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Lavi nan Sentespri a

Kounye a, pa gen okenn kondanasyon pou moun Jezikri yo. Paske Sentespri ki bay lavi a delivre w[a] anba lalwa ki pote peche ak lanmò a, pa mwayen Jezikri. Wi, Lalwa pa t gen fòs pou l ede nou poutèt feblès lachè nou. Men Bondye fè sa Lalwa pa t ka fè a: Li voye Pitit li a vini nan yon kò ki menm jan ak kò nou sèvi pou n peche a. Bondye voye l pou l regle koze peche a. Bondye kondane peche lachè sa a. Bondye fè sa pou n ka viv dapre sa Lalwa mande. Kounye a, nou p ap mache selon feblès nou. N ap mache dapre Sentespri a.

Moun k ap mache dapre feblès yo, yo panse sèlman ak sa yo vle. Men moun k ap mache anba kontwòl Sentespri a, yo panse selon volonte Sentespri a. Lè yon moun gen panse l anba kontwòl feblès li, se wout lanmò li pran. Men lè yon moun gen panse l anba kontwòl Sentespri a, se wout lavi ak lapè li pran. Poukisa? Se paske, lè yon moun gen panse l anba kontwòl feblès lachè, li se lènmi Bondye: Li pa soumèt anba Lalwa Bondye. Dayè, li pa menm ka obeyi Bondye. Moun ki anba kontwòl feblès lachè yo, yo pa ka fè Bondye plezi.

Men ou menm, ou pa anba kontwòl feblès lachè. Ou anba kontwòl Sentespri a si Lespri Bondye ap viv nan ou toutbon. Men, nenpòt moun ki pa gen Lespri Kris la nan li, li pa moun Kris la. 10 Men si Kris ap viv nan nou, lè sa a, Sentespri a ban nou lavi paske nou te libere anba peche ak lanmò. Sa se yon verite, menm si kò nou deja nan wout pou mouri poutèt peche. 11 Si Lespri Bondye ki resisite Jezi a ap viv nan nou se sèten l ap resisite kò nou tou pa mwayen Sentespri a k ap viv nan nou.

12 Konsa, frè m ak sè m yo, nou pa dwe kite se feblès lachè k ap dirije nou epi k ap fè nou fè sa l vle. 13 Si nou pase lavi nou ap fè sa feblès lachè vle, n ap mouri nan vi espirityèl nou. Men si n kite Sentespri a ede n fini ak move bagay lachè yo, n ap genyen vrè lavi a.

14 Moun ki pitit Bondye, se moun ki kite Lespri Bondye dirije yo. 15 Lespri nou te resevwa a pa fè nou esklav pou n ap viv nan lapèrèz ankò. Lespri nou te resevwa a fè Bondye adopte nou kòm pitit li. Se Lespri sa a ki fè nou rele, “Abba,[b] Papa.” 16 Sentespri a kominike ak lespri pa nou pou ban nou garanti nou se pitit Bondye. 17 Poutèt nou se pitit Bondye, n ap resevwa pòsyon pa nou nan byen Bondye pwomèt moun pa l yo. L ap ban nou tout sa li gentan bay Jezikri. Si jodi a nou gen pòsyon soufrans pa nou menm jan ak li, n ap gen pòsyon laglwa pa nou avèk li tou.

N ap gen laglwa yon jou

18 Soufrans n ap andire kounye a pa anyen devan laglwa n ap jwenn pi devan. 19 Tout sa Bondye te kreye yo ap tann ak pasyans ki lè Bondye va devwale moun ki pitit li yo[c] toutbon. 20 Tout sa Bondye te kreye tonbe anba madichon ki anpeche yo jan Bondye vle pou yo ye a. Se pa t pwòp chwa pa l, men se Bondye ki fè sa rive konsa avèk espwa sa: 21 kreyasyon an p ap kontinye rete esklav anba fòs sa yo k ap detwi l. Bondye vle kreyasyon an jwi menm libète ak laglwa pitit Bondye yo va genyen.

22 Nou konnen se plenn tout kreyasyon an ap plenn, jouk jodi a, menm jan ak yon fanm ansent k ap akouche. 23 Se pa sèlman kreyasyon an, men nou menm tou ki gen Sentespri Bondye a kòm garanti. N ap plenn ak lapenn nan kè nou pandan n ap tann lè a fin rive nèt, lè pou nou jwenn adopsyon nou kòm pitit Bondye, lè pou kò nou rive libere. 24 Bondye sove nou pou n ka gen espwa sa a. Se pa yon bagay nou wè kounye a. Si nou te ka wè sa, sa pa t ap yon espwa. Yon moun p ap espere sa l gentan genyen. 25 Men, nou gen espwa nou sou yon bagay nou pako wè. N ap tann li ak pasyans.

26 Sentespri a ede nou tou, paske nou sitèlman fèb. Nou pa menm konnen kijan pou n ta priye, men Sentespri a li menm pale ak Bondye pou nou, li sèvi ak soupi nou pa menm gen mo pou n ta tradui yo. 27 Bondye gentan konnen panse ki nan fon kè nou. Epi li konprann sa Sentespri a gen entansyon di li, paske Sentespri a ap pale pou pèp Bondye a yon fason ki tonbe daplon ak volonte Bondye.

28 Nou konnen Bondye[d] ranje tout bagay yon fason pou yo tounen byen pou moun ki renmen l yo. Moun sa yo se moun Bondye chwazi paske l te planifye l konsa. 29 Bondye te deja konnen yo anvan l te kreye lemonn. Epi li te deside pou yo tounen menm jan ak Jezikri, pitit li a pou li ka premye pitit pami anpil frè ak sè. 30 Bondye planifye pou yo vin menm jan ak pitit li a. Li chwazi deklare yo jis devan l. Epi lè l fin deklare yo jis devan li, li ba yo laglwa li.

Bondye renmen nou nan Jezikris

31 Ki sa n ta di sou sa? Poutèt Bondye pou nou, ki moun ki ka kanpe kont nou? 32 Menm pwòp pitit li Jezikri Bondye pa anpeche l soufri pou nou, li te livre l pou nou tout. Sa fè nou kwè Bondye p ap manke ban nou tout bagay ak Jezikri, pitit li a. 33 Ki lès ki ka akize moun Bondye chwazi yo? Pèsòn! Se Bondye ki deklare yo jis devan li. 34 Kilès ki ka pwononse kondanasyon moun Bondye yo? Pèsòn! Jezikri te mouri, anplis li te resisite, li adwat Bondye Papa a epi l ap priye an favè nou. 35 Èske gen yon bagay ki ka separe nou ak renmen Kris la? Èske se kalamite lavi, pwoblèm oubyen pèsekisyon ki ta separe nou ak renmen li? Si nou pa ta gen manje pou n manje oubyen rad pou n mete oubyen nou ta devan danje, menm devan lanmò, èske sa yo ka separe nou ak renmen li? 36 Jan Bib la di l,

“Poutèt ou menm nou kontre danje pou mouri tout tan.
    Moun vin gade nou menm ak mouton yo pral touye.”[e]

37 Men nan mitan tout pwoblèm sa yo, nou gen laviktwa total poutèt Bondye ki montre renmen li genyen pou nou. 38-39 Wi, mwen sèten, anyen p ap ka separe nou ak lanmou Bondye: kit se lanmò, kit se lavi, kit se anj yo oubyen espri yo k ap gouvène an lè a, kit se move lespri yo, kit se bagay k ap pase kounye a, kit se bagay ki va vini, kit se sa yo ki gen pouvwa, kit se fòs ki soti anwo nan syèl, kit se fòs ki soti anba sou latè, kit se nenpòt bagay nan kreyasyon an, pa gen anyen ki ka separe nou ak lanmou Bondye montre nou nan Jezikri, Senyè nou an.

Footnotes

  1. 8:2 w Kèk nan kopi Grèk yo genyen “mwen”. Se menm bagay nan fraz ki vin apre a.
  2. 8:15 Abba Mo “Abba” se yon mo nan lang Arameyen ti moun Jwif konn sèvi pou yo rele papa yo.
  3. 8:19 pitit li yo Literalman, “pitit Bondye yo”, Pòl di sa pou l fè diferans ant kwayan yo ak anperè Women an, se anperè a yo te konn di se yon “pitit Bondye” li ye.
  4. 8:28 Bondye Oubyen “Sentespri a”.
  5. 8:36 Sitasyon sa a soti nan Sòm 44:22.

Life Through the Spirit

Therefore, there is now no condemnation(A) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(B) because through Christ Jesus(C) the law of the Spirit who gives life(D) has set you[a] free(E) from the law of sin(F) and death. For what the law was powerless(G) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[b](H) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(I) to be a sin offering.[c](J) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement(K) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(L)

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;(M) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.(N) The mind governed by the flesh is death,(O) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(P) and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(Q) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh(R) cannot please God.

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(S) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(T) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(U) they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you,(V) then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[d] because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead(W) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies(X) because of[e] his Spirit who lives in you.

12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.(Y) 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;(Z) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,(AA) you will live.(AB)

14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God(AC) are the children of God.(AD) 15 The Spirit(AE) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(AF) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,[g] Father.”(AG) 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(AH) that we are God’s children.(AI) 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(AJ)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(AK) in order that we may also share in his glory.(AL)

Present Suffering and Future Glory

18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.(AM) 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(AN) to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(AO) in hope 21 that[h] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(AP) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(AQ)

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(AR) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,(AS) groan(AT) inwardly as we wait eagerly(AU) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(AV) 24 For in this hope we were saved.(AW) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(AX) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(AY)

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit(AZ) himself intercedes for us(BA) through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts(BB) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes(BC) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(BD) of those who love him, who[i] have been called(BE) according to his purpose.(BF) 29 For those God foreknew(BG) he also predestined(BH) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(BI) that he might be the firstborn(BJ) among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined,(BK) he also called;(BL) those he called, he also justified;(BM) those he justified, he also glorified.(BN)

More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(BO) If God is for us,(BP) who can be against us?(BQ) 32 He who did not spare his own Son,(BR) but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge(BS) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns?(BT) No one. Christ Jesus who died(BU)—more than that, who was raised to life(BV)—is at the right hand of God(BW) and is also interceding for us.(BX) 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?(BY) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?(BZ) 36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[j](CA)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(CB) through him who loved us.(CC) 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[k] neither the present nor the future,(CD) nor any powers,(CE) 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God(CF) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(CG)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
  2. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
  3. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
  4. Romans 8:10 Or you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
  5. Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts bodies through
  6. Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
  7. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father
  8. Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
  9. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who
  10. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
  11. Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers