Jak 4
Nouvo Testaman: Vèsyon Kreyòl Fasil
Ofri pwòp lavi w bay bondye
4 Èske w konnen ki kote dispit yo soti? Ki kote kont soti epi vini nan mitan nou? Èske yo pa soti nan yon bann move lanvi k ap batay anndan nou? 2 Nou vle pou n posede yon pil bagay, epi nou pa kapab genyen yo. Lè sa a, nou prèt pou touye moun. Nou jalou, epi nou pa kapab genyen sa n ta vle genyen. Lè sa a, nou nan lit, n ap bat kò nou. Nou pa jwenn sa nou ta vle, paske nou pa mande Bondye l! 3 Nou mande epi nou pa jwenn anyen. Se paske nou mal mande! Nou mande sèlman paske nou vle fè gaspiyaj nan pran plezi.
4 Nou pa fidèl ak Bondye! Nou ta dwe konnen sa, lè nou renmen bagay ki nan mond lan, otomatikman nou rayi Bondye. Konsa, tout moun ki vle zanmi ak mond sa a, li vin lènmi ak Bondye. 5 Èske w panse Bib la pa di anyen? Li di: “Lespri Bondye fè abite nan nou an vle se pou li sèl pou nou ye.”[a] 6 Men, gras Bondye fè nou an pi gran toujou. Paske Bib la di:
“Bondye opoze ak ògeye yo,
men li fè moun ki enb yo gras.”(A)
7 Enben, livre lavi w bay Bondye pou obeyi l. Fè opozisyon kont lespri mechan an, epi l ap kouri ale byen lwen w. 8 Pwoche bò kote Bondye, l ap pwoche kote w tou. Netwaye lavi w, ou menm k ap komèt move zak yo. Retire peche nan lavi w,[b] ou menm k ap woule de bò ant Bondye ak mond lan. 9 Pran konsyans lanmizè w, pran dèy, kriye, sispann ap ri, mete dlo nan je w pito, olye lajwa pito w chwazi tristès. 10 Bese tèt ou devan Senyè a, limenm l ap leve w.
Se pa ou menm ki jij la
11 Frè m ak sè m yo, se pa pou nou youn ap pale lòt mal. Si ou ap kritike yon frè w oubyen yon sè w, oubyen si w ap jije yo, se kritike w ap kritike epi w ap jije lalwa. Lè se kritike w ap kritike lalwa, ou pa yon moun k ap obeyi lalwa. Ou vin tounen yon jij pou lalwa. 12 Se sèl Bondye ki bay lalwa epi se li sèl ki jij. Se Bondye sèl ki kapab delivre oubyen touye. Ou menm, kisa w ye, ou menm k ap jije pwochen w lan?
Kite Bondye planifye lavi w
13 Kounye a, fè atansyon, ou menm k ap di: “Jodi a oubyen demen, nou pral nan tèl ou tèl vil, n ap rete la en an. Nou pral fè kòmès, nou pral fè kòb.” 14 Poutan, ou pa menm konnen sa k ap rive demen. Lavi w, se menm jan ak yon ti nyaj. Li parèt pou yo ti tan, apre sa, li disparèt. 15 Okontrè, ou ta dwe di: “Si Senyè a vle, n ap viv epi n ap fè sa oubyen sa.” 16 Poutan, ou ògeye, ou pretansye. Lè w ap lwanje tèt ou konsa, se pa bon ditou. 17 Lè yon moun konnen sa ki byen pou l fè a, epi li pa fè l, sa se yon peche li komèt.
Footnotes
- 4:5 Lespri Bondye … pou nou ye Kèk lòt jan nou kapab tradui vèsè sa a: “Lanmou Bondye genyen pou lespri li fè rete nan nou an fò anpil.” Oubyen “Lespri natirèl li fè rete nan nou an plen ak plen ak lanvi pou sa lòt moun genyen.” Gade nan Egz 20:5.
- 4:8 Retire peche nan lavi w Literalman, “lave men w yo.”
James 4
Expanded Bible
Give Yourselves to God
4 Do you know where your ·fights [conflicts; wars] and ·arguments [disputes; quarrels; battles] come from? They come from ·the selfish desires [cravings] that war ·within you [L in your members; C probably parts of the body, but could be members of the church]. 2 You ·want [desire] things, but you ·do not [or cannot] have them. So you ·are ready to kill [L murder] and are ·jealous [envious] of other people, but you still cannot get what you want. So you argue and ·fight [wage war]. You do not get what you want, because you do not ask God. 3 Or when you ask, you do not receive because ·the reason you ask is wrong [or you ask with the wrong motives; L you ask badly/wrongly]. You want things so you ·can use [L spend] them for your own pleasures.
4 ·So, you are not loyal to God [L You adulterers!; C often adultery is used in a spiritual sense for betraying God; Jer. 3:20]! ·You should know [L Don’t you know…?] that ·loving [L friendship with] the world is ·the same as hating [L hostility/enmity toward] God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy. 5 Do you think the Scripture ·means nothing that says [or says for no reason], ·“The Spirit that God made to live in us wants us for himself alone”? [or “God yearns jealously for the spirit he has made to live in us”?; or “The spirit God placed within us tends to jealously desire things”?; C for God’s jealousy for his people see Ex. 20:5; 34:14; Zech. 8:2]. 6 But God gives us even more grace, as ·the Scripture [L it; or he] says,
“God ·is against [opposes; resists] the proud,
but he gives grace to the humble [Prov. 3:34; 1 Pet. 5:5].”
7 So ·give yourselves completely [submit] to God. ·Stand against [Resist] the devil [1 Pet. 5:9], and the devil will ·run [flee] from you. 8 Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, ·clean sin out of your lives [L cleanse/purify your hands; C a metaphor for cleaning up your behavior]. ·You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time [L You double-minded ones], ·make your thinking pure [L purify your hearts; C a metaphor for cleaning up your interior life]. 9 ·Be sad [Lament], ·cry [mourn], and weep! Change your laughter into ·crying [mourning] and your joy into ·sadness [gloom; sorrow]. 10 Humble yourself in the Lord’s presence, and he will ·honor you [L exalt you; lift you up; 1 Pet. 5:6].
You Are Not the Judge
11 Brothers and sisters [C fellow believers], do not ·tell evil lies about [slander] each other [Lev. 19:16]. If you ·speak against [slander] your ·fellow believers [L a brother or sister] or judge them, you are judging and ·speaking against [slandering] the law [C because the law commanded love]. And when you are judging the law, you are no longer a ·follower [L doer] of the law. You have become a judge [C sitting in judgment over the law]. 12 ·God is the only [L There is one] ·Lawmaker [Lawgiver] and Judge. He is the only One who can save and destroy [Matt. 10:28]. ·So it is not right for you [L So who are you…?] to judge your neighbor [Lev. 19:18].
Let God Plan Your Life
13 ·Some of you say [L Come now, you who say], “Today or tomorrow we will go to some city. We will stay there a year, do business, and make money.” 14 But you do not know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a ·mist [vapor; puff of smoke]. ·You can see it [It appears] for a short time, but then it ·goes away [vanishes; Prov. 27:1]. 15 ·So [or Instead] you should say, “If the Lord ·wants [wills; wishes], we will live and do this or that [Matt. 6:10].” 16 But now you are ·proud [arrogant; C probably referring to their plans for the future] and you brag [boast]. All of this bragging [boasting] is wrong [L evil; wicked; 3:14]. 17 [L Therefore] Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, ·is sinning [L for him it is sin].
James 4
New King James Version
Pride Promotes Strife
4 Where do [a]wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure (A)that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and [b]war. [c]Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 (B)You ask and do not receive, (C)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 [d]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that (D)friendship with the world is enmity with God? (E)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, (F)“The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
(G)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. (H)Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 (I)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (J)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (K)purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 (L)Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (M)Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
Do Not Judge a Brother
11 (N)Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother (O)and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is one [e]Lawgiver, (P)who is able to save and to destroy. (Q)Who[f] are you to judge [g]another?
Do Not Boast About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow [h]we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (R)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, (S)“If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. (T)All such boasting is evil.
17 Therefore, (U)to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Footnotes
- James 4:1 battles
- James 4:2 battle
- James 4:2 NU, M omit Yet
- James 4:4 NU omits Adulterers and
- James 4:12 NU adds and Judge
- James 4:12 NU, M But who
- James 4:12 NU a neighbor
- James 4:13 M let us
James 4
King James Version
4 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2 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.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4 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.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 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.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
13 Go 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:
14 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.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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