Jakovljeva poslanica 1

Biblija Hrvatski	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Jakov, sluga Boga i Gospodina Isusa Krista: dvanaestorim plemenima raseljeništva pozdrav.	1 James the servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 Pravom radošću smatrajte, braćo moja, kad upadnete u razne kušnje	2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;
3 znajući da prokušanost vaše vjere rađa postojanošću.	3 Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 Ali neka postojanost bude na djelu savršena da budete savršeni i potpuni, bez ikakva nedostatka.	4 And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.
5 Nedostaje li komu od vas mudrosti, neka ište od Boga, koji svima daje rado i bez negodovanja, i dat će mu se.	5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 Ali neka ište s vjerom, bez ikakva kolebanja. Jer kolebljivac je sličan morskom valovlju, uzburkanu i gonjenu.	6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, which is moved and carried about by the wind.
7 Neka takav ne misli da će primiti što od Gospodina –	7 Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 čovjek duše dvoumne, nepostojan na svim putovima svojim.	8 A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
9 Neka se brat niska soja ponosi svojim uzvišenjem,	9 But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:
10 a bogataš svojim poniženjem. Ta proći će kao cvijet trave:	10 And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.
11 sunce ogranu žarko te usahnu trava i cvijet njezin uvenu; dražest mu lica propade. Tako će i bogataš na stazama svojim usahnuti.	11 For the sun rose with a burning heat, and parched the grass, and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12 Blago čovjeku koji trpi kušnju: prokušan, primit će vijenac života koji je Gospodin obećao onima što ga ljube.	12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him.
13 Neka nitko u napasti ne rekne: »Bog me napastuje.« Ta Bog ne može biti napastovan na zlo, i ne napastuje nikoga.	13 Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils, and he tempteth no man.
14 Nego svakoga napastuje njegova požuda koja ga privlači i mami.	14 But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
15 Požuda zatim, zatrudnjevši, rađa grijehom, a grijeh izvršen rađa smrću.	15 Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.
16 Ne varajte se, braćo moja ljubljena!	16 Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.
17 Svaki dobar dar, svaki savršen poklon odozgor je, silazi od Oca svjetlilâ u kome nema promjene ni sjene od mijene.	17 Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.
18 Po svom naumu on nas porodi riječju Istine da budemo prvina neka njegovih stvorova.	18 For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.
19 Znajte, braćo moja ljubljena! Svatko neka bude brz da sluša, spor da govori, spor na srdžbu.	19 You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.
20 Jer srdžba čovjekova ne čini pravde Božje.	20 For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.
21 Zato odložite svaku prljavštinu i preostalu zloću i sa svom krotkošću primite usađenu riječ koja ima moć spasiti duše vaše.	21 Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Budite vršitelji riječi, a ne samo slušatelji, zavaravajući sami sebe.	22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 Jer ako je tko slušatelj riječi, a ne i izvršitelj, sličan je čovjeku koji motri svoje rođeno lice u zrcalu:	23 For if a man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass.
24 promotri se, ode i odmah zaboravi kakav bijaše.	24 For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.
25 A koji se òglêdâ u savršenom zakonu slobode i uza nj prione, ne kao zaboravan slušatelj nego djelotvoran izvršitelj, blažen će biti u svem djelovanju svome.	25 But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty, and hath continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work; this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26 Smatra li se tko bogoljubnim, a ne obuzdava svoga jezika, nego zavarava srce svoje, isprazna je njegova bogoljubnost.	26 And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
27 Bogoljubnost čista i neokaljana jest: zauzimati se za sirote i udovice u njihovoj nevolji, čuvati se neokaljanim od ovoga svijeta.	27 Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one's self unspotted from this world.