1 PBA Taro mi ho, "taburang ta'ik ba ara inai ho? Ahala sari ho tanut bune hala ba mong i'bo i'afah i'ahir aramali puin eh horo mih ho? BSB BSB: What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
2 PBA I'om nanu u'ma honi bo i e med nene, horo he'e i'name amine. i'om ataain he'e so e med nene horo he'e i'taburang ta'ik tutul mo fak i'emed nene fekde i'ebang nene. BSB BSB: You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
3 PBA So eme i'bang sobo emed nene fekde i'bang sobo o asel ahal puin bang sari ho mang i'om i'ah anok senang so. BSB BSB: And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
4 PBA O i'ri ahal panen i'ahol em aai," pali mate ara tenang el ho he'e Lahtal o falefang honin fe mang ano horo palik mate ara tenang el sari ho Lahtal o falefang. BSB BSB: You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
5 PBA I'sura bolang u'tanut, pi e tanut o'asel ahol dai he'e pi ubang ho, "Roh Bolang horo Lahtal med tom tah mi ba Sa so U'ma'ma he ho."? BSB BSB: Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
6 PBA Horo he'e Lahtal So U'karang ten foi mi alihing. horo Surak Bolang ubang ho, "Lahtal name sabune sarabatd ho U saain, honi bo il'luing nok ham med," name kaai lama fe en. BSB BSB: But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
7 PBA Honin fe obok ho med Lahtal en setang ho lavang, honin e sa el'teeng. BSB BSB: Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 PBA Lahtal fe abung, e sandi a'bu i'tang anok bolang o name doch ahal om anok bolang i'ri ba i'tanut alo ho. BSB BSB: Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 PBA Susah karang ahain afe pe bang honi e sa o senang ho foi sanok susah. BSB BSB: Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
10 PBA Om ho anok kaai lama Lahtal engdang homi honi e Sa anok mate lafining. BSB BSB: Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
11 PBA Di'ail tenang el bar, "ha'ai i'ra na o sah bit i'nai homi e, name ba mateng sah med so di'ail araham med huk paresa so di'ail araham ho hukung lafang emed sa hukung ho paresa. BSB BSB: Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
12 PBA Se lal nuk le, "hukung e huk paresa med ten sari ho ai ba il'luling esah u'karang med ten, fekde sari horo il'luling nok ham emed susah karang med ten. honi sobo ari ho ano fe a'name huk paresa? BSB BSB: There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
14 PBA Honi faleng e naba so dil'lel ara ho i'e o mi muij ahol nene. o fetang ho naba? ho fetang ho mang fekde bano honi, ho pitek horo he'e sam. BSB BSB: You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
15 PBA Honin, fe uil mateng, "fe mang fekde Lahtal u inung, ni'uil fetang e'na ho panen na hemo panen." BSB BSB: Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
16 PBA honi fe, fed ho'o o'iri i'bune i'fena om'mi; tari dak honi ho na sah. BSB BSB: As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
17 PBA Honi fe, ano so nok panen ahol, honi sobo e akala nene, sa doch. BSB BSB: Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
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