Jakob 4

1 Misa angtukhaih hoi angzoehhaihnawk loe naa hoiah maw nangcae khaeah angzoh? Taksa koehhaih pongah misa kangtuh na takpum thung hoiah na ai maw, to hmuennawk to angzoh o?

From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members?

2 Na tawn o ai pongah, na khit o; tawnh han na koeh o pongah, kami na hum o, toe na tawn o thai ai: nang zoeh o moe, misa nang tuk o, na hni o ai pongah na tawn o ai.

You covet, and have not: you kill, and envy, and can not obtain. You contend and war, and you have not, because you ask not.

3 Na hnik o, toe na hak o ai, na taksa koehhaih baktiah patoh hanah na hnik o pazae pongah, na hnu o ai.

You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

4 Zu sava laep ah zaehaih sah nongpa hoi nongpatanawk! Long hoi ampui sah kami loe Sithaw ih misa ni, tito na panoek o ai maw? Mi kawbaktih doeh long hoi ampui sak koeh kami loe Sithaw ih misa ah ni oh.

Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world, becometh an enemy of God.

5 Cabu mah, Aicae thungah kaom Muithla loe uthaih palungthin tawnh, tiah thuih ih lok loe azom pui ah maw na poek o?

Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?

6 Toe Anih mah loe tahmenhaih to pop aep ah paek. To pongah, Amoek kaminawk loe Sithaw mah koeh ai, toe poeknaem kaminawk khaeah loe tahmenhaih to paek, tiah a thuih.

But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

7 To pongah Sithaw khaeah angpaek oh. Taqawk to pakaa oh, to tiah nahaeloe anih mah na cawn o taak tih.

Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.

8 Sithaw khaeah anghnai oh, to tiah nahaeloe anih doeh nangcae khaeah anghnai toeng tih. Nangcae kazae kaminawk, na ban to pasae oh; nangcae poekhaih angphae kaminawk, na poekhaih palungthin to ciim o sak ah.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

9 Poek amtang oh loe palungset hoiah qah oh: na pahnui o haih to palungsethaih ah angcoeng nasoe loe, nang hoe o haih to palungsethaih ah angcoeng nasoe.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

10 Angraeng mikhnuk ah poek pahnaem oh, to tiah nahaeloe anih mah na tapom o tahang tih.

Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

11 Nawkamyanawk, minawk kasae thui o hmah. Angmah ih nawkamya to kasae thui moe, lokcaek kami loe, kaalok kasae thui kami hoi kaalok lokcaekkung ah oh: toe kaalok to kasae na thuih nahaeloe, kaalok pazui kami ah na om ai, kaalok lokcaekkung ah ni na oh.

Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

12 Kaalok paekkung maeto khue ni oh, anih loe pahlong thaih baktih toengah amrosak thaih: minawk lokcaek kami nang loe mi aa?

There is one lawgiver, and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.

13 Vaihniah maw, to tih ai boeh loe khawnbangah maw, to vangpui ah caeh o si, to vangpui ah saningto cam o si loe, amekhaih hnuk hanah, hmuenmae qanhaih hoi zawhhaih tok to sah o si, tiah thui kaminawk, tahngai oh:

But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year, and will traffic, and make our gain.

14 khawnbang timaw om tih, tito na panoek o ai. Na hing o haih to kawbangah maw na poek o? Atue setta thung amtueng pacoengah anghma ving tamai hoiah ni anghmong.

Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

15 Angraeng koehhaih baktiah om nahaeloe, a hing o tih, to naah hae baktih tok maw, to tih ai boeh loe to baktih tok maw sah o si, tiah na thuih o han oh.

For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little while, and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the Lord will, and if we shall live, we will do this or that.

16 Toe vaihi loe poeksanghaih hoiah nam oek o: to baktih amoekhaihnawk boih loe kasae hmuen ah ni oh.

But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.

17 To pongah kahoih hmuen sak han panoek, toe sah ai kami loe zaehaih a tawnh.

To him therefore who knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.