James 4
1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Do not they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
Ki jan fè gen goumen ak kont nan mitan nou konsa? Kote sa soti? Sa soti nan move lanvi k'ap goumen nan kò nou.
2 You lust, and do not have. You murder and covet, and cannot obtain. You fight and make war. You do not have, because you do not ask.
Nou anvi yon bann bagay. Men, nou pa ka jwenn yo. Lè konsa, nou pare pou nou touye moun. Nou anvi sa ki pa pou nou. Men, nou pa ka jwenn yo. Lè konsa, se fè kont, se goumen. Si nou pa jwenn sa nou bezwen an, se paske nou pa mande Bondye.
3 You ask, and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Menm lè nou mande, nou pa resevwa anyen, paske nou mande mal. Nou mande bagay ki pou satisfè pwòp dezi pa nou sèlman.
4 You adulterers and adulteresses, do not you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Ala moun pa gen konfyans nan Bondye! Eske nou pa konnen lè nou zanmi lemonn, se lènmi Bondye nou ye! Moun ki vle zanmi lemonn, li vin lènmi Bondye.
5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
Pa konprann se pou anyen yo ekri pawòl sa a nan Liv la: Bondye sitèlman renmen lespri li mete nan nou an, li fè jalouzi pou li.
6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Men, li fè nou yon pi gwo favè ankò, jan sa ekri nan Liv la: Bondye pran pozisyon kont moun ki gen lògèy yo. Men, moun ki soumèt devan l', li ba yo favè li.
7 Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Se poutèt sa, desann nou devan Bondye. Men, pran pozisyon kont Satan, la kouri kite nou.
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Pwoche bò kot Bondye, Bondye va pwoche bò kote nou tou. Nou menm k'ap fè peche, lave men nou. Netwaye kè nou, nou menm k'ap woule de bò.
9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
Se pou nou gen lapenn nan kè nou, kriye, plenn sò nou. Pase pou nou ri, pito nou kriye. Pase pou nou kontan, pito nou nan lapenn.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Desann nou devan Bondye, Bondye va leve nou.
11 Do not speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
Frè m' yo, piga nou yonn pale lòt mal. Moun ki pale yon frè mal, osinon ki jije frè li, se lalwa li pale mal, se lalwa li jije. Si w'ap jije lalwa, ou pa yon moun k'ap obsève lalwa, men ou pran pòz jij ou sou li.
12 Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
Se Bondye ki fè lalwa. Se li menm tou ki sèl jij. Li gen pouvwa sove moun, li gen pouvwa kite yo pèdi. Men, ou menm k'ap jije frè parèy ou, ki moun ou konprann ou ye?
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
Koulye a, se ak nou m'ap pale, nou menm k'ap di: jòdi a osinon denmen, n'a pral nan tèl lavil. Rive la, n'a pase yon lanne, n'a fè kòmès ak anpil benefis.
14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Nou pa menm konnen sa lavi nou va ye denmen. Lavi nou tankou yon nwaj. Li parèt pou yon ti tan. Apre sa, li disparèt.
15 For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
Okontrè, men sa pou nou te di: Si Bondye vle, n'a wè denmen, n'a fè sa osinon sa.
16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
Men, koulye a nan grandizè nou, se vante n'ap vante tèt nou. Se yon move bagay pou moun vante tèt yo konsa.
17 To him therefore who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Se poutèt sa, moun ki pa fè byen li konnen li gen pou l' fè a, li fè peche.
