James 5:12 in Ixil

12 As la val umaꞌt u yol sete, vitzꞌin vatzik, tiꞌ uvaꞌ yeꞌ la eteqꞌo tzan vibꞌii u Tiixheꞌ kꞌatz umaj yol uvaꞌ yeꞌl kuxh itxaꞌk la etaleꞌ. Pet jik chit la yolon ex bꞌenameen. As mitaꞌn kuxh vibꞌii u almikaꞌeꞌ la etoksa xoꞌl veyoleꞌ. As mitaꞌn kuxh u txꞌavaꞌeꞌ, as mitaꞌn umaꞌtoj txumbꞌal la eteqꞌo tzan kꞌatz veyoleꞌ. Pet ech eyolon ileꞌ tul la yolon ex «An chiteꞌ» chaj ex, asoj an chittuꞌ. As «Yeꞌle» chaj ex asoj yeꞌle, tiꞌ uvaꞌ yeꞌl ex la aqꞌax kuꞌ ex tu kꞌaxkꞌo.

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

American Standard Version (ASV)

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.

World English Bible (WEB)

But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.{TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"}

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.