Jacob 4
1 Nalah uva kinah le kidel ho hi ipia kon ham? Nasung uva ngaichat dihlou ho chu kidouva hilou ham?
Whence is it, that there are among you fightings and broils? Is it not from the lusts, which war in your members?
2 Naneilouvu chu na deiyun, hichu mutei na gongun chutia na got nalamun nathat jiuve. Mi dang thilnei nathangseuvin, hinla na neithei pouvin, hiti chun nanghon gal nasatun amahoa kona lahdoh pehding na gouve. Ahijeng vang'in, nanghon nadeiyu chu nanei theipouve, Pathen koma nathum loujeh u ahi.
Ye covet, and possess not; and ye kill, and envy, and effect nothing: and ye fight and make attacks; and ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Chule nathum jeng vangun namudeh pouve, ajeh chu nalung gonu chu abona dihlou ahi-nang ho nopsahna ding bou na deijeh u ahi.
Ye ask, and receive not; because ye ask wickedly, that ye may pamper your lusts.
4 Nangho jonbolteho! Vannoito kigolvop theina hin Pathen melma a nasemu ahi geldoh lou nahiu vem? Seikit inge: Nangho Vannoito na kigolvop uva ahileh, Pathen melma a kisema nahiu ahitai.
Ye adulterers, know ye not, that the love of the world is hostility towards God? He therefore who chooseth to be a lover of this world, is the enemy of God.
5 Pathen Thubun Pathen Lhagao isunguva cheng hin thangsetna a eidip dimu ahi kiti hi ipi nagel uvem?
Or think ye, that the scripture hath vainly said: The spirit dwelling in us lusteth with envy?
6 Hinlah Ama hin hitobang lung gitlou ngaichatna idou jouna dinguva lungsetna eichan cheh joh u ahi. Pathen Thubun, “Pathen in akiletsah ho adouvin, akineosah ho akhoto'e,” ati.
But our Lord hath given us more grace. Therefore he said: The Lord humbleth the lofty, and giveth grace to the lowly.
7 Hitichun, Pathen masanga kineosah un. Diabol chu douvun chutileh nanghoa konin jamdoh tante.
Subject yourselves therefore to God; and stand firm against Satan, and he will flee from you.
8 Pathen kom nailut un, chutileh Pathen in nahin nailut dingu ahi. Nakhut u sutheng un, michonse nangho; nalungu sutheng un, ajeh chu nangho Pathen le vannoi kikah ah nalungthimu akikehsotai.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: sanctify your hearts, ye divided in mind.
9 Nathilbol chunguva kisihna mitlhi longdoh hen. Lungkhamna le lunghemna tahbeh soh hen. Nuina sangin kana, chule kipana sangin lhasetna sohhen.
Humble yourselves, and mourn: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into grief.
10 Pakai masanga kineosah un, chuteng Aman jabolna'a nadopsang dingu ahi.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 Kasopi deitahte, khat in khat dounan thuse seihih un. Nangho naki oimo touva chule khat in khat chung thu natan u ahileh Pathen danthu chu oimoa chule athutana napanu ahitai. Hinla naboldiu dol chu danthu najui diu bou ahin, athutan ding nahi lou u ahi.
Speak not against each other, my brethren; for he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law. And if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but its judge.
12 Danthu pea pang Pathen bou chu Thutanpa ahi. Ama bou chu huhhingthei ahilouleh sumangthei hiya ahi. Achutileh, nangman naheng nakom chunga thutan theina ipi thu naneiyem?
There is one Law-giver and Judge, who can make alive, and can destroy: but who art thou, that thou judgest thy neighbor?
13 Tun veuvin, “Tuni ahilouleh jing tengleh khopi khat a gacheu hitin chule chuche mun a chun kum khat ga-umu hite. Chumuna chun sumkol gakiveiyu hitin chule sumpung holuhite,” natiuve.
But what shall we say of those, who say: To-day or to-morrow we will go to such or such a city, and will abide there a year; and we will traffic, and get gain?
14 Jing nikhoa itobang hinkho naman diu nahet uvem? Nahin khou chu jingkah twimei tobang ahi-hikoma chomkhat uma, chujoule chemang tobang ahi.
And they know not what will be to-morrow: for what is our life, but an exhalation that is seen a little while, and then vanisheth and is gone?
15 Gahsei dia pha chu, “Pakaiyin eidei peh u ahileh eiho hingu hitin chule hiche ahilouleh khuche bolu hite,” tiuvin.
Whereas they should say: If the Lord please, and we live, we will do this or that.
16 Achuti louva natoh gon uva nakiletsah piuva ahileh hitobang kiletsah a thusei chu phalouva ahi.
They glory in their vaunting. All such glorying is evil.
17 Geldohun, nanghon nabol dingu chu ipi ahi henasa'a nabol lou u chu chonset ahi.
He that knoweth the good, and doeth it not, to him is sin.
