James 4
1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Do not they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
Gịnị bụ ihe na-ebute ọgụ na esemokwu nʼetiti unu. Ebee ka ha siri bịa? Ọ bụghị ọchịchọ ọjọọ unu nwere nʼime onwe unu?
2 You lust, and do not have. You murder and covet, and cannot obtain. You fight and make war. You do not have, because you do not ask.
Ọ bụrụ na unu chọọ ma unu achọtaghị ya, unu egbuo mmadụ. Unu na-enwe anya ukwu nʼihe onye ọzọ nwere ma ọ bụrụ na unu enwetaghị ya, unu amalite ịlụ ọgụ na ibu agha. Unu enweghị maka unu chọrọ arịọghị ya nʼekpere.
3 You ask, and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Unu na-arịọ ma unu adịghị anata, nʼihi na unu na-arịọ nʼebumnobi ọjọọ. Unu na-arịọ ka unu mefuo ya nʼihe ụtọ nke ụwa.
4 You adulterers and adulteresses, do not you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi! Ọ bụ na unu amaghị na unu na ụwa bụrụ enyi, unu ga-esi otu a bụrụ ndị iro Chineke? Onye ọbụla nke chọrọ ịbụ enyi nke ụwa, na-eme onwe ya onye iro nke Chineke.
5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
Unu chere na ihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ nsọ na-ekwu nʼefu mgbe ọ na-asị, “Chineke na-ekwosi ekworo ike nʼihi Mmụọ Nsọ ya nke o mere ka o biri nʼime anyị.”
6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Ma ọ na-enye anyị amara karịa. Ya mere, Akwụkwọ nsọ ji sị, “Chineke na-eguzo imegide ndị na-ebuli onwe ha elu, ma ọ na-enye ndị dị umeala nʼobi amara.”
7 Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Ya mere, nyenụ Chineke onwe unu. Guzonụ megide ekwensu, ọ ga-esi nʼebe unu nọ gbapụ.
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Bịakwutenụ Chineke nso, ya onwe ya ga-abịakwutekwa unu nso. Kwọọnụ aka unu, unu ndị mmehie, meekwanụ ka obi unu dị ọcha, unu ndị obi abụọ.
9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
Ruonụ ụjụ, tienụ aka nʼobi nʼọnọdụ mwute, kwaakwanụ akwa. Ka ọchị unu ghọọ ihu mgbarụ, ka iru ụjụ werekwa ọnọdụ ịṅụrị ọṅụ.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Wedanụ onwe unu ala nʼihu Onyenwe anyị ọ ga-ebulikwa unu elu.
11 Do not speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
Ụmụnna m, unu ekwula okwu ọjọọ megide ibe unu. Nʼihi na onye na-ekwu okwu ọjọọ megide nwanna ya, maọbụ onye na-ekpe nwanna ya ikpe, na-ekwu okwu megide iwu. Ọ na-ekpekwa iwu ahụ ikpe. Mgbe unu na-ekpe iwu ahụ ikpe, unu adịghị edebe ya kama unu bụ ndị na-ekpe ya ikpe.
12 Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
Ọ bụ naanị otu onye o nye iwu. Ọ bụkwa naanị otu onye ikpe dị. Ọ bụ naanị ya nwere ike ịzọpụta mmadụ. O nwekwara ike ịla onye ọbụla nʼiyi. Ma gị, onye ka ị na-eche na ị bụ iji na-ekpe nwanna gị ikpe?
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
Ugbu a geenụ ntị unu bụ ndị na-asị, “Taa maọbụ echi, anyị ga-aga ebe dị otu a, maọbụ obodo dị otu a, ịzụ ahịa na ire ahịa, anyị ga-anọkwa ebe ahụ otu afọ kpaa ego.”
14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Olee otu unu si mara ihe ga-eme echi? Gịnị ka unu na-eche na ndụ unu bụ? Mmadụ dị ka anwụrụ ọkụ nke a na-ahụ anya nwa oge nta, nke ikuku na-emesịa bufuo.
15 For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
Kama ihe unu ga-ekwu bụ nke a, “Ọ bụrụ na Onyenwe anyị ekwe, anyị ga-adị ndụ, mee nke a maọbụ nke ọzọ.”
16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
Ma ihe unu na-eme bụ ịnya isi na ịkpa nganga. Ụdị ịnya isi a bụ ihe ọjọọ.
17 To him therefore who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Ya mere, mmadụ ọbụla maara ihe bụ ezi ihe ma jụ ime ya na-emehie.
