Yakobo
4:1 Entalo n’okulwanagana mu mmwe biva wa? bajja tebava wano, wadde
ku kwegomba kwo okulwana mu bitundu byammwe?
4:2 Mwegomba, so temulina: mutta, ne mwegomba okuba nabyo, so temusobola kufuna.
mulwana era mulwana, naye temulina, kubanga temusaba.
4:3 Musaba, so temufuna, kubanga musaba bubi, mulyoke mukimalawo
ku kwegomba kwammwe.
4:4 Mmwe abenzi n’abeenzi, temumanyi ng’omukwano gwa...
ensi bulabe ne Katonda? n’olwekyo buli aliba mukwano gwa...
ensi mulabe wa Katonda.
4:5 Mulowooza nti ekyawandiikibwa kyogera bwereere nti Omwoyo ogutuula
mu ffe mwegomba obuggya?
4:6 Naye ayongera ekisa. Ky'ava agamba nti, “Katonda awakanya ab'amalala;
naye awa ekisa eri abeetoowaze.
4:7 Kale mugondera Katonda. Muziyiza sitaani, ajja kudduka
okuva gy’oli.
4:8 Semberera Katonda, naye alibasemberera. Muyonje emikono gyammwe, mmwe
aboonoonyi; era mutukuze emitima gyammwe, mmwe abalina ebirowoozo ebibiri.
4:9 Mubonyaabonyezebwa, mukungubaga, era mukaaba: enseko zammwe zikyuse
okukungubaga, n’essanyu lyammwe okutuuka ku buzito.
4:10 Weetoowaze mu maaso ga Mukama, alibasitula.
4:11 Abooluganda, temwogeranga bubi. Oyo ayogera obubi ku bibye
ow'oluganda, n'asalira muganda we omusango, ayogera bubi ku mateeka, era asala omusango
amateeka: naye bw'olamula amateeka, toba mukonzi wa mateeka, naye
omulamuzi.
4:12 Waliwo omuwa amateeka omu, asobola okulokola n'okuzikiriza: ggwe ani
oyo omulamuzi omulala?
4:13 Mugende kaakano, mmwe abagamba nti Leero oba enkya tujja kugenda mu kibuga ng'ekyo;
era mubeere eyo omwaka mulamba, ne mugula n'otunda, n'ofuna amagoba:
4:14 So temumanyi kiki ekigenda okubaawo enkeera. Kubanga obulamu bwo bwe buliwa?
Kiba wadde omukka, ogulabika okumala akaseera katono, n’oluvannyuma
kibulawo.
4:15 Kubanga musaana okugamba nti Mukama bw'anaaba ayagadde, tuliba balamu ne tukola kino.
oba ekyo.
4:16 Naye kaakano musanyukira okwenyumiriza kwammwe: okusanyuka okwo kwonna kubi.
4:17 Noolwekyo oyo amanyi okukola ebirungi, n'atabikola, ye y'ali
ekibi.