Santiago 4
1 ¿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?
FROM whence come wars and conflicts among you? spring they not from hence, even from your passions, which war in your members?
2 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.
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 Man kayaꞌtaj taj ri jastaq ri kito rumal che etzelal kikoj wi, xaq rech ri itzel taq irayinik.
Ye ask, and receive nothing, because ye ask vilely, in order to consume it on your sensual appetites.
4 ¡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.
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 ¿Teꞌq pikꞌuꞌx chi xaq bꞌanoj tzij ri kubꞌij ri utzij ri Dios are kubꞌij chi sibꞌalaj kuloqꞌaj ri Uxlabꞌixel ri kꞌo pa qanimaꞌ?
Think ye that the scripture saith without meaning, The spirit which dwelleth in you strongly urges to envy?
6 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.
But he giveth mightier grace. Wherefore he saith, “God sets himself against the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly.”
7 Chimochꞌo iwibꞌ choch ri Dios, rech kixukꞌamawaꞌj. Man kiya ta bꞌe che ri Itzel kok chiꞌwe xaq jeriꞌ kanimaj bꞌik.
Be in subjection then to God. Resist the devil, and he will fly from you.
8 Chixqebꞌ rukꞌ ri Dios rech kaqet are iwukꞌ. ¡Aꞌjmakibꞌ chichꞌajchꞌobꞌej iwibꞌ! Ri man qas tzij taj ix kꞌolik, chichꞌajchꞌobꞌej ri iwanimaꞌ.
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 Chikꞌamawaꞌj uqꞌabꞌ chi maj kꞌo iwukꞌ, chixoqꞌoq, kꞌax chinaꞌ. Chikꞌexa ri itzeꞌ pa oqꞌej xuqujeꞌ ri ikiꞌkotemal pa bꞌis.
Be bitterly afflicted and lament, and let your tears run down; let your laughter be converted into mourning, and your joy into dejection.
10 Chimochꞌo iwibꞌ cho ri Dios rech kuya na iqꞌij.
Be humbled in the presence of God, so he will exalt you.
11 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.
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 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?
There is one lawgiver, who can save or destroy: who art thou that judgest another man?
13 Chitampe ri kinbꞌij, ix kibꞌij kamik kujeꞌ pa we jun tinimit riꞌ, kujkꞌojiꞌk jun junabꞌ chilaꞌ, kaqabꞌan qakꞌay rech kaqachꞌek qarajil.
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 ¡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.
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 Ri qas rajawaxik kibꞌij are: we karaj ri Ajawxel kujkꞌasiꞌk, kujkꞌasiꞌ waꞌ rech kaqabꞌano ri qachomam ubꞌanik.
Instead of your saying, If the Lord pleases, and we are alive, then we will do this or that thing.
16 Man je ta kꞌu riꞌ tajin kibꞌano, kinaꞌ nimal che taq ri iwetzelal, man utz ta kꞌut unaꞌik nimal.
But now ye glory in your proud boastings: all such glorying is wicked.
17 Xaq jeriꞌ xapachin ri retaꞌm ubꞌanik utzilal kꞌa te riꞌ man kuchakubꞌej taj, kamakunik.
Therefore if a man knoweth how to act properly, and doth not, he is criminal.
