Lettera ai Romani 7

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 An ignoratis, fratres — scienti bus enim legem loquor — quia lex inhomine dominatur, quanto tempore vivit?	1 Know you not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as it liveth?
2 Nam quae sub viro est mulier, viventiviro alligata est lege; si autem mortuus fuerit vir, soluta est a lege viri.	2 For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
3 Igitur, vivente viro, vocabitur adultera, si fuerit alterius viri; si autemmortuus fuerit vir, libera est a lege, ut non sit adultera, si fuerit alteriusviri.	3 Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband; so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with another man.
4 Itaque, fratres mei, et vos mortificati estis legi per corpus Christi,ut sitis alterius, eius qui ex mortuis suscitatus est, ut fructificaremus Deo.	4 Therefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the law, by the body of Christ; that you may belong to another, who is risen again from the dead, that we may bring forth fruit to God.
5 Cum enim essemus in carne, passiones peccatorum, quae per legem sunt,operabantur in membris nostris, ut fructificarent morti;	5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members, to bring forth fruit unto death.
6 nunc autem solutisumus a lege, mortui ei, in qua detinebamur, ita ut serviamus in novitateSpiritus et non in vetustate litterae.	6 But now we are loosed from the law of death, wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7 Quid ergo dicemus? Lex peccatum est? Absit! Sed peccatum non cognovi, nisi perlegem; nam concupiscentiam nescirem, nisi lex diceret: “ Non concupisces ”.	7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid. But I do not know sin, but by the law; for I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet.
8 Occasione autem accepta, peccatum per mandatum operatum est in me omnemconcupiscentiam; sine lege enim peccatum mortuum erat.	8 But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9 Ego autem vivebam sinelege aliquando; sed, cum venisset mandatum, peccatum revixit,	9 And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,
10 ego autemmortuus sum; et inventum est mihi mandatum, quod erat ad vitam, hoc esse admortem;	10 And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.
11 nam peccatum, occasione accepta, per mandatum seduxit me et per illudoccidit.	11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me, and by it killed me.
12 Itaque lex quidem sancta, et mandatum sanctum et iustum et bonum.	12 Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13 Quod ergo bonum est, mihi factum est mors? Absit! Sed peccatum, ut appareatpeccatum, per bonum mihi operatum est mortem; ut fiat supra modum peccanspeccatum per mandatum.	13 Was that then which is good, made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it may appear sin, by that which is good, wrought death in me; that sin, by the commandment, might become sinful above measure.
14 Scimus enim quod lex spiritalis est; ego autem carnalis sum, venumdatus subpeccato.	14 For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15 Quod enim operor, non intellego; non enim, quod volo, hoc ago, sedquod odi, illud facio.	15 For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will; but the evil which I hate, that I do.
16 Si autem, quod nolo, illud facio, consentio legiquoniam bona.	16 If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.
17 Nunc autem iam non ego operor illud, sed, quod habitat in me,peccatum.	17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 Scio enim quia non habitat in me, hoc est in carne mea, bonum; namvelle adiacet mihi, operari autem bonum, non!	18 For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For to will, is present with me; but to accomplish that which is good, I find not.
19 Non enim, quod volo bonum,facio, sed, quod nolo malum, hoc ago.	19 For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do.
20 Si autem, quod nolo, illud facio, iamnon ego operor illud, sed, quod habitat in me, peccatum.	20 Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 Invenio igitur hanclegem volenti mihi facere bonum, quoniam mihi malum adiacet.	21 I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.
22 Condelector enimlegi Dei secundum interiorem hominem;	22 For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man:
23 video autem aliam legem in membris meisrepugnantem legi mentis meae et captivantem me in lege peccati, quae est inmembris meis.	23 But I see another law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me in the law of sin, that is in my members.
24 Infelix ego homo! Quis me liberabit de corpore mortis huius?	24 Unhappy man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 Gratias autemDeo per Iesum Christum Dominum nostrum! Igitur ego ipse mente servio legi Dei,carne autem legi peccati.	25 The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, I myself, with the mind serve the law of God; but with the flesh, the law of sin.