Jak 4
1 Kisa ki sous kont ak konfli pami nou yo? Èske se pa plezi nou yo k ap fè lagè nan manm kò nou yo?
FROM whence come wars and conflicts among you? spring they not from hence, even from your passions, which war in your members?
2 Nou anvi e nou pa genyen, donk nou touye moun. Nou anvi e nou pa kab twouve, donk nou goumen e fè kont ak lòt yo. Nou pa genyen paske nou pa mande.
Ye eagerly covet, yet have not: ye murder, and are envious, yet cannot obtain your object; ye wage war, but have not, because ye pray not.
3 Nou mande e nou pa resevwa, paske nou mande avèk anbisyon ki pa pwòp yo, pou nou kab pase li nan plezi nou yo.
Ye ask, and receive nothing, because ye ask vilely, in order to consume it on your sensual appetites.
4 Nou menm, moun adiltè yo, èske nou pa konprann ke amitye avèk mond lan se rayisman anvè Bondye? Konsa, nenpòt moun ki vle zanmi ak mond lan fè tèt li lènmi ak Bondye.
Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity against God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is set down an enemy to God.
5 Oubyen, èske nou panse ke Lekriti sen an pale san rezon: “Li jalou pou Lespri a ke Li te fè rete nan nou an?”
Think ye that the scripture saith without meaning, The spirit which dwelleth in you strongly urges to envy?
6 Men Li bay yon pi gwo gras. Konsa, li di: “Bondye opoze a ògeye yo, men Li fè gras a moun ki enb yo.”
But he giveth mightier grace. Wherefore he saith, “God sets himself against the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly.”
7 Konsa soumèt nou a Bondye. Reziste a dyab la e li va sove ale de nou.
Be in subjection then to God. Resist the devil, and he will fly from you.
8 Vin pre Bondye e Li va vin pre nou. Netwaye men nou, nou menm pechè; e pirifye kè nou, nou menm, moun ak doub panse.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Make clean your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
9 Se pou nou vin mizerab; lamante e kriye. Kite ri nou yo vin tounen lamantasyon, e lajwa nou yo vin tounen tristès.
Be bitterly afflicted and lament, and let your tears run down; let your laughter be converted into mourning, and your joy into dejection.
10 Desann nou nan prezans Bondye a, e Li menm, Li va fè nou leve.
Be humbled in the presence of God, so he will exalt you.
11 Pa pale kont youn lòt, frè m yo. Sila ki pale kont yon frè oubyen jije frè li a, pale kont lalwa e jije lalwa. Men si nou jije lalwa, olye nou akonpli lalwa a, nou jije li.
Traduce not one another, brethren. He that traduceth his brother, and judgeth his brother, traduceth the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but as judge.
12 Gen yon sèl ki bay Lalwa; se sèl Li ki kapab sove e detwi. Men nou menm, ki moun nou ye pou jije vwazen nou an?
There is one lawgiver, who can save or destroy: who art thou that judgest another man?
13 Vini koulye a, nou menm, ki di: “Jodi a oswa demen, nou va ale nan tèl vil, e pase yon ane la, angaje nou nan biznis pou fè pwofi.”
Come now, ye that talk, To-day or to-morrow we will go to such a town, and do business there during one year, and traffic, and make great profits:
14 Malgre, nou pa konnen kijan lavi nou va ye demen. Paske ki sa lavi ou ye? Li se sèlman yon vapè ki parèt pou yon ti moman, e answit, vin disparèt.
though ye know nothing of what shall be to-morrow. For what is your life? It is but a vapour which appeareth for a little while, and then vanishes away.
15 Olye de sa, nou ta dwe di: “Si Bondye vle, nou va viv, e nou va osi fè sesi oubyen sela.”
Instead of your saying, If the Lord pleases, and we are alive, then we will do this or that thing.
16 Menmjan sa ye a, nou ògeye nan awogans nou. Tout ògèy konsa, se mechanste.
But now ye glory in your proud boastings: all such glorying is wicked.
17 Alò a sila ki konnen bon bagay pou li fè a, men pa fè l, a li menm, se peche.
Therefore if a man knoweth how to act properly, and doth not, he is criminal.
