James 4
1 What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
Ɔko ne akasakasa a asi mo mu yi fi he? Efi mo ara mo akɔnnɔ a ɛne mo nipadua di asi no.
2 You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
Morepɛ nneɛma bi nanso morentumi nnya, ɛno nti moayɛ mo adwene sɛ mubedi awu. Mo ani abere denneennen rehwehwɛ nneɛma bi, nanso mo nsa nka, enti akasakasa ne ɔko nam so ba. Mo nsa renka nea morehwehwɛ no efisɛ mummisa Onyankopɔn.
3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
Na sɛ mubisa koraa nso a, mo nsa renka, efisɛ mowɔ adwemmɔne, sɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mode nea munya no begye mo ani.
4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
Nnipa a munni gyidi! Munnim sɛ, sɛ mofa wiase adamfo a, na moyɛ Onyankopɔn atamfo? Obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔyɛ wiase adamfo no bɛyɛ Onyankopɔn tamfo.
5 Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
Mususuw sɛ Kyerɛwsɛm a ɛka se, “Ninkutwe ahyɛ honhom a Onyankopɔn de ahyɛ yɛn mu no ma” no wɔkaa no kwa ana?
6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Nanso adom a Onyankopɔn dom yɛn no dɔɔso yiye. Na Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Onyankopɔn siw ahantanfo kwan, na ɔdom ahobrɛasefo.”
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Enti momfa mo ho nhyɛ Onyankopɔn ase. Munsiw ɔbonsam kwan, na obeguan afi mo ho.
8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Mommɛn Onyankopɔn, na ɔno nso bɛbɛn mo. Monhohoro mo nsa ho, mo nnebɔneyɛfo! Montew mo koma mu, mo a mo adwene yɛ ntanta!
9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Munni awerɛhow, munsu, na muntwa agyaadwo; momma mo serew nnan osu, na mo anigye nnan awerɛhow.
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Mommrɛ mo ho ase mma Awurade, na ɔbɛma mo so.
11 Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
Me nuanom, munnnidi mo ho nseku. Obiara a ɔkasa tia ne nua anaa obu no atɛn no, kasa tia mmara no. Na sɛ wubu mmara no atɛn a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ afei de, wunni mmara no so.
12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
Onyankopɔn nko na ɔma mmara na obu atɛn. Ɔno nko na ogye nkwa na ɔsɛe. Wone hena a wubu wo yɔnko atɛn?
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
Mo a moka se, “Nnɛ anaa ɔkyena yebetu kwan akɔ kurow bi so akodi afe akɔyɛ adwuma, apɛ sika” no, muntie me.
14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Munnim nea ɛbɛto mo ɔkyena. Mote sɛ omununkum a ɛba bere tiaa bi na ɛyera.
15 Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
Asɛm a ɛsɛ sɛ moka ne se, “Sɛ Awurade pɛ a, yɛbɛyɛ eyi anaa eyi.”
16 As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
Nanso mprempren mohoahoa mo ho de mo nsa si mo bo. Saa ahohoahoa no nyinaa yɛ bɔne.
17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
Enti nea onim papa yɛ na ɔnyɛ no, ɛyɛ bɔne ma no.
