James 1
1 [I], James, am a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ. [I am writing this letter] to [all] the Jewish people [who trust in Christ] (OR, to all God’s people) who are scattered throughout the world. [I send my] greetings to [you all].
Од Јакова, Бога и Господа Исуса Христа слуге, свима дванаест колена расејаним по свету поздравље.
2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
Сваку радост имајте, браћо моја, кад падате у различне напасти,
3 [God sometimes allows you to experience difficulties in order to] test whether or not you will continue to trust [him. Whenever that happens, you need to] realize more and more that [if you continue to trust him], you will be able to bravely/patiently endure difficulties.
Знајући да кушање ваше вере гради трпљење;
4 Keep on enduring difficulties [bravely/patiently by trusting God more and more firmly] [PRS], in order that you may become all that he intends you to be [DOU] (OR, [spiritually] mature and complete), not lacking (any [good quality/anything you need to conduct your lives as God wants you to]).
А трпљење нека дело довршује, да будете савршени и цели без икакве мане.
5 If anyone of you does not know how to act wisely [in order to endure difficulties/trials well], he should ask God [to show him what he should do, because] God wholeheartedly/gladly helps all people [who ask] and does not scold [anyone for asking. Those who ask], God will give them wisdom to know [what they should do].
Ако ли коме од вас недостаје премудрости, нека иште у Бога који даје свакоме без разлике и не кори никога, и даће му се;
6 But [when you] ask [God], you should firmly trust him. You should not doubt [that he wants to help you always], because people who keep doubting God are [unstable/changeable] [SIM] like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind {that goes back and forth when the wind blows} [DOU, SIM].
Али нека иште с вером, не сумњајући ништа; јер који се сумња он је као морски валови, које ветрови подижу и размећу.
7 Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
Јер такав човек нека не мисли да ће примити шта од Бога.
8 [because they are] people who cannot decide [whether they will commit themselves to God, and they are] unstable/undecided in everything that they do.
Који двоуми непостојан је у свима путевима својим.
9 Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
А понижени брат нека се хвали висином својом;
10 And [believers] who are rich should be happy [that] they have humbled themselves [in order to trust in Jesus Christ] (OR, but rich people [can only] take pride [in the fact that God] will humble them [when he judges everyone] [IRO]), because they [and their riches] [MTY] will pass away, just like wild flowers [wither] [SIM].
А богати својом понизношћу; јер ће проћи као цвет травни.
11 When the sun rises, the scorching hot wind dries plants, and their flowers fall and are no longer beautiful. Similarly, rich people will die [MET] while they are busy working, [leaving behind their riches].
Јер сунце огреја с врућином, и осуши траву, и цвет њен отпаде, и красота лица њена погибе; тако ће и богати у хођењу свом увенути.
12 [God] is pleased with people who bravely/patiently endure difficulties. And when, [by bravely enduring difficulties], they have proved [that they truly trust him], he will give them [eternal] life. That is the reward [MET] that he has promised to give to those who love him.
Благо човеку који претрпи напаст; јер кад буде кушан примиће венац живота, који Бог обрече онима који га љубе.
13 If people are tempted to do something that is evil, they should not think that it is God who is tempting them, because [God is totally/completely good]. He never tempts anyone [to do what is evil], nor can he ever be tempted to [do anything] evil.
Ниједан кад се куша да не говори: Бог ме куша; јер се Бог не може злом искушати, и Он не куша никога;
14 But people strongly desire to do evil [PRS] things, [and as a result] they are tempted by those desires {those desires stimulate them} to do something evil [PRS, DOU].
Него сваког куша његова сласт, која га вуче и мами.
15 Then, [because] they have desired [MET] to do evil [PRS] things, they begin to [MET] do [PRS] them. And when they have become ones who [habitually] do what is evil [MET], [if they do not turn away from their sinful behavior], they will be separated from God forever.
Тада затрудневши сласт рађа грех; а грех учињен рађа смрт.
16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
Не варајте се, љубазна браћо моја!
17 [The truth is that God], our heavenly Father [MTY], does only good [DOU] things [for us, in order to help us become] all that he intends us to be. He is not like all the things [in the sky] that he created to give light, [because they] change; [that is, they do not shine the same all the time]. But God never changes. [He is always good].
Сваки добри дар и сваки поклон савршени одозго је, долази од Оца светлости, у ког нема промењивања ни мењања видела и мрака;
18 [And because] he wanted [to help us], he gave us [spiritual] life as a result of our [trusting in his] true message. So now we have become the first ones of [all the people] [MET] that he created [to] ([be totally dedicated to/completely belong to]) [him].
Јер нас драговољно породи речју истине, да будемо новина од Његовог створења.
19 My fellow believers whom I love, you know (OR, I want you to now) that every one of you should be eager to pay attention to [God’s true message]. Don’t speak [without thinking], nor get angry easily,
Зато, љубазна браћо моја, нека буде сваки човек брз чути а спор говорити и спор срдити се.
20 because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
Јер срдња човечија не чини правде Божије.
21 So stop doing all kinds of evil [DOU] things, and humbly obey (OR, submit to) the message that [God] put in your (inner beings/hearts), [because] he is able to save you [SYN] [if you accept his message].
Зато одбаците сваку нечистоту и сувишак злобе, и с кротошћу примите усађену реч која може спасти душе ваше.
22 Do [what God commands in] his message. Do not only listen [to it, because people who only listen to it and do not obey it] are wrong when they think [that God will save them].
Будите, пак, творци речи, а не само слушачи, варајући сами себе.
23 Some people hear God’s message but do not do [what it says] [MET]. They are like someone who looks at his face in a mirror [SIM].
Јер ако ко слуша реч а не твори, он је као човек који гледа лице тела свог у огледалу;
24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
Јер се огледа па отиде, и одмах заборави какав беше.
25 But other people look closely at [God’s] message, which is perfect and which sets people free [to voluntarily do what God wants them to do]. And if they continue [to examine God’s message] and do not just hear it and then forget it, but do [what God tells them to do], God will bless them because of what they do.
Али који провиди у савршени закон слободе и остане у њему, и не буде заборавни слушач, него творац дела, онај ће бити блажен у делу свом.
26 Some people think that they worship God in the right way, but they habitually say evil things [MTY]. Those people are wrong in thinking [SYN] [that they worship God rightly]. The fact is [that they] worship God (in vain/uselessly).
Ако који од вас мисли да верује, и не зауздава језик своЈ, него вара срце своје, његова је вера узалуд.
27 [One of the things that God has told us to do] is to take care of orphans and widows who suffer hardship. [Those who do that and] who do not think or act immorally like those who do not obey God [MTY] truly [DOU] worship God, [who is our] Father, and God approves of them.
Јер вера чиста и без мане пред Богом и Оцем јесте ова: обилазити сироте и удовице у њиховим невољама, и држати себе неопогањеног од света.
