Ιακωβου 4
1 Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ πόθεν μάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν; Οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν, τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν;
From whence are there among you wars and strifes? Is it not from the lusts which war 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 desire, and have not; you kill and are emulous, yet it cometh not into your hands; you strive and make wars, and nothing have because you do not ask;
3 αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.
you ask and receive not, because you ask wickedly, as that you may cherish your lusts.
4 Μοιχαλίδες! Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ φιλία τοῦ κόσμου, ἔχθρα τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ἐστιν; Ὃς ἐὰν οὖν βουληθῇ φίλος εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου, ἐχθρὸς τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ καθίσταται.
Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is enmity with Aloha? He, therefore, who willeth to be the friend of this world, hath become the enemy of Aloha.
5 Ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ Γραφὴ λέγει, “Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ ˚Πνεῦμα ὃ κατῴκισεν ἐν ἡμῖν;”
Or do you vainly think that the scripture saith, that In emulation desireth the Spirit who dwelleth in us?
6 Μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν. Διὸ λέγει, “Ὁ ˚Θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.”
But more excellent grace hath our Lord given unto us. Wherefore he saith, Aloha humbleth the proud, and to the humble he giveth grace.
7 Ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ ˚Θεῷ. Ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφʼ ὑμῶν.
BE subject, therefore, unto Aloha; withstand Satana, and he will flee from you;
8 Ἐγγίσατε τῷ ˚Θεῷ, καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν. Καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
and draw nigh unto Aloha, and he will be nigh you. Purify your hands, sinners, and sanctify your hearts, divided of soul.
9 Ταλαιπωρήσατε, καὶ πενθήσατε, καὶ κλαύσατε. Ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος μετατραπήτω, καὶ ἡ χαρὰ εἰς κατήφειαν.
Be humbled and sorrowful, and let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into anxiety.
10 Ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον ˚Κυρίου, καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς.
Be humbled before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί. Ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἢ κρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον. Εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις, οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου, ἀλλὰ κριτής.
Speak not against one another, my brethren; for he who speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law. And if the law thou judgest, thou art not a doer of the law, but the judge of it.
12 Εἷς ἐστιν νομοθέτης καὶ κριτής, ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι. Σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ, ὁ κρίνων τὸν πλησίον;
For one is the appointer of the law and the Judge, who can save and destroy. But thou, who art thou, who judgest thy neighbour?
13 Ἄγε νῦν, οἱ λέγοντες, “Σήμερον ἢ αὔριον, πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ποιήσομεν ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν, καὶ ἐμπορευσόμεθα, καὶ κερδήσομεν.”
But what shall we say of them who say, To-day or tomorrow we will go to this city, or that, and work there one year, and negotiate, and make gain?
14 Οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε τῆς αὔριον, ποία γὰρ ζωὴ ὑμῶν; Ἀτμὶς γάρ ἐστε, ἡ πρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη, ἔπειτα καὶ ἀφανιζομένη.
and they know not what shall be on the morrow: for what is our life, but a vapour which for a little while is seen, and vanisheth and endeth?
15 Ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς, “Ἐὰν ὁ ˚Κύριος θελήσῃ, καὶ ζήσομεν καὶ ποιήσομεν, τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο.”
For instead they should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will do this or that.
16 Νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν. Πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν.
They glory in their pride. All glorying such as this is from the Evil.
17 Εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν, καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι, ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν.
And he who knoweth the good and doeth it not, sin is to him.
