雅各書 第 4 章

¹你們中間的爭戰鬥毆是從那裡來的呢？不是從你們百體中戰鬥之私慾來的麼？From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

²你們貪戀，還是得不著；你們殺害嫉妒，又鬥毆爭戰，也不能得。你們得不著，是因為你們不求。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你們求也得不著，是因為你們妄求，要浪費在你們的宴樂中。Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

⁴你們這些淫亂的人（原文是淫婦）哪，豈不知與世俗為友就是與神為敵麼？所以凡想要與世俗為友的，就是與神為敵了。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你們想經上所說是徒然的麼？神所賜、住在我們裡面的靈，是戀愛至於嫉妒麼？Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

⁶但他賜更多的恩典，所以經上說：神阻擋驕傲的人，賜恩給謙卑的人。But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

⁷故此，你們要順服神。務要抵擋魔鬼，魔鬼就必離開你們逃跑了。Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁸你們親近神，神就必親近你們。有罪的人哪，要潔淨你們的手！心懷二意的人哪，要清潔你們的心！Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

⁹你們要愁苦、悲哀、哭泣，將喜笑變作悲哀，歡樂變作愁悶。Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

¹⁰務要在主面前自卑，主就必叫你們升高。Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

¹¹弟兄們，你們不可彼此批評。人若批評弟兄，論斷弟兄，就是批評律法，論斷律法。你若論斷律法，就不是遵行律法，乃是判斷人的。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設立律法和判斷人的，只有一位，就是那能救人也能滅人的。你是誰，竟敢論斷別人呢？There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

¹³嗐！你們有話說：「今天明天我們要往某城裡去，在那裡住一年，做買賣得利。」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其實明天如何，你們還不知道。你們的生命是甚麼呢？你們原來是一片雲霧，出現少時就不見了。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你們只當說：「主若願意，我們就可以活著，也可以做這事，或做那事。」For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

¹⁶現今你們竟以張狂誇口；凡這樣誇口都是惡的。But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

¹⁷人若知道行善，卻不去行，這就是他的罪了。Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.