¹ ω η επιφανης και απολελυτρωμενη η πολις η περιστερα

² ουκ εισηκουσεν φωνης ουκ εδεξατο παιδειαν επι τω κυριω ουκ επεποιθει και προς τον θεον αυτης ουκ ηγγισεν

³ οι αρχοντες αυτης εν αυτη ως λεοντες ωρυομενοι οι κριται αυτης ως λυκοι της αραβιας ουχ υπελιποντο εις το πρωι

⁴ οι προφηται αυτης πνευματοφοροι ανδρες καταφρονηται οι ιερεις αυτης βεβηλουσιν τα αγια και ασεβουσιν νομον

⁵ ο δε κυριος δικαιος εν μεσω αυτης και ου μη ποιηση αδικον πρωι πρωι δωσει κριμα αυτου εις φως και ουκ απεκρυβη και ουκ εγνω αδικιαν εν απαιτησει και ουκ εις νεικος αδικιαν

⁶ εν διαφθορα κατεσπασα υπερηφανους ηφανισθησαν γωνιαι αυτων εξερημωσω τας οδους αυτων το παραπαν του μη διοδευειν εξελιπον αι πολεις αυτων παρα το μηδενα υπαρχειν μηδε κατοικειν

⁷ ειπα πλην φοβεισθε με και δεξασθε παιδειαν και ου μη εξολεθρευθητε εξ οφθαλμων αυτης παντα οσα εξεδικησα επ' αυτην ετοιμαζου ορθρισον διεφθαρται πασα η επιφυλλις αυτων

⁸ δια τουτο υπομεινον με λεγει κυριος εις ημεραν αναστασεως μου εις μαρτυριον διοτι το κριμα μου εις συναγωγας εθνων του εισδεξασθαι βασιλεις του εκχεαι επ' αυτους πασαν οργην θυμου μου διοτι εν πυρι ζηλους μου καταναλωθησεται πασα η γη

⁹ οτι τοτε μεταστρεψω επι λαους γλωσσαν εις γενεαν αυτης του επικαλεισθαι παντας το ονομα κυριου του δουλευειν αυτω υπο ζυγον ενα

¹⁰ εκ περατων ποταμων αιθιοπιας οισουσιν θυσιας μοι

¹¹ εν τη ημερα εκεινη ου μη καταισχυνθης εκ παντων των επιτηδευματων σου ων ησεβησας εις εμε οτι τοτε περιελω απο σου τα φαυλισματα της υβρεως σου και ουκετι μη προσθης του μεγαλαυχησαι επι το ορος το αγιον μου

¹² και υπολειψομαι εν σοι λαον πραυν και ταπεινον και ευλαβηθησονται απο του ονοματος κυριου

¹³ οι καταλοιποι του ισραηλ και ου ποιησουσιν αδικιαν και ου λαλησουσιν ματαια και ου μη ευρεθη εν τω στοματι αυτων γλωσσα δολια διοτι αυτοι νεμησονται και κοιτασθησονται και ουκ εσται ο εκφοβων αυτους

¹⁴ χαιρε σφοδρα θυγατερ σιων κηρυσσε θυγατερ ιερουσαλημ ευφραινου και κατατερπου εξ ολης της καρδιας σου θυγατερ ιερουσαλημ

¹⁵ περιειλεν κυριος τα αδικηματα σου λελυτρωται σε εκ χειρος εχθρων σου βασιλευς ισραηλ κυριος εν μεσω σου ουκ οψη κακα ουκετι

¹⁶ εν τω καιρω εκεινω ερει κυριος τη ιερουσαλημ θαρσει σιων μη παρεισθωσαν αι χειρες σου

¹⁷ κυριος ο θεος σου εν σοι δυνατος σωσει σε επαξει επι σε ευφροσυνην και καινιει σε εν τη αγαπησει αυτου και ευφρανθησεται επι σε εν τερψει ως εν ημερα εορτης

¹⁸ και συναξω τους συντετριμμενους ουαι τις ελαβεν επ' αυτην ονειδισμον

¹⁹ ιδου εγω ποιω εν σοι ενεκεν σου εν τω καιρω εκεινω λεγει κυριος και σωσω την εκπεπιεσμενην και την απωσμενην εισδεξομαι και θησομαι αυτους εις καυχημα και ονομαστους εν παση τη γη

²⁰ και καταισχυνθησονται εν τω καιρω εκεινω οταν καλως υμιν ποιησω και εν τω καιρω οταν εισδεξωμαι υμας διοτι δωσω υμας ονομαστους και εις καυχημα εν πασιν τοις λαοις της γης εν τω επιστρεφειν με την αιχμαλωσιαν υμων ενωπιον υμων λεγει κυριος

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?

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.

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.

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 bring forth fruit to God.

⁵ For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

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.

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."

⁸ But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

⁹ I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

¹⁰ The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;

¹¹ for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

¹² Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

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, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

¹⁴ For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

¹⁵ For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

¹⁶ But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

¹⁷ So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

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.

¹⁹ For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.

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.

²¹ I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

²² For I delight in God's law after the inward man,

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.

²⁴ What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

²⁵ I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law.