James 4
1 From whence are warres and contentions among you? are they not hence, euen of your pleasures, that fight in your members?
Mapigano na magombano yote kati yenu yanatoka wapi? Hutoka katika tamaa zenu mbaya ambazo hupigana daima ndani yenu.
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.
Mnatamani vitu na kwa vile hamvipati mko tayari kuua; mwatamani sana kupata vitu, lakini hamvipati, hivyo mnagombana na kupigana. Hampati kile mnachotaka kwa sababu hamkiombi kwa Mungu.
3 Ye aske, and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that ye might lay the same out on your pleasures.
Tena, mnapoomba hampati kwa sababu mnaomba kwa nia mbaya; mnaomba ili mpate kutosheleza tamaa zenu.
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.
Ninyi ni watu msio na uaminifu kama wazinzi. Je, hamjui kwamba kuwa rafiki wa ulimwengu ni kuwa adui wa Mungu? Yeyote anayetaka kuwa rafiki wa ulimwengu anajifanya adui wa Mungu.
5 Doe ye thinke that the Scripture sayeth in vaine, The spirit that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?
Msifikiri kwamba Maandiko Matakatifu yamesema maneno ya bure, yanaposema: “Roho ambaye Mungu amemweka ndani yetu ana wivu mkubwa.”
6 But the Scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble.
Lakini, neema tunayopewa na Mungu ina nguvu zaidi; kama yasemavyo Maandiko: “Mungu huwapinga wenye majivuno lakini huwapa neema wanyenyekevu.”
7 Submit your selues to God: resist the deuill, and he will flee from you.
Basi, jiwekeni chini ya Mungu; mpingeni Ibilisi naye atawakimbieni.
8 Drawe neere to God, and he will drawe neere to you. Clense your handes, ye sinners, and purge your hearts, ye double minded.
Mkaribieni Mungu, naye atakuja karibu nanyi. Osheni mikono yenu enyi wakosefu! Safisheni mioyo yenu enyi wanafiki!
9 Suffer afflictions, and sorrowe ye, and weepe: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your ioy into heauinesse.
Oneni huzuni, lieni na kuomboleza; kicheko chenu na kiwe kilio; na furaha yenu iwe huzuni kubwa.
10 Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.
Nyenyekeeni mbele ya Bwana, naye atawainueni.
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.
Ndugu, msilaumiane ninyi kwa ninyi. Anayemlaumu ndugu yake na kumhukumu, huyo huilaumu na kuihukumu Sheria. Kama ukiihukumu Sheria, basi, wewe huitii Sheria, bali waihukumu.
12 There is one Lawgiuer, which is able to saue, and to destroy. Who art thou that iudgest another man?
Mungu peke yake ndiye mwenye kuweka Sheria na kuhukumu. Ni yeye peke yake anayeweza kuokoa na kuangamiza. Basi, wewe ni nani hata umhukumu binadamu mwenzako?
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,
Basi, sasa sikilizeni ninyi mnaosema: “Leo au kesho tutakwenda katika mji fulani na kukaa huko mwaka mzima tukifanya biashara na kupata faida.”
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)
Ninyi hamjui hata maisha yenu yatakavyokuwa kesho! Ninyi ni kama ukungu unaotokea kwa muda mfupi tu na kutoweka tena.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, and, if we liue, we will doe this or that.
Mngalipaswa kusema: “Bwana akitujalia tutaishi na tutafanya hiki au kile.”
16 But now ye reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.
Lakini sasa mwajivuna na kujigamba; majivuno ya namna hiyo ni mabaya.
17 Therefore, to him that knoweth how to doe well, and doeth it not, to him it is sinne.
Basi, mtu ambaye hafanyi lile jambo jema analojua kwamba anapaswa kulifanya, anatenda dhambi.
