¹James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

¹Jakov, sluga Boga i Gospodina Isusa Krista: dvanaestorma plemena Raseljeništva pozdrav.

²Count it all joy, my brothers The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” , when you fall into various temptations,

²Pravom radošću smatrajte, braćo moja, kad upadnete u razne kušnje

³knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

³znajući da prokušanost vaše vjere rađa postojanošću.

⁴Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

⁴Ali neka postojanost bude na djelu savršena da budete savršeni i potpuni, bez ikakva nedostataka.

⁵But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

⁵Nedostaje li komu od vas mudrosti, neka ište od Boga, koji svima daje rado i bez negodovanja, i dat će mu se.

⁶But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

⁶Ali neka ište s vjerom, bez ikakva kolebanja. Jer kolebljivac je sličan morskom valovlju, uzburkanu i gonjenu.

⁷For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

⁷Neka takav ne misli da će primiti što od Gospodina -

⁸He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

⁸čovjek duše dvoumne, nepostojan na svim putovima svojim.

⁹But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

⁹Neka se brat niska soja ponosi svojim uzvišenjem,

¹⁰and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

¹⁰a bogataš svojim poniženjem. Ta proći će kao cvijet trave:

¹¹For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

¹¹sunce ogranu žarko te usahnu trava i cvijet njezin uvenu; dražest mu lica propade. Tako će i bogataš na stazama svojim usahnuti.

¹²Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

¹²Blago čovjeku koji trpi kušnju: prokušan, primit će vijenac života koji je Gospodin obećao onima što ga ljube.

¹³Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

¹³Neka nitko u napasti ne rekne: "Bog me napastuje." Ta Bog ne može biti napastovan na zlo, i ne napastuje nikoga.

¹⁴But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

¹⁴Nego svakoga napastuje njegova požuda koja ga privlači i mami.

¹⁵Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.

¹⁵Požuda zatim, zatrudnjevši, rađa grijehom, a grijeh izvršen rađa smrću.

¹⁶Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.

¹⁶Ne varajte se, braćo moja ljubljena!

¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

¹⁷Svaki dobar dar, svaki savršen poklon odozgor je, silazi od Oca svjetlila u kome nema promjene ni sjene od mijene.

¹⁸Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

¹⁸Po svom naumu on nas porodi riječju Istine da budemo prvina neka njegovih stvorova.

¹⁹So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

¹⁹Znajte, braćo moja ljubljena! Svatko neka bude brz da sluša, spor da govori, spor na srdžbu.

²⁰for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

²⁰Jer srdžba čovjekova ne čini pravde Božje.

²¹Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls or, preserve your life. .

²¹Zato odložite svaku prljavštinu i preostalu zloću i sa svom krotkošću primite usađenu riječ koja ima moć spasiti duše vaše.

²²But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

²²Budite vršitelji riječi, a ne samo slušatelji, zavaravajući sami sebe.

²³For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;

²³Jer ako je tko slušatelj riječi, a ne i izvršitelj, sličan je čovjeku koji motri svoje rođeno lice u zrcalu:

²⁴for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

²⁴promotri se, ode i odmah zaboravi kakav bijaše.

²⁵But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

²⁵A koji se oglÄedÄa u savršenom zakonu slobode i uza nj prione, ne kao zaboravan slušatelj nego djelotvoran izvršitelj, blažen će biti u svem djelovanju svome.

²⁶If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

²⁶Smatra li se tko bogoljubnim, a ne obuzdava svoga jezika, nego zavarava srce svoje, isprazna je njegova bogoljubnost.

²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

²⁷Bogoljubnost čista i neokaljana jest: zauzimati se za sirote i udovice u njihovoj nevolji, čuvati se neokaljanim od ovoga svijeta.