4:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ πόθεν μάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν ; οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν , ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν ;
Unde bella et lites in vobis ? nonne hinc : ex concupiscentiis vestris , quae militant in membris vestris ?
እምአይቴ ለክሙ ጸብእ ወቀትል አኮኑ እምዝየ እምአፍቅሮ ዝሙት ዘይትገበር ውስተ አንጕዕክሙ ።
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
4:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐπιθυμεῖτε , καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε · φονεύετε καὶ ζηλοῦτε , καὶ οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν · μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε . καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς ·
concupiscitis , et non habetis : occiditis , et zelatis : et non potestis adipisci : litigatis , et belligeratis , et non habetis , propter quod non postulatis .
ትፈትዉሂ ወኢትረክቡ ትትቃንኡሂ ወትትቃተሉሂ ወበእንተዝ ኢትክሉ ረኪበ ትትበአሱሂ ወትጻብኡሂ ወኢትረከቡ ዘተኀሥሡ እስመ ኢትስእሉ ።
You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.
4:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε , διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε , ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε .
Petitis , et non accipitis : eo quod male petatis : ut in concupiscentiis vestris insumatis .
ትስእሉሂ ወኢይሁቡክሙ እስመ ለእኪት ትስእሉ ለዝሙትክሙ ከመ ተሀቡ ።
You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
4:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ μοιχαλίδες , οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ φιλία τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα ἐστὶν τῷ θεῷ ; ὃς ἐὰν οὖν βουληθῇ φίλος εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου , ἐχθρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ καθίσταται .
Adulteri , nescitis quia amicitia hujus mundi inimica est Dei ? quicumque ergo voluerit amicus esse saeculi hujus , inimicus Dei constituitur .
ኦ ዘማውያን ኢተአምሩኑ ከመ ፍቁሩ ለዝ ዓለም ጸላኢሁ ውእቱ ለእግዚአብሔር እስመ ዘአብደረ ፍቅሮ ለዝ ዓለም ጸላኢሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ይከውን ።
You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
4:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει , πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ κατῴκισεν ἐν ἡμῖν ;
An putatis quia inaniter Scriptura dicat : Ad invidiam concupiscit spiritus qui habitat in vobis ?
ወሚመ ይመስለክሙኑ ዘሐሰተ ይብል መጽሐፍ ከመ ተቃንኦ ያፈቅር መንፈስ ዘየኀድር ላዕሌክሙ ።
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
4:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν · διὸ λέγει , ὁ θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται , ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν .
majorem autem dat gratiam . Propter quod dicit : Deus superbis resistit , humilibus autem dat gratiam .
ወባሕቱ አምላክነ እንተ ተዐቢ ሞገሰ ይሁበነ ወበእንተ ዝንቱ ይቤ «እስመ ለዕቡያን ይትሄየዮሙ እግዚአብሔር ወለእለሰ ያቴሕቱ ርእሶሙ ይሁቦሙ ሞገሰ ።»
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
4:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ θεῷ · ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ , καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ’ ὑμῶν ·
Subditi ergo estote Deo , resistite autem diabolo , et fugiet a vobis .
ኦሆ በልዎ ለእግዚአብሔር ወእንብየ በልዎ ለጋኔን ወይጐይይ እምኔክሙ ።
Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
4:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ , καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν . καθαρίσατε χεῖρας , ἁμαρτωλοί , καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας , δίψυχοι .
Appropinquate Deo , et appropinquabit vobis . Emundate manus , peccatores : et purificate corda , duplices animo .
ቅረብዎ ለእግዚአብሔር ወይቀርበክሙ አንጽሑ እደዊክሙ ኃጥኣን ወአንጽሑ ልበክሙ ወእለ ትናፍቁ ግነዩ ።
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.
4:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ ταλαιπωρήσατε καὶ πενθήσατε , κλαύσατε · ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος μετατραπήτω καὶ ἡ χαρὰ εἰς κατήφειαν .
Miseri estote , et lugete , et plorate : risus vester in luctum convertatur , et gaudium in moerorem .
ወላሕዉ ወብክዩ ወለሰሓቅክሙኒ ሚጥዎ ውስተ ላሕ ወለትፍሥሕትክሙኒ ውስተ ትካዝ አግብእዎ ።
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
4:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον κυρίου , καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς .
Humiliamini in conspectu Domini , et exaltabit vos .
አትሕቱ ርእሰክሙ ወያሌዕለክሙ እግዚአብሔር ።
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
4:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων , ἀδελφοί · ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἢ κρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον · εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις , οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής .
Nolite detrahere alterutrum fratres . Qui detrahit fratri , aut qui judicat fratrem suum , detrahit legi , et judicat legem . Si autem judicas legem , non es factor legis , sed judex .
ወኢትትሓመዩ በበይናቲክሙ አኀዊነ እስመ ዘሐመዮ ለካልኡ ሐመዮ ለሕገ እግዚአብሔር ወዘይግዕዝ ካልኦ ሕገ እግዚአብሔር ገዐዘ ወእመሰ ሕጎ ትግዕዝ ኢኮንከ ገባሬ ሕግ አላ ኮንከ ገዓዚሃ ለሕግ ።
Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
4:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἷς ἐστιν ὁ νομοθέτης καὶ κριτής , ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι · σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ , ὁ κρίνων τὸν πλησίον ;
Unus est legislator et judex , qui potest perdere et liberare .
እስመ አሐዱ ውእቱ ወሀቢሃ ለሕግ ወመኰንና ለሕግ ዘውእቱ ይክል አማስኖሂ ወአድኅኖሂ አንተኬ ምንትኑ አንተ ዘትግዕዞ ለካልእከ ።
Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
4:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἄγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες , σήμερον ἢ αὔριον πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν καὶ ποιήσομεν ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ ἐμπορευσόμεθα καὶ κερδήσομεν ·
Tu autem quis es , qui judicas proximum ? Ecce nunc qui dicitis : Hodie , aut crastino ibimus in illam civitatem , et faciemus ibi quidem annum , et mercabimur , et lucrum faciemus :
ከመ እለ ይብሉ ዮም አው ጌሠመ ነሐውር ውስተ እንታክቲ ሀገር ወንነብር ውስቴታ ወንትጌበር ወንረብሕ ወኢየአምሩ ዘይከውን ጌሠመ ።
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
4:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε τὸ τῆς αὔριον ποία γὰρ ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν . ἀτμὶς γάρ ἐστε ἡ πρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη , ἔπειτα καὶ ἀφανιζομένη ·
qui ignoratis quid erit in crastino .
ምንትኑመ ሕይወትክሙ አኮኑ ከመ ጢስ አንትሙ ዘለምዕር ያስተርኢ ወእምድኅሬሁ ይማስን ።
Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
4:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς · ἐὰν ὁ κύριος θελήσῃ , καὶ ζήσομεν καὶ ποιήσομεν τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο .
Quae est enim vita vestra ? vapor est ad modicum parens , et deinceps exterminabitur ; pro eo ut dicatis : Si Dominus voluerit . Et : Si vixerimus , faciemus hoc , aut illud .
ዘእምትቤሉ እመ ሠምረ እግዚአብሔር ወሐየውነ ንገብር ዘንተ አው ዝክተ ።
For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
4:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονίαις ὑμῶν · πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν .
Nunc autem exsultatis in superbiis vestris . Omnis exsultatio talis , maligna est .
ወይእዜሰ ትትሜክሑ በምግባሪክሙ ወኵላ ትምክሕት እንተ ከመዝ እኪት ይእቲ ።
But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
4:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι , ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν .
Scienti igitur bonum facere , et non facienti , peccatum est illi .
ወዘየአምር ገቢሮታ ለሠናይት ወኢይገብራ ኀጢአተ ትከውኖ ።
To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.