I could have kept him in my back yard, but to pen up a dog like that is a sin.

我本可以把它留在后院里，但圈养这样的一条狗是件罪过。

youdao

David realizes that every sin is a sin against God.

大卫明白到每一种罪都是得罪神。

youdao

If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death.

人若看见弟兄犯了不至于死的罪，就当为他祈求，神必将生命赐给他。

youdao

"Then have my lips the sin that they have took." (OMITTED) Twitter talk is a different language all together.

VOA: standard.2010.05.07

That is a sin for which he likely will be punished for the rest of his life (and, if one believes in a hereafter, beyond as well).

FORBES: The John Edwards trial: The prosecutors' ball of steel wool predictably sinks

Privatisation can be blamed for stimulating traffic growth, but that is hardly a sin.

ECONOMIST: For the sake of a red light

The message of the Judaeo-Christian religious heritage, for instance, is that doing evil to others is a sin, extolling the virtues of mercy, forgiveness, charity, love, and pacifism.

FORBES: The Ten Golden Rules on Living the Good Life