James 4
1 Whence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence — out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?
¿Jawjeꞌ kape wi ri nim taq chꞌoꞌj xuqujeꞌ ri nitzꞌ taq chꞌoꞌj ri kakꞌulmataj chiꞌxoꞌl? ¿La man kꞌu kakꞌulmataj wa rumal ri itzel taq rayinik ri kꞌo pa iwanimaꞌ?
2 ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;
Man kixkwin taj chuloqꞌik ri jastaq ri kirayij, kixkamisanik rumal ri tiꞌtatem ri kꞌo chiꞌwe. Kixkꞌankꞌatik rumal riꞌ kixchꞌoꞌjinik. Maj kꞌo iwukꞌ rumal man kitata che ri Dios.
3 ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend [it].
Man kayaꞌtaj taj ri jastaq ri kito rumal che etzelal kikoj wi, xaq rech ri itzel taq irayinik.
4 Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.
¡Winaq ri man utz ta iwanimaꞌ rukꞌ ri Dios! ¿La man iwetaꞌm chi ri keꞌ ranimaꞌ rukꞌ ri jastaq rech uwachulew kubꞌan ukꞌulel riꞌ che ri Dios? Xapachin ri keꞌ ukꞌuꞌx rukꞌ ri jastaq rech uwachulew kubꞌan ukꞌulel che ri Dios.
5 Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, 'To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'
¿Teꞌq pikꞌuꞌx chi xaq bꞌanoj tzij ri kubꞌij ri utzij ri Dios are kubꞌij chi sibꞌalaj kuloqꞌaj ri Uxlabꞌixel ri kꞌo pa qanimaꞌ?
6 and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, 'God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'
Ri Dios pa ri utoqꞌobꞌ kujutoꞌo. Rumal riꞌ kubꞌij pa ri tzꞌibꞌatalik: Ri Dios man kuꞌkꞌamawaꞌj taj ri nimal kakinaꞌo, xaq xwi nim keꞌrilo ri kakimochꞌ kibꞌ.
7 be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;
Chimochꞌo iwibꞌ choch ri Dios, rech kixukꞌamawaꞌj. Man kiya ta bꞌe che ri Itzel kok chiꞌwe xaq jeriꞌ kanimaj bꞌik.
8 draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
Chixqebꞌ rukꞌ ri Dios rech kaqet are iwukꞌ. ¡Aꞌjmakibꞌ chichꞌajchꞌobꞌej iwibꞌ! Ri man qas tzij taj ix kꞌolik, chichꞌajchꞌobꞌej ri iwanimaꞌ.
9 be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
Chikꞌamawaꞌj uqꞌabꞌ chi maj kꞌo iwukꞌ, chixoqꞌoq, kꞌax chinaꞌ. Chikꞌexa ri itzeꞌ pa oqꞌej xuqujeꞌ ri ikiꞌkotemal pa bꞌis.
10 be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.
Chimochꞌo iwibꞌ cho ri Dios rech kuya na iqꞌij.
11 Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;
Qachalal, mibꞌij kꞌax chibꞌil taq iwibꞌ. We kꞌo jun itzel katzijon che ri rachalal, o wine kuqꞌat tzij puꞌwiꞌ, tajin karetzelaj riꞌ ri taqanik, man tajin ta kunimaj riꞌ ri taqanik xane tajin karesaj uwach ri qꞌatal tzij.
12 one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou — who art thou that dost judge the other?
Xa jun ri Dios qꞌatal tzij, ri kakwinik kakolonik xuqujeꞌ kubꞌan kꞌax. Are kꞌu ri at, ¿jachin jun jeꞌ kanaꞌo cher kaqꞌat tzij puꞌwiꞌ ri ajil tzꞌaqat?
13 Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'
Chitampe ri kinbꞌij, ix kibꞌij kamik kujeꞌ pa we jun tinimit riꞌ, kujkꞌojiꞌk jun junabꞌ chilaꞌ, kaqabꞌan qakꞌay rech kaqachꞌek qarajil.
14 who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
¡Man ne iwetaꞌm taj jas ri kakꞌulmataj chweꞌq! ¿La iwetaꞌm jas rukꞌ kajunumataj wi ri ikꞌaslemal? Jer ix kꞌo ri sutzꞌ xaq kꞌa te kukꞌut qꞌanoq ribꞌ xuqujeꞌ xaq kꞌa teꞌ kasachik.
15 instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
Ri qas rajawaxik kibꞌij are: we karaj ri Ajawxel kujkꞌasiꞌk, kujkꞌasiꞌ waꞌ rech kaqabꞌano ri qachomam ubꞌanik.
16 and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
Man je ta kꞌu riꞌ tajin kibꞌano, kinaꞌ nimal che taq ri iwetzelal, man utz ta kꞌut unaꞌik nimal.
17 to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
Xaq jeriꞌ xapachin ri retaꞌm ubꞌanik utzilal kꞌa te riꞌ man kuchakubꞌej taj, kamakunik.
