James 4
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].
Hvoraf kommer det, at der er Krige og Stridigheder iblandt eder? mon ikke deraf, af eders Lyster, som stride i eders Lemmer?
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].
I begære og have ikke; I myrde og misunde og kunne ikke faa: I føre Strid og Krig. Og I have ikke, fordi I ikke bede;
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).
I bede og faa ikke, fordi I bede ilde, for at øde det i eders Lyster.
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.
I utro! vide I ikke, at Venskab med Verden er Fjendskab imod Gud? Derfor, den, som vil være Verdens Ven, bliver Guds Fjende.
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.
Eller mene I, at Skriftens Ord ere tomme Ord? Med Nidkærhed længes han efter den Aand, han har givet Bolig i os, men han skænker desto større Naade.
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.”
Derfor siger Skriften: „Gud staar de hoffærdige imod, men de ydmyge giver han Naade.”
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.
Underordner eder derfor under Gud; men staar Djævelen imod, saa skal han fly fra eder;
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].
holder eder nær til Gud, saa skal han holde sig nær til eder! Renser Hænderne, I Syndere! og lutrer Hjerterne, I tvesindede!
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].
Jamrer og sørger og græder; eders Latter vende sig til Sorg og Glæden til Bedrøvelse!
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and [as a result] he will honor you.
Ydmyger eder for Herren, saa skal han ophøje eder.
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].
Taler ikke ilde om hverandre, Brødre! Den, som taler ilde om sin Broder eller dømmer sin Broder, taler ilde om Loven og dømmer Loven; men dømmer du Loven, da er du ikke Lovens Gører, men dens Dommer.
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]
Een er Lovgiveren og Dommeren, han, som kan frelse og fordærve; men hvem er du, som dømmer din Næste?
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!
Og nu I, som sige: I Dag eller i Morgen ville vi gaa til den eller den By og blive der et Aar og købslaa og vinde,
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.
I, som ikke vide, hvad der skal ske i Morgen; thi hvordan er eders Liv? I ere jo en Damp, som er til Syne en liden Tid, men derefter forsvinder;
15 Instead of [what you are saying], you should say, “If the Lord wills/desires, we will live and do this or that.”
i Stedet for at I skulde sige: Dersom Herren vil, og vi leve, da ville vi gøre dette eller hint.
16 But what you are doing is boasting about all the things that you arrogantly [plan to do]. Your boasting like that is evil.
Men nu rose I eder i eders Overmod; al saadan Ros er ond.
17 So if anyone knows the right thing that he should do, [but] he does not do it, he is sinning.
Derfor, den som ved at handle ret og ikke gør det, for ham er det Synd.
