Romans · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Romans 7 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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1 Η αγνοείτε, αδελφοί, διότι λαλώ προς γινώσκοντας τον νόμον, ότι ο νόμος έχει κυριότητα επί του ανθρώπου εφ' όσον χρόνον ζη;
1 Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?
1 Ἢ ἀγνοεῖτε, ἀδελφοί· γινώσκουσι γὰρ νόμον λαλῶ· ὅτι ὁ νόμος κυριεύει τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐφ᾽ ὅσον χρόνον ζῇ;
2 Διότι η ύπανδρος γυνή είναι δεδεμένη διά του νόμου με τον άνδρα ζώντα· εάν δε αποθάνη ο ανήρ, απαλλάττεται από του νόμου του ανδρός.
2 For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
2 ἡ γὰρ ὕπανδρος γυνὴ τῷ ζῶντι ἀνδρὶ δέδεται νόμῳ· ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ ὁ ἀνήρ, κατήργηται ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου τοῦ ἀνδρός.
3 Άρα λοιπόν εάν ζώντος του ανδρός συζευχθή με άλλον άνδρα, θέλει είσθαι μοιχαλίς· εάν όμως αποθάνη ο ανήρ, είναι ελευθέρα από του νόμου, ώστε να μη ήναι μοιχαλίς εάν συζευχθή με άλλον άνδρα.
3 So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.
3 ἄρα οὖν ζῶντος τοῦ ἀνδρὸς μοιχαλὶς χρηματίσει ἐὰν γένηται ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ· ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ ὁ ἀνήρ, ἐλευθέρα ἐστὶν ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου, τοῦ μὴ εἶναι αὐτὴν μοιχαλίδα γενομένην ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ.
4 Λοιπόν, αδελφοί μου, και σεις εθανατώθητε ως προς τον νόμον διά του σώματος του Χριστού, διά να συζευχθήτε με άλλον, τον αναστάντα εκ νεκρών, διά να καρποφορήσωμεν εις τον Θεόν.
4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.
4 ὥστε, ἀδελφοί μου, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐθανατώθητε τῷ νόμῳ διὰ τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς ἑτέρῳ, τῷ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγερθέντι, ἵνα καρποφορήσωμεν τῷ Θεῷ.
5 Διότι ότε ήμεθα εν τη σαρκί, τα πάθη των αμαρτιών τα διά του νόμου ενηργούντο εν τοις μέλεσιν ημών, διά να καρποφορήσωμεν εις τον θάνατον·
5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.
5 ὅτε γὰρ ἦμεν ἐν τῇ σαρκί, τὰ παθήματα τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τὰ διὰ τοῦ νόμου ἐνηργεῖτο ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ἡμῶν εἰς τὸ καρποφορῆσαι τῷ θανάτῳ·
6 τώρα όμως απηλλάχθημεν από του νόμου, αποθανόντος εκείνου, υπό του οποίου εκρατούμεθα, διά να δουλεύωμεν κατά το νέον πνεύμα και ουχί κατά το παλαιόν γράμμα.
6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
6 νυνὶ δὲ κατηργήθημεν ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου, ἀποθανόντες ἐν ᾧ κατειχόμεθα, ὥστε δουλεύειν ἡμᾶς ἐν καινότητι πνεύματος καὶ οὐ παλαιότητι γράμματος.
7 Τι λοιπόν θέλομεν ειπεί; ο νόμος είναι αμαρτία; Μη γένοιτο. Αλλά την αμαρτίαν δεν εγνώρισα, ειμή διά του νόμου· διότι και την επιθυμίαν δεν ήθελον γνωρίσει, εάν ο νόμος δεν έλεγε· Μη επιθυμήσης.
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”
7 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; ὁ νόμος ἁμαρτία; μὴ γένοιτο· ἀλλὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἔγνων εἰ μὴ διὰ νόμου· τήν τε γὰρ ἐπιθυμίαν οὐκ ᾔδειν εἰ μὴ ὁ νόμος ἔλεγεν, οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις·
8 Αφορμήν δε λαβούσα η αμαρτία διά της εντολής, εγέννησεν εν εμοί πάσαν επιθυμίαν· διότι χωρίς του νόμου η αμαρτία είναι νεκρά.
8 But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
8 ἀφορμὴν δὲ λαβοῦσα ἡ ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς κατειργάσατο ἐν ἐμοὶ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν· χωρὶς γὰρ νόμου ἁμαρτία νεκρά.
9 Και εγώ έζων ποτέ χωρίς νόμου· αλλ' ότε ήλθεν η εντολή, ανέζησεν αμαρτία, εγώ δε απέθανον·
9 I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
9 ἐγὼ δὲ ἔζων χωρὶς νόμου ποτέ· ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς ἐντολῆς ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀνέζησεν,
10 και η εντολή, ήτις εδόθη προς ζωήν, αυτή ευρέθη εν εμοί προς θάνατον.
10 The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;
10 ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπέθανον, καὶ εὑρέθη μοι ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ εἰς ζωήν, αὕτη εἰς θάνατον·
11 Διότι η αμαρτία, λαβούσα αφορμήν διά της εντολής, με εξηπάτησε και δι' αυτής με εθανάτωσεν.
11 for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
11 ἡ γὰρ ἁμαρτία ἀφορμὴν λαβοῦσα διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς ἐξηπάτησέ με καὶ διὰ αὐτῆς ἀπέκτεινεν.
12 Ώστε ο μεν νόμος είναι άγιος, και η εντολή αγία και δικαία και αγαθή.
12 Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.
12 ὥστε ὁ μὲν νόμος ἅγιος, καὶ ἡ ἐντολὴ ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή.
13 το αγαθόν λοιπόν έγεινεν εις εμέ θάνατος; μη γένοιτο. Αλλ' η αμαρτία, διά να φανή αμαρτία, προξενούσα εις εμέ θάνατον διά του αγαθού, ώστε να γείνη καθ' υπερβολήν αμαρτωλός αμαρτία διά της εντολής.
13 Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.
13 τὸ οὖν ἀγαθὸν ἐμοὶ γέγονε θάνατος; μὴ γένοιτο· ἀλλὰ ἡ ἁμαρτία, ἵνα φανῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, διὰ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοι κατεργαζομένη θάνατον, ἵνα γένηται καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ἁμαρτωλὸς ἡ ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς.
14 Διότι εξεύρομεν ότι ο νόμος είναι πνευματικός· εγώ δε είμαι σαρκικός, πεπωλημένος υπό την αμαρτίαν.
14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
14 Οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι ὁ νόμος πνευματικός ἐστιν· ἐγὼ δὲ σαρκικός εἰμι, πεπραμένος ὑπὸ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν.
15 Διότι εκείνο, το οποίον πράττω, δεν γνωρίζω· επειδή εκείνο το οποίον θέλω τούτο δεν πράττω, αλλ' εκείνο το οποίον μισώ τούτο πράττω.
15 For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.
15 ὃ γὰρ κατεργάζομαι οὐ γινώσκω· οὐ γὰρ ὃ θέλω τοῦτο πράσσω, ἀλλ᾽ ὃ μισῶ τοῦτο ποιῶ.
16 Εάν δε εκείνο το οποίον δεν θέλω τούτο πράττω, συμφωνώ με τον νόμον, ότι είναι καλός.
16 But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
16 εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ θέλω τοῦτο ποιῶ, σύμφημι τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι καλός.
17 Τώρα δε δεν πράττω πλέον τούτο εγώ, αλλ' η αμαρτία η κατοικούσα εν εμοί.
17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
17 νυνὶ δὲ οὐκέτι ἐγὼ κατεργάζομαι αὐτό, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ οἰκοῦσα ἐν ἐμοὶ ἁμαρτία.
18 Διότι εξεύρω ότι δεν κατοικεί εν εμοί, τουτέστιν εν τη σαρκί μου, αγαθόν· επειδή το θέλειν πάρεστιν εις εμέ, το πράττειν όμως το καλόν δεν ευρίσκω·
18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.
18 οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ οἰκεῖ ἐν ἐμοί, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου, ἀγαθόν· τὸ γὰρ θέλειν παράκειταί μοι, τὸ δὲ κατεργάζεσθαι τὸ καλὸν οὐχ εὑρίσκω·
19 διότι δεν πράττω το αγαθόν, το οποίον θέλω· αλλά το κακόν, το οποίον δεν θέλω, τούτο πράττω.
19 For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
19 οὐ γὰρ ὃ θέλω ποιῶ ἀγαθόν, ἀλλ᾽ ὃ οὐ θέλω κακὸν τοῦτο πράσσω.
20 Εάν δε εγώ πράττω εκείνο το οποίον δεν θέλω, δεν εργάζομαι αυτό πλέον εγώ, αλλ' η αμαρτία η κατοικούσα εν εμοί.
20 But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
20 εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ θέλω ἐγὼ τοῦτο ποιῶ, οὐκέτι ἐγὼ κατεργάζομαι αὐτό, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ οἰκοῦσα ἐν ἐμοὶ ἁμαρτία.
21 Ευρίσκω λοιπόν τον νόμον τούτον ότι, ενώ εγώ θέλω να πράττω το καλόν, πάρεστιν εις εμέ το κακόν·
21 I find then the law that, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
21 εὑρίσκω ἄρα τὸν νόμον τῷ θέλοντι ἐμοὶ ποιεῖν τὸ καλόν, ὅτι ἐμοὶ τὸ κακὸν παράκειται·
22 διότι ηδύνομαι μεν εις τον νόμον του Θεού κατά τον εσωτερικόν άνθρωπον,
22 For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
22 συνήδομαι γὰρ τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον,
23 βλέπω όμως εν τοις μέλεσί μου άλλον νόμον αντιμαχόμενον εις τον νόμον του νοός μου, και αιχμαλωτίζοντά με εις τον νόμον της αμαρτίας, τον όντα εν τοις μέλεσί μου.
23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
23 βλέπω δὲ ἕτερον νόμον ἐν τοῖς μέλεσί μου ἀντιστρατευόμενον τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ νοός μου καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζοντά με [ἐν] τῷ νόμῳ τῆς ἁμαρτίας τῷ ὄντι ἐν τοῖς μέλεσί μου.
24 Ταλαίπωρος άνθρωπος εγώ· τις θέλει με ελευθερώσει από του σώματος του θανάτου τούτου;
24 What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
24 Ταλαίπωρος ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος! τίς με ῥύσεται ἐκ τοῦ σώματος τοῦ θανάτου τούτου;
25 Ευχαριστώ εις τον Θεόν διά Ιησού Χριστού του Κυρίου ημών. Άρα λοιπόν αυτός εγώ με τον νούν μεν δουλεύω εις τον νόμον του Θεού, με την σάρκα δε εις τον νόμον της αμαρτίας.
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, sin’s law.
25 εὐχαριστῶ τῷ Θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν. ἄρα οὖν αὐτὸς ἐγὼ τῷ μὲν νοῒ δουλεύω νόμῳ Θεοῦ, τῇ δὲ σαρκὶ νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας.
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- 3 Exodus 20:14; Matthew 5:32; Mark 10:6–12; 1 Timothy 5:11–14; John 8:3–5
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- 19 Romans 7:15
- 20 Romans 7:17
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- 24 Romans 6:6; 2 Timothy 4:18; Titus 2:14; Romans 8:2; 2 Corinthians 12:7–9
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After having said that great evils had taken place, and that sin, taking occasion by the commandment, had grown stronger, and the opposite of what the Law mainly aimed at had been the result, and after having thrown the hearer into a great deal of perplexity, he goes on next to give the rationale of these events, after first clearing …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… sign of our salvation, since it was the Lord Himself who saved them, because they could not be saved by their own instrumentality; and, therefore, when Paul sets forth human infirmity, he says: "For I know that there dwelleth in my flesh no good thing," showing that the "good thing" of our salvation is not from us, but from God.
For though a man "delight in the law of God after the inward man," what shall he do with that other law in his members which warreth against the law of his mind, and bringeth him into captivity to the law of sin, which is in his members?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
The Devil had used the flesh as an instrument against us; and Paul knowing this, saith, But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity, and the rest.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
And again: "Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" Then he introduces the Deliverer, [saying,] "The grace of Jesus Christ our Lord." And Isaiah declares this also, [when he says:] "Be ye strengthened, ye hands that hang down, and ye feeble knees; be ye encouraged, ye feeble-minded; be comforted, fear not: behold, …