1 Xeex yi ak xuloo yi ci seen biir nag, lu leen waral? Xanaa du ci seeni bëgg-bëgg, yiy xeex ci seeni cér?
1Whence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence — out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?
2 Dangeen di mébét waaye dungeen am; dangeen di rey nit, boole ci kiñaan, waaye li ngeen di yóotu, dungeen ko jot; dangeen di xuloo ak a xeex waaye dungeen am dara, ndaxte ñaanuleen Yàlla.
2ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;
3 Bu ngeen ñaanee sax, dungeen jot dara, ndax yéena ngi ñaan ci naaféq, ngir gën a topp seen nafsu.
3ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend [it].
4 Yéen ñi fecci seen kóllëre ak Yàlla, xanaa xamuleen ne mbëggeelu àddina, mbañeel la fa Yàlla? Ku bëgg a xaritoo ak àddina nag, noonoo nga ak Yàlla.
4Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.
5 Xanaa yaakaar ngeen ne, Mbind mi day wax cig neen, ci li mu ne: «Yàlla am na mbëggeel gu fiir ci Xel mi mu def ci nun.»
5Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,`
6 Waaye yiwu Yàllaa ko ëpp. Moom la Mbind mi wax ne:«Yàlla dàq na ñi réy,waaye yiwal na ñi woyof.»
6and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?`
7 Kon nag wàkkirluleen ci Yàlla, waaye dàqleen Seytaane, te dina daw, ba sore leen.
7be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;
8 Jegeleen Yàlla, mu jege leen. Yéen bàkkaarkat yi, sellal-leen seeni loxo; yéen ñi am xel ñaar, laabal-leen seeni xol.
8draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
9 Toroxluleen te naqarlu, bay jooy; defleen seeni ree aw naqar, te seen mbég nekk tiis.
9be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
10 Suufeel-leen seen bopp fa kanam Boroom bi, kon dina leen yékkati.
10be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.
11 Yéen bokk yi, buleen ŋàññante. Ku ŋàññ sa moroom mbaa nga ñaaw njort, ba àtte ko, diiŋat nga yoonu Yàlla te àtte ko; ku àtte yoon wi nag sàmmoo ko, waaye danga koo àtte.
11Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;
12 Kenn rekk mooy tëral yoon, kooku rekk mooy àtte; moo man a musle, moo man a alage. Te sax yaw miy àtte sa bokk yaay kan?
12one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou — who art thou that dost judge the other?
13 Léegi nag dégluleen, yéen ñiy wax ne: «Tey walla ëllëg dinanu dem ca dëkk sàngam, def fa at, di fa sàkku xaalis ci jula.»
13Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;`
14 Ndax dangeen a xam seen ëllëg? Te luy seen dund? Xanaa cóola doŋŋ luy naaw ci diir bu gàtt, daldi naaxsaay.
14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
15 Lii kay ngeen waroon a wax: «Bu soobee Boroom bi, dinanu dund, tey def nàngam ak nàngam.»
15instead of your saying, `If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;`
16 Waaye fi mu ne, naagu ngeen bay damu, te damoo noonu baaxul.
16and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
17 Kon nag ku xam def lu baax te defoo ko, bàkkaar nga.
17to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.