OET interlinear YAC (JAM) 4:11

uW Translation Notes:

μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Μή καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί Ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἤ κρίνων τόν ἀδελφόν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καί κρίνει νόμον εἰ Δέ νόμον κρίνεις οὐκ εἶ ποιητής νόμου ἀλλά κριτής)

Alternate translation: [Do not say bad things about one another]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀδελφοί & ἀδελφοῦ & τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ

brothers & ˱against˲_˓his˒_brother & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Μή καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί Ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἤ κρίνων τόν ἀδελφόν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καί κρίνει νόμον εἰ Δέ νόμον κρίνεις οὐκ εἶ ποιητής νόμου ἀλλά κριτής)

See how you translated the term brothers in [1:2](../01/02.md). Alternate translation: [my fellow believers … a fellow believer … his fellow believer]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον

˓is˒_slandering ˱against˲_˓the˒_law (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Μή καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί Ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἤ κρίνων τόν ἀδελφόν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καί κρίνει νόμον εἰ Δέ νόμον κρίνεις οὐκ εἶ ποιητής νόμου ἀλλά κριτής)

By the law, James means the same thing that he calls the “royal law” in [2:8](../02/08.md) and the “law of freedom” in [1:25](../01/25.md) and [2:12](../02/12.md). That is, he means the commandment “you will love your neighbor as yourself.” James is teaching his readers that by saying or assuming that their fellow believers were doing wrong things, they were not following this commandment and they were treating the commandment as if it were not important to follow. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. See how you translated the term “neighbor” in [2:8](../02/08.md). Alternate translation: [contradicts the law that says to love other people as oneself and judges that law to be unimportant]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

εἰ & νόμον κρίνεις, οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου

if & ˓the˒_law ˱you˲_˓are˒_judging not ˱you˲_are (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Μή καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί Ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἤ κρίνων τόν ἀδελφόν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καί κρίνει νόμον εἰ Δέ νόμον κρίνεις οὐκ εἶ ποιητής νόμου ἀλλά κριτής)

The word you is singular in these two cases because even though James is addressing a group of people, he is describing an individual situation.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου, ἀλλὰ κριτής

not ˱you˲_are (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Μή καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί Ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἤ κρίνων τόν ἀδελφόν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καί κρίνει νόμον εἰ Δέ νόμον κρίνεις οὐκ εἶ ποιητής νόμου ἀλλά κριτής)

In the second phrase, James is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages in order to be complete. These words can be supplied from the first phrase. Alternate translation: [you are not a doer of the law, but you are a judge of the law]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου, ἀλλὰ κριτής

not ˱you˲_are (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Μή καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί Ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἤ κρίνων τόν ἀδελφόν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καί κρίνει νόμον εἰ Δέ νόμον κρίνεις οὐκ εἶ ποιητής νόμου ἀλλά κριτής)

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state more explicitly what this means. See how you translated the similar phrase at the end of the previous sentence. Alternate translation: [instead of loving other people, you are saying that it is not important to love them]