James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
īśvarasya prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya ca dāso yākūb vikīrṇībhūtān dvādaśaṁ vaṁśān prati namaskṛtya patraṁ likhati|
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
he mama bhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ yadā bahuvidhaparīkṣāṣu nipatata tadā tat pūrṇānandasya kāraṇaṁ manyadhvaṁ|
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
yato yuṣmākaṁ viśvāsasya parīkṣitatvena dhairyyaṁ sampādyata iti jānītha|
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
tacca dhairyyaṁ siddhaphalaṁ bhavatu tena yūyaṁ siddhāḥ sampūrṇāśca bhaviṣyatha kasyāpi guṇasyābhāvaśca yuṣmākaṁ na bhaviṣyati|
5 But 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.
yuṣmākaṁ kasyāpi jñānābhāvo yadi bhavet tarhi ya īśvaraḥ saralabhāvena tiraskārañca vinā sarvvebhyo dadāti tataḥ sa yācatāṁ tatastasmai dāyiṣyate|
6 But 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.
kintu sa niḥsandehaḥ san viśvāsena yācatāṁ yataḥ sandigdho mānavo vāyunā cālitasyotplavamānasya ca samudrataraṅgasya sadṛśo bhavati|
7 For that man should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
tādṛśo mānavaḥ prabhoḥ kiñcit prāpsyatīti na manyatāṁ|
8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
dvimanā lokaḥ sarvvagatiṣu cañcalo bhavati|
9 Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
yo bhrātā namraḥ sa nijonnatyā ślāghatāṁ|
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
yaśca dhanavān sa nijanamratayā ślāghatāṁyataḥ sa tṛṇapuṣpavat kṣayaṁ gamiṣyati|
11 For 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 the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
yataḥ satāpena sūryyeṇoditya tṛṇaṁ śoṣyate tatpuṣpañca bhraśyati tena tasya rūpasya saundaryyaṁ naśyati tadvad dhaniloko'pi svīyamūḍhatayā mlāsyati|
12 Blessed is a person 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.
yo janaḥ parīkṣāṁ sahate sa eva dhanyaḥ, yataḥ parīkṣitatvaṁ prāpya sa prabhunā svapremakāribhyaḥ pratijñātaṁ jīvanamukuṭaṁ lapsyate|
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
īśvaro māṁ parīkṣata iti parīkṣāsamaye ko'pi na vadatu yataḥ pāpāyeśvarasya parīkṣā na bhavati sa ca kamapi na parīkṣate|
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
kintu yaḥ kaścit svīyamanovāñchayākṛṣyate lobhyate ca tasyaiva parīkṣā bhavati|
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
tasmāt sā manovāñchā sagarbhā bhūtvā duṣkṛtiṁ prasūte duṣkṛtiśca pariṇāmaṁ gatvā mṛtyuṁ janayati|
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
he mama priyabhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ na bhrāmyata|
17 Every 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.
yat kiñcid uttamaṁ dānaṁ pūrṇo varaśca tat sarvvam ūrddhvād arthato yasmin daśāntaraṁ parivarttanajātacchāyā vā nāsti tasmād dīptyākarāt pituravarohati|
18 Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
tasya sṛṣṭavastūnāṁ madhye vayaṁ yat prathamaphalasvarūpā bhavāmastadarthaṁ sa svecchātaḥ satyamatasya vākyenāsmān janayāmāsa|
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
ataeva he mama priyabhrātaraḥ, yuṣmākam ekaiko janaḥ śravaṇe tvaritaḥ kathane dhīraḥ krodhe'pi dhīro bhavatu|
20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
yato mānavasya krodha īśvarīyadharmmaṁ na sādhayati|
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
ato heto ryūyaṁ sarvvām aśucikriyāṁ duṣṭatābāhulyañca nikṣipya yuṣmanmanasāṁ paritrāṇe samarthaṁ ropitaṁ vākyaṁ namrabhāvena gṛhlīta|
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
aparañca yūyaṁ kevalam ātmavañcayitāro vākyasya śrotāro na bhavata kintu vākyasya karmmakāriṇo bhavata|
23 For 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;
yato yaḥ kaścid vākyasya karmmakārī na bhūtvā kevalaṁ tasya śrotā bhavati sa darpaṇe svīyaśārīrikavadanaṁ nirīkṣamāṇasya manujasya sadṛśaḥ|
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
ātmākāre dṛṣṭe sa prasthāya kīdṛśa āsīt tat tatkṣaṇād vismarati|
25 But 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.
kintu yaḥ kaścit natvā mukteḥ siddhāṁ vyavasthām ālokya tiṣṭhati sa vismṛtiyuktaḥ śrotā na bhūtvā karmmakarttaiva san svakāryye dhanyo bhaviṣyati|
26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
anāyattarasanaḥ san yaḥ kaścit svamano vañcayitvā svaṁ bhaktaṁ manyate tasya bhakti rmudhā bhavati|
27 Pure 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.
kleśakāle pitṛhīnānāṁ vidhavānāñca yad avekṣaṇaṁ saṁsārācca niṣkalaṅkena yad ātmarakṣaṇaṁ tadeva piturīśvarasya sākṣāt śuci rnirmmalā ca bhaktiḥ|
