Pothen
What [causes]
polemoi
conflicts
kai
and
pothen
-
machai
quarrels
en
among
hymin
you ?
ouk
Don’t [they]
enteuthen
[come]
ek
from
hymōn
[the]
tōn
hēdonōn
passions
strateuomenōn
at war
within
you
tois
. . .
melesin
. . . ?
epithymeite
You crave
[what]
{you do} not
echete
have ;
phoneuete
you kill
zēloute
covet ,
but
ou
vvv
dynasthe
are unable
epitychein
to obtain [it] .
machesthe
You quarrel
polemeite
fight .
You do not have ,
dia
because
hymas
mē
{do} not
to
aiteisthai
ask .
aiteite
[And when] you do ask
. . . ,
lambanete
receive ,
dioti
aiteisthe
you ask
kakōs
with wrong motives ,
hina
that
dapanēsēte
you may squander [it]
on
your
tais
hēdonais
pleasures .
Moichalides
[You] adulteresses !
oidate
Do you not know
hoti
hē
philia
friendship
tou
with the
kosmou
world
estin
is
echthra
hostility
[toward]
Theou
God ?
oun
Therefore ,
hos
whoever
ean
boulēthē
chooses
einai
to be
philos
a friend
of the
kathistatai
renders himself
echthros
an enemy
of God .
ē
Or
dokeite
do you think
the
graphē
Scripture
legei
says
kenōs
without reason [that]
pneuma
Spirit
ho
katōkisen
He caused to dwell
in
hēmin
us
epipothei
yearns
Pros
with
phthonon
envy ?
de
But
didōsin
He gives [us]
meizona
more
charin
grace .
dio
This is why
it says :
Ho
“ -
Theos
God
antitassetai
opposes
hyperēphanois
[the] proud ,
gives
grace
tapeinois
to [the] humble .”
Hypotagēte
Submit yourselves ,
then ,
tō
Theō
to God .
antistēte
Resist
diabolō
devil ,
pheuxetai
he will flee
aph’
you .
engisate
Draw near
to God ,
engiei
He will draw near
to you .
katharisate
Cleanse
cheiras
[your] hands ,
hamartōloi
[you] sinners ,
hagnisate
purify
kardias
[your] hearts ,
dipsychoi
[you] double-minded .
talaipōrēsate
Grieve ,
penthēsate
mourn ,
klausate
weep .
metatrapētō
Turn
gelōs
laughter
eis
penthos
mourning ,
[your]
chara
joy
katēpheian
gloom .
tapeinōthēte
Humble yourselves
enōpion
before
Kyriou
[the] Lord ,
hypsōsei
He will exalt
adelphoi
Brothers ,
Mē
{do] not
katalaleite
slander
allēlōn
one another .
Anyone who
katalalōn
speaks against
adelphou
[his] brother
or
krinōn
judges
autou
ton
adelphon
[him]
katalalei
nomou
[the] law
krinei
nomon
[it] .
And
ei
if
krineis
you judge
[the] law ,
you are
not
poiētēs
a practitioner
of [the] law ,
alla
kritēs
a judge [of it] .
There is
heis
only one
nomothetēs
Lawgiver
Judge ,
the [One who]
dynamenos
is able
sōsai
to save
apolesai
destroy .
tis
who
are
sy
to judge
plēsion
neighbor ?
Age
Come
nyn
now ,
hoi
you who
legontes
say ,
Sēmeron
“ Today
aurion
tomorrow
poreusometha
we will go
tēnde
this or that
tēn
polin
city ,
poiēsomen
spend
eniauton
a year
ekei
there ,
emporeusometha
carry on business ,
kerdēsomen
make a profit . ”
tēs
tomorrow !
poia
What [is]
zōē
life ?
gar
este
You are
atmis
a mist
pros
phainomenē
that appears
oligon
for a little [while]
epeita
then
aphanizomenē
vanishes .
hoitines
You
epistasthe
do not even know
what [will happen]
Anti
Instead ,
you [ought]
legein
to say ,
Ean
“ If
Kyrios
Lord
thelēsē
is willing ,
zēsomen
we will live
do
touto
this
ekeino
that . ”
As it is ,
kauchasthe
you boast
alazoneiais
proud intentions .
pasa
All
toiautē
such
kauchēsis
boasting
ponēra
evil .
autō
Anyone ,
eidoti
who knows
kalon
[the] right thing
poiein
to do ,
yet
fails
poiounti
to do [it] ,
hamartia
guilty of sin .