James 4
1 From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which 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 covet, and have not: you kill, and envy, and can not obtain. You contend and war, and you have not, because you ask not.
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 receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.
Menm lè nou mande, nou pa resevwa anyen, paske nou mande mal. Nou mande bagay ki pou satisfè pwòp dezi pa nou sèlman.
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.
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 saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?
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 giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud, and giveth 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, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.
Se poutèt sa, desann nou devan Bondye. Men, pran pozisyon kont Satan, la kouri kite nou.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye 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 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.
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 Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Desann nou devan Bondye, Bondye va leve nou.
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.
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 There is one lawgiver, and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.
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 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.
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 Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.
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 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.
Okontrè, men sa pou nou te di: Si Bondye vle, n'a wè denmen, n'a fè sa osinon sa.
16 But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.
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 knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.
Se poutèt sa, moun ki pa fè byen li konnen li gen pou l' fè a, li fè peche.
