Yakobo 4
1 Ngondo ni kuputana mwa ŵanyamwe ikukopochela kwapi? Ana ngaŵa ikutyochela mu tama syenu syasikukanilana mu nkati mwenu?
Whence come wars and whence come battles within you? are they not from thence, from your pleasures warring in your members?
2 Nkulajila indu, ni pakuŵa ngankwipata, nkukombola kuulaga. Nkulajila kwannope kukola indu yejinji nambo ngankukombola kwipata, kwayele nkutandana ni kuputana. Ngankupata indu inkwisaka pakuŵa ngankwaŵenda Akunnungu.
You lust, and you have not: you murder, and you strive, and you are not able to obtain: you fight and you war; and have not, because you do not ask:
3 Namose pankuŵenda, ngankupata pakuŵa nkuŵenda ni nningwa wangaŵa wambone, kuti nkombole kukwanisya tama syenu.
you ask, and you receive not, because you ask wickedly, that you may expend it in your pleasures.
4 Mwanya ŵandu ŵangakulupilichika! Ngankwimanyilila kuti kutenda uganja ni chilambo uli umagongo ni Akunnungu? Kwapele jwalijose jwakusaka kutenda uganja ni chilambo akulitesya jwammagongo jwa Akunnungu.
O adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whosoever therefore may wish to be the friend of the world renders himself the enemy of God.
5 Nkaganichisya kuti Malembelo ga Akunnungu gakuti maloŵe gangali chindu pagakuti, “Mbumu jwa Akunnungu jwaŵichikwe mwetuwe akwete wiiu ligongo lyetu.”
Whether do you think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit who dwells in us fights against envy?
6 Nambo umbone wa Akunnungu ukwete machili gamakulungwa nnope mpela yagakuti pakusala Malembelo ga Akunnungu, “Akunnungu akwakanila ŵaali ni chibuli nambo akwapa upile ŵakulitulusya.”
and he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
7 Kwayele nkunde kulongoswa ni Akunnungu. Mwakanile Shetani nombeŵo chambutuche.
Therefore draw nigh unto God; and resist the devil, and he will flee from you:
8 Mwaŵandichile Akunnungu nombewo chambandichile. Njosye makono genu mwanya ŵandi ŵa sambi. Nswejesye mitima jenu mwanya ŵaulamba.
draw nigh unto God, and he draws nigh unto you. Purify your hands, ye sinners; and cleanse your hearts, ye double-minded.
9 Nsupuche, nlile ni kulila kwamalumbo. Lukondwa lwenu luŵe kusupuka ni kuseka kwenu kuŵe kulila kwamalumbo.
Weep, and mourn, lament: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.
10 Nlitulusye paujo pa Ambuje nombewo chankwesye.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will raise you up.
11 Achinjangu nkalalatilana mwachinsyene. Mundu jwakunlalatila njakwe ni kunlamula, jwelejo akugalalatila ni kugalamula malajisyo. Naga nkugalamula malajisyo mmwe ngankugajitichisya malajisyo nambo nkugalamula.
Do not calumniate one another, brethren: the one speaking against his brother, and judging his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law: if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 Akunnungu jikape ni ŵakugatyosya Malajisyo ni kulamula. Ni ŵelewo pe ni ŵakukombola kukulupusya ni kuulaga. Ana mmwe nli ŵaani junkwalamula ŵandu ŵane?
There is one lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who are you, the one judging your neighbor.
13 Sambano mpilikanile mwanya ŵankuti, “Lelo pane malaŵi tutujaule lisi limo, tukatame chaka chansima kweleko, ni kusumisya malonda ni kupata mbiya.”
Come now, ye who are saying, To-day or to-morrow we will go into that city, and abide there a year, and trade and accumulate:
14 Mwanya ngankwimanyilila ichiikopochele malaŵi mu umi wenu. Mwanya ndi mpela lipundugulu lyalikuwoneka katema kakajipi ni kusoŵa.
whosoever do not know that which belongs to the morrow: for what is your life? For you are a vapor, appearing for a moment, and then vanishing away;
15 Ŵanyamwe mwasachilwe kuŵecheta yeleyi: “Ambuje asakaga chitutame ni kuchipanganya achi ni chelechi.”
on the contrary you should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will indeed do this, or that.
16 Nambo sambano, nkulilapa ni kuligamba. Kulilapa kwati yeleyo kuli chigongomalo.
But you are now boasting in your arrogances: all such boasting is wicked.
17 Nipele, mundu jwalijose jwakumanyilila chachili chambone chakusachilwa kuchitenda, nambo ngakuchitenda, mundu jo akupanganya sambi.
Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
