James 4
1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
ⲁ̅ϩⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲱⲛ ⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲗⲏⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲙⲙⲓϣⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲛϩⲧ ⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲙⲏ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲛⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲉ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛϩⲩⲇⲟⲛⲏ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲥⲧⲣⲁⲧⲉⲩⲉ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ
2 You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.
ⲃ̅ⲧⲉⲛⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲉⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲛⲧⲏⲧⲛ ⲧⲉⲧⲛϩⲱⲧⲃ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲕ ⲱϩ ⲙⲛ ϭⲟⲙ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲓϣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲣ ⲡⲟⲗⲏⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲛⲧⲛ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲁⲛ
3 You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
ⲅ̅ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϫⲓ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲕⲁⲕⲱⲥ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛϩⲩⲇⲟⲛⲏ ⲛⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ
4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t 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.
ⲇ̅ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲧⲙⲛⲧϣⲃⲏⲣ ⲙⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧϫⲁϫⲉ ⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱϣ ϭⲉ ⲉⲣ ϣⲃⲏⲣ ⲉⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ϥⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛϫⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
ⲉ̅ⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ϫⲉ ⲉⲡϫⲓⲛϫⲏ ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉⲅⲣⲁⲫⲏ ϣⲁϫⲉ ϩⲩⲛ ⲟⲩⲫⲑⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲥⲟⲩⲉϣ ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲛ
6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
ⲋ̅ⲥϯ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉⲥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϥϯ ⲟⲩⲃⲉ ⲛⲛⲉϫⲁⲥⲓ ϩⲏⲧ ϥϯ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲑⲃⲃⲏⲉⲓⲏⲩ
7 Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
ⲍ̅ⲑⲃⲃⲓⲉ ⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ϭⲉ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁϩⲉ ⲣⲁⲧ ⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲟⲩⲃⲉ ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲛⲁⲡⲱⲧ ⲥⲁⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.
ⲏ̅ϩⲱⲛ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲣⲉϥϩⲱⲛ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ⲧⲃⲃⲟ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛϭⲓϫ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲱⲛⲧⲃⲃⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ
9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
ⲑ̅ⲧⲁⲗⲉⲡⲟⲣⲉⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲣ ϩⲏⲓϥⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲣⲓⲙⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥⲱⲃⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥⲕⲟⲧϥ ⲉⲩϩⲏⲃⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲉⲩⲱⲕⲙ
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
ⲓ̅ⲑⲃⲃⲓⲉ ⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲣⲉϥϫⲁⲥ ⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ
11 Don’t 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.
ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲙⲡⲣⲕⲁⲧⲁⲗⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲡⲉⲧⲕⲁⲧⲁⲗⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲓ ϥⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ ⲉϥⲕⲁⲧⲁⲗⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲕⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓⲉ ⲛⲕ ⲟⲩⲣⲉϥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛⲧⲕ ⲟⲩⲕⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ
12 Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
ⲓ̅ⲃ̅ⲟⲩⲁ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ϭⲟⲙ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲧⲁⲛϩⲟ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲕ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲧϩⲓⲧⲟⲩⲱⲕ
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.”
ⲓ̅ⲅ̅ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ϭⲉ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲧϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲏ ⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲓⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲣ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲣ ⲉϣⲱⲧ ⲛⲧⲉⲛϯϩⲏⲩ
14 Yet you don’t 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.
ⲓ̅ⲇ̅ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ ⲛⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲁϩⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲟ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲗϩⲱⲃ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲟⲛϩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡⲣⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲕⲟ
15 For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
ⲓ̅ⲉ̅ⲉⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲉⲣⲉϣⲁⲛⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲣ ϩⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲱⲛϩ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲣ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲏ ⲡⲉⲓⲕⲉⲟⲩⲁ
16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
ⲓ̅ⲋ̅ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛⲙⲛⲧϫⲁⲥⲓϩⲏⲧ ϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲧⲉⲓⲙⲓⲛⲉ ϩⲟⲟⲩ
17 To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.
ⲓ̅ⲍ̅ⲡⲉⲧⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲣ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲛϥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲛⲁϥ ⲡⲉ
