1 STF Otkuda ratovi i otkuda borbe meрu vama? Ne otuda li: od slasti vaљih, koje se bore u udima vaљim? BSB BSB: What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
2 STF Ћelite, i nemate; ubijate i zavidite, i ne moћete da dobijete; borite se i vojujete. Nemate, jer ne iљtete; BSB BSB: You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
3 STF iљtete, i ne primate, jer zlo iљtete, da u slastima svojim potroљite. BSB BSB: And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
4 STF Preljuboиinci! Ne znate li da je prijateljstvo ovoga sveta neprijateljstvo Bogu? Ko hoжe svetu prijatelj da bude, postaje neprijatelj Boћji. BSB BSB: You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
5 STF Ili mislite da pismo uzalud govori "Sa zaviљжu teћi za duhom љto ga je uselio u nas"? BSB BSB: Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
6 STF Ali daje i veжu blagodat. Zato govori: "Bog se ponositima suproti, a poniznima daje blagodat". BSB BSB: But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
7 STF Pokorite se, dakle, Bogu, a protivite se рavolu, i pobeжi жe od vas. BSB BSB: Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 STF Pribliћite se Bogu, i on жe se pribliћiti vama. Oиistite ruke, greљnici, i osvetite srca, vi nepostojani! BSB BSB: Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 STF Trpite, tugujte, plaиite! Smeh vaљ neka se pretvori u ћalost, i radost u tugu. BSB BSB: Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
10 STF Ponizite se pred Gospodom, i podignuжe vas. BSB BSB: Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
11 STF Ne opadajte jedan drugoga, braжo! Ko opada brata ili sudi bratu svome, opada zakon i sudi zakonu. A ako sudiљ zakonu, onda nisi tvorac zakona, nego sudija. BSB BSB: Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
12 STF A samo je jedan zakonodavac i sudija, onaj koji moћe spasti i pogubiti. A ti ko si љto sudiљ bliћnjemu? BSB BSB: There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
14 STF vi koji ne znate љta жe biti sutra! Jer љta je vaљ ћivot? Vi ste dim koji se zamalo pokaћe i onda ga nestane. BSB BSB: You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
15 STF Mesto da govorite: "Ako Gospod hoжe, ћiveжemo i uиiniжemo ovo ili ono". BSB BSB: Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
16 STF A ovako se hvalite i razmeжete. Svaka je taka hvala zla. BSB BSB: As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
17 STF Ko, dakle, zna dobro иiniti i ne иini, greh mu je. BSB BSB: Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
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