1 PBL Ta gida hadauwu walige inne hatau monno kahagabbana kadaddi ta jongam miyo? Walle kawalkawe inne takka ma'k atemu kahha tauna neddo larita taumu? BSB BSB: What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
2 PBL Miyo um kama'kge inne dihha wuyo, nyidawe miyo mam hamatem ata. Miyo dage kawi ta ate monno walle na dadimawe ba kolege, nyi nyidawe miyo mam hatuna monno hagabanna. Miyo wallem kolemanna oronage miyo ayim karaidamo. 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 PBL Walleka, miyo karaiyi, tabollo wallem kolemanna oronage miyo karaiwe um hakappewe waige kajala, inne tutge habaige kama'k atemu. 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 PBL Ta, miyo katagdagge kama'kna, wallem tada miyo bam ole atekagge inne pannu tana ba nyiwe hamuhhu waiyiyi'i Allah? Oronage, iyai ka kabaige ole atege inne pannu tana, nyiyo naha daddige tauna muhhuyi Allah. 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 PBL Agalinna dawe inne miyo hangadam Jurrata Bihha banna hanewe walle mangkappege, “Ngahu pahadaunai Allah ta tauda yitta nakabbu ateni waini kawi? BSB BSB: Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
6 PBL Tanyiduwe, Allah nayibe kammaringna karehi piwalli. Oronage inno, Jurrata Bihha nahanewe, “Allah nagabbaddi ata kawutogo, tabollo nayidi kamaringnguna tabarada radde ata ka libawa atena.” BSB BSB: But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
7 PBL Oronage, pahaddegela tauwumu tabarai Allah. Gabbani kabalka, tannam nyiyo kanna malai walta tabaramu. BSB BSB: Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 PBL Dahhekaula tabarai Allah monno Nyiyo kanna dahheka tabaramu. Hamurrahaddi limmamu, ta ata-ata kajala, ta ata-ata kahanga atena. 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 PBL Ate kammaninni, milla ate, marabbeha ate; inne malhammu kanna jeludawe marabbeha ate monno ege atemu kanna jeludawe ba'k. BSB BSB: Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
10 PBL Halibawage atemu ta aro Mori, nyiwe Nyiyo kanna hamdehtawu. BSB BSB: Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
11 PBL Olebai-olebai, illam takkawe inne kajapata ta jongamu. Na ata banna takkawe kajapata tutna olebaina, lohho tagu kejuyi olebaina, hanewe gabbage ukpareha monno natagu kejuwe ukpareha. Nyi inne miyo bam tagu kejukawe ukpareha, miyo wallekarayi da'kmanagimmi ukpareha, tabollo tagu keju damige ukpareha. 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 PBL Wu daheyi Kayiwe Ukpareha monno Katagu Keju, nyi'kna Nyiyo ka angta patolkanna monno halilokona; tabollo iyadakammi miyo mam tagu kejuyi olem ata? 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?
13 PBL Nabatauge, rangngemla ta miyo inne kahanewe, “Nehhe lado monno koka nami enga kako homa ta harona inne monno inno, engana bali mojage dihhd dawu, malajana, monno kolena utu,” BSB BSB: Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” 14 PBL mo miyo wallem tada mawe agawe kadadi koka. Agaka gauge inne morhammu? Inne morhamu natuja habungu kahudda tuddu, monno dajjalage nabungngawe. 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 PBL Dokdakagge, linna dahowe miyo bamhanewe, “Nyi Mori banna kabbu atege, nami engama morha monno engama rayige inne lohho inno.” BSB BSB: Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
16 PBL Tabollo nabatauge, miyo um kabobidammi neddo tawutogomi; kabobi kataudanna hadana kajapatawe. BSB BSB: As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
17 PBL Nyidawe, nadde wu ata banna tadawe agalinnawe banna rayina kadahha, tabollo walle narayimagge, nyiyo na jala. BSB BSB: Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
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