James 4
1 From whence are warres and contentions among you? are they not hence, euen of your pleasures, that fight in your members?
Kisa ki sous kont ak konfli pami nou yo? Èske se pa plezi nou yo k ap fè lagè nan manm kò nou yo?
2 Ye lust, and haue not: ye enuie, and desire immoderately, and cannot obtaine: ye fight and warre, and get nothing, because ye aske not.
Nou anvi e nou pa genyen, donk nou touye moun. Nou anvi e nou pa kab twouve, donk nou goumen e fè kont ak lòt yo. Nou pa genyen paske nou pa mande.
3 Ye aske, and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that ye might lay the same out on your pleasures.
Nou mande e nou pa resevwa, paske nou mande avèk anbisyon ki pa pwòp yo, pou nou kab pase li nan plezi nou yo.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, knowe ye not that the amitie of the world is the enimitie of God? Whosoeuer therefore will be a friend of the world, maketh himselfe the enemie of God.
Nou menm, moun adiltè yo, èske nou pa konprann ke amitye avèk mond lan se rayisman anvè Bondye? Konsa, nenpòt moun ki vle zanmi ak mond lan fè tèt li lènmi ak Bondye.
5 Doe ye thinke that the Scripture sayeth in vaine, The spirit that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?
Oubyen, èske nou panse ke Lekriti sen an pale san rezon: “Li jalou pou Lespri a ke Li te fè rete nan nou an?”
6 But the Scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble.
Men Li bay yon pi gwo gras. Konsa, li di: “Bondye opoze a ògeye yo, men Li fè gras a moun ki enb yo.”
7 Submit your selues to God: resist the deuill, and he will flee from you.
Konsa soumèt nou a Bondye. Reziste a dyab la e li va sove ale de nou.
8 Drawe neere to God, and he will drawe neere to you. Clense your handes, ye sinners, and purge your hearts, ye double minded.
Vin pre Bondye e Li va vin pre nou. Netwaye men nou, nou menm pechè; e pirifye kè nou, nou menm, moun ak doub panse.
9 Suffer afflictions, and sorrowe ye, and weepe: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your ioy into heauinesse.
Se pou nou vin mizerab; lamante e kriye. Kite ri nou yo vin tounen lamantasyon, e lajwa nou yo vin tounen tristès.
10 Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.
Desann nou nan prezans Bondye a, e Li menm, Li va fè nou leve.
11 Speake not euill one of another, brethren. He that speaketh euill of his brother, or he that condemneth his brother, speaketh euill of ye Law, and condemneth the Lawe: and if thou condemnest the Lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the Lawe, but a iudge.
Pa pale kont youn lòt, frè m yo. Sila ki pale kont yon frè oubyen jije frè li a, pale kont lalwa e jije lalwa. Men si nou jije lalwa, olye nou akonpli lalwa a, nou jije li.
12 There is one Lawgiuer, which is able to saue, and to destroy. Who art thou that iudgest another man?
Gen yon sèl ki bay Lalwa; se sèl Li ki kapab sove e detwi. Men nou menm, ki moun nou ye pou jije vwazen nou an?
13 Goe to now ye that say, To day or to morowe we will goe into such a citie, and continue there a yeere, and bye and sell, and get gaine,
Vini koulye a, nou menm, ki di: “Jodi a oswa demen, nou va ale nan tèl vil, e pase yon ane la, angaje nou nan biznis pou fè pwofi.”
14 (And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)
Malgre, nou pa konnen kijan lavi nou va ye demen. Paske ki sa lavi ou ye? Li se sèlman yon vapè ki parèt pou yon ti moman, e answit, vin disparèt.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, and, if we liue, we will doe this or that.
Olye de sa, nou ta dwe di: “Si Bondye vle, nou va viv, e nou va osi fè sesi oubyen sela.”
16 But now ye reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.
Menmjan sa ye a, nou ògeye nan awogans nou. Tout ògèy konsa, se mechanste.
17 Therefore, to him that knoweth how to doe well, and doeth it not, to him it is sinne.
Alò a sila ki konnen bon bagay pou li fè a, men pa fè l, a li menm, se peche.
