¹Kust tulevad siis sõdimised ja kust tülid teie keskel? Eks nad tule sealt, teie ihuliikmetes sõdivatest lõbuhimudest?

¹Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, -- from your pleasures, which war in your members?

²Te himustate, ja teil ei ole; te taplete ja tapate, ja ei suuda midagi saavutada; te tülitsete ja sõdite. Teil ei ole, sest te ei palu.

²Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.

³Te palute, aga ei saa, sest te palute halva jaoks, tahtes seda kulutada oma lõbudeks.

³Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.

⁴Te abielurikkujad! Kas te siis ei tea, et sõprus maailmaga on vaen Jumalaga? Kes iganes eelistab olla maailma sõber, seab end Jumala vaenlaseks.

⁴Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be [the] friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.

⁵Või arvate, et Pühakiri ütleb asjata: 'Kadeduseni ta igatseb Vaimu, kes on asunud meisse'?

⁵Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?

⁶Aga ta annab veel suuremat armu; seepärast ta ütleb: 'Jumal paneb vastu ülbeile, aga alandlikele annab armu!'

⁶But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against [the] proud, but gives grace to [the] lowly.

⁷Alistuge siis Jumalale! Pange vastu kuradile, siis ta põgeneb teie juurest.

⁷Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁸Tulge Jumala ligi, siis tuleb tema teie ligi! Patused, puhastage käed ja kasige südamed, te hingelt kahestunud!

⁸Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.

⁹Tundke oma viletsust, leinake ja nutke! Teie naer muutugu nutuks ja rõõm kurbuseks!

⁹Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

¹⁰Alanduge Issanda ette, siis ta ülendab teid!

¹⁰Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you.

¹¹Ärge halvustage üksteist, vennad! Kui keegi halvustab või arvustab oma venda, siis ta halvustab ja arvustab Seadust. Kui sa aga Seadust arvustad, siis sa ei ole Seaduse täitja, vaid kohtunik.

¹¹Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.

¹²Ainult üks on seaduseandja ja kohtunik - tema, kes võib nii päästa kui hukata. Aga kes oled sina, sa ligimese arvustaja?

¹²One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art *thou* who judgest thy neighbour?

¹³Kuulge nüüd, kes ütlete: 'Täna või homme läheme sellesse või teise linna ja veedame seal ühe aasta ning kaupleme ja saame kasu!'

¹³Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,

¹⁴Teie, kes ei tea, missugune on homme teie elu! Te olete ju aur, mida on hetke näha, ja siis see haihtub.

¹⁴ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

¹⁵Selle asemel et öelda: 'Kui Issand tahab ja me veel elame, siis teeme seda või teist',

¹⁵instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.

¹⁶te kiitlete oma kõrkuses. Iga selline kiitlemine on kurjast.

¹⁶But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

¹⁷Kes oskab teha head, aga ei tee, sellele on see patt.

¹⁷To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.