James 4
1 Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, — from your pleasures, which war in your members?
A kuevi kueti ba zikhindu ayi ziphaka zidi mu beno e? Keti mu zitsatu zimbimbi zilembo nuani mu binama bieno.
2 Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.
Lunzininanga bima vayi lubakanga ko; lueti vonda ayi kiphala kingolo kidi yeno vayi lubakanga ko. Lueti nuana ayi lueti zonza. Lutambulanga ko bima biobi lueti tomba bila lubitombanga kuidi Nzambi ko.
3 Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.
Lueti lomba vayi lutambulanga ko bila bumbimbi lueti lombila, lueti bilombila mu diambu di zikhini zieno veka.
4 Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be [the] friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.
Luidi bankua kitsuza! Luisi zaba ko ti kikundi ki nza kidi bumbeniayi Nzambi e? Woso mutu tidi ba nkundi wu nza, wunkitukanga mbeni yi Nzambi.
5 Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
Beno lummuena ti mu phamba masonoko meti tubila ti: Mu kiphala kingolo kanzodilanga Pheve yoyi katula mu beto.
6 But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against [the] proud, but gives grace to [the] lowly.
Muaki, nlemvo wuwombo kakutuvananga. Diawu katubila ti: Nzambi wunkakidilanga bankua luniemo vayi nlemvo andi widi kuidi batu bobo bakukikululanga.
7 Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Diawu, bika lutumukinanga Nzambi, vayi lunuanisa satana, buna wela kulutina.
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.
Bika lufikama vadi Nzambi ayi niandi wela kulufikama. A beno bankua masumu, bika lusukula mioko mieno, vedisanu mintima mieno beno batu luidi mintima mi vasuka.
9 Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
Bika lumona mabienga meno; bika luba mu kaniki, bika ludila. Bikadisevo dieno dikituka bidilu; bika khini eno yikituka kiadi.
10 Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you.
Bika lukikulula va meso ma Pfumu, buna niandi wela kulunangika.
11 Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.
A Bakhomba baama, lubika ba kifu kitubidilanga badieno. Bila woso mutu wuntubidila khombꞌandi voti sambisidi khombꞌandi, buna kazaba ti Mina katubididi ayi kasambisidi. Vayi enati ngeyo sambisidi Mina, buna wusiedi ko mutu wowo wunsadilanga miawu vayi weka zuzi di Mina.
12 One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?
Vayi lubika zimbakana ti mutu kaka wumosi wumvananga Mina ayi niandi zuzi. Niandi kaka wulenda vukisa ayi wulenda vonda. Vayi ngeyo widi nani mu sambisa ndiaku e?
13 Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
Luwa mboti beno lueta tuba: “Buabu voti mbazi tuela kuenda ku divula di kingandi; mvu mvimba tuela kukadila; kuna tuela sala kisalu kisumbisa bima, ayi tuela baka zimbongo ziwombo.”
14 ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing, )
Beno lukadi kueno zaba buevi buela bela luzingu lueno mu lumbu ki mbazi. A mbi biobi luzingu lueno e? Keti luzingu lueno luidi banga muisiwumonikini mu ndambu thangu vayi zimbukila wuzimbidi.
15 instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.
Tala nganu phila lufueti yolukilanga yawu yayi: “Enati Pfumutidi buna tuela zinga ayi tuela vanga diadi voti dina.”
16 But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
Vayi beno luntulanga luniemo lueno mu zikhanu zieno. Luzaba ti luniemo lu phila yoyi luidi lu mbimbi.
17 To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
Woso kuandi mutu zebi vanga mamboti vayi kakadi kumavanga, niandivodidi masumu.
