James 4

Ki jan fè gen goumen ak kont nan mitan nou konsa? Kote sa soti? Sa soti nan move lanvi k'ap goumen nan kò nou.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Nou anvi yon bann bagay. Men, nou pa ka jwenn yo. Lè konsa, nou pare pou nou touye moun. Nou anvi sa ki pa pou nou. Men, nou pa ka jwenn yo. Lè konsa, se fè kont, se goumen. Si nou pa jwenn sa nou bezwen an, se paske nou pa mande Bondye.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Menm lè nou mande, nou pa resevwa anyen, paske nou mande mal. Nou mande bagay ki pou satisfè pwòp dezi pa nou sèlman.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Ala moun pa gen konfyans nan Bondye! Eske nou pa konnen lè nou zanmi lemonn, se lènmi Bondye nou ye! Moun ki vle zanmi lemonn, li vin lènmi Bondye.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Pa konprann se pou anyen yo ekri pawòl sa a nan Liv la: Bondye sitèlman renmen lespri li mete nan nou an, li fè jalouzi pou li.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Men, li fè nou yon pi gwo favè ankò, jan sa ekri nan Liv la: Bondye pran pozisyon kont moun ki gen lògèy yo. Men, moun ki soumèt devan l', li ba yo favè li.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

Se poutèt sa, desann nou devan Bondye. Men, pran pozisyon kont Satan, la kouri kite nou.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Pwoche bò kot Bondye, Bondye va pwoche bò kote nou tou. Nou menm k'ap fè peche, lave men nou. Netwaye kè nou, nou menm k'ap woule de bò.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Se pou nou gen lapenn nan kè nou, kriye, plenn sò nou. Pase pou nou ri, pito nou kriye. Pase pou nou kontan, pito nou nan lapenn.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Desann nou devan Bondye, Bondye va leve nou.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Frè m' yo, piga nou yonn pale lòt mal. Moun ki pale yon frè mal, osinon ki jije frè li, se lalwa li pale mal, se lalwa li jije. Si w'ap jije lalwa, ou pa yon moun k'ap obsève lalwa, men ou pran pòz jij ou sou li.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Se Bondye ki fè lalwa. Se li menm tou ki sèl jij. Li gen pouvwa sove moun, li gen pouvwa kite yo pèdi. Men, ou menm k'ap jije frè parèy ou, ki moun ou konprann ou ye?

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

Koulye a, se ak nou m'ap pale, nou menm k'ap di: jòdi a osinon denmen, n'a pral nan tèl lavil. Rive la, n'a pase yon lanne, n'a fè kòmès ak anpil benefis.

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Nou pa menm konnen sa lavi nou va ye denmen. Lavi nou tankou yon nwaj. Li parèt pou yon ti tan. Apre sa, li disparèt.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Okontrè, men sa pou nou te di: Si Bondye vle, n'a wè denmen, n'a fè sa osinon sa.

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

Men, koulye a nan grandizè nou, se vante n'ap vante tèt nou. Se yon move bagay pou moun vante tèt yo konsa.

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

Se poutèt sa, moun ki pa fè byen li konnen li gen pou l' fè a, li fè peche.

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.