James 4
1 Whence are wars and whence are fightings among you? Are they not hence, from your lusts that war in your members?
Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ πόθεν μάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν; Οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν, τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν;
2 Ye lust, and have not; ye kill, and earnestly covet, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war. Ye have not, because ye ask not;
Ἐπιθυμεῖτε καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε· φονεύετε καὶ ζηλοῦτε, καὶ οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν· μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε. Οὐκ ἔχετε, διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς·
3 ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.
4 Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore chooseth to be a friend of the world, becometh an enemy of God.
Μοιχαλίδες! Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ φιλία τοῦ κόσμου, ἔχθρα τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ἐστιν; Ὃς ἐὰν οὖν βουληθῇ φίλος εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου, ἐχθρὸς τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ καθίσταται.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, “Zealously doth the Spirit, which made its abode in us, long for us”?
Ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ Γραφὴ λέγει, “Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ ˚Πνεῦμα ὃ κατῴκισεν ἐν ἡμῖν;”
6 but he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.”
Μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν. Διὸ λέγει, “Ὁ ˚Θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.”
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God; resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
Ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ ˚Θεῷ. Ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφʼ ὑμῶν.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
Ἐγγίσατε τῷ ˚Θεῷ, καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν. Καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness.
Ταλαιπωρήσατε, καὶ πενθήσατε, καὶ κλαύσατε. Ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος μετατραπήτω, καὶ ἡ χαρὰ εἰς κατήφειαν.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον ˚Κυρίου, καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς.
11 Speak not against one another, brethren; he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί. Ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἢ κρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον. Εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις, οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου, ἀλλὰ κριτής.
12 One is the Lawgiver and Judge, he who is able to save, and to destroy; but who art thou, that judgest thy neighbor?
Εἷς ἐστιν νομοθέτης καὶ κριτής, ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι. Σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ, ὁ κρίνων τὸν πλησίον;
13 Come now, ye that say, To-day and to-morrow we will go into such a city, and spend a year there and traffic, and get gain,
Ἄγε νῦν, οἱ λέγοντες, “Σήμερον ἢ αὔριον, πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ποιήσομεν ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν, καὶ ἐμπορευσόμεθα, καὶ κερδήσομεν.”
14 (whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? Ye are even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away; )
Οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε τῆς αὔριον, ποία γὰρ ζωὴ ὑμῶν; Ἀτμὶς γάρ ἐστε, ἡ πρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη, ἔπειτα καὶ ἀφανιζομένη.
15 instead of saying, If the Lord will, we shall both live and do this or that;
Ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς, “Ἐὰν ὁ ˚Κύριος θελήσῃ, καὶ ζήσομεν καὶ ποιήσομεν, τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο.”
16 but now ye glory in your boastings. All such glorying is evil.
Νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν. Πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν, καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι, ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν.
