雅各伯书 4

1From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members?

2You covet, and have not: you kill, and envy, and can not obtain. You contend and war, and you have not, because you ask not.

3You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

4Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world, becometh an enemy of God.

5Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?

6But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

7Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.

8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

10Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

11Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

12There is one lawgiver, and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.

13But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year, and will traffic, and make our gain.

14Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

15For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little while, and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the Lord will, and if we shall live, we will do this or that.

16But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.

17To him therefore who knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.

1Unde bella et lites in vobis? nonne hinc: ex concupiscentiis vestris, quæ militant in membris vestris?

2concupiscitis, et non habetis: occiditis, et zelatis: et non potestis adipisci: litigatis, et belligeratis, et non habetis, propter quod non postulatis.

3Petitis, et non accipitis: eo quod male petatis: ut in concupiscentiis vestris insumatis.

4Adulteri, nescitis quia amicitia hujus mundi inimica est Dei? quicumque ergo voluerit amicus esse sæculi hujus, inimicus Dei constituitur.

5An putatis quia inaniter Scriptura dicat: Ad invidiam concupiscit spiritus qui habitat in vobis?

6majorem autem dat gratiam. Propter quod dicit: Deus superbis resistit, humilibus autem dat gratiam.

7Subditi ergo estote Deo, resistite autem diabolo, et fugiet a vobis.

8Appropinquate Deo, et appropinquabit vobis. Emundate manus, peccatores: et purificate corda, duplices animo.

9Miseri estote, et lugete, et plorate: risus vester in luctum convertatur, et gaudium in mœrorem.

10Humiliamini in conspectu Domini, et exaltabit vos.

11Nolite 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.

12Unus est legislator et judex, qui potest perdere et liberare.

13Tu 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:

14qui ignoratis quid erit in crastino.

15Quæ 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.

16Nunc autem exsultatis in superbiis vestris. Omnis exsultatio talis, maligna est.

17Scienti igitur bonum facere, et non facienti, peccatum est illi.

1Where do wars and contentions among you come from? Is it not from this: from your own desires, which battle within your members?

2You desire, and you do not have. You envy and you kill, and you are unable to obtain. You argue and you fight, and you do not have, because you do not ask.

3You ask and you do not receive, because you ask badly, so that you may use it toward your own desires.

4You adulterers! Do you not know that the friendship of this world is hostile to God? Therefore, whoever has chosen to be a friend of this world has been made into an enemy of God.

5Or do you think that Scripture says in vain: “The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?”

6But he gives a greater grace. Therefore he says: “God resists the arrogant, but he gives grace to the humble.”

7Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners! And purify your hearts, you duplicitous souls!

9Be afflicted: mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your gladness into sorrow.

10Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

11Brothers, do not choose to slander one another. Whoever slanders his brother, or whoever judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

12There is one lawgiver and one judge. He is able to destroy, and he is able to set free.

13But who are you to judge your neighbor? Consider this, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into that city, and certainly we will spend a year there, and we will do business, and we will make our profit,”

14consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow.

15For what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a brief time, and afterwards will vanish away. So what you ought to say is: “If the Lord wills,” or, “If we live,” we will do this or that.

16But now you exult in your arrogance. All such exultation is wicked.

17Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.