¹Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, -- from your pleasures, which war in your members?

¹[Fananarana ny tia ady sy ny mpisintaka sy ny manendrikendrika ary ny tsy manaiky ny fitondran'Andriamanitra] Avy aiza ny ady, ary avy aiza ny fifandirana eo aminareo? Tsy izao va no ihaviany, dia ny filanareo izay miady ao anatin'ny momba ny tenanareo?

²Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.

²Mila ianareo, nefa tsy manana ihany; mamono sy mitsiriritra ianareo, nefa tsy mahazo ihany; mifanditra sy miady ianareo; tsy manana ianareo, satria tsy mangataka. [Na: mialona]

³Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.

³Mangataka ianareo, nefa tsy mahazo ihany, satria diso fangataka, mba holaninareo amin'ny filanareo.

⁴Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be [the] friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.

⁴Ry mpisintaka mijangajanga, tsy fantatrareo va fa fandrafiana an'Andriamanitra ny fisakaizana amin'izao tontolo izao? Koa na iza na iza te-ho sakaizan'izao tontolo izao, dia fahavalon'Andriamanitra izy.

⁵Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?

⁵Ary ataonareo va fa miteny foana ny Soratra Masina? Ny fanahy, izay nampitoeriny ato anatintsika dia iriny amin'ny fahasaro-piaro. [ Na: ny Soratra Masina hoe] [ Na: izay mitoetra ato anatintsika] [ Na: Ny Fanahy, Izay nampitoeriny ato anatintsika, dia maniry amin'ny fahasaro-piaro; na: Ny fanahy, izay nampitoeriny ato anatintsika, dia maniry amin'ny fialonana]

⁶But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against [the] proud, but gives grace to [the] lowly.

⁶Nefa manome fahasoavana bebe kokoa Izy. Koa hoy izy: "Andriamanitra manohitra ny mpiavonavona, fa manome fahasoavana ho an'ny manetry tena" (Oha. 3.34].

⁷Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁷Ka dia maneke an Andriamanitra ianareo; ary manohera ny devoly, dia handositra anareo izy.

⁸Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.

⁸Manatòna an'Andriamanitra, dia hanatona anareo Izy. Diovy ny tananareo, ry mpanota; ary ataovy madio ny fonareo, ry mpiroa saina.

⁹Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

⁹Oria, sy mitomania, ary midradradradrà; aoka hody fitomaniana ny fihomehezanareo, ary hody fanjoretana ny fifalianareo.

¹⁰Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you.

¹⁰Manetre tena eo anatrehan'ny Tompo, dia hanandratra anareo Izy.

¹¹Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.

¹¹Aza mifanaratsy, ry rahalahy. Izay manaratsy rahalahy na mitsara ny rahalahiny dia manaratsy ny lalàna sy mitsara ny lalàna; fa raha mitsara ny lalàna ianao, dia tsy mpankatò ny lalàna, fa mpitsara.

¹²One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art *thou* who judgest thy neighbour?

¹²Iray ihany no Mpanome lalàna sy Mpitsara, dia Ilay mahavonjy sy mahavery; fa iza moa ianao, no mitsara ny namanao?

¹³Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,

¹³He! ianareo izay manao hoe: Anio na ampitso dia hankany Ananona izahay ary hitoetra any herintaona ka hividy sy hivarotra ary hahazo tombom-barotra,

¹⁴ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

¹⁴kanefa tsy mahalala ny ho ampitso ianareo. Inona moa ny ainareo? Fa zavona ihany ianareo, izay miseho vetivety, dia levona.

¹⁵instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.

¹⁵Fa aleo manao izao: Raha sitrapon'ny Tompo, ka velona izahay, dia hataonay izao na izany.

¹⁶But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

¹⁶Fa izao dia mirehareha amin'ny fahasahianareo ianareo; ratsy ny fireharehana rehetra toy izany.Koa izay mahalala hanao soa, nefa tsy manao, dia heloka ho azy izany.

¹⁷To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

¹⁷Koa izay mahalala hanao soa, nefa tsy manao, dia heloka ho azy izany.