Semisi 4
1 ʻOku mei fē ʻae ngaahi tau mo e fekeʻikeʻi ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu? ʻIkai ʻoku mei hoʻomou ngaahi holi kovi ia ʻaia ʻoku tau ʻi homou ngaahi kupu?
From where [are] wars and fightings among you? [Is it] not from here, out of your passions warring in your members?
2 ʻOku mou holi kae ʻikai maʻu: ʻoku mou tāmateʻi, mo feinga ke maʻu, kae ʻikai faʻa lavaʻi: ʻoku mou fekeʻikeʻi mo tau, kae ʻikai te mou maʻu, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai te mou kole.
You desire, and do not have, [so] you murder; and you are zealous, and are not able to attain, [so] you fight and war; and you do not have, because of your not asking;
3 ʻOku mou kole, pea ʻikai maʻu koeʻuhi ʻoku mou kole kovi, koeʻuhi ke mou fakaʻosi ia ki hoʻomou ngaahi holi.
you ask, and you do not receive, because you ask badly, that you may spend [it] in your pleasures.
4 ʻAe kau tono fefine mo e kau tono tangata, ʻikai te mou ʻilo ko e feʻofoʻofani mo māmani ko e taufehiʻa ia ki he ʻOtua? Pea ko ia ia ʻoku loto ke kāinga mo māmani ko e fili ia ʻoe ʻOtua.
Adulterers and adulteresses! Have you not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever, then, may intend to be a friend of the world, he is designated [as] an enemy of God.
5 He ʻoku mou mahalo ʻoku pehē noa pē ʻae lea ʻi he tohi tapu; “ʻOku holi ki he meheka ʻae laumālie ʻoku nofoʻia ʻakitautolu?”
Or, do you think that the Writing says emptily, “The Spirit that has dwelt in us yearns with envy,”
6 Ka ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ʻofa lahi hake. Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe ia, “ʻOku tekeʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae laukau ka ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ʻofa ki he angavaivai.”
but [God] gives greater grace, for this reason it says, “God sets Himself up against proud ones, and He gives grace to lowly ones.”
7 Ko ia mou fakavaivaiʻi ʻakimoutolu ki he ʻOtua. Tekeʻi ʻae tēvolo, pea ʻe puna atu ia meiate kimoutolu.
Be subject, then, to God; stand up against the Devil, and he will flee from you;
8 ʻUnuʻunu atu ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻe ʻunuʻunu mai ia kiate kimoutolu. Fakamaʻa homou nima, ʻae kau angahala; pea fakamaʻa mo homou loto, ʻae kau lotolotoua.
draw near to God, and He will draw near to you; cleanse hands, you sinners! And purify hearts, you split-souled!
9 Mou mamahiʻia, pea toʻetoʻe, mo tangi: ke liliu hoʻomou kata ko e toʻetoʻe, pea ko hoʻomou fiefia ko e māfasia.
Be exceedingly afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter be turned to mourning, and the joy to heaviness;
10 Fakavaivaiʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki, pea ʻe hakeakiʻi ʻe ia ʻakimoutolu.
be made low before the LORD, and He will exalt you.
11 ʻE kāinga, ʻoua naʻa feleakoviʻaki ʻakimoutolu kiate kimoutolu. Ko ia ʻoku lauʻikovi hono tokoua, pea fakamaauʻi hono tokoua, ʻoku ne lauʻikovi ʻae fono, pea fakamaauʻi ʻae fono: pea kapau ʻoku ke fakamaauʻi ʻae fono, ʻoku ʻikai te ke fai koe ki he fono, ka ko e fakamaau.
Do not speak against one another, brothers; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, speaks against law, and judges law, and if you judge law, you are not a doer of law but a judge.
12 ʻOku ai ʻae tokotaha ʻoku ne fokotuʻu ʻae fono, ʻoku faʻa fai ʻe ia ke fakamoʻui pea ke fakaʻauha: ko hai koe ʻoku ke fakamaauʻi ʻae tokotaha?
One is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; you—who are you that judges the other?
13 Vakai mai, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku pehē, “Ko e ʻaho ni pe ko e ʻapongipongi te tau ʻo ki ha kolo ʻe taha, ʻo nofo ai ʻi he taʻu ʻe taha, ʻo fefakatauʻaki, ʻo maʻu ai ʻae koloa:”
Go, now, you who are saying, “Today and tomorrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain,”
14 Ka ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo ʻaia ʻe hoko ʻapongipongi. He ko e hā hoʻomou moʻui? He ko e mao ia, ʻoku hā mai ʻo fuoloa siʻi pe, pea mole atu leva.
who does not know the thing of tomorrow; for what is your life? For it is a vapor that is appearing for a little [while], and then is vanishing;
15 Kae totonu hoʻomou pehē, “Kapau ko e finangalo ʻoe ʻEiki ke moʻui ʻakitautolu, te tau fai eni, pe ko ʻena.”
instead, you [ought] to say, “If the LORD may will, we will live, and do this or that”;
16 Ka ko eni, ʻoku mou fiefia ʻi hoʻomou faʻa polepole: ka ʻoku kovi ʻae fiefia pehē kotoa pē.
but now you glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
17 Ko ia ia ʻoku ne ʻilo ke fai lelei, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke fai, ko e angahala ia kiate ia.
to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing [it], it is sin to him.
