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James 4
New Century Version
James 4
New Century Version
Give Yourselves to God
4 Do you know where your fights and arguments come from? They come from the selfish desires that war within you. 2 You want things, but you do not have them. So you are ready to kill and are jealous of other people, but you still cannot get what you want. So you argue and fight. You do not get what you want, because you do not ask God. 3 Or when you ask, you do not receive because the reason you ask is wrong. You want things so you can use them for your own pleasures.
4 So, you are not loyal to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy. 5 Do you think the Scripture means nothing that says, “The Spirit that God made to live in us wants us for himself alone”?[a] 6 But God gives us even more grace, as the Scripture says,
“God is against the proud,
but he gives grace to the humble.” Proverbs 3:34
7 So give yourselves completely to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run from you. 8 Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure. 9 Be sad, cry, and weep! Change your laughter into crying and your joy into sadness. 10 Humble yourself in the Lord’s presence, and he will honor you.
You Are Not the Judge
11 Brothers and sisters, do not tell evil lies about each other. If you speak against your fellow believers or judge them, you are judging and speaking against the law they follow. And when you are judging the law, you are no longer a follower of the law. You have become a judge. 12 God is the only Lawmaker and Judge. He is the only One who can save and destroy. So it is not right for you to judge your neighbor.
Let God Plan Your Life
13 Some of you say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to some city. We will stay there a year, do business, and make money.” 14 But you do not know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away. 15 So you should say, “If the Lord wants, we will live and do this or that.” 16 But now you are proud and you brag. All of this bragging is wrong. 17 Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning.
Footnotes
- 4:5 “The Spirit . . . alone.” These words may be from Exodus 20:5.
雅各書 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
雅各書 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
不要與世俗為友
4 你們彼此衝突、互相鬥毆的起因是什麼呢？不就是你們身體中不斷交戰的慾望嗎？ 2 你們貪心，得不到就去殺人。你們嫉妒，得不到就爭吵、打鬥。你們得不到是因為你們不向上帝祈求。 3 你們求也得不到是因為你們動機不純，只求享樂和滿足自己的慾望。 4 你們這些對主不忠的人啊，難道還不明白與世俗為友就是與上帝爲敵嗎？所以，凡是與世俗為友的，都是上帝的敵人。 5 聖經上說：「上帝所賜、住在我們心裡的聖靈深願我們完全屬於祂。」你們以為這是空談嗎？ 6 但上帝賜給我們更大的恩典，所以聖經上說：「上帝阻擋驕傲的人，恩待謙卑的人。」
7 因此，你們要服從上帝，抵擋魔鬼，魔鬼必逃離你們。 8 你們親近上帝，上帝就必親近你們。有罪的人啊，洗淨你們的手吧！三心二意的人啊，潔淨你們的心吧！ 9 你們要悲傷、憂愁、痛哭，轉歡笑為悲哀，變歡樂為愁苦。 10 你們要在主面前謙卑，祂必擢升你們。
不要論斷
11 弟兄姊妹，不要彼此批評。批評、論斷弟兄姊妹就等於是批評、論斷律法。如果你論斷律法，你就不是遵行律法的人，而是以審判者自居。 12 設立律法和審判人的只有一位，就是能拯救人也能毀滅人的上帝。你是誰，竟然論斷別人呢？
警戒自誇
13 你們有些人說：「今天或是明天，我們要往某某城去，在那裡逗留一年半載，做生意賺錢。」 14 其實你們根本不知道明天會發生什麼事。你們的生命是什麼呢？你們只不過像一陣霧氣，出現片刻，就無影無蹤了。 15 你們只當說：「如果主許可，我們就可以活著，可以做這事或做那事。」 16 現在，你們竟敢傲慢自誇，這實屬邪惡。 17 所以人若知道善而不去行，就是犯罪。
James 4
King James Version
James 4
King James Version
4 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Gia-cơ 4
New Vietnamese Bible
Gia-cơ 4
New Vietnamese Bible
Kết Bạn Với Thế Gian
4 Vì đâu sinh ra những cuộc chiến đấu, tranh chấp giữa anh chị em? Không phải do những ham muốn đang đấu tranh với nhau trong chi thể của anh chị em sao? 2 Anh chị em tham muốn mà chẳng được gì; anh chị em giết người và ganh ghét mà không chiếm đoạt được; anh chị em vẫn tranh chấp và chiến đấu. Anh chị em không được chi vì không cầu xin; 3 anh chị em cầu xin mà không nhận được vì cầu xin với ý xấu, để dùng cho khoái lạc.
4 Này những người ngoại tình[a] kia, anh chị em không biết kết bạn với thế gian là thù nghịch với Đức Chúa Trời sao? Vậy ai muốn kết bạn với thế gian đều trở thành kẻ thù nghịch của Đức Chúa Trời. 5 Hay anh chị em tưởng lời Kinh Thánh này vô hiệu sao? “Thánh Linh ngự trong chúng ta khao khát đến nỗi ghen tuông.” 6 Nhưng Ngài ban cho chúng ta ân sủng vĩ đại hơn nên Kinh Thánh nói:
“Đức Chúa Trời chống kẻ kiêu ngạo
Nhưng ban ân sủng cho người khiêm tốn.”[b]
7 Vậy, hãy đầu phục Đức Chúa Trời nhưng chống lại quỷ vương thì nó sẽ trốn xa anh chị em. 8 Hãy đến gần Đức Chúa Trời, Ngài sẽ đến gần anh chị em. Này, người có tội, hãy rửa sạch tay mình! Người hai lòng hãy tẩy thanh lòng dạ. 9 Hãy đau buồn, chịu tang và khóc lóc. Hãy đổi cười ra khóc, đổi vui ra buồn. 10 Hãy hạ mình xuống trước mặt Đức Chúa Trời thì Ngài sẽ đề cao anh chị em.
11 Thưa anh chị em, đừng nói hành nhau. Kẻ nói hành hoặc lên án anh chị em mình là nói hành Kinh Luật và lên án Kinh Luật. Nếu anh chị em lên án Kinh Luật anh chị em không phải là người thi hành Kinh Luật nhưng làm quan tòa xét xử Kinh Luật. 12 Chỉ có một Đấng ban hành Kinh Luật và xét xử, là Đấng có khả năng cứu rỗi và tiêu diệt. Nhưng anh chị em là ai mà lên án người đồng loại mình?
13 Bây giờ, hãy nghe đây, những người đang nói: “Nay mai chúng ta sẽ đi đến thành phố kia, làm việc một năm, buôn bán kiếm lời!” 14 Nhưng anh chị em không biết ngày mai đời sống mình ra sao! anh chị em giống như hơi nước, hiện ra chốc lát rồi biến mất. 15 Đáng lẽ anh chị em nói rằng: “Nếu Chúa muốn thì chúng ta sẽ sống, chúng ta sẽ làm việc này việc kia!” 16 Nói như anh chị em là khoe khoang tự phụ; phàm khoe khoang như thế là xấu. 17 Vậy, ai biết điều lành mà không làm là phạm tội.
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.
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