James 1
1 James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!
Jakob, služabnik Boga in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa, dvanajsterim rodovom, ki so razkropljeni naokoli, pozdrav.
2 All joy count [it], my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;
Moji bratje, kadar zapadate v številne skušnjave, štejte to [za] veliko veselje,
3 knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,
ker veste to, da preizkušenost vaše vere ustvarja potrpežljivost.
4 and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire — in nothing lacking;
Toda naj ima potrpežljivost svoje popolno delo, da boste lahko popolni in celotni, [da vam] ničesar ne manjka.
5 and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;
Če [pa] komu izmed vas manjka modrosti, naj prosi od Boga, ki velikodušno daje vsem ljudem in ne očita; in dana mu bo.
6 and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,
Toda prosi naj v veri niti malo omahujoč. Kajti kdor omahuje, je podoben morskemu valu, [ki ga] žene veter in ga premetava.
7 for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord —
Kajti tak človek naj ne misli, da bo karkoli prejel od Gospoda.
8 a two-souled man [is] unstable in all his ways.
Človek dvojnih misli je nestanoviten na vseh svojih poteh.
9 And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
Naj se brat nizkega položaja veseli v tem, da je povišan;
10 and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
toda bogat v tem, da je ponižan, ker bo minil kakor cvet na travi.
11 for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!
Kajti takoj, ko sonce vzide z žgočo vročino, to izsuši travo in njen cvet pade in lepota njenega videza propade; tako bo tudi bogataš zbledel na svojih poteh.
12 Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
Blagoslovljen je človek, ki preizkušnjo vzdrži; kajti ko je preizkušen, bo prejel krono življenja, ki jo je Gospod obljubil tistim, ki ga ljubijo.
13 Let no one say, being tempted — 'From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,
Naj noben človek, ko je skušan, ne reče: »Skušan sem od Boga, « kajti Bog ne more biti skušan z zlom niti sam nikogar ne skuša.
14 and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,
Toda vsak je skušan, ko je odtegnjen s svojimi lastnimi poželenji in premamljen.
15 afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.
Ko je potem poželenje spočeto, rojeva greh. Greh pa, ko je dovršen, rojeva smrt.
16 Be not led astray, my brethren beloved;
Ne motite se, moji ljubljeni bratje.
17 every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
Vsak dober dar in vsako popolno darilo je od zgoraj in prihaja dol od Očeta svetil, s katerim ni nestanovitnosti niti sence obračanja.
18 having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.
Po svoji lastni volji nas je zaplodil z besedo resnice, da naj bi bili mi nekako prvenci njegovih ustvarjenih bitij.
19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Zatorej, moji ljubljeni bratje, naj bo vsak človek hiter za poslušanje, počasen za govorjenje, počasen za bes;
20 for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;
kajti človekov bes ne uresničuje Božje pravičnosti.
21 wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;
Zatorej dajte proč vso umazanost in odvečno porednost ter s krotkostjo sprejmite vcepljeno besedo, ki je zmožna rešiti vaše duše.
22 and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
Toda bodite uresničevalci besede in ne le poslušalci, ki sami sebe varajo.
23 because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,
Kajti če je kdorkoli poslušalec besede, ne pa uresničevalec, je podoben človeku, ki svoj naraven obraz ogleduje v zrcalu;
24 for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;
kajti gleda sebe in gre svojo pot ter nemudoma pozabi, kakšne vrste človek je bil.
25 and he who did look into the perfect law — that of liberty, and did continue there, this one — not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work — this one shall be happy in his doing.
Toda kdorkoli gleda v popolno postavo svobode in ostaja v njej, ni pozabljiv poslušalec, temveč izvrševalec dela, bo ta človek blagoslovljen v svojem dejanju.
26 If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain [is] the religion;
Če je katerikoli človek med vami videti religiozen, pa ne brzda svojega jezika, temveč zavaja svoje lastno srce, je bogoslužje tega človeka prazno.
27 religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation — unspotted to keep himself from the world.
Čisto in neomadeževano bogoslužje pred Bogom in Očetom je to: »Obiskovati osirotele in vdove v njihovi stiski ter se ohraniti neomadeževanega od sveta.«
