James 4
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
1Misa angtukhaih hoi angzoehhaihnawk loe naa hoiah maw nangcae khaeah angzoh? Taksa koehhaih pongah misa kangtuh na takpum thung hoiah na ai maw, to hmuennawk to angzoh o?
2You 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.
2Na tawn o ai pongah, na khit o; tawnh han na koeh o pongah, kami na hum o, toe na tawn o thai ai: nang zoeh o moe, misa nang tuk o, na hni o ai pongah na tawn o ai.
3And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
3Na hnik o, toe na hak o ai, na taksa koehhaih baktiah patoh hanah na hnik o pazae pongah, na hnu o ai.
4You 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.
4Zu sava laep ah zaehaih sah nongpa hoi nongpatanawk! Long hoi ampui sah kami loe Sithaw ih misa ni, tito na panoek o ai maw? Mi kawbaktih doeh long hoi ampui sak koeh kami loe Sithaw ih misa ah ni oh.
5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
5Cabu mah, Aicae thungah kaom Muithla loe uthaih palungthin tawnh, tiah thuih ih lok loe azom pui ah maw na poek o?
6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
6Toe Anih mah loe tahmenhaih to pop aep ah paek. To pongah, Amoek kaminawk loe Sithaw mah koeh ai, toe poeknaem kaminawk khaeah loe tahmenhaih to paek, tiah a thuih.
7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
7To pongah Sithaw khaeah angpaek oh. Taqawk to pakaa oh, to tiah nahaeloe anih mah na cawn o taak tih.
8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
8Sithaw khaeah anghnai oh, to tiah nahaeloe anih doeh nangcae khaeah anghnai toeng tih. Nangcae kazae kaminawk, na ban to pasae oh; nangcae poekhaih angphae kaminawk, na poekhaih palungthin to ciim o sak ah.
9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
9Poek amtang oh loe palungset hoiah qah oh: na pahnui o haih to palungsethaih ah angcoeng nasoe loe, nang hoe o haih to palungsethaih ah angcoeng nasoe.
10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
10Angraeng mikhnuk ah poek pahnaem oh, to tiah nahaeloe anih mah na tapom o tahang tih.
11Brothers, 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.
11Nawkamyanawk, minawk kasae thui o hmah. Angmah ih nawkamya to kasae thui moe, lokcaek kami loe, kaalok kasae thui kami hoi kaalok lokcaekkung ah oh: toe kaalok to kasae na thuih nahaeloe, kaalok pazui kami ah na om ai, kaalok lokcaekkung ah ni na oh.
12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
12Kaalok paekkung maeto khue ni oh, anih loe pahlong thaih baktih toengah amrosak thaih: minawk lokcaek kami nang loe mi aa?
13Come 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.”
13Vaihniah maw, to tih ai boeh loe khawnbangah maw, to vangpui ah caeh o si, to vangpui ah saningto cam o si loe, amekhaih hnuk hanah, hmuenmae qanhaih hoi zawhhaih tok to sah o si, tiah thui kaminawk, tahngai oh:
14You 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.
14khawnbang timaw om tih, tito na panoek o ai. Na hing o haih to kawbangah maw na poek o? Atue setta thung amtueng pacoengah anghma ving tamai hoiah ni anghmong.
15Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
15Angraeng koehhaih baktiah om nahaeloe, a hing o tih, to naah hae baktih tok maw, to tih ai boeh loe to baktih tok maw sah o si, tiah na thuih o han oh.
16As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
16Toe vaihi loe poeksanghaih hoiah nam oek o: to baktih amoekhaihnawk boih loe kasae hmuen ah ni oh.
17Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
17To pongah kahoih hmuen sak han panoek, toe sah ai kami loe zaehaih a tawnh.
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