Yakobu 4
1 Ngondu na makomangu pakati pa mwenga vilawa koshi? Vilawa mumatamata zyenu zidoda zyazilikomanga kila mala munshimba mwenu.
Where do the wars and disputes among you come from? Is it not precisely from your pleasures, the ones at war in your members?
2 Mfira vintu kumbiti muvipata ndiri, su mwa kala kulaga, mfira nentu kupata vintu kumbiti muvipata ndiri. Su mwankulitenderana ngondu na kulikomanga. Mpata ndiri shilii shamfira toziya mushiluwa ndiri kwa Mlungu.
You crave and do not have; you murder and covet and are not able to obtain; you fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.
3 Na pamluwa mpata ndiri toziya mluwa kwa nfiru idoda, mluwa su mpati kufiriziya matamata zyenu.
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may lavish it on your pleasures.
4 Mwenga wantu yamuwera ndiri waminika, hashi, muvimana ndiri kuwera ganja gwa pasipanu ndo kuwera mngondu gwa Mlungu? Yoseri yakafira kuwera ganja gwa vitwatira vya pasipanu kalitenda kuwera mngondu gwa Mlungu.
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? So whoever may want to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5 Ama namulihola kuwera Malembu Mananagala gahera unakaka pagalonga, “Rohu ulii Mlungu yakamtula mngati mwetu kawera na weya ng'anji.”
Or do you suppose that the Scripture says in vain that the Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously?
6 Kumbiti manemu gatupananwa na Mlungu gawera na makakala nentu, ntambu yagalonga Malembu Mananagala, “Mlungu kawasinga wantu yawawera na malingisi kumbiti kawalanguziya manemu wantu yawawera wananaga.”
But He gives greater grace; therefore He says: “God resists proud ones, but gives grace to humble ones.”
7 Su mumjimiri Mlungu, mumsingi Shetani, nayomberi hakawatiri.
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
8 Mumsegeleri Mlungu, nayomberi hakawasegeleri mwenga. Mguluri mawoku genu mwenga yamutenda vidoda! Muyipungi myoyu yenu mwenga wafyangu!
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Sinners, cleanse your hands! Double-minded, purify your hearts!
9 Muweri na hinginiku, mlili na kudaya. Kuseka kwa mwenga kuweri kulila, na nemeleru ya mwenga iweri hinginiku.
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into dejection.
10 Mulinanagaziyi kulongolu kwa Mtuwa, nayomberi hakawanyasuli.
Humble yourself before the Lord and He will exalt you.
11 Walongu, namulitakulirana madoda maweni kwa mwenga. Yakamtakulira madoda mlongu gwakuwi ama kumtoza, muntu ayu kalitakulira madoda na kulitoza Lilagaliru lya Mlungu. Pagulitoza Lilagaliru lya Mlungu, su gwenga gulijimira ndiri Lilagaliru lya Mlungu kumbiti gulitoza.
Brothers, do not speak evil of one another. Because the one speaking against a brother and judging his brother speaks against a law and judges a law. So if you judge a law you are not a law-doer but a judge.
12 Mlungu gweka yakuwi ndo yakatula Lilagaliru na kutoza. Ndo gweka yakuwi hera yakaweza kulopoziya na kwagamiziya. Su gwenga gwa gaa ata gumtozi muyagu?
The Lawgiver and Judge is One, the one who is able to save and to destroy. So who are you (sg) to be judging someone who is different?
13 Su vinu mpikaniri mwenga yamlonga, “Leru ama shirawu hatugendi mulushi tunga na kulikala aku kwa shipindi sha shinja shoseri, hatuwuzi vintu na kupata mota.”
Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us travel to that certain city, spend a year there, do business and make a profit;”
14 Mwenga muvimana ndiri ata makaliru genu ntambu hagaweri shirawu! Mwenga mulifana na lifukafuka lyalilawira kwa shipindi shididini hera na kuwuka kayi.
whereas you do not know anything about the morrow. For what is our life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time but then vanishes away.
15 Ira memfiriziwi kulonga, “Mtuwa pakafira hatulikali na kutenda ashi ama shilii.”
Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
16 Kumbiti vinu mwankulidumba na kulitumba, matumbiru ga ntambu yoseri ayi ndo madoda.
But now you boast in your arrogant pretensions. All such boasting is malignant.
17 Su muntu yakamana kutenda maheri na pakaleka kutenda, kankutenda vidoda.
Therefore, to the one knowing to do good and not doing it, to him it is sin.
