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.
Whence wars and fightings among you? Do they not come hence, even from your lusts, which 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 strongly desire, and have not; you kill, and are zealous, and can not obtain. You fight and war, but have not, because you ask not.
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 wickedly, that you may spend upon your lusts.
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 the friendship of the world is enmity against God? Whosoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world, is counted 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.
Do you think that the scripture speaks in vain? And does the spirit, who dwells in us, strongly incline to envy?
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 favor. For it says, "God resists the proud, but gives favor to the humble."
7 Hatdawkvah, Cathut ngainae tarawi awh, kahraimathout hah ngang awh. Telah na tetpawiteh, kahraimathout ni na yawng takhai han.
Therefore, be subject 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 nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you men of two minds.
9 Lungthoungnae, lungmathoenae, kanae hoi awm awh. Na panuiparingnae teh lungmathoenae lah, na lunghawinae hai lungmathoenae lah awm sak awh.
Be exceedingly afflicted, and mourn, and weep; and let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sadness.
10 Cathut hmalah kârahnoum awh. Hottelah na tet pawiteh, Cathut ni na tawm takhang han.
Be humble in the presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
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.
He who speaks against his brother, and condemns his brother, speaks against the law, and condemns the law. But if you condemn the law, you are not a doer of the law, 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.
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy. Who are you, that condemn another?
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, To-day, or to-morrow, we will go to such a city, and will abide there one year, and traffic in merchandise, and get gain;
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.
who do not know what shall be to-morrow. For what is your life? It is, indeed, a smoke, which appears for a little while, and 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 of which, you ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall 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 proud speeches: all such boasting is evil.
17 Hatdawkvah, apipatet hai, hnokahawi sak hane a panue nahlangva, sak laipalah awm pawiteh, yo a yon toe.
Wherefore, to him who know how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
