Jemusi 4
1 Inga nkondo shilafumunga kupeyo? Inga kutotekeshana pakati penu kulafumunga kupeyo? Ntepasa shilafumunga mu lunkumbwa lwa mubili, ebilalwananga mulinjamwe?
Where do quarrels and disputes among you come from? Do they not come from your desires that fight among your members?
2 Mukute kuyanda bintu nsombi bikute kumutaika, ecebo cakendi mukute kuyanda kushina, mukute kuyandishisha bintu, nsombi nkamukute kubicana, neco mukute kulondola nekulwana. Nkamukute kucana mbyomulayandanga pakwinga nkamukute kusenga Lesa kwambeti amupe.
You desire, and you do not have. You kill and covet, and you are not able to obtain. You fight and quarrel. You do not possess because you do not ask.
3 Kayi mwasenganga, nkamukute kutambula, pakwinga miyeyo yenu yaipa. Mukute kusenga bintu kwambeti musebenseshe mubintu byalunkumbwa lwakumubili.
You ask and do not receive because you ask badly, in order that you may use it for your desires.
4 Amwe bantu babula lushomo, sena nkamucisheti cibusa ne cishi nikuba mulwani ne Lesa? Neco muntu layandanga cibusa ne cishi layandanga kuba mulwani wa Lesa.
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility against God? So whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5 Sena mulayeyeti cikute kwamba Mabala nibwepeshi cakwambeti, “Mushimu Lesa ngwabika mulinjafwe utusuni kayi ukute bufuba palinjafwe?”
Or do you think the scripture says in vain, “The Spirit he caused to live in us is deeply jealous”?
6 Nomba necikabeco, nkumbo sha Lesa nishangofu. Mbuli Mabala ncalambangeti, “Lesa nkasuni beshikulisumpula, beshikulicepesha embwakute kupa nkumbo.”
But God gives more grace, so the scripture says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
7 Neco kamulibombeleshani kuli Lesa, tinganani ne Satana, neye nakamufwambe.
So submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Kamuseng'enani kuli Lesa, neye nakaseng'ene kuli njamwe. Amwe beshibwipishi! Sambani kumakasa. Swepeshani myoyo yenu amwe bandemishibili!
Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 Kamulitibuka mobene, nyumfwani nsoni, kayi lilani misoshi. Kuseka kwenu kube kulila, kayi kukondwa kwenu kube nsoni.
Grieve, mourn, and cry! Let your laughter turn into sadness and your joy into gloom.
10 Mwalicepesha kuli Lesa, neye nakamusumpule.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
11 Mobanse bame, kamutambananga byaipa umo ne munendi, nambi komboloshana. Mwenseco mulomboloshonga Milawo ya Lesa. Womboloshanga Milawo ya Lesa ekwambeti nkolenshinga cilambanga Milawo, ulabanga momboloshi.
Do not speak against one another, brothers. The person who speaks against a brother or judges 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 Lesa eukute kupa Milawo kayi emomboloshi. Endiye wela kupulusha kayi nekushina. Njobe bani olomboloshonga munobe?
Only one is the lawgiver and judge. He is the one who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you, you who judge your neighbor?
13 Lino kamunyumfwani amwe mulambangeti, “Lelo nambi Lilo” Tukenga kumunshi unene wakuti wakuti, twenga twikaleko caka cakabumbulu, katwinsa makwebo nekucana mali angi.
Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
14 Nkamukute kwishiba ceti cikenshike lilo. Inga buyumi bwenu bulyeconi? Mulyeti bwishi bukute kubonekowa kwacindi cing'ana nekushimangana.
Who knows what will happen tomorrow, and what is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then disappears.
15 Amwe mwela kwambeti, “Mwami Lesa akatusuminisha kuba nebuyumi nitukense ici ne ico”
Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.”
16 Nomba pacino cindi mulalisumpulunga, kulisumpula kulico kwaipa.
But now you are boasting about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.
17 Muntu eshiba bintu byaina byakwinsa, nomba ubula kubinsa ukute mulandu.
So for anyone who knows to do good but does not do it, for him it is sin.
