Ιακωβου 4
1 Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ ⸀πόθενμάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν; οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν, ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν;
Whence come wars and whence come battles within you? are they not from thence, from your pleasures warring in your members?
2 ἐπιθυμεῖτε, καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε· φονεύετε καὶ ζηλοῦτε, καὶ οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν· μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε. οὐκ ἔχετε διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς·
You lust, and you have not: you murder, and you strive, and you are not able to obtain: you fight and you war; and have not, because you do not ask:
3 αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.
you ask, and you receive not, because you ask wickedly, that you may expend it in your pleasures.
4 ⸀μοιχαλίδες οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ φιλία τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν; ὃς ⸀ἐὰνοὖν βουληθῇ φίλος εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου, ἐχθρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ καθίσταται.
O adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whosoever therefore may wish to be the friend of the world renders himself the enemy of God.
5 ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει· Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ ⸀κατῴκισενἐν ἡμῖν;
Whether do you think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit who dwells in us fights against envy?
6 μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν· διὸ λέγει· Ὁ θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.
and he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
7 ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ θεῷ· ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφʼ ὑμῶν·
Therefore draw nigh unto God; and resist the devil, and he will flee from you:
8 ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ⸀ἐγγιεῖὑμῖν. καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
draw nigh unto God, and he draws nigh unto you. Purify your hands, ye sinners; and cleanse your hearts, ye double-minded.
9 ταλαιπωρήσατε καὶ πενθήσατε καὶ κλαύσατε· ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος ⸀μετατραπήτωκαὶ ἡ χαρὰ εἰς κατήφειαν·
Weep, and mourn, lament: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.
10 ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον ⸀κυρίου καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will raise you up.
11 Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί· ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ⸀ἢκρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον· εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις, οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής.
Do not calumniate one another, brethren: the one speaking against his brother, and judging his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law: if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 εἷς ⸀ἐστιννομοθέτης ⸂καὶ κριτής, ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι· σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ, ⸂ὁ κρίνων τὸν ⸀πλησίον
There is one lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who are you, the one judging your neighbor.
13 Ἄγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες· Σήμερον ⸀ἢαὔριον ⸀πορευσόμεθαεἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν καὶ ⸀ποιήσομενἐκεῖ ⸀ἐνιαυτὸνκαὶ ⸀ἐμπορευσόμεθακαὶ ⸀κερδήσομεν
Come now, ye who are saying, To-day or to-morrow we will go into that city, and abide there a year, and trade and accumulate:
14 οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε ⸀τὸτῆς αὔριον ⸀ποίαἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν· ἀτμὶς γάρ ⸀ἐστε⸀ἡπρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη, ⸀ἔπειτακαὶ ἀφανιζομένη·
whosoever do not know that which belongs to the morrow: for what is your life? For you are a vapor, appearing for a moment, and then vanishing away;
15 ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς· Ἐὰν ὁ κύριος ⸀θελήσῃ καὶ ⸀ζήσομενκαὶ ⸀ποιήσομεντοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο.
on the contrary you should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will indeed do this, or that.
16 νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν· πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν.
But you are now boasting in your arrogances: all such boasting is wicked.
17 εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι, ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν.
Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
