James 4
1 What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures?
Otkuda ratovi i raspre meðu nama? Ne otuda li, od slasti vašijeh, koje se bore u vašijem udima?
2 You covet things and yet cannot get them; you commit murder; you have passionate desires and yet cannot gain your end; you begin to fight and make war. You have not, because you do not pray;
Želite i nemate; ubijate i zavidite, i ne možete da dobijete; borite se i vojujete, i nemate, jer ne ištete.
3 or you pray and yet do not receive, because you pray wrongly, your object being to waste what you get on some pleasure or another.
Ištete, i ne primate, jer zlo ištete, da u slastima svojijem trošite.
4 You unfaithful women, do you not know that friendship with the world means enmity to God? Therefore whoever is bent on being friendly with the world makes himself an enemy to God.
Preljuboèinci i preljuboèinice! ne znate li da je prijateljstvo ovoga svijeta neprijateljstvo Bogu? Jer koji hoæe svijetu prijatelj da bude, neprijatelj Božij postaje.
5 Or do you suppose that it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "The Spirit which He has caused to dwell in our hearts yearns jealously over us"?
Ili mislite da pismo uzalud govori: duh koji u nama živi mrzi na zavist?
6 But He gives more abundant grace, as is implied in His saying, "God sets Himself against the haughty, but to the lowly He gives grace."
A on daje veæu blagodat. Jer govori: Gospod suproti se ponositima, a poniženima daje blagodat.
7 Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
Pokorite se dakle Bogu, a protivite se ðavolu, i pobjeæi æe od vas.
8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God.
Približite se k Bogu, i on æe se približiti k vama. Oèistite ruke, grješnici, popravite srca svoja, nepostojani.
9 Afflict yourselves and mourn and weep aloud; let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into shame.
Budite žalosni i plaèite i jauèite: smijeh vaš neka se pretvori u plaè, i radost u žalost.
10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Ponizite se pred Gospodom, i podignuæe vas.
11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The man who speaks evil of a brother-man or judges his brother-man speaks evil of the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.
Ne opadajte jedan drugoga, braæo; jer ko opada brata ili osuðuje brata svojega opada zakon i osuðuje zakon, a ako zakon osuðuješ, nijesi tvorac zakona, nego sudija.
12 The only real Lawgiver and Judge is He who is able to save or to destroy. Who are you to sit in judgement on your fellow man?
Jedan je zakonodavac i sudija, koji može spasti i pogubiti; a ti ko si što drugoga osuðuješ?
13 Come, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go to this or that city, and spend a year there and carry on a successful business,"
Slušajte sad vi koji govorite: danas ili sjutra poæi æemo u ovaj ili onaj grad, i sjediæemo ondje jednu godinu, i trgovaæemo i dobijaæemo.
14 when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.
Vi koji ne znate šta æe biti sjutra. Jer šta je vaš život? On je para, koja se za malo pokaže, a potom je nestane.
15 Instead of that you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live and do this or that."
Mjesto da govorite: ako Gospod htjedbude, i živi budemo, uèiniæemo ovo ili ono.
16 But, as the case stands, it is in mere self-confidence that you boast: all such boasting is evil.
A sad se hvalite svojijem ponosom. Svaka je hvala takova zla.
17 If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin.
Jer koji zna dobro èiniti i ne èini, grijeh mu je.
