Jakob 4
1 Od kod prihajajo med vami vojne in boji? Ali ne pridejo od tod, celó iz vaših poželenj, ki se vojskujejo v vaših udih?
Where do the wars and disputes among you come from? Is it not precisely from your pleasures, the ones at war in your members?
2 Vi hlepite, pa nimate. Ubijate in želite imeti, pa ne morete doseči. Bojujete se in vojskujete, vendar nimate, ker ne prosite.
You crave and do not have; you murder and covet and are not able to obtain; you fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.
3 Prosite, pa ne prejmete, ker prosite neprimerno, da bi to porabili za svoja poželenja.
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may lavish it on your pleasures.
4 Vi zakonolomci in zakonolomke ali ne veste, da je prijateljstvo s svetom sovraštvo do Boga? Kdorkoli bo torej prijatelj sveta, postane Božji sovražnik.
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? So whoever may want to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5 Ali mislite, da pismo zaman pravi: »Duh, ki prebiva v nas, hrepeni do zavisti?«
Or do you suppose that the Scripture says in vain that the Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously?
6 Toda on daje več milosti. Zatorej pravi: »Bog se ponosnim upira, toda ponižnim daje milost.«
But He gives greater grace; therefore He says: “God resists proud ones, but gives grace to humble ones.”
7 Podvrzite se torej Bogu. Uprite se hudiču in bo od vas pobegnil.
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
8 Približajte se Bogu in se vam bo približal. Očistite si svoje roke, vi grešniki; in očistite svoja srca, vi, [ki ste] dvojnih misli.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Sinners, cleanse your hands! Double-minded, purify your hearts!
9 Bodite užaloščeni in žalujte ter jokajte. Naj bo vaš smeh obrnjen v žalovanje in vaša radost v potrtost.
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into dejection.
10 Ponižajte se v Gospodovih očeh in vas bo povišal.
Humble yourself before the Lord and He will exalt you.
11 Bratje, drug o drugem ne govorite hudobno. Kdor o svojem bratu govori hudobno in svojega brata sodi, govori hudobno o postavi in sodi postavo. Toda če sodiš postavo, nisi uresničevalec postave, temveč sodnik.
Brothers, do not speak evil of one another. Because the one speaking against a brother and judging his brother speaks against a law and judges a law. So if you judge a law you are not a law-doer but a judge.
12 En zakonodajalec je, ki je zmožen rešiti in uničiti. Kdo si ti, da sodiš drugega?
The Lawgiver and Judge is One, the one who is able to save and to destroy. So who are you (sg) to be judging someone who is different?
13 Pojdite torej, vi, ki pravite: »Danes ali jutri bomo šli v to mesto in tam ostali eno leto in kupovali in prodajali ter zaslužili dobiček; «
Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us travel to that certain city, spend a year there, do business and make a profit;”
14 medtem ko ne veste, kaj bo jutri. Kajti kaj je vaše življenje? Je celó meglica, ki se za kratek čas prikaže in potem izgine proč.
whereas you do not know anything about the morrow. For what is our life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time but then vanishes away.
15 Kajti takó morate reči: »Če Gospod hoče, bomo živeli in delali to ali ono.«
Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
16 Toda sedaj se razveseljujete v svojih bahanjih. Vsako takšno razveseljevanje je zlo.
But now you boast in your arrogant pretensions. All such boasting is malignant.
17 Torej tistemu, ki zna delati dobro, pa tega ne dela, mu je to [v] greh.
Therefore, to the one knowing to do good and not doing it, to him it is sin.
