Jakobho 4

¹Kurwa nokukakavara pakati penyu zvinobvepiko? Hazvibvi pakuchiva kwenyu, kunorwa pamitezo yenyu here?From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

²Munochiva, Munorwa asi hamune chinhu; munovuraya, munogodorana, musingagoni kuwana chinhu; munokakavara, muchirwa; hamunechinhu nokuti hamukumbiri..Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

³Munokumbira, musingapiwi; nokuti munokumbira zvakaipa, kuti muzviparadze pakuchiva kwenyu.Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

⁴Imi vovutere,hamuzivi here kuti vushamwari bwenyika bwunovengana naMwari? Naizvozvo mumwe nomumwe, unoda kuva shamwari yenyika, unozviita muvengi waMwari.Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

⁵Munofunga kuti Rugwaro runotaura pasina here, ruchiti: Mweya, wakagarisa mukati medu unotishuva negodo?Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

⁶Asi unopa nyasha dzakapfuvura. Saka Rugwaro runoti: Mwari unodzivisa vanozvikudza, asi unopa nyasha vanozvininipisa.But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

⁷Naizvozvo muzviise pasi paMwari: dzivisai Dhiabhorosi, agokutizai.Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁸Swederai kunaMwari, iye agoswedera kwamuri. Shambai mavoko enyu, imi vatadzi; natsai moyo yenyu, imi munemoyo miviri.Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

⁹Shuwai, mucheme, muraire; kuseka kwenyu ngakushandurwe kuve kuchema, nokufara kwenyu dzive shungu.Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

¹⁰Muzvininipise pamberi paShe, agokukudzai.Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

¹¹Hama dzangu, musareverana zvakaipa. Unorevera hama yake zvakaipa, kana kutonga hama yake, unorevera murairo zvakaipa nokutonga murairo; zvino kana uchitonga murairo, hauzi muiti womurairo, asi mutongi.Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

¹²Mumwe chete ndiye mutemi womurairo nomutongi, iye unogona kuponesa nokuparadza; asi iwe ndiwe aniko unotonga wokwako?There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

¹³Nhai imi, munoti: Nhasi, kana mangwana tichaenda kuguta rokuti, tigogara ko gore, tichishambadzira, tifumeGo to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

¹⁴imi musingazivi zvamangwana. Vupenyu bwenyu chinyiko? Nokuti muri mhute, inovonekwa nguva duku, ndokunyangarika.Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

¹⁵Mungadai muchiti: Kana Ishe achida, tichararama tiite zvokuti nezvokuti.For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

¹⁶Asi zvino munozvirumbidza pakuzvikudza kwenyu; kuzvirumbidza kwose kwakadai kwakaipa.But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

¹⁷Naizvozvo uyo, unoziva kuita zvakanaka, akasazviita, iye unezvivi.Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.