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 [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, -- from your pleasures, which war 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 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.
3 Bu ngeen ñaanee sax, dungeen jot dara, ndax yéena ngi ñaan ci naaféq, ngir gën a topp seen nafsu.
3Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.
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.
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.
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.»
5Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
6 Waaye yiwu Yàllaa ko ëpp. Moom la Mbind mi wax ne:«Yàlla dàq na ñi réy,waaye yiwal na ñi woyof.»
6But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against [the] proud, but gives grace to [the] lowly.
7 Kon nag wàkkirluleen ci Yàlla, waaye dàqleen Seytaane, te dina daw, ba sore leen.
7Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist 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 near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.
9 Toroxluleen te naqarlu, bay jooy; defleen seeni ree aw naqar, te seen mbég nekk tiis.
9Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
10 Suufeel-leen seen bopp fa kanam Boroom bi, kon dina leen yékkati.
10Humble yourselves 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 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.
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 and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art *thou* who judgest thy neighbour?
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 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,
14 Ndax dangeen a xam seen ëllëg? Te luy seen dund? Xanaa cóola doŋŋ luy naaw ci diir bu gàtt, daldi naaxsaay.
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,)
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 should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.
16 Waaye fi mu ne, naagu ngeen bay damu, te damoo noonu baaxul.
16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
17 Kon nag ku xam def lu baax te defoo ko, bàkkaar nga.
17To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.