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Where do wars and fights among you come from? Do they not come from your passions that wage war among your members?
2 ⲃ̅ ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲉⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲏⲧⲛ̅. ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ϩⲱⲧⲃ̅. ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲕⲱϩ. ⲙⲛ̅ϭⲟⲙ ⲙ̅ⲙⲱⲧⲛ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲧⲉ. ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲙⲓϣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲣ̅ⲡⲟⲗⲉⲙⲟⲥ. ⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲛ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲩ. ϫⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲁⲛ.
You desire but do not have. You murder and are jealous but cannot obtain what you want. You fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask.
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
4 ⲇ̅ ⲛ̅ⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ̅ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲧⲙⲛ̅ⲧϣⲃⲏⲣ ⲙ̅ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲙⲛ̅ⲧϫⲁϫⲉ ⲧⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ. ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱϣ ϭⲉ ⲉⲣ̅ϣⲃⲏⲣ ⲉⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ϥⲛ̅ⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛ̅ϫⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ.
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks in vain? The spirit that dwells in us desires to the point of envy,
6 ⲋ̅ ⲥϯ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛ̅ϩⲙⲟⲧ. ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲥϫⲱ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϥϯ ⲟⲩⲃⲉⲛ̅ϫⲁⲥⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧ. [ϥⲛⲁϯ] ⲇⲉ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩϩⲙⲟⲧ [ⲛ̅ⲛⲉ]ⲧⲑⲃ̅ⲃⲓⲏⲩ
but God gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Submit yourselves therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 ⲏ̅ ϩⲱⲛ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲣⲉϥϩⲱⲛ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ̅. ⲧⲃ̅ⲃⲟ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̅ϭⲓϫ. ⲛ̅ⲣⲉϥⲣ̅ⲛⲟⲃⲉ. ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲧⲃ̅ⲃⲟ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲧⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧ. ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning, and your joy into gloom.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ ⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ. ⲙ̅ⲡⲣ̅ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲗⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲉⲣⲏⲩ. ⲡⲉⲧⲕⲁⲧⲁⲗⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ ⲏ ⲉϥⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ. ⲉϥⲕⲁⲧⲁⲗⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ. ⲉϣϫⲉⲉⲕⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ. ⲉⲓⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧⲕ̅ⲟⲩⲣⲉϥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ. ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛ̅ⲧⲕ̅ⲟⲩⲕⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ.
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. He who speaks evil against a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. Now if yoʋ judge the law, yoʋ are not a doer of the law but a judge.
12 ⲓ̅ⲃ̅ ⲟⲩⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲑⲉⲧⲏⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲩⲛ̅ϭⲟⲙ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲧⲁⲛϩⲟ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲧⲁⲕⲟ. ⲛ̅ⲧⲕ̅ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲕⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲕⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲧϩⲓⲧⲟⲩⲱⲕ.
There is only one lawgiver—he who is able to save and destroy. But who are yoʋ to judge another?
13 ⲓ̅ⲅ̅ ⲛ̅ⲧⲱⲧⲛ̅ ϭⲉ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲧϫⲱ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲥ. ϫⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲏ ⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲓⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ. ⲛ̅ⲧⲛ̅ⲣ̅ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲩ. ⲛ̅ⲧⲛ̅ⲣ̅ⲉϣⲱⲧ ⲛ̅ⲧⲛ̅ϯϩⲏⲩ.
Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
14 ⲓ̅ⲇ̅ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ̅ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲱⲧⲛ̅ ⲛ̅ⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ. ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲁϩⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲟ ⲛ̅ⲑⲉ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲉⲗϩⲱϥ. ⲉϥⲟⲩⲟⲛϩ̅ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ. ⲙⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲥⲱⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲛϥ̅ⲧⲁⲕⲟ.
You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, let us live and do this or that.”
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
So whoever knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.
