Jēkaba Vēstule 4
1 No kurienes kari un kaušanās jūsu starpā? Vai ne no turienes, no jūsu kārībām, kas karo jūsu locekļos?
Now I will tell you why you are fighting among yourselves and quarreling with each other [RHQ]. It is [RHQ] because each of you wants to do evil things [PRS]. You keep on wanting to do things that are not [what God wants you to do].
2 Jūs iekārojiet, un jums nav nenieka; jūs ienīstiet un skaužat un nevarat iedabūt; jūs kaujat un karojat, tomēr jums nav nenieka, tādēļ ka jūs nelūdziet,
There are things that you [very much] desire to have, but you do not get [those things, so] you [want to] kill [HYP] [those who hinder you from getting them]. You desire what [other people have], but you are unable to get [what you desire, so] you quarrel and fight [with one another] [HYP]. You do not have [what you desire] because you do not ask [God for it].
3 Jūs lūdziet un nedabūjiet, tāpēc ka nepareizi lūdziet, lai to savās kārībās varētu aprīt.
[And even when] you do ask [him], he does not give you [what you ask for] because you are asking for the wrong reason. [You are asking for things] in order that you may use them just to (enjoy yourselves/make yourselves happy).
4 Jūs laulības pārkāpēji un laulības pārkāpējas, vai jūs nezināt, ka šīs pasaules draudzība ir Dieva nīšana? Kas tad grib būt pasaules draugs, tas paliek Dievam par ienaidnieku.
[Like] a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, you [are being unfaithful to God and not obeying him any more] [MET]. Those who are behaving as evil people do [MTY] (OR, Those who love [the evil pleasures of] this world) are hostile toward God. Perhaps you do not realize that [RHQ]. So those who decide to act as evil people do [MTY] become enemies of God.
5 Jeb vai jums šķiet, ka tas Raksts velti saka: Tam Garam, kas iekš mums mājo, gribās(ilgojās) pret To (ar) skaudību?
(Surely you remember that [God told us in] the Scriptures that he eagerly desires that his Spirit, who lives in us, will help us to love [God] only!/Do you think that it is for no reason that [God told us in] the Scriptures that he strongly desires that his Spirit, who lives in us, will help us to love [God] only?) [RHQ] God has a reason for desiring that.
6 Bet Viņš dod lielāku žēlastību; tādēļ (tas raksts) saka: Dievs lepniem turas pretī, bet pazemīgiem Viņš dod žēlastību.
[It is because] he is kind [to us and he] wants very much to help us. That is why (someone said/[King Solomon] wrote) [in the Scriptures], “God opposes those who are proud, but he helps those who are humble.”
7 Tad nu padodaties Dievam, stāviet velnam pretī, tad viņš bēgs no jums.
So submit yourselves to God. (Resist the devil/Refuse to do what the devil wants), and [as a result] he will run away from you.
8 Nāciet tuvu pie Dieva, tad Viņš nāks tuvu pie jums. Šķīstiet rokas, jūs grēcinieki, un dariet sirdis šķīstas, jūs divprātīgie!
Come near [spiritually] to God, and [as a result] he will come near to you. You who are sinners, stop doing what is wrong, and do only what is good [SYN, MET]. You who cannot decide [whether you will] ([commit yourselves to God/obey God completely]), stop thinking wrong thoughts, and think only pure thoughts [MTY].
9 Esiet bēdīgi un noskumuši un raudāt; jūsu smiekli lai pārvēršas par vaidiem, un jūsu līksmība par skumību.
Be sorrowful and weep/mourn [DOU] [because of the wrong things that you have done]. Do not laugh [DOU], ([enjoying only what you selfishly/enjoying only what you yourselves]) [desire]. Instead, be sad [because you have done what is wrong].
10 Pazemojaties Tā Kunga priekšā, tad Viņš jūs paaugstinās.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and [as a result] he will honor you.
11 Neaprunājiet cits citu, brāļi; kas brāli aprunā un savu brāli tiesā, tas aprunā bauslību un tiesā bauslību; bet ja tu bauslību tiesā, tad tu neesi bauslības darītājs, bet tiesātājs.
My fellow believers, stop saying evil things about one another, [because] those who say something evil about a fellow believer and [are therefore] condemning [one who is like] a brother [to them] are really speaking against the law [that God gave us to obey]. [In this law, God commanded] [MTY] [us to love others], and those who say evil things about fellow believers, [it is as though] they are saying that we do not have to do what [God] commanded. If you [(sg)] say that you do not have to do what God commanded, you [(sg)] are not obeying God’s law. Instead, you [(sg)] are claiming that you [have the authority] to condemn [others].
12 Viens vienīgs ir Tas bauslības devējs un tiesātājs; Tas var pestīt un nomaitāt. Kas tu tāds esi, ka tu citu tiesā?
[But in fact], there is only one who [has the authority to] tell [people] what is right to do and to condemn [them, and that is God]. He alone is able to save [people] or to destroy people. [So], (you [(sg)] certainly have no right to decide how God should punish other people./who are you to decide how God should punish other people?) [RHQ]
13 Nu tad jūs, kas sakāt: šodien vai rītu mēs iesim uz šo vai to pilsētu un tur padzīvosim vienu gadu un pirksim un pārdosim un pelnīsimies;
[Some of you] are [arrogantly] saying, “Today or tomorrow we will go to a certain city. We will spend a year there and we will buy and sell things and earn a lot of money.” Now, you listen to me!
14 Un nezināt, kas rītu notiks, - jo kāda ir jūsu dzīvība? Tā ir tvaiks, kas mazu brīdi rādās un pēc iznīkst.
[You should not talk like that, because] you do not know what will happen tomorrow, and you do not know [how long] you will live! Your life [is short] [MET], [like] a mist that appears for a short time and then disappears.
15 Tai vietā jums būtu jāsaka: Ja Tas Kungs gribēs un mēs dzīvosim, tad mēs šo vai to darīsim.
Instead of [what you are saying], you should say, “If the Lord wills/desires, we will live and do this or that.”
16 Bet nu jūs lielāties savā lepnībā; visa tāda lielīšanās ir ļauna.
But what you are doing is boasting about all the things that you arrogantly [plan to do]. Your boasting like that is evil.
17 Tad nu, kas zina labu darīt un nedara, tam tas ir par grēku.
So if anyone knows the right thing that he should do, [but] he does not do it, he is sinning.
