Jem 4
1 Nangmouh dawkvah, tarankâtuknae hoi kâyuenae naw teh nâhoi maw a tho vaw. Nange takthai dawk kâtânae lah kaawm e takngainae lung koehoi vaiyaw a tho vaw.
Where do the wars and disputes among you come from? Is it not precisely from your pleasures, the ones at war in your members?
2 Na noe awh ei, na hmu awh hoeh dawkvah tami na thei awh. Puenghoi na ngai ei, na tawn thai hoeh dawkvah, na kâyue na kâhem awh teh taran na kâtuk awh. Na tawnhoehnae teh na hei awh hoeh dawk doeh.
You crave and do not have; you murder and covet and are not able to obtain; you fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.
3 Hahoi, na hei awh ei, na hmawt thai awh hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh namamouh phunepnae koe hno hanelah dai na hei awh dawk doeh.
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may lavish it on your pleasures.
4 Kamsoumhoehe napui tongpa yonnae dawk kaawm e napui tongpanaw, talaivan hoi kâhuikonae teh Cathut hoi kâtarannae doeh tie hah na panuek awh hoeh maw. Talaivan hoi kâhuiko ka ngai e tami teh Cathut e taran doeh.
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? So whoever may want to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5 Cathut ni maimouh thung vah na hruek pouh e Muitha teh dipmanae a tawn tie hah Cakathoung ni ayawmyin lah doeh a dei telah na pouk awh maw.
Or do you suppose that the Scripture says in vain that the Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously?
6 Hatei, Cathut ni na poe e lungmanae teh hot hlak patenghai a tha hoe ao rah. Cakathoung ni a dei patetlah kâphokâlen e tami hah a taran teh, ayâ rahim kârahnoum e tami hah yawhawinae a coe sak.
But He gives greater grace; therefore He says: “God resists proud ones, but gives grace to humble ones.”
7 Hatdawkvah, Cathut ngainae tarawi awh, kahraimathout hah ngang awh. Telah na tetpawiteh, kahraimathout ni na yawng takhai han.
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
8 Cathut teh hnai awh haw, ama ni na hnai awh van han. Tamikayonnaw na kut thoungsak awh. Lung ka sampheinaw na lung thoungsak awh.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Sinners, cleanse your hands! Double-minded, purify your hearts!
9 Lungthoungnae, lungmathoenae, kanae hoi awm awh. Na panuiparingnae teh lungmathoenae lah, na lunghawinae hai lungmathoenae lah awm sak awh.
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into dejection.
10 Cathut hmalah kârahnoum awh. Hottelah na tet pawiteh, Cathut ni na tawm takhang han.
Humble yourself before the Lord and He will exalt you.
11 Ka hmaunawnghanaw buet touh hoi buet touh kâ pathoe awh hanh, apihai a hmaunawngha ka pathoe e teh kâlawk ka pathoe e lah ao. Hottelah na sak pawiteh, nang teh kâlawk na ka tarawi e lah na awm hoeh. Lawk na ka ceng e lah doeh na o.
Brothers, do not speak evil of one another. Because the one speaking against a brother and judging his brother speaks against a law and judges a law. So if you judge a law you are not a law-doer but a judge.
12 Kâlawk na kapoekung, lawkcengkung teh buet touh dueng doeh kaawm. Hote Bawipa ni na rungngang thai teh na raphoe thai. Nang teh bang patet e tami lah mouh na o teh, na tengpam e taminaw hah lawk khuet na ceng va.
The Lawgiver and Judge is One, the one who is able to save and to destroy. So who are you (sg) to be judging someone who is different?
13 Sahnin na ou, tangtho na ou, kahlawng ka cei vaiteh awi haw vah kum tabang ka o han, hno kayo vaiteh, tangka moikapap ka hmu han telah ka pouk e naw, ka lawk heh thai awh haw.
Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us travel to that certain city, spend a year there, do business and make a profit;”
14 Tangtho na hringnae hah bangtelamaw ao han tie hai na panuek awh hoeh. Nangmae na hringnae teh bang patetlah maw ao. Nangmouh teh dawngdengca ka kamnuek niteh tang kahmat e a kahû patetlah doeh na o awh.
whereas you do not know anything about the morrow. For what is our life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time but then vanishes away.
15 Hatdawkvah, Bawipa a ngainae awm boilah, maimouh hai hring a boipawiteh, hottelah hoehpawiteh hettelah sak awh sei telah doeh na ti awh hanelah ao.
Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
16 Hatei, atu nangmanaw teh namahoima na kâtalue awh teh na kâoup awh rah, hot patet e kâoupnae pueng teh kahawihoehe hno doeh.
But now you boast in your arrogant pretensions. All such boasting is malignant.
17 Hatdawkvah, apipatet hai, hnokahawi sak hane a panue nahlangva, sak laipalah awm pawiteh, yo a yon toe.
Therefore, to the one knowing to do good and not doing it, to him it is sin.
