James 4

1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

Hei akaꞌ mireresi ma mitofa esa no esa. Huu-patan sa? Naa dadꞌi, huu sia taladꞌa mara hambu atahori rae sangga nemehoꞌot soaꞌ neu ao nara

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.

Hei misuuꞌ a hambu saa esa, te nda nai dai sa. Boe ma hei rala mara mera, de akaꞌ mireresi, ma mifetu, losa hei nda hia-bii mae misa atahori sa. Hei nda hambu e sa, huu hei nda hule-oꞌe, ma nda moꞌe mia Lamatuaꞌ sa.

3 You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

Te mae hei hule-oꞌe losa etu fatu hau ra o, hei nda hambu saa fo moꞌeꞌ a sa, huu moꞌe tunggaꞌ a hihii ao-sisi mara.

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.

Memaꞌ hei atahori nda mana maꞌatataaꞌ sa! hei onaꞌ atahori masaoꞌ ra esa ralan nda naꞌatataaꞌ no esa sa, de hohongge leli. Mete ma hei tunggaꞌ a raefafoꞌ ia hihii-nanaun, na, tao ao mara musu mo Lamatualain. Naa eni ena!

5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?

Naa de, Lamatualain Susura Meumaren suraꞌ nae, “Lamatuaꞌ fee Dula-dalen sia rala tara ena. Ma Dula-daleꞌ hihiin, fo taꞌatataaꞌ takandoo to E. Te huu, Ana horombala.”

6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Lenaꞌ fai, Lamatualain feꞌe nau fee tamba rala malolen. Naa de, Susura Meumareꞌ a, nae: “Lamatuaꞌ labꞌan atahori mana koaoꞌ ra, te natudꞌu rala malolen neu atahori mana raloe-radꞌae rala nara.”

7 Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Lamatuaꞌ naa, Malangga! Dadꞌi fee ao mara reu E, fo tungga hihiin. Ama afiꞌ tungga nitu ra malangga monaen hihii-nanaun. Labꞌan mihereꞌ e. No taꞌo naa, ana nela hela nggi.

8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Sangga dalaꞌ fo misodꞌa ralaꞌ esa mo Lamatualain. No taꞌo naa, Ana deka no nggi. Weh, mana masodꞌa sia sala kiluꞌ re! Ama musi tao mitetu dꞌala masodꞌa mara. Ma, rala mana banggi-bꞌanggiꞌ re! Ama musi laoꞌ no ndoos mo Lamatuaꞌ, afi dinggoꞌ dii-ona mi fai. Dꞌoo basa ia misodꞌa no nemehoꞌot ma kido-kedꞌeꞌ a. De miloeꞌ leo! Hei bubꞌuluꞌ rala mana banggi-bꞌanggi mara ma sala-kilu mara ena. Malole lenaꞌ fale rala mara ma nggae ei-ei leo.

9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Mete ma hei mihine tebꞌe-tebꞌeꞌ mae, memaꞌ hei nda mindaa sia Lamatualain matan sa, dei fo Ana soꞌu nala nggi dadꞌi atahori maloleꞌ sia matan.

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.

Toronoo nggare! Afiꞌ olaꞌ miꞌimuti-miꞌimu esa no esa nara malolen. Te mete ma hei olaꞌ taꞌo naa, ma fee salaꞌ mikindooꞌ a neu atahori ra, hei milena-langga neu Lamatuaꞌ hohoro-lalanen mana oi, “Musi sue toronom, ona aom boe.” Mete ma hei nda tungga hohoro-lalaneꞌ naa sa, hei soꞌu minanaru ao mara lenaꞌ Lamatuaꞌ hohoro-lalanen.

12 Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

Akaꞌ Lamatuaꞌ mesaꞌ ne, mana tao hohoro-lalaneꞌ naa, naꞌena hak naꞌetuꞌ hita dedꞌean. Ma akaꞌ Eni naꞌena hak fee masodꞌaꞌ neu nggita, do, fee huku-doki mate neu nggita. Hei nda miꞌena hak miꞌetuꞌ atahori dedꞌean sa, do olaꞌ miꞌimuti atahori nara malolen.

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.”

Taꞌo ia! Hei, musi mihine ena fo afiꞌ olaꞌ mae, “Faiꞌ ia do mbila na, hai mae mi sia kota naa! Hai mae leo sia naa too esa. Hai mae danggan fo hambu bunaꞌ mbei!”

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.

Ho bubꞌuluꞌ saa soꞌal fai mana nema ia ra? Nda hambu esa nahine masodꞌaꞌ ia nenendin sa. Atahori masodꞌan ona lumeꞌ sou, te aibꞌoiꞌ ma mopo neuꞌ ena.

15 For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”

Malole lenaꞌ hei olaꞌ mae, “Mete ma Lamatuaꞌ sue, na, hai misodꞌa. Ma mete ma Lamatuaꞌ nau, na, hai tao ia,”

16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

Te mete ma nda olaꞌ taꞌo naa sa, na, hei koa-kaaꞌ a. Naa ona hei liliiꞌ Lamatuaꞌ sia dudꞌuꞌa-afi mara. Naa sala monaeꞌ.

17 To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

Misinedꞌa malolole! Atahori mana nahine dꞌala matetuꞌ a, te nda tao tungga taꞌo naa sa, naa eni tao sala ena.