James 4
1 From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?
Ngondu na makomangu pakati pa mwenga vilawa koshi? Vilawa mumatamata zyenu zidoda zyazilikomanga kila mala munshimba mwenu.
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Mfira vintu kumbiti muvipata ndiri, su mwa kala kulaga, mfira nentu kupata vintu kumbiti muvipata ndiri. Su mwankulitenderana ngondu na kulikomanga. Mpata ndiri shilii shamfira toziya mushiluwa ndiri kwa Mlungu.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.
Na pamluwa mpata ndiri toziya mluwa kwa nfiru idoda, mluwa su mpati kufiriziya matamata zyenu.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Mwenga wantu yamuwera ndiri waminika, hashi, muvimana ndiri kuwera ganja gwa pasipanu ndo kuwera mngondu gwa Mlungu? Yoseri yakafira kuwera ganja gwa vitwatira vya pasipanu kalitenda kuwera mngondu gwa Mlungu.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Ama namulihola kuwera Malembu Mananagala gahera unakaka pagalonga, “Rohu ulii Mlungu yakamtula mngati mwetu kawera na weya ng'anji.”
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Kumbiti manemu gatupananwa na Mlungu gawera na makakala nentu, ntambu yagalonga Malembu Mananagala, “Mlungu kawasinga wantu yawawera na malingisi kumbiti kawalanguziya manemu wantu yawawera wananaga.”
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Su mumjimiri Mlungu, mumsingi Shetani, nayomberi hakawatiri.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
Mumsegeleri Mlungu, nayomberi hakawasegeleri mwenga. Mguluri mawoku genu mwenga yamutenda vidoda! Muyipungi myoyu yenu mwenga wafyangu!
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
Muweri na hinginiku, mlili na kudaya. Kuseka kwa mwenga kuweri kulila, na nemeleru ya mwenga iweri hinginiku.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Mulinanagaziyi kulongolu kwa Mtuwa, nayomberi hakawanyasuli.
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Walongu, namulitakulirana madoda maweni kwa mwenga. Yakamtakulira madoda mlongu gwakuwi ama kumtoza, muntu ayu kalitakulira madoda na kulitoza Lilagaliru lya Mlungu. Pagulitoza Lilagaliru lya Mlungu, su gwenga gulijimira ndiri Lilagaliru lya Mlungu kumbiti gulitoza.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Mlungu gweka yakuwi ndo yakatula Lilagaliru na kutoza. Ndo gweka yakuwi hera yakaweza kulopoziya na kwagamiziya. Su gwenga gwa gaa ata gumtozi muyagu?
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Su vinu mpikaniri mwenga yamlonga, “Leru ama shirawu hatugendi mulushi tunga na kulikala aku kwa shipindi sha shinja shoseri, hatuwuzi vintu na kupata mota.”
14 Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Mwenga muvimana ndiri ata makaliru genu ntambu hagaweri shirawu! Mwenga mulifana na lifukafuka lyalilawira kwa shipindi shididini hera na kuwuka kayi.
15 For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Ira memfiriziwi kulonga, “Mtuwa pakafira hatulikali na kutenda ashi ama shilii.”
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Kumbiti vinu mwankulidumba na kulitumba, matumbiru ga ntambu yoseri ayi ndo madoda.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.
Su muntu yakamana kutenda maheri na pakaleka kutenda, kankutenda vidoda.
