ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4
1550 Stephanus New Testament
4 ποθεν πολεμοι και μαχαι εν υμιν ουκ εντευθεν εκ των ηδονων υμων των στρατευομενων εν τοις μελεσιν υμων
2 επιθυμειτε και ουκ εχετε φονευετε και ζηλουτε και ου δυνασθε επιτυχειν μαχεσθε και πολεμειτε ουκ εχετε δε δια το μη αιτεισθαι υμας
3 αιτειτε και ου λαμβανετε διοτι κακως αιτεισθε ινα εν ταις ηδοναις υμων δαπανησητε
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
5 η δοκειτε οτι κενως η γραφη λεγει προς φθονον επιποθει το πνευμα ο κατωκησεν εν ημιν
6 μειζονα δε διδωσιν χαριν διο λεγει ο θεος υπερηφανοις αντιτασσεται ταπεινοις δε διδωσιν χαριν
7 υποταγητε ουν τω θεω αντιστητε τω διαβολω και φευξεται αφ υμων
8 εγγισατε τω θεω και εγγιει υμιν καθαρισατε χειρας αμαρτωλοι και αγνισατε καρδιας διψυχοι
9 ταλαιπωρησατε και πενθησατε και κλαυσατε ο γελως υμων εις πενθος μεταστραφητω και η χαρα εις κατηφειαν
10 ταπεινωθητε ενωπιον του κυριου και υψωσει υμας
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
12 εις εστιν ο νομοθετης ο δυναμενος σωσαι και απολεσαι συ τις ει ος κρινεις τον ετερον
13 αγε νυν οι λεγοντες σημερον και αυριον πορευσωμεθα εις τηνδε την πολιν και ποιησωμεν εκει ενιαυτον ενα και εμπορευσωμεθα και κερδησωμεν
14 οιτινες ουκ επιστασθε το της αυριον ποια γαρ η ζωη υμων ατμις γαρ εστιν η προς ολιγον φαινομενη επειτα δε αφανιζομενη
15 αντι του λεγειν υμας εαν ο κυριος θεληση και ζησωμεν και ποιησωμεν τουτο η εκεινο
16 νυν δε καυχασθε εν ταις αλαζονειαις υμων πασα καυχησις τοιαυτη πονηρα εστιν
17 ειδοτι ουν καλον ποιειν και μη ποιουντι αμαρτια αυτω εστιν
Giacomo 4
La Nuova Diodati
4 Da dove vengono le guerre e le contese fra voi? Non provengono forse dalle passioni che guerreggiano nelle vostre membra?
2 Voi desiderate e non avete, voi uccidete e portate invidia, e non riuscite ad ottenere; voi litigate e combattete, e non avete, perché non domandate.
3 Voi domandate e non ricevete, perché domandate male per spendere nei vostri piaceri.
4 Adulteri e adultere, non sapete che l'amicizia del mondo è inimicizia contro Dio? Chi dunque vuole essere amico del mondo si rende nemico di Dio.
5 Pensate che la Scrittura dica invano: «Lo Spirito che abita in noi ci brama fino alla gelosia»?
6 Ma egli dà una grazia ancor piú grande; perciò dice: «Dio resiste ai superbi e dà grazia agli umili»
7 Sottomettetevi dunque a Dio, resistete al diavolo ed egli fuggirà da voi.
8 Avvicinatevi a Dio ed egli si avvicinerà a voi; nettate le vostre mani, o peccatori; e purificate i vostri cuori, o voi dal cuore doppio!
9 Affliggetevi, fate cordoglio e piangete; il vostro riso si cambi in duolo e la vostra gioia in tristezza.
10 Umiliatevi davanti al Signore, ed egli vi innalzerà.
11 Non parlate gli uni contro gli altri, fratelli; chi parla contro il fratello e giudica il proprio fratello, parla contro la legge e giudica la legge; ora se giudichi la legge, tu non sei un esecutore della legge, ma un giudice.
12 C'è un solo Legislatore, che può salvare e mandare in perdizione, ma tu chi sei, che giudichi un altro?
13 E ora a voi che dite: «Oggi o domani andremo nella tale città, e vi dimoreremo un anno, commerceremo e guadagneremo»,
14 mentre non sapete ciò che accadrà l'indomani. Cos'è infatti la vostra vita? In verità essa è un vapore che appare per un po' di tempo, e poi svanisce.
15 Dovreste invece dire: «Se piace al Signore e se saremo in vita, noi faremo questo o quello».
16 Voi invece vi vantate nella vostra arroganza; ogni vanto di questo genere è cattivo.
17 Chi dunque sa fare il bene e non lo fa, commette peccato.
James 4
New King James Version
Pride Promotes Strife
4 Where do [a]wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure (A)that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and [b]war. [c]Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 (B)You ask and do not receive, (C)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 [d]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that (D)friendship with the world is enmity with God? (E)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, (F)“The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
(G)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. (H)Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 (I)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (J)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (K)purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 (L)Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (M)Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
Do Not Judge a Brother
11 (N)Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother (O)and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is one [e]Lawgiver, (P)who is able to save and to destroy. (Q)Who[f] are you to judge [g]another?
Do Not Boast About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow [h]we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (R)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, (S)“If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. (T)All such boasting is evil.
17 Therefore, (U)to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Footnotes
- James 4:1 battles
- James 4:2 battle
- James 4:2 NU, M omit Yet
- James 4:4 NU omits Adulterers and
- James 4:12 NU adds and Judge
- James 4:12 NU, M But who
- James 4:12 NU a neighbor
- James 4:13 M let us
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
