Friendship with the World
1 Why do you fight and argue with each other? Isn't it because you are full of selfish desires that fight to control your body? 2 You want something you don't have, and you will do anything to get it. You will even kill! But you still cannot get what you want, and you won't get it by fighting and arguing. You should pray for it. 3 Yet even when you do pray, your prayers are not answered, because you pray just for selfish reasons.
4 You people aren't faithful to God! Don't you know if you love the world, you are God's enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. 5 Do you doubt the Scriptures that say, “God truly cares about the Spirit he has put in us”? 6 In fact, God treats us with even greater kindness, just as the Scriptures say,
“God opposes everyone
who is proud,
but he blesses all who are humble
with undeserved grace.”
7 Surrender to God! Resist the devil, and he will run from you. 8 Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you people who can't make up your mind. 9 Be sad and sorry and weep. Stop laughing and start crying. Be gloomy instead of glad. 10 Be humble in the Lord's presence, and he will honor you.
Saying Cruel Things about Others
11 My friends, don't say cruel things about others! If you do, or if you condemn others, you are condemning God's Law. And if you condemn the Law, you put yourself above the Law and refuse to obey either it 12 or God who gave it. God is our judge, and he can save or destroy us. What right do you have to condemn anyone?
Warning against Bragging
13 You should know better than to say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to the city. We will do business there for a year and make a lot of money!” 14 What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears. 15 You should say, “If the Lord lets us live, we will do these things.” 16 Yet you are stupid enough to brag, and it is wrong to be so proud. 17 If you don't do what you know is right, you have sinned.
Ŋen ŋərappa ralo
1 Đəbwaiñəd̶ia eñaŋ d̶eṯo ŋga? Na d̶əgerd̶ia eñaŋ d̶eṯo ŋga? Gerṯe d̶əd̶wonaṯa d̶eicia ed̶alo id̶i d̶əpəd̶ia eŋen ŋaŋəno esalo? 2 Ñagwonaṯa laŋge na ñagero ñagəlerṯia nṯia ñagaɽiñəd̶ia. Ñagagiyaca ŋen, orn ñagebr ñagəɽwad̶aṯa ñagəma laŋge ñagəlwonaṯa, nṯia ñagëpəd̶ia na ñagabwaiñəd̶ia. Ñagero ñagəberṯia laŋge ŋen ŋanṯa ñagero ñagəbeɽəd̶ia. 3 Ñagabeɽəd̶ia na ñagero ñagəneinia ŋen ŋanṯa ñagabeɽəd̶ia mənna eŋen ŋəd̶wonaṯa d̶eicia ed̶alo. 4 Ya ñəŋgi ñagəɽiano eŋen, ñagaijəba ṯa d̶əbwa ŋenŋa ŋalo d̶ageiya Rəmwa? Ŋen ŋafəṯia, ed̶a gənəŋ igi gwonaṯa ṯa gaɽia d̶appa d̶alo gënəŋu gëbəd̶ənia bəɽan gəgeiya Rəmwa. 5 Ñagaṯa ṯa ŋen ŋəpiano iŋi ad̶am gə-Rəmwa gaṯa ṯa, “Rəmwa raɽo aŋwar ndrəbwiṯi usilaga igi rëɽu ṯa aŋəndofeṯr?” 6 Orn rënəŋu rananeid̶ia d̶ənaica məɽəməɽeñ d̶waiña. Nṯia ad̶am gə-Rəmwa gaṯa com ṯa,
“Rəmwa rageiya led̶a ildi linia enare,
orn rananaica led̶a d̶ənaica məɽəməɽeñ ildi lərra enare.”
7 Nṯia naicr Rəmwa ntam enalo na ŋgiṯr Rəmwa arerṯe ŋələŋe enare enalo. Đwad̶einr Seṯan nano na yënəŋu yid̶i aiyendobəd̶e nano. 8 Borgwad̶aṯr Rəmwa nano na rënəŋu rid̶i arandəborgwad̶aṯe nano. Wasənr rəŋ ya led̶a leicia, təɽer nare enalo ñaganəñaŋ ñəŋgi ñagerṯo ŋen ŋəɽijan. 9 Id̶ənr ñagirəwano, wanr na ñare. Ŋgiṯr d̶urrəməd̶a ed̶alo ad̶əmërni d̶wana na d̶əŋəra nano ed̶alo ad̶əmërni d̶irəwano. 10 Id̶ənr ñagərra enare Eləŋ Rəmwa nëiñua na rënəŋu rid̶i arəndoɽre.
Ŋen ŋəd̶əgariñaṯa eŋen ŋəd̶akəmia led̶a lwomən
11 Lorldaiñ, ñerṯe ñagəɽwataid̶ia eŋen ŋeicia ŋəled̶a lwomən. Ed̶a igi gəɽwata eŋen ŋorəba ŋeicia, walla gakəmia orəba, gënəŋu gaɽwata ŋen ŋ-Alganun ŋeicia na gakəmia Alganun. Ndə agakəmia Alganun agaber agəbəd̶ia Alganun orn agakəmia ŋen ŋ-Alganun. 12 Ed̶a gaɽo gonto gənaid̶ia Alganun na gakəməd̶ia, fəŋu igi gəɽwad̶aṯa gëbəria na gagera. Orn aganəŋa fəŋa əsëgi ṯa agakəmia ŋen ŋoralo?
Ŋen ŋəd̶əɽaŋad̶aṯa Rəmwa nano
13 Nər, ya ñəŋgi ñagəbaṯa ṯa, ñagabəṯa alo yenəŋ nwaldaŋ d̶əñid̶i walla eṯeɽe ñaɽaŋe tu iṯəlia gonto ñabwana na ñama algərus. 14 Ñaganəñaŋ ñagaijəba ŋen ŋeṯeɽe, na d̶əməṯia ed̶alo d̶aɽo ṯau? Ñagarno ibwëɽua isi yefo liga lətëfr, orn niyerṯe. 15 Gəbanṯa ñagəbaṯa ṯa, “Ndə Eləŋ Rəmwa ramed̶əño ñagaməṯia, oro ñid̶i ŋen iŋi walla ŋakəl.” 16 Orn d̶əñid̶i ñagëminia id̶inia enare ed̶alo. Đëminia pred̶ id̶i d̶aɽo ṯia d̶eicia. 17 Ed̶a igi gələŋeṯo ṯa ŋen iŋi ŋame ṯa aŋid̶i, na nəŋerṯe gəbəd̶ia, gënəŋu gëbəd̶ia ŋen ŋeicia.