Yaaqoob 4
1 Wanni lolaa fi walitti buʼuu isin gidduutti kaasu maali? Isaan hawwii isin keessatti wal lolan irraa dhufu mitii?
Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members?
2 Isin ni hawwitu; garuu hin argattan. Kanaaf ni ajjeeftu; ni hinaaftus. Garuu waan barbaaddan sana argachuu hin dandeessan. Kanaafis walitti buutu; wal loltus. Isin waan Waaqa hin kadhanneef hin qabaattan.
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Isin dharraa keessan hamaa guutachuuf jettanii yaada hamaan waan kadhattaniif yommuu kadhattan hin argattan.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures.
4 Yaa ejjitoota, addunyaatti michoomuun Waaqatti diina taʼuu akka taʼe hin beektanii? Namni michuu addunyaa taʼu kam iyyuu diina Waaqaa taʼa.
Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
5 Yookaan wanni Katabbiin Qulqulluun, “Hafuurri nu keessa jiraatu sun hinaaffaadhaan hawwa” jedhu akkasumaan dubbatama seetuu ree?
Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
6 Inni garuu ayyaana caalu nuuf kenna. Sababiin Katabbiin Qulqulluun, “Waaqni of tuultotaan ni morma; warra gad of qabaniif immoo ayyaana kenna” jedhuufis kanuma.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
7 Kanaafuu Waaqaaf bulaa. Diiyaabiloosiin immoo mormaa; innis isin baqataa.
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Waaqatti dhiʼaadhaa; innis isinitti ni dhiʼaataa. Isin cubbamoonni harka keessan dhiqadhaa; warri yaada lama qabdanis garaa keessan qulqulleeffadhaa.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
9 Dhiphadhaa; gaddaa; booʼaas. Kolfi keessan booʼichatti, gammachuun keessan immoo gaddatti haa geeddaramu.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Fuula Gooftaa duratti gad of qabaa; inni immoo ol isin qabaa.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.
11 Yaa obboloota, wal hin hammeessinaa. Namni obboleessa isaa hammeessu yookaan obboleessa isaatti muru kam iyyuu seera hammeessa; seerattis ni mura. Garuu ati yoo seeratti murte seera sanatti muraa jirta malee isaaf ajajamaa hin jirtu.
Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 Inni seera tumuu fi Abbaan Murtii tokkichuma; innis isa fayyisuu fi balleessuu dandaʼuu dha. Garuu nama kaanitti muruuf ati eenyu?
One [only] is the lawgiver and judge, [even] he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbour?
13 Egaa isin warri, “Harʼa yookaan bor magaalaa kana yookaan magaalaa sana dhaqnee waggaa tokko achi turra; daldallees buʼaa arganna” jettan mee dhagaʼaa.
Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:
14 Isin waan bor taʼuuf jiru iyyuu hin beektan. Jireenyi keessan maal innii? Isin hurrii yeroo xinnoof mulʼattee ergasii immoo badduu dha.
whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15 Qooda kanaa isin, “Yoo Gooftaan jedhe, nu ni jiraanna; waan kana yookaan waan sana ni hojjenna” jechuu qabdu.
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.
16 Amma garuu isin of jajuu keessanitti gammaddu. Gammachuun akkasii hundi hamaa dha.
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
17 Egaa namni kam iyyuu waan gaarii hojjechuu qabu utuma beekuu yoo hojjechuu baate kun cubbuu isatti taʼa.
To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
