يَعقُوب 4
| مِنْ أَيْنَ ٱلْحُرُوبُ وَٱلْخُصُومَاتُ بَيْنَكُمْ؟ أَلَيْسَتْ مِنْ هُنَا: مِنْ لَذَّاتِكُمُ ٱلْمُحَارِبَةِ فِي أَعْضَائِكُمْ؟ | ١ 1 |
Now I will tell you why you are fighting among yourselves and quarreling with each other [RHQ]. It is [RHQ] because each of you wants to do evil things [PRS]. You keep on wanting to do things that are not [what God wants you to do].
| تَشْتَهُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ تَمْتَلِكُونَ. تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَحْسِدُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَنَالُوا. تُخَاصِمُونَ وَتُحَارِبُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ تَمْتَلِكُونَ، لِأَنَّكُمْ لَا تَطْلُبُونَ. | ٢ 2 |
There are things that you [very much] desire to have, but you do not get [those things, so] you [want to] kill [HYP] [those who hinder you from getting them]. You desire what [other people have], but you are unable to get [what you desire, so] you quarrel and fight [with one another] [HYP]. You do not have [what you desire] because you do not ask [God for it].
| تَطْلُبُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ تَأْخُذُونَ، لِأَنَّكُمْ تَطْلُبُونَ رَدِيًّا لِكَيْ تُنْفِقُوا فِي لَذَّاتِكُمْ. | ٣ 3 |
[And even when] you do ask [him], he does not give you [what you ask for] because you are asking for the wrong reason. [You are asking for things] in order that you may use them just to (enjoy yourselves/make yourselves happy).
| أَيُّهَا ٱلزُّنَاةُ وَٱلزَّوَانِي، أَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ مَحَبَّةَ ٱلْعَالَمِ عَدَاوَةٌ لِلهِ؟ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مُحِبًّا لِلْعَالَمِ، فَقَدْ صَارَ عَدُوًّا لِلهِ. | ٤ 4 |
[Like] a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, you [are being unfaithful to God and not obeying him any more] [MET]. Those who are behaving as evil people do [MTY] (OR, Those who love [the evil pleasures of] this world) are hostile toward God. Perhaps you do not realize that [RHQ]. So those who decide to act as evil people do [MTY] become enemies of God.
| أَمْ تَظُنُّونَ أَنَّ ٱلْكِتَابَ يَقُولُ بَاطِلًا: ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلَّذِي حَلَّ فِينَا يَشْتَاقُ إِلَى ٱلْحَسَدِ؟ | ٥ 5 |
(Surely you remember that [God told us in] the Scriptures that he eagerly desires that his Spirit, who lives in us, will help us to love [God] only!/Do you think that it is for no reason that [God told us in] the Scriptures that he strongly desires that his Spirit, who lives in us, will help us to love [God] only?) [RHQ] God has a reason for desiring that.
| وَلَكِنَّهُ يُعْطِي نِعْمَةً أَعْظَمَ. لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُ: «يُقَاوِمُ ٱللهُ ٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْمُتَوَاضِعُونَ فَيُعْطِيهِمْ نِعْمَةً». | ٦ 6 |
[It is because] he is kind [to us and he] wants very much to help us. That is why (someone said/[King Solomon] wrote) [in the Scriptures], “God opposes those who are proud, but he helps those who are humble.”
| فَٱخْضَعُوا لِلهِ. قَاوِمُوا إِبْلِيسَ فَيَهْرُبَ مِنْكُمْ. | ٧ 7 |
So submit yourselves to God. (Resist the devil/Refuse to do what the devil wants), and [as a result] he will run away from you.
| اِقْتَرِبُوا إِلَى ٱللهِ فَيَقْتَرِبَ إِلَيْكُمْ. نَقُّوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْخُطَاةُ، وَطَهِّرُوا قُلُوبَكُمْ يَا ذَوِي ٱلرَّأْيَيْنِ. | ٨ 8 |
Come near [spiritually] to God, and [as a result] he will come near to you. You who are sinners, stop doing what is wrong, and do only what is good [SYN, MET]. You who cannot decide [whether you will] ([commit yourselves to God/obey God completely]), stop thinking wrong thoughts, and think only pure thoughts [MTY].
| ٱكْتَئِبُوا وَنُوحُوا وَٱبْكُوا. لِيَتَحَوَّلْ ضَحِكُكُمْ إِلَى نَوْحٍ، وَفَرَحُكُمْ إِلَى غَمٍّ. | ٩ 9 |
Be sorrowful and weep/mourn [DOU] [because of the wrong things that you have done]. Do not laugh [DOU], ([enjoying only what you selfishly/enjoying only what you yourselves]) [desire]. Instead, be sad [because you have done what is wrong].
| ٱتَّضِعُوا قُدَّامَ ٱلرَّبِّ فَيَرْفَعَكُمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and [as a result] he will honor you.
| لَا يَذُمَّ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ. ٱلَّذِي يَذُمُّ أَخَاهُ وَيَدِينُ أَخَاهُ يَذُمُّ ٱلنَّامُوسَ وَيَدِينُ ٱلنَّامُوسَ. وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَدِينُ ٱلنَّامُوسَ، فَلَسْتَ عَامِلًا بِٱلنَّامُوسِ، بَلْ دَيَّانًا لَهُ. | ١١ 11 |
My fellow believers, stop saying evil things about one another, [because] those who say something evil about a fellow believer and [are therefore] condemning [one who is like] a brother [to them] are really speaking against the law [that God gave us to obey]. [In this law, God commanded] [MTY] [us to love others], and those who say evil things about fellow believers, [it is as though] they are saying that we do not have to do what [God] commanded. If you [(sg)] say that you do not have to do what God commanded, you [(sg)] are not obeying God’s law. Instead, you [(sg)] are claiming that you [have the authority] to condemn [others].
| وَاحِدٌ هُوَ وَاضِعُ ٱلنَّامُوسِ، ٱلْقَادِرُ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ وَيُهْلِكَ. فَمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا مَنْ تَدِينُ غَيْرَكَ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
[But in fact], there is only one who [has the authority to] tell [people] what is right to do and to condemn [them, and that is God]. He alone is able to save [people] or to destroy people. [So], (you [(sg)] certainly have no right to decide how God should punish other people./who are you to decide how God should punish other people?) [RHQ]
| هَلُمَّ ٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْقَائِلُونَ: «نَذْهَبُ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَوْ غَدًا إِلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ أَوْ تِلْكَ، وَهُنَاكَ نَصْرِفُ سَنَةً وَاحِدَةً وَنَتَّجِرُ وَنَرْبَحُ». | ١٣ 13 |
[Some of you] are [arrogantly] saying, “Today or tomorrow we will go to a certain city. We will spend a year there and we will buy and sell things and earn a lot of money.” Now, you listen to me!
| أَنْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ أَمْرَ ٱلْغَدِ! لِأَنَّهُ مَا هِيَ حَيَاتُكُمْ؟ إِنَّهَا بُخَارٌ، يَظْهَرُ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ يَضْمَحِلُّ. | ١٤ 14 |
[You should not talk like that, because] you do not know what will happen tomorrow, and you do not know [how long] you will live! Your life [is short] [MET], [like] a mist that appears for a short time and then disappears.
| عِوَضَ أَنْ تَقُولُوا: «إِنْ شَاءَ ٱلرَّبُّ وَعِشْنَا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا أَوْ ذَاكَ». | ١٥ 15 |
Instead of [what you are saying], you should say, “If the Lord wills/desires, we will live and do this or that.”
| وَأَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَإِنَّكُمْ تَفْتَخِرُونَ فِي تَعَظُّمِكُمْ. كُلُّ ٱفْتِخَارٍ مِثْلُ هَذَا رَدِيءٌ. | ١٦ 16 |
But what you are doing is boasting about all the things that you arrogantly [plan to do]. Your boasting like that is evil.
| فَمَنْ يَعْرِفُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ حَسَنًا وَلَا يَعْمَلُ، فَذَلِكَ خَطِيَّةٌ لَهُ. | ١٧ 17 |
So if anyone knows the right thing that he should do, [but] he does not do it, he is sinning.
