James 4
1 Whence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence — out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?
A kuevi kueti ba zikhindu ayi ziphaka zidi mu beno e? Keti mu zitsatu zimbimbi zilembo nuani mu binama bieno.
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;
Lunzininanga bima vayi lubakanga ko; lueti vonda ayi kiphala kingolo kidi yeno vayi lubakanga ko. Lueti nuana ayi lueti zonza. Lutambulanga ko bima biobi lueti tomba bila lubitombanga kuidi Nzambi ko.
3 ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend [it].
Lueti lomba vayi lutambulanga ko bila bumbimbi lueti lombila, lueti bilombila mu diambu di zikhini zieno veka.
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.
Luidi bankua kitsuza! Luisi zaba ko ti kikundi ki nza kidi bumbeniayi Nzambi e? Woso mutu tidi ba nkundi wu nza, wunkitukanga mbeni yi Nzambi.
5 Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, 'To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'
Beno lummuena ti mu phamba masonoko meti tubila ti: Mu kiphala kingolo kanzodilanga Pheve yoyi katula mu beto.
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?'
Muaki, nlemvo wuwombo kakutuvananga. Diawu katubila ti: Nzambi wunkakidilanga bankua luniemo vayi nlemvo andi widi kuidi batu bobo bakukikululanga.
7 be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;
Diawu, bika lutumukinanga Nzambi, vayi lunuanisa satana, buna wela kulutina.
8 draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
Bika lufikama vadi Nzambi ayi niandi wela kulufikama. A beno bankua masumu, bika lusukula mioko mieno, vedisanu mintima mieno beno batu luidi mintima mi vasuka.
9 be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
Bika lumona mabienga meno; bika luba mu kaniki, bika ludila. Bikadisevo dieno dikituka bidilu; bika khini eno yikituka kiadi.
10 be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.
Bika lukikulula va meso ma Pfumu, buna niandi wela kulunangika.
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;
A Bakhomba baama, lubika ba kifu kitubidilanga badieno. Bila woso mutu wuntubidila khombꞌandi voti sambisidi khombꞌandi, buna kazaba ti Mina katubididi ayi kasambisidi. Vayi enati ngeyo sambisidi Mina, buna wusiedi ko mutu wowo wunsadilanga miawu vayi weka zuzi di Mina.
12 one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou — who art thou that dost judge the other?
Vayi lubika zimbakana ti mutu kaka wumosi wumvananga Mina ayi niandi zuzi. Niandi kaka wulenda vukisa ayi wulenda vonda. Vayi ngeyo widi nani mu sambisa ndiaku e?
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;'
Luwa mboti beno lueta tuba: “Buabu voti mbazi tuela kuenda ku divula di kingandi; mvu mvimba tuela kukadila; kuna tuela sala kisalu kisumbisa bima, ayi tuela baka zimbongo ziwombo.”
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;
Beno lukadi kueno zaba buevi buela bela luzingu lueno mu lumbu ki mbazi. A mbi biobi luzingu lueno e? Keti luzingu lueno luidi banga muisiwumonikini mu ndambu thangu vayi zimbukila wuzimbidi.
15 instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
Tala nganu phila lufueti yolukilanga yawu yayi: “Enati Pfumutidi buna tuela zinga ayi tuela vanga diadi voti dina.”
16 and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
Vayi beno luntulanga luniemo lueno mu zikhanu zieno. Luzaba ti luniemo lu phila yoyi luidi lu mbimbi.
17 to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
Woso kuandi mutu zebi vanga mamboti vayi kakadi kumavanga, niandivodidi masumu.
