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James 4
New American Standard Bible
James 4
New American Standard Bible
Things to Avoid
4 [a]What is the source of quarrels and (A)conflicts among you? [b]Is the source not your pleasures that wage (B)war in [c]your body’s parts? 2 You lust and do not have, so you (C)commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and (D)do not receive, because you ask [d]with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request [e]on your pleasures. 4 You (E)adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with (F)the world is (G)hostility toward God? (H)Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture (I)says to no purpose, “[f]He [g]jealously desires (J)the Spirit whom He has made to dwell in us”? 6 But (K)He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “(L)God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 (M)Submit therefore to God. But [h](N)resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 (O)Come close to God and He will come close to you. (P)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (Q)purify your hearts, you [i](R)double-minded. 9 (S)Be miserable, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom. 10 (T)Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
11 (U)Do not speak against one another, (V)brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or (W)judges his brother or sister, speaks against (X)the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not (Y)a doer of the law but a judge of it. 12 There is only one (Z)Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is (AA)able to save and to destroy; but (AB)who are you, [j]judging your neighbor?
13 (AC)Come now, you who say, “(AD)Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” 14 [k]Yet you do not know [l]what your life will be like tomorrow. (AE)For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away. 15 [m]Instead, you ought to say, “(AF)If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” 16 But as it is, you boast in your [n]arrogance; (AG)all such boasting is evil. 17 So (AH)for one who knows the [o]right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.
Footnotes
- James 4:1 Lit From where wars and from where fightings
- James 4:1 Lit Are they not from here, from your
- James 4:1 Lit your parts
- James 4:3 Lit wrongly
- James 4:3 Lit in
- James 4:5 Or The spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy
- James 4:5 Lit desires to jealousy
- James 4:7 Or oppose
- James 4:8 I.e., chronic doubters
- James 4:12 Lit the one judging
- James 4:14 Lit Who do not
- James 4:14 Or what will happen tomorrow. What kind of life is yours?
- James 4:15 Lit Instead of your saying
- James 4:16 Or pretensions
- James 4:17 Or good
Jacques 4
Louis Segond
Jacques 4
Louis Segond
4 D'où viennent les luttes, et d'ou viennent les querelles parmi vous? N'est-ce pas de vos passions qui combattent dans vos membres?
2 Vous convoitez, et vous ne possédez pas; vous êtes meurtriers et envieux, et vous ne pouvez pas obtenir; vous avez des querelles et des luttes, et vous ne possédez pas, parce que vous ne demandez pas.
3 Vous demandez, et vous ne recevez pas, parce que vous demandez mal, dans le but de satisfaire vos passions.
4 Adultères que vous êtes! ne savez-vous pas que l'amour du monde est inimitié contre Dieu? Celui donc qui veut être ami du monde se rend ennemi de Dieu.
5 Croyez-vous que l'Écriture parle en vain? C'est avec jalousie que Dieu chérit l'esprit qu'il a fait habiter en nous.
6 Il accorde, au contraire, une grâce plus excellente; c'est pourquoi l'Écriture dit: Dieu résiste aux l'orgueilleux, Mais il fait grâce aux humbles.
7 Soumettez-vous donc à Dieu; résistez au diable, et il fuira loin de vous.
8 Approchez-vous de Dieu, et il s'approchera de vous. Nettoyez vos mains, pécheurs; purifiez vos coeurs, hommes irrésolus.
9 Sentez votre misère; soyez dans le deuil et dans les larmes; que votre rire se change en deuil, et votre joie en tristesse.
10 Humiliez-vous devant le Seigneur, et il vous élèvera.
11 Ne parlez point mal les uns des autres, frères. Celui qui parle mal d'un frère, ou qui juge son frère, parle mal de la loi et juge la loi. Or, si tu juges la loi, tu n'es pas observateur de la loi, mais tu en es juge.
12 Un seul est législateur et juge, c'est celui qui peut sauver et perdre; mais toi, qui es-tu, qui juges le prochain?
13 A vous maintenant, qui dites: Aujourd'hui ou demain nous irons dans telle ville, nous y passerons une année, nous trafiquerons, et nous gagnerons!
14 Vous qui ne savez pas ce qui arrivera demain! car, qu'est-ce votre vie? Vous êtes une vapeur qui paraît pour un peu de temps, et qui ensuite disparaît.
15 Vous devriez dire, au contraire: Si Dieu le veut, nous vivrons, et nous ferons ceci ou cela.
16 Mais maintenant vous vous glorifiez dans vos pensées orgueilleuses. C'est chose mauvaise que de se glorifier de la sorte.
17 Celui donc qui sait faire ce qui est bien, et qui ne le fait pas, commet un péché.
James 4
New International Version
James 4
New International Version
Submit Yourselves to God
4 What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill.(C) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive,(D) because you ask with wrong motives,(E) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
4 You adulterous(F) people,[a] don’t you know that friendship with the world(G) means enmity against God?(H) Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.(I) 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us[b]?(J) 6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,(L) and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.(M) Wash your hands,(N) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(O) you double-minded.(P) 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.(Q) 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.(R)
11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.(S) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister[d] or judges them(T) speaks against the law(U) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,(V) but sitting in judgment on it. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge,(W) the one who is able to save and destroy.(X) But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?(Y)
Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Now listen,(Z) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”(AA) 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(AB) 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,(AC) we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.(AD) 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.(AE)
Footnotes
- James 4:4 An allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.
- James 4:5 Or that the spirit he caused to dwell in us envies intensely; or that the Spirit he caused to dwell in us longs jealously
- James 4:6 Prov. 3:34
- James 4:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.
雅各书 4
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
雅各书 4
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
與世俗為友就是與 神為敵
4 你們中間的爭執和打鬥是從哪裡來的呢？不是從你們肢體中好鬥的私慾來的嗎？ 2 你們放縱貪慾，如果得不到，就殺人；你們嫉妒，如果一無所得，就打鬥爭執。你們得不到，因為你們不求； 3 你們求也得不到，因為你們的動機不良，要把所得的耗費在你們的私慾上。 4 淫亂的人哪，你們不知道與世俗為友，就是與 神為敵嗎？所以與世俗為友的，就成了 神的仇敵。 5 聖經說：“ 神愛他那安置在我們裡面的靈，愛到嫉妒的地步”（或譯：“ 神安置在我們裡面的靈，愛到嫉妒的地步”），你們想這話是徒然的嗎？ 6 但 神所賜的恩更大；所以聖經上說：
“ 神抵擋驕傲的人，
賜恩給謙卑的人。”
7 你們應當順服 神，抵擋魔鬼，魔鬼就逃避你們。 8 你們應當親近 神， 神就親近你們。罪人啊，要潔淨你們的手；三心兩意的人哪，要清潔你們的心。 9 你們要愁苦、悲哀、哭泣，把歡笑變為傷痛，把快樂變為憂愁。 10 你們務要在主面前謙卑，他就使你們高升。
不可彼此批評
11 弟兄們，不要互相毀謗；人若毀謗弟兄，或判斷弟兄，就是毀謗律法、判斷律法了。如果你判斷律法，就不是實行律法的人，而是審判官了。 12 立法的，審判的，只有一位，就是那能拯救人，也能毀滅人的 神；你這判斷鄰舍的，你是誰呢？
不可自誇自恃
13 你們說：“今天或明天，我們要到某城去，在那裡住一年，作生意賺錢。” 14 其實明天怎樣，你們並不知道。你們的生命是甚麼呢？你們本來是過眼雲煙，轉瞬之間就消逝了。 15 你們倒不如說：“主若願意，我們就可以活著，作這事或作那事。” 16 但現在你們竟然張狂自誇；這一切自誇，都是邪惡的。 17 人若知道該行善事，卻不去行，這就是他的罪了。
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