Jake 4
1 Koswana mpe bitumba kati na bino ewutaka wapi? Boni, ewutaka te na baposa mabe na bino, oyo ebundaka kati na banzoto na bino?
Whence is it, that there are among you fightings and broils? Is it not from the lusts, which war in your members?
2 Bozali kolula biloko, kasi bozali kozwa yango te; bokomi kino koboma bato. Botondi na zuwa, kasi bozali kolonga te kozwa oyo bozali koluka; bokomi koswana mpe kobunda bitumba. Bozwaka te biloko oyo bozalaka na yango posa, pamba te bosengaka yango epai ya Nzambe te.
Ye covet, and possess not; and ye kill, and envy, and effect nothing: and ye fight and make attacks; and ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Kasi soki bosengaka epai ya Nzambe mpe bozwaka te, ezali mpo ete bosengaka na makanisi mabe, na makanisi ya kosepelisa kaka baposa na bino moko.
Ye ask, and receive not; because ye ask wickedly, that ye may pamper your lusts.
4 Bato na ekobo! Boyebi te ete kolinga mokili ezali koyina Nzambe? Moto oyo alingi kozala moninga ya mokili amikomisi monguna ya Nzambe.
Ye adulterers, know ye not, that the love of the world is hostility towards God? He therefore who chooseth to be a lover of this world, is the enemy of God.
5 Mpe lisusu, bokanisi ete ezali na pamba nde Makomi elobi: « Nzambe azalaka na zuwa makasi mpo na Molimo oyo atia kati na biso? »
Or think ye, that the scripture hath vainly said: The spirit dwelling in us lusteth with envy?
6 Nzokande, Nzambe atalisaka biso ngolu oyo eleki, pamba te Makomi eloba: « Nzambe atelemelaka bato ya lolendo, kasi atalisaka ngolu na Ye epai ya bato oyo bamikitisaka. »
But our Lord hath given us more grace. Therefore he said: The Lord humbleth the lofty, and giveth grace to the lowly.
7 Bomikitisa liboso ya Nzambe. Botelemela Satana, mpe akokima mosika na bino.
Subject yourselves therefore to God; and stand firm against Satan, and he will flee from you.
8 Bopusana pene ya Nzambe, mpe Ye akoya pene na bino. Bino bato ya masumu, bosukola maboko na bino; bino bato ya mitema mibale, bopetola mitema na bino!
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: sanctify your hearts, ye divided in mind.
9 Botala pasi na bino, bosala matanga mpe bolela. Tika ete koseka na bino ebongwana kolela, mpe esengo na bino ekoma mawa!
Humble yourselves, and mourn: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into grief.
10 Bomikitisa liboso ya Nkolo, mpe Nkolo akotombola bino.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 Bandeko na ngai, botonganaka te bino na bino. Moto oyo atongaka mpe asambisaka ndeko na ye asambwisaka mibeko mpe abukaka yango. Nzokande, soki ozali kosambwisa mibeko, elakisi ete ozali kotosa yango te, kasi ozali nde mosambisi na yango.
Speak not against each other, my brethren; for he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law. And if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but its judge.
12 Pamba te Ye oyo apesa mibeko azali kaka Ye moko Mosambisi, Ye nde azali na makoki ya kobikisa mpe ya kobebisa. Bongo yo, ozali nani mpo ete osambisa moninga na yo?
There is one Law-giver and Judge, who can make alive, and can destroy: but who art thou, that thou judgest thy neighbor?
13 Boyoka sik’oyo, bino bato oyo bolobaka: « Lelo to lobi, tokokende na engumba songolo, tokovanda kuna mobu mobimba mpe tokosala mombongo oyo ekobotela biso mbongo ebele. »
But what shall we say of those, who say: To-day or to-morrow we will go to such or such a city, and will abide there a year; and we will traffic, and get gain?
14 Boni, boyebi makambo oyo ekoya lobi? Bomoi na bino nde nini? Ezali kaka te lokola londende oyo emonanaka mpo na mwa tango moke mpe, na sima, elimwe?
And they know not what will be to-morrow: for what is our life, but an exhalation that is seen a little while, and then vanisheth and is gone?
15 Tala ndenge bosengeli koloba: « Soki Nkolo alingi, tokozala na bomoi mpe tokosala likambo songolo to pakala. »
Whereas they should say: If the Lord please, and we live, we will do this or that.
16 Kasi bino, bozali nde komikumisa na monene ya mabongisi na bino! Boyeba malamu ete lolendo ya ndenge wana ezali mabe.
They glory in their vaunting. All such glorying is evil.
17 Moto oyo ayebi kosala bolamu, kasi asali yango te, asali masumu.
He that knoweth the good, and doeth it not, to him is sin.
