Ιακωβου 4
1 ποθεν πολεμοι και μαχαι εν υμιν ουκ εντευθεν εκ των ηδονων υμων των στρατευομενων εν τοις μελεσιν υμων
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Do not they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
2 επιθυμειτε και ουκ εχετε φονευετε και ζηλουτε και ου δυνασθε επιτυχειν μαχεσθε και πολεμειτε [ και ] ουκ εχετε δια το μη αιτεισθαι υμας
You lust, and do not have. You murder and covet, and cannot obtain. You fight and make war. You do not have, because you do not ask.
3 αιτειτε και ου λαμβανετε διοτι κακως αιτεισθε ινα εν ταις ηδοναις υμων δαπανησητε
You ask, and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
4 μοιχοι και μοιχαλιδες ουκ οιδατε οτι η φιλια του κοσμου εχθρα του θεου εστιν ος αν ουν βουληθη φιλος ειναι του κοσμου εχθρος του θεου καθισταται
You adulterers and adulteresses, do not you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5 η δοκειτε οτι κενως η γραφη λεγει προς φθονον επιποθει το πνευμα ο κατωκησεν εν ημιν
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
6 μειζονα δε διδωσιν χαριν διο λεγει ο θεος υπερηφανοις αντιτασσεται ταπεινοις δε διδωσιν χαριν
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
7 υποταγητε ουν τω θεω αντιστητε τω διαβολω και φευξεται αφ υμων
Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 εγγισατε τω θεω και εγγιει υμιν καθαρισατε χειρας αμαρτωλοι και αγνισατε καρδιας διψυχοι
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 ταλαιπωρησατε και πενθησατε και κλαυσατε ο γελως υμων εις πενθος μεταστραφητω και η χαρα εις κατηφειαν
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
10 ταπεινωθητε ενωπιον του κυριου και υψωσει υμας
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 μη καταλαλειτε αλληλων αδελφοι ο καταλαλων αδελφου και κρινων τον αδελφον αυτου καταλαλει νομου και κρινει νομον ει δε νομον κρινεις ουκ ει ποιητης νομου αλλα κριτης
Do not speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
12 εις εστιν ο νομοθετης και κριτης ο δυναμενος σωσαι και απολεσαι συ δε τις ει ος κρινεις τον ετερον
Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
13 αγε νυν οι λεγοντες σημερον και αυριον πορευσομεθα εις τηνδε την πολιν και ποιησομεν εκει ενιαυτον ενα και εμπορευσομεθα και κερδησομεν
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
14 οιτινες ουκ επιστασθε το της αυριον ποια γαρ η ζωη υμων ατμις γαρ εσται η προς ολιγον φαινομενη επειτα [ δε ] και αφανιζομενη
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
15 αντι του λεγειν υμας εαν ο κυριος θεληση και ζησομεν και ποιησομεν τουτο η εκεινο
For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
16 νυν δε καυχασθε εν ταις αλαζονειαις υμων πασα καυχησις τοιαυτη πονηρα εστιν
But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
17 ειδοτι ουν καλον ποιειν και μη ποιουντι αμαρτια αυτω εστιν
To him therefore who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
