¹Unde bella et lites in vobis?Where do wars and contentions among you come from?nonne hinc:Is it not from this:ex concupiscentiis vestris,from your own desires,quæ militant in membris vestris?which battle within your members?

¹Unde bella et lites in vobis?Where do wars and contentions among you come from?nonne hinc:Is it not from this:ex concupiscentiis vestris,from your own desires,quæ militant in membris vestris?which battle within your members?

²concupiscitis,You desire,et non habetis:and you do not have.occiditis,You envyet zelatis:and you kill,et non potestis adipisci:and you are unable to obtain.litigatis,You argueet belligeratis,and you fight,et non habetis,and you do not have,propter quod non postulatis.because you do not ask.

²concupiscitis,You desire,et non habetis:and you do not have.occiditis,You envyet zelatis:and you kill,et non potestis adipisci:and you are unable to obtain.litigatis,You argueet belligeratis,and you fight,et non habetis,and you do not have,propter quod non postulatis.because you do not ask.

³Petitis,You asket non accipitis:and you do not receive,eo quod male petatis:because you ask badly,ut in concupiscentiis vestris insumatis.so that you may use it toward your own desires.

³Petitis,You asket non accipitis:and you do not receive,eo quod male petatis:because you ask badly,ut in concupiscentiis vestris insumatis.so that you may use it toward your own desires.

⁴Adulteri,You adulterers!nescitis quia amicitia hujus mundi inimica est Dei?Do you not know that the friendship of this world is hostile to God?quicumque ergo voluerit amicus esse sæculi hujus,Therefore,inimicus Dei constituitur.whoever has chosen to be a friend of this world has been made into an enemy of God.

⁴Adulteri,You adulterers!nescitis quia amicitia hujus mundi inimica est Dei?Do you not know that the friendship of this world is hostile to God?quicumque ergo voluerit amicus esse sæculi hujus,Therefore,inimicus Dei constituitur.whoever has chosen to be a friend of this world has been made into an enemy of God.

⁵An putatis quia inaniter Scriptura dicat:Or do you think that Scripture says in vain:Ad invidiam concupiscit spiritus qui habitat in vobis?“The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?”

⁵An putatis quia inaniter Scriptura dicat:Or do you think that Scripture says in vain:Ad invidiam concupiscit spiritus qui habitat in vobis?“The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?”

⁶majorem autem dat gratiam.But he gives a greater grace.Propter quod dicit:Therefore he says:Deus superbis resistit,“God resists the arrogant,humilibus autem dat gratiam.but he gives grace to the humble.”

⁶majorem autem dat gratiam.But he gives a greater grace.Propter quod dicit:Therefore he says:Deus superbis resistit,“God resists the arrogant,humilibus autem dat gratiam.but he gives grace to the humble.”

⁷Subditi ergo estote Deo,Therefore, be subject to God.resistite autem diabolo, et fugiet a vobis.But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁷Subditi ergo estote Deo,Therefore, be subject to God.resistite autem diabolo, et fugiet a vobis.But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁸Appropinquate Deo,Draw near to God,et appropinquabit vobis.and he will draw near to you.Emundate manus,Cleanse your hands,peccatores:you sinners!et purificate corda,And purify your hearts,duplices animo.you duplicitous souls!

⁸Appropinquate Deo,Draw near to God,et appropinquabit vobis.and he will draw near to you.Emundate manus,Cleanse your hands,peccatores:you sinners!et purificate corda,And purify your hearts,duplices animo.you duplicitous souls!

⁹Miseri estote,Be afflicted:et lugete,mournet plorate:and weep.risus vester in luctum convertatur,Let your laughter be turned into mourning,et gaudium in mœrorem.and your gladness into sorrow.

⁹Miseri estote,Be afflicted:et lugete,mournet plorate:and weep.risus vester in luctum convertatur,Let your laughter be turned into mourning,et gaudium in mœrorem.and your gladness into sorrow.

¹⁰Humiliamini in conspectu Domini,Be humbled in the sight of the Lord,et exaltabit vos.and he will exalt you.

¹⁰Humiliamini in conspectu Domini,Be humbled in the sight of the Lord,et exaltabit vos.and he will exalt you.

¹¹Nolite detrahere alterutrum fratres.Brothers,Qui detrahit fratri,do not choose to slander one another.aut qui judicat fratrem suum,Whoever slanders his brother,detrahit legi,or whoever judges his brother,et judicat legem.slanders the law and judges the law.Si autem judicas legem,But if you judge the law,non es factor legis,you are not a doer of the law,sed judex.but a judge.

¹¹Nolite detrahere alterutrum fratres.Brothers,Qui detrahit fratri,do not choose to slander one another.aut qui judicat fratrem suum,Whoever slanders his brother,detrahit legi,or whoever judges his brother,et judicat legem.slanders the law and judges the law.Si autem judicas legem,But if you judge the law,non es factor legis,you are not a doer of the law,sed judex.but a judge.

¹²Unus est legislator et judex,There is one lawgiver and one judge.qui potest perdere et liberare.He is able to destroy, and he is able to set free.

¹²Unus est legislator et judex,There is one lawgiver and one judge.qui potest perdere et liberare.He is able to destroy, and he is able to set free.

¹³Tu autem quis es,But who are you to judge your neighbor?qui judicas proximum?Consider this,Ecce nunc qui dicitis:you who say,Hodie,“Todayaut crastino ibimus in illam civitatem,or tomorrow we will go into that city,et faciemus ibi quidem annum,and certainly we will spend a year there,et mercabimur,and we will do business,et lucrum faciemus:and we will make our profit,”

¹³Tu autem quis es,But who are you to judge your neighbor?qui judicas proximum?Consider this,Ecce nunc qui dicitis:you who say,Hodie,“Todayaut crastino ibimus in illam civitatem,or tomorrow we will go into that city,et faciemus ibi quidem annum,and certainly we will spend a year there,et mercabimur,and we will do business,et lucrum faciemus:and we will make our profit,”

¹⁴qui ignoratis quid erit in crastino.consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow.

¹⁴qui ignoratis quid erit in crastino.consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow.

¹⁵Quæ est enim vita vestra?For what is your life?vapor est ad modicum parens,It is a mist that appears for a brief time,et deinceps exterminabitur;and afterwards will vanish away.pro eo ut dicatis:So what you ought to say is:Si Dominus voluerit.“If the Lord wills,”Et:or,Si vixerimus,“If we live,”faciemus hoc,we will do thisaut illud.or that.

¹⁵Quæ est enim vita vestra?For what is your life?vapor est ad modicum parens,It is a mist that appears for a brief time,et deinceps exterminabitur;and afterwards will vanish away.pro eo ut dicatis:So what you ought to say is:Si Dominus voluerit.“If the Lord wills,”Et:or,Si vixerimus,“If we live,”faciemus hoc,we will do thisaut illud.or that.

¹⁶Nunc autem exsultatis in superbiis vestris.But now you exult in your arrogance.Omnis exsultatio talis, maligna est.All such exultation is wicked.

¹⁶Nunc autem exsultatis in superbiis vestris.But now you exult in your arrogance.Omnis exsultatio talis, maligna est.All such exultation is wicked.

¹⁷Scienti igitur bonum facere,Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing,et non facienti,and does not do it,peccatum est illi.for him it is a sin.

¹⁷Scienti igitur bonum facere,Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing,et non facienti,and does not do it,peccatum est illi.for him it is a sin.