James 4

1 Where do the fights and quarrels you're having come from? Aren't they due to the sensual passions that are in conflict within you?

IA wasa akamai o pei nan pung omail kin tapi sang ia? Kaidin sang nan omail inong sued akan, me kin pepei nan omail kokon akan?

2 You burn with desire, but don't get what you want. You kill for what you lust after, but don't get what you're looking for. You argue and you fight, but you don't get anything, because you don't pray for it.

Komail kin inong iong, ap sota aneki, komail kin kamela o kailongki, ap sota, me komail pan ale; komail kin akamai o mauin. A sota omail meakot, pwe komail sota kin poeki.

3 You pray, but don't receive anything, because you ask with a wrong motive, wanting to spend what you'd receive on your selfish pleasures.

Komail kin poeki, ap sota pwaida, pwe komail kin poeki sapung, pwe komail kin kapwaia kida omail inong sued akan.

4 You adulterous people! Don't you realize that friendship with the world is hatred towards God? Those who want to be friends of the world make themselves enemies of God.

Komail kamal akan, komail sota asa me waroki ong sappa et, kin imwintiti ong Kot? Ari meamen, me men kompoke pan sappa, nan i imwintiti en Kot amen.

5 Do you think Scripture doesn't mean what it says: that the spirit that he put in us is very jealous?

De komail kiki ong, me puk saraui masani mal: Ngen o me kotikot lol omail, kin inong iong o nantiong dodok ong Kot.

6 But God gives us even more grace, as Scripture says: “God is against those who are arrogant, but gives grace to those who are humble.”

A meid laud a mak ong kitail. I me a kotin masanieki: Kot kin kotin palian me aklapalap, ap maki ong me opampap akan.

7 So place yourself under God's direction. Confront the devil, and he will run away from you.

Komail ari duki ong Kot a palian tewil, a ap pan tang wei sang komail.

8 Come close to God and he will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Purify your way of thinking, you people with divided loyalties.

Kakondak mongiong ong Kot, a ap pan kupukupura komail, kamakelekel pa omail, komail me dipan; o kaminela mongiong omail, komail me lol riapot.

9 Show some remorse, cry and weep! Turn your laughter into mourning, and your joy to sadness.

Kainsino, o maiei, o sangesang; omail kaukaurur en wuki ong me mauk, o omail peren ong insensued.

10 Be humble before the Lord and he will lift you up.

Akitikitik ki pein komail mon Kaun o, a ap pan kasapwil komail da.

11 Friends, don't speak badly of one another. Anyone who criticizes a fellow-believer and condemns them, criticizes and condemns the law. If you condemn the law you're not someone who keeps the law, because you're sitting in judgment of it.

Ri ai ko komail de lokaia sued nan pung omail. Pwe me kin lokaia sued duen ri a, de kadeikada ri a, a kin lokaia sued ong kapung o kin kadeikada kapung o. A ma koe kadeikada kapung, pwe saunkapung amen koe.

12 There's only one lawgiver and judge—the one who can either save or destroy you—so who are you to judge your neighbor?

Amen ta saunkapung o saunkadeik, me kak ong kamaurela o kariala. A is koe, me kin kadeikada men imp a?

13 Come on now!—you people who say, “Either today or tomorrow we'll go to such-and-such a city, spend a year in business there, and make a profit.”

Iet pil eu, komail me kin inda: Ran wet de lakap se pan kolang kanim wet o kauson wasa o par eu, o netinet ap kapwapwala.

14 You have no idea what will happen tomorrow! What's your life like? It's just a mist that appears for a little while, and then is gone.

A komail kin sasa, da me pan wiaui lakap, pwe da omail maur? Pwe komail kin ras ong tokoi, me kin mi ansau kis, ap mokonaidi.

15 What you should say is, “If it's the Lord's will, we'll live like this and plan to do that.”

Mak eta komail en inda: Ma Kaun o kotin kupura, o ma kitail memaureta, kitail pan wiada met de mo.

16 But right now you're caught up in your vain ideas. All this boasting is evil.

A so, komail kin perenki omail susuai, nan susuai due met me sued.

17 For it is a sin if you know to do what's right but don't do it.

Ari, melel ta, meamen me lelapok ki me mau, ap sota wia, nan i me dip ong i.