James 4

New American Bible	Stuttgartensia - Delitzsch
¹ Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members?	¹ מֵאַיִן הַמִּלְחָמוֹת וְהַמְּדָנִים אֲשֶׁר בֵּינֵיכֶם הֲלֹא מִתּוֹךְ הַתַּאֲוֺת הַמִּתְגָּרוֹת בְּאֵבָרֵיכֶם
² You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask.	² אַתֶּם מִתְאַוִּים וְאֵין לָכֶם תְּרַצְּחוּ וּתְקַנְאוּ וְהַשֵּׂג לֹא תַשִּׂיגוּ תָּרִיבוּ וְתִלָּחֲמוּ וְאֵין לָכֶם יַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּם
³ You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.	³ הֵן אַתֶּם מְבַקְשִׁים וְאֵינְכֶם מְקַבְּלִים עַל־אֲשֶׁר תִּתְפַּלְלוּ בְרָעָה לְמַעַן תְּבַלּוּ בְּתַאֲוֺתֵיכֶם
⁴ Adulterers! Do you not know that to be a lover of the world means enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God.	⁴ הַנֹּאֲפִים וְהַמְנָאֲפוֹת הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי־אַהֲבַת הָעוֹלָם אֵיבַת אֱלֹהִים הִיא וְעַתָּה הֶחָפֵץ לִהְיוֹת אֹהֵב הָעוֹלָם יִהְיֶה אֹיֵב לֵאלֹהִים
⁵ Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks without meaning when it says, "The spirit that he has made to dwell in us tends toward jealousy"?	⁵ אוֹ הַתְדַמּוּ בְנַפְשְׁכֶם כִּי לָרִיק אָמַר הַכָּתוּב בְּקִנְאָה יִתְאַוֶּה לָרוּחַ הַשֹּׁכֵן בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ
⁶ But he bestows a greater grace; therefore, it says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."	⁶ וְגַם יַגְדִּיל לָתֶת־חֵן עַל־כֵּן אוֹמֵר אֱלֹהִים לַלֵּצִים יָלִיץ וְלָעֲנָוִים יִתֶּן־חֵן
⁷ So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.	⁷ לָכֵן הִכָּנְעוּ לֵאלֹהִים הִתְיַצְּבוּ נֶגֶד הַשָּׂטָן וְיִבְרַח מִפְּנֵיכֶם
⁸ Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds.	⁸ קִרְבוּ לֵאלֹהִים וְיִקְרַב אֲלֵיכֶם רַחֲצוּ יְדֵיכֶם הַחַטָּאִים טַהֲרוּ לְבַבְכֶם חֲלוּקֵי הַלֵּבָב
⁹ Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.	⁹ הִתְעַנּוּ וְהִתְאַבְּלוּ וּבְכוּ שְׂחָקְכֶם יֵהָפֵךְ לְאֵבֶל וְשִׂמְחַתְכֶם לְיָגוֹן
¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.	¹⁰ הִכָּנְעוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָֹה וְהוּא יָרִים אֶתְכֶם
¹¹ Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. Whoever speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.	¹¹ אַחַי אַל־תְּחָרְפוּ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ הַמְחָרֵף אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְדָן אֶת־אָחִיו הוּא מְחָרֵף אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה וְדָן אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה וְאִם־תָּדִין אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה אֵינְךָ עֹשֵׂה הַתּוֹרָה כִּי אִם־שֹׁפְטָהּ
¹² There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save or to destroy. Who then are you to judge your neighbor?	¹² אֶחָד הוּא הַמְחֹקֵק וְהַשֹּׁפֵט אֲשֶׁר יָכוֹל לְהוֹשִׁיעַ וּלְאַבֵּד וּמִי אַתָּה כִּי תָדִין אֶת־עֲמִיתֶךָ
¹³ Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit"--	¹³ הוֹי הָאֹמְרִים נֵלְכָה הַיּוֹם וּמָחָר לְעִיר פְּלוֹנִית אַלְמוֹנִית וְנַעֲשֶׂה־שָּׁם שָׁנָה אַחַת לִסְחֹר בָּהּ וּלְהַרְבּוֹת רֶוַח
¹⁴ you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.	¹⁴ וְלֹא תֵדְעוּ מַה־יֵּלֵד יוֹם מָחָר כִּי מֶה חַיֵּיכֶם עָשָׁן הֵם אֲשֶׁר נִרְאָה כִּמְעַט־רֶגַע וְאַחַר כָּלָה וַיֵּלַךְ
¹⁵ Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills it, we shall live to do this or that."	¹⁵ תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמְרוּ אִם־יִרְצֶה יְהוָֹה וְנִחְיֶה נַעֲשֶׂה כָּזֹה וְכָזֶה
¹⁶ But now you are boasting in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.	¹⁶ עַתָּה תִּתְגָּאוּ בְּפַחֲזוּתְכֶם וְכָל־גַּאֲוָה אֲשֶׁר כָּזֹאת רָעָה הִיא
¹⁷ So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin.	¹⁷ לָכֵן הַיּוֹדֵעַ לַעֲשׂוֹת הַטּוֹב וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂנּוּ וְהָיָה בוֹ חֵטְא