Yaƙub 4
1 Me ke kawo gaba da rashin jituwa a tsakanin ku? Ba yana tasowa ne daga muguwar sha'awa da ke yaki a cikin ku ba?
From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here: from your pleasures warring in your body-parts?
2 Kuna sha'awa, kuma ba ku da shi. Kuna kisa da kyashi, kuma ba za ku iya samu ba. Kuna danbe da fada. Har wa yau baku samu ba domin baku tambaya ba.
Ye desire and do not have, so ye murder. And ye envy and cannot obtain, so ye fight and make war. Ye do not have, because ye do not ask.
3 Kun roka kuma ba a baku ba saboda kuna roko ta hanya mara kyau, kuna so ku yi amfani da shi domin miyagun sha'awoyin ku.
Ye ask, and do not receive, because ye ask wrongly, so that ye may spend on your pleasures.
4 Ku mazinata! Baku sani ba, abokantaka da duniya, tawaye ne ga Allah? Don haka duk wanda ya shiga abokantaka da duniya ya zama magabcin Allah.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is hatred of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
5 Ko kuna zaton nassi ya fadi haka a banza ne, “Ruhun nan da ke a cikinmu yana da kishi matuka?”
Or think ye that the scripture says vainly, The Spirit that he caused to dwell in us yearns with jealousy?
6 Amma Allah ya bayar da karin alheri, shi ya sa nassi ya ce, “Allah yana gaba da mai girman kai, Amma yana ba da alheri ga mai tawaliu.”
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.
7 Saboda haka ku mika kan ku ga Allah. Ku yi tsayayya da shaidan, zai kuma guje maku.
Be subordinate therefore to God, but resist the devil and he will flee from you.
8 Ku matso kusa da Allah, shi kuma za ya matsa kusa da ku. Wanke hannayen ku, ku masu zunubi, ku tsabtace zukatan ku, ku masu zuciya biyu.
Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded.
9 Ku yi bakin ciki, makoki, da kuka! Ku mayar da dariyar ku ta koma bakin ciki, farin cikinku kuma zuwa ga bakin ciki.
Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look.
10 Ku kaskantar da kanku a gaban Ubangiji, shi kuma za ya daukaka ku.
Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
11 Kada ku rika zargin juna, 'yan'uwa. Wanda ya ke zargin dan'uwa ko shari'anta dan'uwansa, yana zargin shari'a kuma yana hukunta shari'a. Idan ka hukunta shari'a, ya nuna ba ka biyayya da shari'ar, amma mai hukunci.
Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge.
12 Mai ba da shari'a da yin hukunci daya ne. Shine mai iya ceto kuma ya hallakar. Kai wanene, da ke hukunta makwafcin ka?
There is one lawgiver who is able to save and to destroy, but thou, who are thou who judge the other man?
13 Saurara, ku da kuke cewa, “Yau ko gobe za mu tafi wancan birnin mu yi shekara guda a wurin, muna kasuwanci, mu kuma yi riba.”
Go now, men who say, Today and tomorrow we will go into this city, and will operate one year there, and will engage in trade and will get gain-
14 Wa ya san abin da zai faru gobe, kuma yaya rayuwan ka zai kasance? Kai kamar hazo ne mai bayyana bayan dan lokaci kadan ya bace.
men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away-
15 Maimakon haka, sai ka ce, “Idan Ubangiji ya nufa, za mu rayu kuma mu yi wannan ko wancan.”
in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.
16 Amma yanzu kana fahariya da shirye shiryen ka na takama. Irin wannan fahariya, mugunta ce.
But now ye boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
17 Saboda haka ga wanda ya san abin da ya kamata ya aikata amma bai yi ba, ya zama zunubi a gare shi.
He therefore who knows to do good, and is not doing it, to him it is sin.
