James 4
1 Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members?
Angʼo makelo goruok gi dhawo e kindu? Donge gia kuom gombou makedo matek e chunyu?
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
Udwaro ni ubed gi gik moko, to ok uyudgi. Uneko kendo ugombo gige ji, to ok unyal yudo gik mudwarogo. Udhawo kendo ugoru e kindu ngʼato gi ngʼato. Ok uyud gik mudwaro nikech ok ukwa Nyasaye.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures.
To kata ka ukwayo Nyasaye, to ok uyud gik mukwayo nikech ukwayo gi paro maricho mondo utimgo dwarou uwegi.
4 Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
Un joma terore! Donge ungʼeyo ni hero piny en chayo Nyasaye? Ngʼato angʼata moyiero e chunye mondo obed osiep piny doko jasik Nyasaye.
5 Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
Koso uparo ni muma wacho kayiem ni chuny Nyasaye moketo mondo odag eiwa nigi nyiego mager.
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
To kata kamano omiyowa ngʼwono maduongʼ moloyo, mano emomiyo Muma wacho niya, “Nyasaye osin gi josunga, to ochiwo ngʼwono ne joma muol.”
7 Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Omiyo bolreuru e bwo Loch Nyasaye. Kweduru Satan, eka noringu.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
Suduru but Nyasaye, eka nosud butu. Luokuru lweteu, un jorichogi, kendo pwodhuru chunyu, un joma nigi paro ariyogi.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Owinjore ubed gikuyo kendo uywagi, ka ugoyo nduru. Nyiero munyierogo onego olokre ywak, kendo mor mumorgo onego olokre kuyo.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.
Bolreuru e nyim Ruoth Nyasaye eka obiro otingʼou malo.
11 Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Owetena, kik uketh nying joweteu. Ngʼato angʼata ma wuoyo marach kuom nyawadgi kata mangʼado ni nyawadgi bura nyaka ngʼe ni Chik ema owuoyo kuome marach kendo ongʼadone bura. To ngʼat mangʼado ni Chik bura ok orito Chik nikech osedoko ngʼama ngʼadone bura.
12 One [only] is the lawgiver and judge, [even] he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbour?
Wuon Chik ma bende en Jangʼad bura en achiel kende. En ema onyalo reso kata nego ngʼato. In to in ngʼa mondo ingʼad ni nyawadu bura?
13 Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:
Chikuru itu mondo uwinja, un joma wacho niya, “Kawuono kata kiny wanadhi e dala ni, kata e dala cha, mondo wadag kuno higa achiel, mondo walok ohala kuno eka walos pesa.”
14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Ere kaka uwuoyo kamano to ukia gima kiny notimre. Uparo ni ngimau en angʼo? Ngimau chalo mana ka ongʼwengʼo mineno sa matin kende to bangʼe lal nono.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.
Kar wacho kamano to onego uwach mana niya, “Ka Ruoth oyie to wabiro bedo mangima mi watim ma kata macha.”
16 But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
Un to usungoru kendo upakoru! Ngʼeuru ni sunga ma kamano en richo.
17 To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Kuom mano, ngʼato ka ngʼata mongʼeyo gima ber monego otim, to ok otimo, doko jaricho.
