Jakob 4
1 Odkod vojske in bitve med vami? Ne odtod, od želj vaših, vojskujočih se v vaših udih?
FROM whence come wars and conflicts among you? spring they not from hence, even from your passions, which war in your members?
2 Poželite, a nimate; morite in želite iskreno, in ne morete doseči; borite se in vojskujete, a nimate, ker ne prosite;
Ye eagerly covet, yet have not: ye murder, and are envious, yet cannot obtain your object; ye wage war, but have not, because ye pray not.
3 Prósite, a ne dobite, ker slabo prosite, da zapravljate v slah svojih.
Ye ask, and receive nothing, because ye ask vilely, in order to consume it on your sensual appetites.
4 Prešestniki in prešestnice, ali ne veste, da je prijateljstvo sveta sovraštvo Božje? Kdor torej hoče biti svetu prijatelj, postane Bogu sovražnik.
Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity against God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is set down an enemy to God.
5 Ali menite, da pismo prazno govori: Zavistno želi duh, ki se je vselil v nas?
Think ye that the scripture saith without meaning, The spirit which dwelleth in you strongly urges to envy?
6 Daje pa večjo milost; zato pravi: "Bog se upira prevzetnim, ponižnim pa daje milost."
But he giveth mightier grace. Wherefore he saith, “God sets himself against the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly.”
7 Podložni torej bodite Bogu. Ustavljajte se hudiču, in bežal bode od vas;
Be in subjection then to God. Resist the devil, and he will fly from you.
8 Bližajte se Bogu, in bližal se vam bode. Očedite roke, grešniki, in očistite srca, omahljivci!
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Make clean your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
9 Čutite svoje gorjé in žalujte in jokajte; smeh vaš naj se izpreobrne v žalovanje, in radost v pobitost.
Be bitterly afflicted and lament, and let your tears run down; let your laughter be converted into mourning, and your joy into dejection.
10 Ponižajte se pred Gospodom in povišal vas bode.
Be humbled in the presence of God, so he will exalt you.
11 Ne obrekujte se med seboj, bratje; kdor obrekuje brata, in sodi brata svojega, obrekuje postavo in sodi postavo; če pa sodiš postavo, nisi delalec postave, nego sodnik.
Traduce not one another, brethren. He that traduceth his brother, and judgeth his brother, traduceth the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but as judge.
12 Eden je postavodaj, ki more rešiti in pogubiti; ti kdo si, ki sodiš druzega?
There is one lawgiver, who can save or destroy: who art thou that judgest another man?
13 Dejte torej vi, ki pravite: Danes ali jutri bodemo potovali v to mesto, in bivali ondi eno leto in tržili in pridobivali;
Come now, ye that talk, To-day or to-morrow we will go to such a town, and do business there during one year, and traffic, and make great profits:
14 Ki ne veste, kaj bode jutri; kakošno namreč je življenje vaše? Kajti hlap je, ki se malo časa prikaže, potem pa izgine;
though ye know nothing of what shall be to-morrow. For what is your life? It is but a vapour which appeareth for a little while, and then vanishes away.
15 Mesto da govorite: Ako Bog hoče in bodemo živeli, bodemo tudi storili to ali ono.
Instead of your saying, If the Lord pleases, and we are alive, then we will do this or that thing.
16 Sedaj pa se ponašate v širokoustji svojem; vsako ponašanje táko je hudobno.
But now ye glory in your proud boastings: all such glorying is wicked.
17 Kdor torej zna dobro delati in ne dela, njemu je greh.
Therefore if a man knoweth how to act properly, and doth not, he is criminal.
