James 4
1 From where [are] wars and fightings among you? [Is it] not from here, out of your passions warring in your members?
你們中間的戰爭是從那裏來的？爭端是從那裏來的？豈不是從你們肢體中戰鬥的私慾來的嗎？
2 You desire, and do not have, [so] you murder; and you are zealous, and are not able to attain, [so] you fight and war; and you do not have, because of your not asking;
你們貪戀，若得不到，於是便要兇殺；你們嫉妒，若不能獲得，於是就要爭鬥，起來交戰。你們得不到，是因為你們不求；
3 you ask, and you do not receive, because you ask badly, that you may spend [it] in your pleasures.
你們求而不得，是因為你們求的不當，想要浪費在你們的淫樂中。
4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Have you not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever, then, may intend to be a friend of the world, he is designated [as] an enemy of God.
淫亂的人啊！你們不知道：與世俗友好，就是與天主為仇嗎？所以誰若願意作世俗的朋友，就成了天主的仇敵。
5 Or, do you think that the Writing says emptily, “The Spirit that has dwelt in us yearns with envy,”
『天主以嫉妒愛慕他在我們內所安置的神靈，』或者你們以為聖經的這句話是白說的嗎？
6 but [God] gives greater grace, for this reason it says, “God sets Himself up against proud ones, and He gives grace to lowly ones.”
但他還賜更大的恩寵呢，為此說：『天主拒絕驕傲人，卻賞賜恩寵於謙遜人。』
7 Be subject, then, to God; stand up against the Devil, and he will flee from you;
所以，你們要服從天主，對抗魔鬼，魔鬼就必逃避你們；
8 draw near to God, and He will draw near to you; cleanse hands, you sinners! And purify hearts, you split-souled!
你們要親近天主，天主就必親近你們。罪人們，你們務要潔淨你們的手；三心兩意的人，你們務要清潔你們的心！
9 Be exceedingly afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter be turned to mourning, and the joy to heaviness;
你們要感到可憐，要悲哀，要哭泣；讓你們的喜笑變成悲哀，歡樂變成憂愁。
10 be made low before the LORD, and He will exalt you.
你們務要在上主面前自謙自卑，他必要舉揚你們。
11 Do not speak against one another, brothers; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, speaks against law, and judges law, and if you judge law, you are not a doer of law but a judge.
弟兄們，你們不要彼此詆毀。詆毀弟兄或判斷自己弟兄的，就是詆毀法律，判斷法律；若是你判斷法律，你便不是守法者，而是審判者。
12 One is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; you—who are you that judges the other?
只有一位是立法者和審判者，就是那能拯救人，也能消滅人的天主；然而你是誰，你竟判斷近人？
13 Go, now, you who are saying, “Today and tomorrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain,”
好！現在你們說：「今天或明天，我們要往這城和那城去，在那裏住一年，作買賣獲利。」
14 who does not know the thing of tomorrow; for what is your life? For it is a vapor that is appearing for a little [while], and then is vanishing;
其實，關於明天的事，你們還不知道；你們的生命是什麼？你們原來不過是一股蒸氣，出現片刻，以後就消失了。
15 instead, you [ought] to say, “If the LORD may will, we will live, and do this or that”;
你們倒不如這樣說：「上主若願意，我們就可以活著，就可以作這事或者那事。」
16 but now you glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
可是現在，你們卻猖狂自誇，這樣的自誇，都是邪惡的。
17 to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing [it], it is sin to him.
所以人若知道該行善，卻不去行，這就是他的罪
