याकूब 1

1James the servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

2My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;

3Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.

5But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, which is moved and carried about by the wind.

7Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.

9But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:

10And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.

11For the sun rose with a burning heat, and parched the grass, and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him.

13Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils, and he tempteth no man.

14But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.

15Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.

16Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.

17Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.

18For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.

19You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.

20For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.

21Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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

23For if a man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass.

24For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.

25But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty, and hath continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work; this man shall be blessed in his deed.

26And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

27Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one’s self unspotted from this world.

1Jacobus, Dei et Domini nostri Jesu Christi servus, duodecim tribubus, quæ sunt in dispersione, salutem.

2Omne gaudium existimate fratres mei, cum in tentationes varias incideritis:

3scientes quod probatio fidei vestræ patientiam operatur.

4Patientia autem opus perfectum habet: ut sitis perfecti et integri in nullo deficientes.

5Si quis autem vestrum indiget sapientia, postulet a Deo, qui dat omnibus affluenter, et non improperat: et dabitur ei.

6Postulet autem in fide nihil hæsitans: qui enim hæsitat, similis est fluctui maris, qui a vento movetur et circumfertur:

7non ergo æstimet homo ille quod accipiat aliquid a Domino.

8Vir duplex animo inconstans est in omnibus viis suis.

9Glorietur autem frater humilis in exaltatione sua:

10dives autem in humilitate sua, quoniam sicut flos fœni transibit;

11exortus est enim sol cum ardore, et arefecit fœnum, et flos ejus decidit, et decor vultus ejus deperiit: ita et dives in itineribus suis marcescet.

12Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem: quoniam cum probatus fuerit, accipiet coronam vitæ, quam repromisit Deus diligentibus se.

13Nemo cum tentatur, dicat quoniam a Deo tentatur: Deus enim intentator malorum est: ipse autem neminem tentat.

14Unusquisque vero tentatur a concupiscentia sua abstractus, et illectus.

15Deinde concupiscentia cum conceperit, parit peccatum: peccatum vero cum consummatum fuerit, generat mortem.

16Nolite itaque errare, fratres mei dilectissimi.

17Omne datum optimum, et omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum, apud quem non est transmutatio, nec vicissitudinis obumbratio.

18Voluntarie enim genuit nos verbo veritatis, ut simus initium aliquod creaturæ ejus.

19Scitis, fratres mei dilectissimi. Sit autem omnis homo velox ad audiendum: tardus autem ad loquendum, et tardus ad iram.

20Ira enim viri justitiam Dei non operatur.

21Propter quod abjicientes omnem immunditiam, et abundantiam malitiæ, in mansuetudine suscipite insitum verbum, quod potest salvare animas vestras.

22Estote autem factores verbi, et non auditores tantum: fallentes vosmetipsos.

23Quia si quis auditor est verbi, et non factor, hic comparabitur viro consideranti vultum nativitatis suæ in speculo:

24consideravit enim se, et abiit, et statim oblitus est qualis fuerit.

25Qui autem perspexerit in legem perfectam libertatis, et permanserit in ea, non auditor obliviosus factus, sed factor operis: hic beatus in facto suo erit.

26Si quis autem putat se religiosum esse, non refrenans linguam suam, sed seducens cor suum, hujus vana est religio.

27Religio munda et immaculata apud Deum et Patrem, hæc est: visitare pupillos et viduas in tribulatione eorum, et immaculatum se custodire ab hoc sæculo.

1James, servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes of the dispersion, greetings.

2My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy,

3knowing that the proving of your faith exercises patience,

4and patience brings a work to perfection, so that you may be perfect and whole, deficient in nothing.

5But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.

6But he should ask with faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave on the ocean, which is moved about by the wind and carried away;

7then a man should not consider that he would receive anything from the Lord.

8For a man who is of two minds is inconstant in all his ways.

9Now a humble brother should glory in his exaltation,

10and a rich one, in his humiliation, for he will pass away like the flower of the grass.

11For the sun has risen with a scorching heat, and has dried the grass, and its flower has fallen off, and the appearance of its beauty has perished. So also will the rich one wither away, according to his paths.

12Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.

13No one should say, when he is tempted, that he was tempted by God. For God does not entice toward evils, and he himself tempts no one.

14Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away.

15Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death.

16And so, do not choose to go astray, my most beloved brothers.

17Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.

18For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.

19You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger.

20For the anger of man does not accomplish the justice of God.

21Because of this, having cast away all uncleanness and an abundance of malice, receive with meekness the newly-grafted Word, which is able to save your souls.

22So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves.

23For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with;

24and after considering himself, he went away and promptly forgot what he had seen.

25But he who gazes upon the perfect law of liberty, and who remains in it, is not a forgetful hearer, but instead a doer of the work. He shall be blessed in what he does.

26But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one’s religion is vanity.

27This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age.