Jeems 4
1 Sen jaachi ni rookmui jengmui loong ah manawa thok hala? Erah loong ah hansi tenroon raangtaan ih sen ten ni tongthuk thoidi, sen jaachi ni rookmui jengmui pak anglan.
Whence come wars and whence come battles within you? are they not from thence, from your pleasures warring in your members?
2 Sen loong ah ih jirep ah jam han, enoothong erah loong ah tachoh kan, erah thoidi tek haat esuh bansok han; sen loong ah ih chichangchang taat jam han, enoothong erah loong ah tachoh kan, erah tungkaangdi changrook anglan. Sen loong ah ih marah jam han tachoh kan tiimnge liidi sen ih Rangte jiin nawa erah tasuh kan.
You lust, and you have not: you murder, and you strive, and you are not able to obtain: you fight and you war; and have not, because you do not ask:
3 Adoleh mabah suh an erah di tachoh kan, tiimnge liidi sen tenthun ah ethih; jirep jaatrep sen ih jam han ah sen teenuh teewah hansi tenroon nah maak suh jam han.
you ask, and you receive not, because you ask wickedly, that you may expend it in your pleasures.
4 Tuumaang lajeete mina loong! Sen loong ah ih tatam jatkan mongrep damdi joon awaan angla rah Rangte piiara ngeh ah? Sen loong ah ih mongrep damdi joon awaan angsuh liihan abah, sen teenuh teewah ah Rangte piiara ba eh hoon an.
O adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whosoever therefore may wish to be the friend of the world renders himself the enemy of God.
5 Rangteele ni amah liiha ah amiisak tah angka ngeh ih nakmok thun an, “Rangte ih seng sak ni Chiiala tong thukla rah ih ramram ih thun ha.”
Whether do you think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit who dwells in us fights against envy?
6 Enoothong Rangte ih tenthet kohali ah erah nang eh ju echaan thoon. Rangteele ni amah liiha, “Rangte ih khuupookte ah tanookka enoothong toongtang loong ah suh minchan koha.”
and he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
7 Erah raangtaan ih sen teenuh teewah ah Rangte suh look an. Hakhoh luuwang ah naknop thuk an, eno sen reenawa heh esoon e ah.
Therefore draw nigh unto God; and resist the devil, and he will flee from you:
8 Rangte reenah thok han, eno heh sen reenah thok ha. Rangdah mina sen loong ah ih, sen lak ah saatiihaat ih an! Lonoite sen loong ah ih, senten senmong ah esa angthuk an!
draw nigh unto God, and he draws nigh unto you. Purify your hands, ye sinners; and cleanse your hearts, ye double-minded.
9 Thungthet e an, ehu e an, mikphi janhaat an; ten ni engit e lan ah ehu e thuk an, sen tenroon ah nak roon thuk an!
Weep, and mourn, lament: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.
10 Sen teenuh teewah Teesu ngathong nah ehin ih hoon an, sen loong ah tonjoot ehan.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will raise you up.
11 Phoh ano loong, wasiit ih wasiit nak lenmakmui theng. An ih Kristaan wahoh mok lenmak ubah adoleh dande ubah, an ih Hootthe ba lenmak hu adoleh dande hu. An ih Hootthe dande ubah, Hootthe kapte takah angko, enoothong Hootthe dandeete ih hoonlu.
Do not calumniate one another, brethren: the one speaking against his brother, and judging his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law: if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 Hootthe dongthukte nyia dandeete Rangte heh luulu. Heh ih luulu jen puipang ah nyia thet haat ah. Mih dande suh an o ngeh ih thun hu?
There is one lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who are you, the one judging your neighbor.
13 Emah liite loong ah ih, nga jeng ah boichaat an, “Chiinnyah lah angka bah uh rangkhah seng loong ah samnuthung nah tumkhoom kah ih, erah doh seng pangsiit than tong kah eno pheehoon mootkaat ah kah, eno ngun hantek bi kah ih.”
Come now, ye who are saying, To-day or to-morrow we will go into that city, and abide there a year, and trade and accumulate:
14 Rangkhah an roidong ah mamah ang ah erah uh tajatko! An weekhot kah nyaamkhoom ah likhiik, erah pootsiit ba khot ah esaapmat eh ah.
whosoever do not know that which belongs to the morrow: for what is your life? For you are a vapor, appearing for a moment, and then vanishing away;
15 Sen loong ah amah jeng theng tan: “Teesu thung ang abah, seng loong ah songtong eno jirep jaatrep moot ah mokah ih.”
on the contrary you should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will indeed do this, or that.
16 Enoothong sen loong ah amadi khuupook elan; engaam elan; emah ngaam lan abah tapunka.
But you are now boasting in your arrogances: all such boasting is wicked.
17 Erah raangtaan ih, mootse kaatse ah ese ngeh ih jat eno lare keebah, rangdah ni moongli.
Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
