Jacob 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus (the) Messiah, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
Jakob, služabnik Boga in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa, dvanajsterim rodovom, ki so razkropljeni naokoli, pozdrav.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
Moji bratje, kadar zapadate v številne skušnjave, štejte to [za] veliko veselje,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
ker veste to, da preizkušenost vaše vere ustvarja potrpežljivost.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Toda naj ima potrpežljivost svoje popolno delo, da boste lahko popolni in celotni, [da vam] ničesar ne manjka.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without finding fault; and it will be given to him.
Če [pa] komu izmed vas manjka modrosti, naj prosi od Boga, ki velikodušno daje vsem ljudem in ne očita; in dana mu bo.
6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
Toda prosi naj v veri niti malo omahujoč. Kajti kdor omahuje, je podoben morskemu valu, [ki ga] žene veter in ga premetava.
7 For let that person not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
Kajti tak človek naj ne misli, da bo karkoli prejel od Gospoda.
8 He is a double-minded person, unstable in all his ways.
Človek dvojnih misli je nestanoviten na vseh svojih poteh.
9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
Naj se brat nizkega položaja veseli v tem, da je povišan;
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
toda bogat v tem, da je ponižan, ker bo minil kakor cvet na travi.
11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich person fade away in his pursuits.
Kajti takoj, ko sonce vzide z žgočo vročino, to izsuši travo in njen cvet pade in lepota njenega videza propade; tako bo tudi bogataš zbledel na svojih poteh.
12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he promised to those who love him.
Blagoslovljen je človek, ki preizkušnjo vzdrži; kajti ko je preizkušen, bo prejel krono življenja, ki jo je Gospod obljubil tistim, ki ga ljubijo.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
Naj noben človek, ko je skušan, ne reče: »Skušan sem od Boga, « kajti Bog ne more biti skušan z zlom niti sam nikogar ne skuša.
14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
Toda vsak je skušan, ko je odtegnjen s svojimi lastnimi poželenji in premamljen.
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
Ko je potem poželenje spočeto, rojeva greh. Greh pa, ko je dovršen, rojeva smrt.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Ne motite se, moji ljubljeni bratje.
17 All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
Vsak dober dar in vsako popolno darilo je od zgoraj in prihaja dol od Očeta svetil, s katerim ni nestanovitnosti niti sence obračanja.
18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Po svoji lastni volji nas je zaplodil z besedo resnice, da naj bi bili mi nekako prvenci njegovih ustvarjenih bitij.
19 This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every person be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Zatorej, moji ljubljeni bratje, naj bo vsak človek hiter za poslušanje, počasen za govorjenje, počasen za bes;
20 for human anger does not produce the righteousness of God.
kajti človekov bes ne uresničuje Božje pravičnosti.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Zatorej dajte proč vso umazanost in odvečno porednost ter s krotkostjo sprejmite vcepljeno besedo, ki je zmožna rešiti vaše duše.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Toda bodite uresničevalci besede in ne le poslušalci, ki sami sebe varajo.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his natural face in a mirror;
Kajti če je kdorkoli poslušalec besede, ne pa uresničevalec, je podoben človeku, ki svoj naraven obraz ogleduje v zrcalu;
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was.
kajti gleda sebe in gre svojo pot ter nemudoma pozabi, kakšne vrste človek je bil.
25 But he who looks into the perfect Law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this person will be blessed in what he does.
Toda kdorkoli gleda v popolno postavo svobode in ostaja v njej, ni pozabljiv poslušalec, temveč izvrševalec dela, bo ta človek blagoslovljen v svojem dejanju.
26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious while he does not control his tongue, but deceives his heart, this one's religion is worthless.
Če je katerikoli človek med vami videti religiozen, pa ne brzda svojega jezika, temveč zavaja svoje lastno srce, je bogoslužje tega človeka prazno.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Čisto in neomadeževano bogoslužje pred Bogom in Očetom je to: »Obiskovati osirotele in vdove v njihovi stiski ter se ohraniti neomadeževanega od sveta.«
