James 4
1 From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members?
Ooshshinne oli hintte giddo awuppe yii? Entti yey hintte asatethaa haaranaw olettiya hintte asho amuwaappe gidenneyye?
2 You covet, and have not: you kill, and envy, and can not obtain. You contend and war, and you have not, because you ask not.
Hintte amotteeta, shin demmeketa; hessa gisho, wodheeta. Minthi koyeeta, shin demmanaw dandda7ekketa; hessa gisho, ooyetteetanne oletteeta. Hintte Xoossaa woossonna gisho koyabaa demmeketa.
3 You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.
Hintte woosseta, shin demmeketa. Hintte asho amuwaa polanaw wobbe ogen woossiya gisho demmeketa.
4 Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world, becometh an enemy of God.
Hinttenoo, laymateyssato! Ha alamiya dosey Xoossara morkke gideyssa erekketii? Ha alamiyara dabbotanaw koyey oonikka Xoossaara morkke.
5 Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?
Geeshsha Maxaafay, “Xoossay nunan daana mela oothida Ayyaanay, nuuni iyaw buzo gidana mela amottees” gidayssa coo gidabaa daanii?
6 But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Shin Geeshsha Maxaafay, “Xoossay otoranchchota ixxees, shin banttana kawushsheyssatas maarotethaa immees” yaagiya gisho, Xoossay maarotethaa darssidi immees.
7 Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.
Hessa gisho, Xoossaas haarettite; Xalahiyara eqettite; I hinttefe haakkana.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Xoossaakko shiiqite; I hintteko shiiqana. Hinttenoo, nagaranchchoto, hintte kushiya meecettite; nam77u qofi de7eyssato, hintte wozanaa geeshshite.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.
Kayottite, yeekkitenne afuxite. Hintte miichchay yeehon, hintte ufayssay azzanon laameto.
10 Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Godaa sinthan hinttenatethaa kawushshite; hinttena dhoqqu dhoqqu oothana.
11 Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Ta ishato, issoy issuwa zigiroppite. Ba ishaa zigireynne iya bolla pirddey higge zigireesinne higge bolla pirddees. Neeni higge bolla pirddiko higge bolla pirddeyssa gidaasappe attin higge poleyssa gidakka.
12 There is one lawgiver, and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.
Higge immeynne pirddey Xoossaa xalaala. Ashshanawunne dhayssanaw dandda7ey iya. Yaatin, ne asa bolla pirddey neeni oonee?
13 But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year, and will traffic, and make our gain.
Hintte, “Nuuni hachchi woykko wontto ya katamaa woykko ha katamaa baana; yan laythi uttana; zal77idi wodhisana” yaageyssato, si7ite.
14 Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.
Wontto aybi hananeekko hintte erekketa. Hintte de7oy waananekko erey oonee? Hintte guutha wode benttidi dhayiya akka mela.
15 For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little while, and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the Lord will, and if we shall live, we will do this or that.
Hessa aggidi, “Goday giikko nuuni daana; hayssa woykko hessa oothana” yaaganaw bessees.
16 But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.
Shin hintte ha77i otortteetanne ceeqetteeta. Hessa mela ceeqo ubbay iita.
17 To him therefore who knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.
Hessa gisho, lo77obaa oothanaw erishe oothonna uraas hessi nagara.
