James 4
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
1Mapigano na magombano yote kati yenu yanatoka wapi? Hutoka katika tamaa zenu mbaya ambazo hupigana daima ndani yenu.
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.
2Mnatamani vitu na kwa vile hamvipati mko tayari kuua; mwatamani sana kupata vitu, lakini hamvipati, hivyo mnagombana na kupigana. Hampati kile mnachotaka kwa sababu hamkiombi kwa Mungu.
3And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
3Tena, mnapoomba hampati kwa sababu mnaomba kwa nia mbaya; mnaomba ili mpate kutosheleza tamaa zenu.
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.
4Ninyi ni watu msio na uaminifu kama wazinzi. Je, hamjui kwamba kuwa rafiki wa ulimwengu ni kuwa adui wa Mungu? Yeyote anayetaka kuwa rafiki wa ulimwengu anajifanya adui wa Mungu.
5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
5Msifikiri kwamba Maandiko Matakatifu yamesema maneno ya bure, yanaposema: “Roho ambaye Mungu amemweka ndani yetu ana wivu mkubwa.”
6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
6Lakini, neema tunayopewa na Mungu ina nguvu zaidi; kama yasemavyo Maandiko: “Mungu huwapinga wenye majivuno lakini huwapa neema wanyenyekevu.”
7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
7Basi, jiwekeni chini ya Mungu; mpingeni Ibilisi naye atawakimbieni.
8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
8Mkaribieni Mungu, naye atakuja karibu nanyi. Osheni mikono yenu enyi wakosefu! Safisheni mioyo yenu enyi wanafiki!
9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
9Oneni huzuni, lieni na kuomboleza; kicheko chenu na kiwe kilio; na furaha yenu iwe huzuni kubwa.
10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
10Nyenyekeeni mbele ya Bwana, naye atawainueni.
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.
11Ndugu, msilaumiane ninyi kwa ninyi. Anayemlaumu ndugu yake na kumhukumu, huyo huilaumu na kuihukumu Sheria. Kama ukiihukumu Sheria, basi, wewe huitii Sheria, bali waihukumu.
12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
12Mungu peke yake ndiye mwenye kuweka Sheria na kuhukumu. Ni yeye peke yake anayeweza kuokoa na kuangamiza. Basi, wewe ni nani hata umhukumu binadamu mwenzako?
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.”
13Basi, sasa sikilizeni ninyi mnaosema: “Leo au kesho tutakwenda katika mji fulani na kukaa huko mwaka mzima tukifanya biashara na kupata faida.”
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.
14Ninyi hamjui hata maisha yenu yatakavyokuwa kesho! Ninyi ni kama ukungu unaotokea kwa muda mfupi tu na kutoweka tena.
15Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
15Mngalipaswa kusema: “Bwana akitujalia tutaishi na tutafanya hiki au kile.”
16As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
16Lakini sasa mwajivuna na kujigamba; majivuno ya namna hiyo ni mabaya.
17Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
17Basi, mtu ambaye hafanyi lile jambo jema analojua kwamba anapaswa kulifanya, anatenda dhambi.
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