James 4
1 Whence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence — out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?
Ni kitu gani kinachosababisha mapigano na ugomvi miongoni mwenu? Je, haya hayatokani na tamaa zenu zinazoshindana ndani yenu?
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;
Mnatamani lakini hampati, kwa hiyo mwaua. Mwatamani kupata lakini hampati vile mnavyotaka, kwa hiyo mnajitia katika magomvi na mapigano. Mmepungukiwa kwa sababu hammwombi Mungu.
3 ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend [it].
Mnapoomba hampati kwa sababu mnaomba kwa nia mbaya, ili mpate kuvitumia hivyo mtakavyopata kwa tamaa zenu.
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.
Ninyi wanaume na wanawake wazinzi, hamjui ya kwamba urafiki na dunia ni uadui na Mungu? Kwa hiyo mtu yeyote anayetaka kuwa rafiki wa dunia hufanyika adui wa Mungu.
5 Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, 'To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'
Au mwadhani kwamba Andiko lasema bure kuwa huyo Roho ambaye Mungu amemweka ndani yetu hututamani kiasi cha kuona wivu?
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?'
Lakini yeye hutupatia neema zaidi. Hii ndiyo sababu Andiko husema: “Mungu huwapinga wenye kiburi, lakini huwapa wanyenyekevu neema.”
7 be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;
Basi mtiini Mungu. Mpingeni ibilisi, naye atawakimbia.
8 draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
Mkaribieni Mungu, naye atawakaribia ninyi. Itakaseni mikono yenu ninyi wenye dhambi, na kuisafisha mioyo yenu ninyi wenye nia mbili.
9 be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
Huzunikeni, ombolezeni na kulia. Kicheko chenu na kigeuzwe kuwa kuomboleza, na furaha yenu kuwa huzuni.
10 be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.
Jinyenyekezeni mbele za Bwana, naye atawainua.
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;
Ndugu, msineneane mabaya ninyi kwa ninyi. Mtu yeyote anayesema mabaya dhidi ya ndugu yake au kumhukumu anasema dhidi ya sheria na kuihukumu. Unapoihukumu sheria, basi huishiki sheria bali umekuwa hakimu wa kuihukumu hiyo sheria.
12 one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou — who art thou that dost judge the other?
Yuko Mtoa sheria mmoja tu na yeye peke yake ndiye Hakimu, ndiye awezaye kuokoa au kuangamiza. Lakini wewe ni nani hata umhukumu jirani yako?
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;'
Basi sikilizeni ninyi msemao, “Leo au kesho tutakwenda katika mji huu ama ule tukae humo mwaka mmoja, tufanye biashara na kupata faida.”
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;
Lakini hamjui hata litakalotukia kesho. Maisha yenu ni nini? Ninyi ni ukungu ambao huonekana kwa kitambo kidogo kisha hutoweka.
15 instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
Badala yake, inawapasa kusema, “Kama Bwana akipenda, tutaishi na kufanya hili ama lile.”
16 and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
Kama ilivyo sasa, mnajisifu na kujigamba. Kujisifu kwa namna hiyo ni uovu.
17 to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
Basi mtu yeyote anayejua jema limpasalo kutenda, lakini asilitende, mtu huyo anatenda dhambi.
