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1Saan nagbubuhat ang mga pagbabaka at saan nagbubuhat ang mga pagaaway sa inyo? hindi baga nagbubuhat dito, sa inyong mga kalayawan na bumabaka sa inyong mga sangkap? 2Kayo'y nangagiimbot, at kayo'y wala: kayo'y nagsisipatay, at kayo'y nangaiinggit, at hindi maaaring kamtan: kayo'y nangakikipagaway at nangakikipagbaka; kayo'y wala, sapagka't hindi kayo nagsisihingi. 3Kayo'y nagsisihingi, at hindi kayo nagsisitanggap, sapagka't nagsisihingi kayo ng masama, upang gugulin sa inyong mga kalayawan. 4Kayong mga mangangalunya, hindi baga ninyo nalalaman na ang pakikipagkaibigan sa sanglibutan ay pakikipagaway sa Dios? Sinoman ngang magibig na maging kaibigan ng sanglibutan ay nagiging kaaway ng Dios. 5O iniisip baga ninyo na ang kasulatan ay nagsasalita ng walang kabuluhan? Ang Espiritu baga na pinatira sa atin ay nagnanais hanggang sa kapanaghilian? 6Nguni't siya'y nagbibigay ng lalong biyaya. Kaya't sinasabi ng kasulatan, Ang Dios ay sumasalansang sa mga palalo, datapuwa't nagbibigay ng biyaya sa mga mapagpakumbaba. 7Pasakop nga kayo sa Dios; datapuwa't magsisalangsang kayo sa diablo, at tatakas siya sa inyo. 8Magsilapit kayo sa Dios, at siya'y lalapit sa inyo. Mangaglinis kayo ng inyong mga kamay, kayong mga makasalanan; at dalisayin ninyo ang inyong mga puso, kayong mga may dalawang akala. 9Kayo'y mangagpighati, at magsihibik, at magsitangis: inyong palitan ang inyong pagtawa ng paghibik, at ang inyong kagalakan ng kalumbayan. 10Mangagpakababa kayo sa paningin ng Panginoon, at kaniyang itataas kayo. 11Huwag kayong mangagsalita ng laban sa isa't isa, mga kapatid. Ang nagsasalita laban sa kapatid, o humahatol sa kaniyang kapatid, ay nagsasalita laban sa kautusan, at humahatol sa kautusan: datapuwa't kung ikaw ay humahatol sa kautusan, hindi ka na tagatupad ng kautusan, kundi hukom. 12Iisa ang tagapagbigay ng kautusan at hukom, sa makatuwid baga'y ang makapagliligtas at makapagwawasak: datapuwa't sino ka na humahatol sa iyong kapuwa? 13Magsiparito ngayon, kayong nagsisipagsabi, Ngayon o bukas ay magsisiparoon kami sa gayong bayan, at titira kami doong isang taon, at mangangalakal, at magtutubo: 14Kayo ngang hindi nakaaalam ng mangyayari bukas. Ano ang inyong buhay? Kayo nga'y isang singaw na sa sangdaling panahon ay lumilitaw, at pagdaka'y napapawi. 15Sapagka't ang dapat ninyong sabihin ay, Kung loloobin ng Panginoon ay mangabubuhay kami, at gagawin namin ito o yaon. 16Datapuwa't ngayon ay nagmamapuri kayo sa inyong mga pagpapalalo: ang lahat ng ganitong pagmamapuri ay masama. 17Sa nakakaalam nga ng paggawa ng mabuti, at hindi ginagawa, ito'y kasalanan sa kaniya.

1Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? 2You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask. 3You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures. 4You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”? 6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you. 11Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another? 13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” 14Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. 15For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.” 16But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil. 17To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

1Van waar komen krijgen en vechterijen onder u? Komen zij niet hiervan, namelijk uit uw wellusten, die in uw leden strijd voeren? 2Gij begeert, en hebt niet; gij benijdt en ijvert naar dingen, en kunt ze niet verkrijgen; gij vecht en voert krijg, doch gij hebt niet, omdat gij niet bidt. 3Gij bidt, en gij ontvangt niet, omdat gij kwalijk bidt, opdat gij het in uw wellusten doorbrengen zoudt. 4Overspelers en overspeleressen, weet gij niet, dat de vriendschap der wereld een vijandschap Gods is? Zo wie dan een vriend der wereld wil zijn, die wordt een vijand van God gesteld. 5Of meent gij, dat de Schrift tevergeefs zegt: De Geest, Die in ons woont, heeft Die lust tot nijdigheid? 6Ja, Hij geeft meerdere genade. Daarom zegt de Schrift: God wederstaat de hovaardigen, maar den nederigen geeft Hij genade. 7Zo onderwerpt u dan Gode; wederstaat den duivel, en hij zal van u vlieden. 8Naakt tot God, en Hij zal tot u naken. Reinigt de handen, gij zondaars, en zuivert de harten, gij dubbelhartigen! 9Gedraagt u als ellendigen, en treurt en weent; uw lachen worde veranderd in treuren, en uw blijdschap in bedroefdheid. 10Vernedert u voor den Heere, en Hij zal u verhogen. 11Broeders, spreekt niet kwalijk van elkander. Die van zijn broeder kwalijk spreekt en zijn broeder oordeelt, die spreekt kwalijk van de wet, en oordeelt de wet. Indien gij nu de wet oordeelt, zo zijt gij geen dader der wet, maar een rechter. 12Er is een enig Wetgever, Die behouden kan en verderven. Doch wie zijt gij, die een anderen oordeelt? 13Welaan nu gij, die daar zegt: Wij zullen heden of morgen naar zulk een stad reizen, en aldaar een jaar doorbrengen, en koopmanschap drijven, en winst doen. 14Gij, die niet weet, wat morgen geschieden zal, want hoedanig is uw leven? Want het is een damp, die voor een weinig tijds gezien wordt, en daarna verdwijnt. 15In plaats dat gij zoudt zeggen: Indien de Heere wil, en wij leven zullen, zo zullen wij dit of dat doen. 16Maar nu roemt gij in uw hoogmoed; alle zodanige roem is boos. 17Wie dan weet goed te doen, en niet doet, dien is het zonde.