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James 4:2
Ọ bụrụ na unu chọọ ma unu achọtaghị ya, unu egbuo mmadụ. Unu na-enwe anya ukwu nʼihe onye ọzọ nwere ma ọ bụrụ na unu enwetaghị ya, unu amalite ịlụ ọgụ na ibu agha. Unu enweghị maka unu chọrọ arịọghị ya nʼekpere.
James 4:2 · Baịbụlụ NsọJames 4:2 in other translations
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.
You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
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.
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In context
1 Gịnị bụ ihe na-ebute ọgụ na esemokwu nʼetiti unu. Ebee ka ha siri bịa? Ọ bụghị ọchịchọ ọjọọ unu nwere nʼime onwe unu?
2 Ọ bụrụ na unu chọọ ma unu achọtaghị ya, unu egbuo mmadụ. Unu na-enwe anya ukwu nʼihe onye ọzọ nwere ma ọ bụrụ na unu enwetaghị ya, unu amalite ịlụ ọgụ na ibu agha. Unu enweghị maka unu chọrọ arịọghị ya nʼekpere.
3 Unu na-arịọ ma unu adịghị anata, nʼihi na unu na-arịọ nʼebumnobi ọjọọ. Unu na-arịọ ka unu mefuo ya nʼihe ụtọ nke ụwa.
4 Ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi! Ọ bụ na unu amaghị na unu na ụwa bụrụ enyi, unu ga-esi otu a bụrụ ndị iro Chineke? Onye ọbụla nke chọrọ ịbụ enyi nke ụwa, na-eme onwe ya onye iro nke Chineke.
5 Unu chere na ihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ nsọ na-ekwu nʼefu mgbe ọ na-asị, “Chineke na-ekwosi ekworo ike nʼihi Mmụọ Nsọ ya nke o mere ka o biri nʼime anyị.”
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