Iacobi 4

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Unde bella et lites in vobis ? nonne hinc : ex concupiscentiis vestris, quæ 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, et non habetis, 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 male petatis : 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 quia amicitia hujus mundi inimica est Dei ? quicumque ergo voluerit amicus esse sæculi hujus, 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 An putatis quia inaniter Scriptura dicat : Ad invidiam concupiscit spiritus qui habitat in vobis ?	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 majorem 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 Subditi ergo estote Deo, resistite autem diabolo, et fugiet a vobis.	7 So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Appropinquate Deo, et appropinquabit vobis. Emundate manus, peccatores : et purificate 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 : risus vester in luctum convertatur, et gaudium in mœrorem.	9 Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.
10 Humiliamini in conspectu 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 judicat fratrem suum, detrahit legi, et judicat legem. Si autem judicas legem, non es factor legis, sed judex.	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 judex, qui potest perdere et liberare.	12 There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save or to destroy. Who then are you to judge your neighbor?
13 Tu autem quis es, qui judicas proximum ? Ecce nunc qui dicitis : Hodie, aut crastino ibimus in illam civitatem, et faciemus ibi quidem 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 qui ignoratis quid erit in crastino.	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 Quæ est enim vita vestra ? vapor est ad modicum parens, et deinceps exterminabitur ; pro eo ut dicatis : Si Dominus voluerit. Et : Si vixerimus, 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 exsultatis in superbiis vestris. Omnis exsultatio talis, maligna est.	16 But now you are boasting in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
17 Scienti igitur bonum facere, et non facienti, peccatum est illi.	17 So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin.