become dead to the Law and soyou are able to belong to someone else, that is, to him who was raised from the dead to make us live fruitful y for God.	4 לָכֵן אַחַי הוּמַתֶּם גַּם־אַתֶּם לַתּוֹרָה בִּגְוִיַּת הַמָּשִׁיחַ לִהְיוֹתְכֶם לְאַחֵר לַאֲשֶׁר נֵעוֹר מִן־הַמֵּתִים לְמַעַן נַעֲשֶׂה־פְּרִי לֵאלֹהִים
5 While we were stil living by our natural inclinations, the sinful passions aroused by the Law wereworking in al parts of our bodies to make us live lives which were fruitful only for death.	5 כִּי בְּעֵת הֱיוֹתֵנוּ בַבָּשָׂר תְּשׁוּקוֹת הַחֵטְא אֲשֶׁר הִתְעוֹרְרוּ עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה הָיוּ פֹעֲלוֹת בְּאֵבָרֵינוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת פְּרִי לַמָּוֶת
6 But now we are released from the Law, having died to what was binding us, and so we are in a newservice, that of the spirit, and not in the old service of a written code.	6 אֲבָל עַתָּה נִפְטַרְנוּ מִן־הַתּוֹרָה כִּי מַתְנוּ לַאֲשֶׁר הָיִינוּ אֲסוּרִים בּוֹ לְמַעַן נַעֲבֹד מֵעַתָּה לְפִי הִתְחַדְּשׁוּת הָרוּחַ וְלֹא לְפִי־ישֶׁן הַכְּתָב
7 What should we say, then? That the Law itself is sin? Out of the question! All the same, if it had notbeen for the Law, I should not have known what sin was; for instance, I should not have known what it meant tocovet if the Law had not said: You are not to covet.	7 אִם־כֵּן מַה־נֹּאמַר הֲכִי הַתּוֹרָה חֵטְא הִיא חָלִילָה אֶלָּא לֹא יָדַעְתִּי אֶת־הַחֵטְא בִּלְתִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה כִּי לֹא־הָיִיתִי יוֹדֵעַ הַחִמּוּד לוּלֵי אָמְרָה הַתּוֹרָה לֹא תַחְמֹד
8 But, once it found the opportunity through that commandment, sin produced in me al kinds ofcovetousness; as long as there is no Law, sin is dead.	8 וַיִּמְצָא הַחֵטְא סִבָּה לוֹ בַמִּצְוָה לְעוֹרֵר בְּקִרְבִּי כָּל־חִמּוּד כִּי מִבַּלְעֲדֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַחֵטְא מֵת הוּא
9 Once, when there was no Law, I used to be alive; but when the commandment came, sin came to life	9 וַאֲנִי חָיִיתִי מִלְּפָנִים בְּלֹא תוֹרָה וְכַאֲשֶׁר בָּאָה הַמִּצְוָה וַיְחִי הַחֵטְא
10 and I died. The commandment was meant to bring life but I found it brought death,	10 וַאֲנִי מַתִּי וְהַמִּצְוָה אֲשֶׁר נִתְּנָה לַחַיִּים הִיא נִמְצְאָה לִי לַמָּוֶת
11 because sin, finding its opportunity by means of the commandment, beguiled me and, by means of it,kil ed me.	11 כִּי־מָצָא הַחֵטְא סִבָּה בַמִּצְוָה לְהַתְעוֹת אֹתִי וַיַּהַרְגֵנִי עַל־יָדָהּ
12 So then, the Law is holy, and what it commands is holy and upright and good.	12 וּבְכֵן הַתּוֹרָה הִיא קְדוֹשָׁה וְהַמִּצְוָה קְדוֹשָׁה וִישָׁרָה וְטוֹבָה
13 Does that mean that something good resulted in my dying? Out of the question! But sin, in order to beidentified as sin, caused my death through that good thing, and so it is by means of the commandment that sinshows its unbounded sinful power.	13 הֲכִי הַטּוֹבָה הָיְתָה־לִּי לַמָּוֶת חָלִילָה אֶלָּא הַחֵטְא לְמַעַן יֵרָאֶה כִּי־חֵטְא הוּא הֵבִיא לִי עַל־יְדֵי הַטּוֹבָה אֶת־הַמָּוֶת לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶה הַחֵטְא לַחֲטָאָה יְתֵרָה עַל־יְדֵי הַמִּצְוָה
14 We are wel aware that the Law is spiritual: but I am a creature of flesh and blood sold as a slave tosin.	14 כִּי יֹדְעִים אֲנַחְנוּ שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה הִיא רוּחָנִית וַאֲנִי שֶׁל־בָּשָׂר וְנִמְכָּר תַּחַת יַד־הַחֵטְא
15 I do not understand my own behaviour; I do not act as I mean to, but I do things that I hate.	15 כִּי אֶת־אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי פֹעֵל לֹא יָדַעְתִּי כִּי אֵינֶנִּי עֹשֶׂה אֵת אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי רֹצֶה בּוֹ כִּי אִם־אֲשֶׁר שָׂנֵאתִי אֹתוֹ אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה
16 While I am acting as I do not want to, I still acknowledge the Law as good,	16 וּבַעֲשׂוֹתִי אֵת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־רָצִיתִי בוֹ הִנְנִי מוֹדֶה בָזֹאת כִּי הַתּוֹרָה טוֹבָה הִיא
17 so it is not myself acting, but the sin which lives in me.	17 וְעַתָּה לֹא־אָנֹכִי עוֹד הַפֹּעֵל אֹתוֹ כִּי אִם־הַחֵטְא הַיּשֵׁב בִּי
18 And really, I know of nothing good living in me -- in my natural self, that is -- for though the wil to dowhat is good is in me, the power to do it is not:	18 כִּי יָדַעְתִּי אֲשֶׁר־בִּי בִּבְשָׂרִי לֹא יֵשֵׁב טוֹב הֵן הָרָצוֹן יֵשׁ עִמָּדִי אֲבָל עֲשׂוֹת הַטּוֹב לֹא מָצָאתִי
19 the good thing I want to do, I never do; the evil thing which I do not want -- that is what I do.	19 כִּי אֵינֶנִּי עֹשֶׂה הַטּוֹב אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי רֹצֶה בּוֹ כִּי אִם־הָרַע אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנִּי רֹצֶה בּוֹ אוֹתוֹ אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה
20 But every time I do what I do not want to, then it is not myself acting, but the sin that lives in me.	20 וְאִם אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לֹא־רָצִיתִי בוֹ אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה לֹא־עוֹד אָנֹכִי הַפֹּעֵל כִּי הַחֵטְא הַיּשֵׁב בְּקִרְבִּי
21 So I find this rule: that for me, where I want to do nothing but good, evil is close at my side.	21 וּבְכֵן מֹצֵא־אֲנִי בִי זֶה הַחֹק אָנֹכִי רֹצֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת הַטּוֹב וְדָבַק־בִּי הָרָע
22 In my inmost self I dearly love God's law,	22 כִּי לְפִי הָאָדָם הַפְּנִימִי חָפַצְתִּי בְּתוֹרַת אֱלֹהִים
23 but I see that acting on my body there is a different law which battles against the law in my mind. So Iam brought to be a prisoner of that law of sin which lives inside my body.	23 אַךְ רֹאֶה־אֲנִי בְאֵבָרַי חֹק אַחֵר הַלֹּחֵם לְחָק־שִׂכְלִי וְיוֹלִיכֵנִי שְׁבִי לְתוֹרַת הַחֵטְא אֲשֶׁר בְּאֵבָרָי
24 What a wretched man I am! Who wil rescue me from this body doomed to death?	24 אוֹי־לִי הָאָדָם הָאֻמְלָל מִי יַצִּילֵנִי מִגּוּף הַמָּוֶת הַזֶּה
25 God -- thanks be to him -- through Jesus Christ our Lord. So it is that I myself with my mind obey thelaw of God, but in my disordered nature I obey the law of sin.	25 אוֹדֶה לֵאלֹהִים בְּיֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֲדֹנֵינוּ לָכֵן בְּשִׂכְלִי הִנְנִי עֶבֶד לְתוֹרַת הָאֱלֹהִים וּבִבְשָׂרִי אֲנִי עֶבֶד לְתוֹרַת הַחֵטְא