Ιακωβου 4
1 ποθεν πολεμοι και μαχαι εν υμιν ουκ εντευθεν εκ των ηδονων υμων των στρατευομενων εν τοις μελεσιν υμων
Where do wars and fights among you come from? Do they not come from your passions that wage war among your members?
2 επιθυμειτε και ουκ εχετε φονευετε και ζηλουτε και ου δυνασθε επιτυχειν μαχεσθε και πολεμειτε ουκ εχετε δε δια το μη αιτεισθαι υμας
You desire but do not have. You murder and are jealous but cannot obtain what you want. You fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask.
3 αιτειτε και ου λαμβανετε διοτι κακως αιτεισθε ινα εν ταις ηδοναις υμων δαπανησητε
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
4 μοιχοι και μοιχαλιδες ουκ οιδατε οτι η φιλια του κοσμου εχθρα του θεου εστιν ος αν ουν βουληθη φιλος ειναι του κοσμου εχθρος του θεου καθισταται
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5 η δοκειτε οτι κενως η γραφη λεγει προς φθονον επιποθει το πνευμα ο κατωκησεν εν ημιν
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks in vain? The spirit that dwells in us desires to the point of envy,
6 μειζονα δε διδωσιν χαριν διο λεγει ο θεος υπερηφανοις αντιτασσεται ταπεινοις δε διδωσιν χαριν
but God gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
7 υποταγητε ουν τω θεω αντιστητε τω διαβολω και φευξεται αφ υμων
Submit yourselves therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 εγγισατε τω θεω και εγγιει υμιν καθαρισατε χειρας αμαρτωλοι και αγνισατε καρδιας διψυχοι
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 ταλαιπωρησατε και πενθησατε και κλαυσατε ο γελως υμων εις πενθος μεταστραφητω και η χαρα εις κατηφειαν
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning, and your joy into gloom.
10 ταπεινωθητε ενωπιον του κυριου και υψωσει υμας
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 μη καταλαλειτε αλληλων αδελφοι ο καταλαλων αδελφου και κρινων τον αδελφον αυτου καταλαλει νομου και κρινει νομον ει δε νομον κρινεις ουκ ει ποιητης νομου αλλα κριτης
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. He who speaks evil against a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. Now if yoʋ judge the law, yoʋ are not a doer of the law but a judge.
12 εις εστιν ο νομοθετης ο δυναμενος σωσαι και απολεσαι συ τις ει ος κρινεις τον ετερον
There is only one lawgiver—he who is able to save and destroy. But who are yoʋ to judge another?
13 αγε νυν οι λεγοντες σημερον {VAR1: και } {VAR2: η } αυριον πορευσωμεθα εις τηνδε την πολιν και {VAR1: ποιησωμεν } {VAR2: ποιησομεν } εκει ενιαυτον ενα και {VAR1: εμπορευσωμεθα και κερδησωμεν } {VAR2: εμπορευσομεθα και κερδησομεν }
Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
14 οιτινες ουκ επιστασθε το της αυριον ποια γαρ η ζωη υμων ατμις γαρ εστιν η προς ολιγον φαινομενη επειτα δε αφανιζομενη
You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
15 αντι του λεγειν υμας εαν ο κυριος θεληση και {VAR1: ζησωμεν και ποιησωμεν } {VAR2: ζησομεν και ποιησομεν } τουτο η εκεινο
Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, let us live and do this or that.”
16 νυν δε καυχασθε εν ταις αλαζονειαις υμων πασα καυχησις τοιαυτη πονηρα εστιν
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
17 ειδοτι ουν καλον ποιειν και μη ποιουντι αμαρτια αυτω εστιν
So whoever knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.
