Lettera di Giacomo 4

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Unde bella et unde lites in vobis? Nonne hinc, ex concupi scentiisvestris, quae militant in membris vestris?	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?
2 Concupiscitis et non habetis;occiditis et zelatis et non potestis adipisci; litigatis et belligeratis. Nonhabetis, propter quod non postulatis;	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.
3 petitis et non accipitis, eo quod malepetitis, ut in concupiscentiis vestris insumatis.	3 You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
4 Adulteri, nescitis quiaamicitia huius mundi inimica est Dei? Quicumque ergo voluerit amicus esse saeculi huius, inimicus Dei constituitur.	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.
5 Aut putatis quia inaniter Scriptura dicat: “ Ad invidiam concupiscit Spiritus,qui inhabitat in nobis? ”.	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"?
6 Maiorem autem dat gratiam; propter quod dicit: “ Deus superbis resistit, humilibus autem dat gratiam ”.	6 But he bestows a greater grace; therefore, it says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
7 Subicimini igitur Deo; resistite autem Diabolo, et fugiet a vobis.	7 So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Appropiate Deo, et appropinquabit vobis. Emundate manus, peccatores; etpurificate corda, duplices animo.	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.
9 Miseri estote et lugete et plorate; risusvester in luctum convertatur, et gaudium in maerorem.	9 Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.
10 Humiliamini inconspectu Domini, et exaltabit vos.	10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
11 Nolite detrahere alterutrum, fratres; qui detrahit fratri, aut qui iudicatfratrem suum, detrahit legi et iudicat legem; si autem iudicas legem, non esfactor legis sed iudex.	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.
12 Unus est legislator et iudex, qui potest salvare etperdere; tu autem quis es, qui iudicas proximum?	12 There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save or to destroy. Who then are you to judge your neighbor?
13 Age nunc, qui dicitis: “ Hodie aut crastino ibimus in illam civitatem etfaciemus quidem ibi annum et mercabimur et lucrum faciemus ”;	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"--
14 quiignoratis, quae erit in crastinum vita vestra! Vapor enim estis ad modicumparens, deinceps exterminatur;	14 you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.
15 pro eo ut dicatis: “ Si Dominus voluerit, etvivemus et faciemus hoc aut illud ”.	15 Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills it, we shall live to do this or that."
16 Nunc autem gloriamini in superbiisvestris; omnis gloriatio talis maligna est.	16 But now you are boasting in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
17 Scienti igitur bonum facere etnon facienti, peccatum est illi!	17 So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin.