Ιακωβου 4
1 Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ (πόθεν *no*) μάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν; οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν, ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν;
Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, — from your pleasures, which war in your members?
2 ἐπιθυμεῖτε καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε· φονεύετε καὶ ζηλοῦτε καὶ οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν· μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε· οὐκ ἔχετε (δὲ *k*) διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς·
Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.
3 αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.
4 (μοιχοὶ καὶ *K*) μοιχαλίδες, οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ φιλία τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν; ὃς (ἐὰν *N(k)O*) οὖν βουληθῇ φίλος εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου, ἐχθρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ καθίσταται.
Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be [the] friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.
5 ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει; πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ (κατῴκισεν *N(k)O*) ἐν ἡμῖν,
Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
6 μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν· διὸ λέγει· ὁ θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.
But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against [the] proud, but gives grace to [the] lowly.
7 ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ θεῷ. ἀντίστητε (δὲ *no*) τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν,
Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν. καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.
9 ταλαιπωρήσατε καὶ πενθήσατε καὶ κλαύσατε· ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος (μετατραπήτω *N(k)O*) καὶ ἡ χαρὰ εἰς κατήφειαν.
Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
10 ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον (τοῦ *ko*) κυρίου καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς.
Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you.
11 Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί· ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ (ἢ *N(k)O*) κρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον· εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις, οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής.
Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.
12 εἷς ἐστιν ὁ νομοθέτης (καὶ κριτὴς *NO*) ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι· σὺ (δὲ *no*) τίς εἶ (ὁ κρίνων *N(k)O*) τὸν (πλησίον; *N(K)O*)
One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?
13 Ἄγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες· σήμερον (ἢ *N(k)O*) αὔριον (πορευσόμεθα *N(k)O*) εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν καὶ (ποιήσομεν *N(k)O*) ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν (ἕνα *K*) καὶ (ἐμπορευσόμεθα *N(k)O*) καὶ (κερδήσομεν· *N(k)O*)
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
14 οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε τὸ τῆς αὔριον ποία (γὰρ *ko*) ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν. ἀτμὶς γάρ (ἐστε *N(K)(o)*) ἡ πρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη ἔπειτα (δὲ *k*) καὶ ἀφανιζομένη·
ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing, )
15 ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς· ἐὰν ὁ κύριος (θελήσῃ *NK(o)*) καὶ (ζήσομεν *N(k)O*) καὶ (ποιήσομεν *N(k)O*) τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο.
instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.
16 νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν· πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν.
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
17 εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι, ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν.
To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
