Jakob 1
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Hälsning
1 Från Jakob, som är tjänare åt Gud och Herren Jesus Kristus[a].
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Tro och uthållighet
2 Var bara glada, mina syskon, när ni får gå igenom olika slags prövningar[b]. 3 Ni vet ju att om ni håller fast vid er tro i prövningarna, så blir ni uthålliga. 4 Och uthålligheten för med sig fullkomlighet i det ni gör, så att ni blir fullkomliga och utan brist.
5 Om någon av er saknar vishet ska han be till Gud, som ger åt alla, generöst och utan förebråelser, och han ska få vad han ber om. 6 Men han ska be i tro och inte tvivla, för den som tvivlar är som en våg på havet som drivs hit och dit av vinden. 7 En sådan ska inte tänka sig att få något av Herren, 8 kluven som han är och instabil i allt han gör.
9 En troende med låg status ska vara stolt över sin låga ställning, 10 och en rik över sin anspråkslöshet. Den rike vissnar ju bort som en blomma på ängen. 11 När solen går upp med sin hetta bränner den gräset, och blommorna vissnar och förlorar sin skönhet.[c] På samma sätt ska den rike vissna bort mitt i all sin strävan.
12 Lycklig är den som håller ut då han prövas! Om han består provet ska han få livets segerkrans, som Gud har lovat dem som älskar honom. 13 Men om någon frestas[d], ska han inte säga att det är Gud som frestar honom. Gud kan ju inte frestas av det onda, och han skulle själv aldrig fresta någon. 14 När någon frestas, är det hans eget begär som lockar och drar honom. 15 När begäret blir befruktat, föder det synd. Synden blir sedan fullvuxen och föder död. 16 Låt er inte luras, syskon! 17 Allt gott vi får och alla fullkomliga gåvor kommer från ljusens Fader. Hos honom finns ingen förändring och ingen växling mellan ljus och mörker. 18 Han födde oss efter sin vilja till ett nytt liv genom sanningens ord, så att vi blev en första skörd bland dem som han har skapat.
Omsätt budskapet i praktisk handling
19 Detta vet ni, mina kära syskon: var och en bör vara snabb till att lyssna, men sen till att tala och sen till vrede. 20 En människas vrede för ju inte med sig det som är rättfärdigt inför Gud. 21 Gör er därför av med all omoral och all ondska. Ta i ödmjukhet emot det budskap som har såtts i er och som har kraft att rädda ert liv.
22 Omsätt budskapet i praktisk handling och var inte bara dess åhörare. Annars bedrar ni er själva. 23 Den som hör budskapet men inte följer det, han liknar en man som får syn på sitt ansikte i en spegel. 24 Han ser på sig själv, men går sedan därifrån och glömmer hur han såg ut. 25 Men den som speglar sig själv i den fullkomliga lagen, frihetens lag, och håller sig till den och inte glömmer bort vad han hört, han ska bli lycklig i det han gör.
26 Den som menar sig vara troende men inte kan kontrollera sin tunga, han bedrar sitt hjärta. Hans tro är värdelös. 27 Men att visa omsorg om föräldralösa barn och änkor som har det svårt och att inte låta sig påverkas av den här världen är uttryck för en tro som är ren och fläckfri inför Gud, vår Fader.
Footnotes
- 1:1 Se not till Matt 1:1.
- 1:2 Det grekiska ordet peirasmos kan också betyda frestelse beroende på sammanhanget. I vers 12-14 varierar därför översättningen; en frestelse är en mycket specifik prövning som Gud inte utsätter oss för.
- 1:11 Jfr Ps 103:15-16 och Jes 40:6-8.
- 1:13 Grekiskan har samma ord för fresta och pröva.
Jacques 1
Louis Segond
1 Jacques, serviteur de Dieu et du Seigneur Jésus Christ, aux douze tribus qui sont dans la dispersion, salut!
2 Mes frères, regardez comme un sujet de joie complète les diverses épreuves auxquelles vous pouvez être exposés,
3 sachant que l'épreuve de votre foi produit la patience.
4 Mais il faut que la patience accomplisse parfaitement son oeuvre, afin que vous soyez parfaits et accomplis, sans faillir en rien.
5 Si quelqu'un d'entre vous manque de sagesse, qu'il l'a demande à Dieu, qui donne à tous simplement et sans reproche, et elle lui sera donnée.
6 Mais qu'il l'a demande avec foi, sans douter; car celui qui doute est semblable au flot de la mer, agité par le vent et poussé de côté et d'autre.
7 Qu'un tel homme ne s'imagine pas qu'il recevra quelque chose du Seigneur:
8 c'est un homme irrésolu, inconstant dans toutes ses voies.
9 Que le frère de condition humble se glorifie de son élévation.
10 Que le riche, au contraire, se glorifie de son humiliation; car il passera comme la fleur de l'herbe.
11 Le soleil s'est levé avec sa chaleur ardente, il a desséché l'herbe, sa fleur est tombée, et la beauté de son aspect a disparu: ainsi le riche se flétrira dans ses entreprises.
12 Heureux l'homme qui supporte patiemment la tentation; car, après avoir été éprouvé, il recevra la couronne de vie, que le Seigneur a promise à ceux qui l'aiment.
13 Que personne, lorsqu'il est tenté, ne dise: C'est Dieu qui me tente. Car Dieu ne peut être tenté par le mal, et il ne tente lui-même personne.
14 Mais chacun est tenté quand il est attiré et amorcé par sa propre convoitise.
15 Puis la convoitise, lorsqu'elle a conçu, enfante le péché; et le péché, étant consommé, produit la mort.
16 Nous vous y trompez pas, mes frères bien-aimés:
17 toute grâce excellente et tout don parfait descendent d'en haut, du Père des lumières, chez lequel il n'y a ni changement ni ombre de variation.
18 Il nous a engendrés selon sa volonté, par la parole de vérité, afin que nous soyons en quelque sorte les prémices de ses créatures.
19 Sachez-le, mes frères bien-aimés. Ainsi, que tout homme soit prompt à écouter, lent à parler, lent à se mettre en colère;
20 car la colère de l'homme n'accomplit pas la justice de Dieu.
21 C'est pourquoi, rejetant toute souillure et tout excès de malice, recevez avec douceur la parole qui a été planté en vous, et qui peut sauver vos âmes.
22 Mettez en pratique la parole, et ne vous bornez pas à l'écouter, en vous trompant vous-mêmes par de faux raisonnements.
23 Car, si quelqu'un écoute la parole et ne la met pas en pratique, il est semblable à un homme qui regarde dans un miroir son visage naturel,
24 et qui, après s'être regardé, s'en va, et oublie aussitôt quel il était.
25 Mais celui qui aura plongé les regards dans la loi parfaite, la loi de la liberté, et qui aura persévéré, n'étant pas un auditeur oublieux, mais se mettant à l'oeuvre, celui-là sera heureux dans son activité.
26 Si quelqu'un croit être religieux, sans tenir sa langue en bride, mais en trompant son coeur, la religion de cet homme est vaine.
27 La religion pure et sans tache, devant Dieu notre Père, consiste à visiter les orphelins et les veuves dans leurs afflictions, et à se préserver des souillures du monde.
James 1
New English Translation
Salutation
1 From James,[a] a slave[b] of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad.[c] Greetings!
Joy in Trials
2 My brothers and sisters,[d] consider it nothing but joy[e] when you fall into all sorts of trials, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything. 5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 since he is a double-minded individual,[f] unstable in all his ways.
9 Now the believer[g] of humble means[h] should take pride[i] in his high position.[j] 10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.[k] 11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever.[l] So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away. 12 Happy is the one[m] who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God[n] promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil,[o] and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires. 15 Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death. 16 Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.[p] 17 All generous giving and every perfect gift[q] is from above, coming down[r] from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.[s] 18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth[t] through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
Living Out the Message
19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters![u] Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. 20 For human[v] anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.[w] 21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly[x] welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves. 23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone[y] who gazes at his own face[z] in a mirror. 24 For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets[aa] what sort of person he was. 25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there,[ab] and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out—he[ac] will be blessed in what he does.[ad] 26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile. 27 Pure and undefiled religion before[ae] God the Father[af] is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity[ag] and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Footnotes
- James 1:1 tn Grk “James.” The word “From” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
- James 1:1 tn Traditionally, “servant” or “bondservant.” Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times…in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v.). One good translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος) in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force. Also, many slaves in the Roman world became slaves through Rome’s subjugation of conquered nations, kidnapping, or by being born into slave households. sn Undoubtedly the background for the concept of being the Lord’s slave or servant is to be found in the Old Testament scriptures. For a Jew this concept did not connote drudgery, but honor and privilege. It was used of national Israel at times (Isa 43:10), but was especially associated with famous OT personalities, including such great men as Moses (Josh 14:7), David (Ps 89:3; cf. 2 Sam 7:5, 8) and Elijah (2 Kgs 10:10); all these men were “servants (or slaves) of the Lord.”
- James 1:1 tn Grk “to the twelve tribes in the Diaspora.” The Greek term διασπορά (diaspora, “dispersion”) refers to Jews not living in Palestine but “dispersed” or scattered among the Gentiles.
- James 1:2 tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelphoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). Where the plural term is used in direct address, as here, “brothers and sisters” is used; where the term is singular and not direct address (as in v. 9), “believer” is preferred.
- James 1:2 tn Grk “all joy,” “full joy,” or “greatest joy.”
- James 1:8 tn Grk “a man of two minds,” continuing the description of the person in v. 7, giving the reason that he cannot expect to receive anything. The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anēr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2).sn A double-minded man is one whose devotion to God is less than total. His attention is divided between God and other things, and as a consequence he is unstable and therefore unable to receive from God.
- James 1:9 tn Grk “brother.” Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. TEV, NLT “Christians”; CEV “God’s people”). The term broadly connotes familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a).
- James 1:9 tn Grk “the lowly brother,” but “lowly/humble” is clarified in context by the contrast with “wealthy” in v. 10.
- James 1:9 tn Grk “let him boast.”
- James 1:9 tn Grk “his height,” “his exaltation.”
- James 1:10 tn Grk “a flower of grass.”
- James 1:11 tn Or “perishes,” “is destroyed.”
- James 1:12 tn The word for “man” or “individual” here is ἀνήρ (anēr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”
- James 1:12 tc Most mss ([C] P 0246 5 436 442 1611 M) al read ὁ κύριος (ho kurios, “the Lord”) here, while others have ὁ θεός (ho theos, “God”; 4 33vid 323 945 1175 1243 1735 1739 1852 2492 al). However, several significant and early witnesses (P74 א A B Ψ 81 2344 co) have no explicit subject. In light of the scribal tendency toward clarification, and the fact that both κύριος and θεός are well represented, there can be little doubt that the original text had no explicit subject. The referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity, not because of textual basis.
- James 1:13 tn Or “God must not be tested by evil people.”
- James 1:16 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
- James 1:17 tn The first phrase refers to the action of giving and the second to what is given.
- James 1:17 tn Or “All generous giving and every perfect gift from above is coming down.”
- James 1:17 tn Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness).
- James 1:18 tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”
- James 1:19 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
- James 1:20 tn The word translated “human” here is ἀνήρ (anēr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person” (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2), and in this context, contrasted with “God’s righteousness,” the point is “human” anger (not exclusively “male” anger).
- James 1:20 sn God’s righteousness could refer to (1) God’s righteous standard, (2) the righteousness God gives, (3) righteousness before God, or (4) God’s eschatological righteousness (see P. H. Davids, James [NIGTC], 93, for discussion).
- James 1:21 tn Or “with meekness.”
- James 1:23 tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anēr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”
- James 1:23 tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”
- James 1:24 tn Grk “and he has gone out and immediately has forgotten.”
- James 1:25 tn Grk “continues.”
- James 1:25 tn Grk “this one.”
- James 1:25 tn Grk “in his doing.”
- James 1:27 tn Or “in the sight of”; Grk “with.”
- James 1:27 tn Grk “the God and Father.”
- James 1:27 tn Traditionally, “affliction.” BDAG 457 s.v. 1 has “difficult circumstances” for this specific context, but since this is somewhat lengthy, “adversity” was preferred instead.
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