1Napa pai' alaa-na ria potudaa' pai' pomehonoa' -ni ompi'? Tetu-le bate mehupa' ngkai kahinaa nono-ni to dada'a. Kahinaa nono-ni to dada'a toe-mi to manga'e ncuu hi rala nono-ni, mpokeni-koi mpobabehi to dada'a.
1Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
2Mehina-koi aga uma niratai to nipokahina. Toe pai' alaa-na mepatehi-mokoi. Mohingi' -koi mpokahina anu doo, aga uma oa' niratai. Toe pai' alaa-na momehono' pai' motuda' -mokoi. Uma oa' niratai to nipali', apa' uma niperapi' hi Pue'.
2You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.
3Ba nau' niperapi' -mi, uma oa' -koi rawai', apa' sala' patuju-ni. Apa' napa to niperapi' tetu, doko' nipake' mpoka'oha nono-ni-wadi.
3You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
4Koi', uma-koi tida mpotuku' Pue'! Ha ni'inca wa ompi', ane tatuku' gau' to dada'a hi dunia' toi, kita' jadi' bali' -na Alata'ala? Hangkani-pi ku'uli': hema to mpokono gau' to dada'a hi dunia' toi, hi'a-mi bali' Alata'ala!
4You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5Ba nipekiri-koina wae-e ompi', uma ria tuju-na ihi' Buku Tomoroli' to mpo'uli': Alata'ala mpajadi' nono manusia', tapi' nono-ta toe uma mowo hina-na.
5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
6Aga petulungia to nawai' -taka Pue' ngkai kabula rala-na meliu-hana kamoroho-na ngkai hawe'ea hina nono-ta. Toe pai' ria te'uki' hi rala Buku Tomoroli': "Alata'ala mpo'ewa tauna to molangko nono-ra. Tapi' tauna to dingki' nono-ra, natulungi-ra ngkai kabula rala-na."
6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Proverbs 3:34
7Toe pai' kuparesai' -koi ompi': mengkoru-mokoi hi Alata'ala. Ewa-imi Magau' Anudaa', napetiboi' moto-koi mpai'.
7Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8Mohui' -imi Alata'ala, pai' Hi'a wo'o mpomohui' -koi. Koi' to mojeko', bahakai-mi mpobabehi jeko'. Koi' to morompenga nono-ni, pomoroli' nono-ni.
8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9Kana soho' nono-ta pai' geo' -ta mpokiwoi kamojeko' -ta. Apa' ane ta'inca karia-na jeko' -ta, uma-hawo lompe' tapokagoe', kana taposoho' nono-hawo pai' tapokageo'.
9Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
10Kana tapakadingki' nono-ta hi nyanyoa Pue', napomolangko moto-ta mpai'.
10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11Ompi' -ompi', neo' -ta mometuntui'. Tauna to mpotuntui' ba mposalai' ompi' -na, hewa mpotuntui' ba mposalai' Atura Pue' lau-imi. Tauna to mposalai' ompi' -na, uma-i mpotuku' Atura Pue'. Ma'ala-mi ta'uli', hewa hi'a lau-mi to mpobotuhi Atura Pue'.
11Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12Hiaa' hadua-na-wadi to masipato' mpowai' atura hi manusia' pai' to jadi' Topobotuhi. Hi'a-mi Alata'ala, to ria kuasa-na mpohuku' -ta ba mpobahaka-ta ngkai huku'. Jadi' kita' toi, hema rahi-tadie, pai' -ta daho' mpotuntui' doo-tae!
12Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
13Toi paresa' -ku hi koi' to molangko nono-ni. Mololita-koi hewa toi: "Eo toe lau ba mepulo mpai', me'ongko' -kai hilou hi ngata nu'anu, tida-makai hi ria nte hampae, modaga pai' -kai mporata rasi'."
13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
14Hiaa' bo uma ni'incai napa to jadi' mepulo! Beiwa ntoto katuwu' -ni? Katuwu' -nile hewa rangahu: kahiloa hampai', pai' muu-mule' moronto-mi!
14Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
15Kakoo-kono-na kana hewa toe-di-hawo-le lolita-nie: "Ane napokono Pue', tuwu' -kai pai' ma'ala kibabehi nu'anu pai' nu'anu."
15For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
16Hiaa' uma-di hewa toe pololita-nie. Molangko lau-di nono-ni pai' mpopeliu tuwu' -ni. Hawe'ea to hewa tetu, bate dada'a-hana.
16But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
17Jadi', tauna to mpo'inca mpobabehi to lompe', pai' uma-di nababehi-e, bate napojeko'.
17To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.