James 1
1 James the servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
ii"svarasya prabho ryii"sukhrii. s.tasya ca daaso yaakuub vikiir. niibhuutaan dvaada"sa. m va. m"saan prati namask. rtya patra. m likhati|
2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;
he mama bhraatara. h, yuuya. m yadaa bahuvidhapariik. saa. su nipatata tadaa tat puur. naanandasya kaara. na. m manyadhva. m|
3 Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
yato yu. smaaka. m vi"svaasasya pariik. sitatvena dhairyya. m sampaadyata iti jaaniitha|
4 And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.
tacca dhairyya. m siddhaphala. m bhavatu tena yuuya. m siddhaa. h sampuur. naa"sca bhavi. syatha kasyaapi gu. nasyaabhaava"sca yu. smaaka. m na bhavi. syati|
5 But 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.
yu. smaaka. m kasyaapi j naanaabhaavo yadi bhavet tarhi ya ii"svara. h saralabhaavena tiraskaara nca vinaa sarvvebhyo dadaati tata. h sa yaacataa. m tatastasmai daayi. syate|
6 But 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.
kintu sa ni. hsandeha. h san vi"svaasena yaacataa. m yata. h sandigdho maanavo vaayunaa caalitasyotplavamaanasya ca samudratara"ngasya sad. r"so bhavati|
7 Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
taad. r"so maanava. h prabho. h ki ncit praapsyatiiti na manyataa. m|
8 A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
dvimanaa loka. h sarvvagati. su ca ncalo bhavati|
9 But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:
yo bhraataa namra. h sa nijonnatyaa "slaaghataa. m|
10 And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.
ya"sca dhanavaan sa nijanamratayaa "slaaghataa. myata. h sa t. r.napu. spavat k. saya. m gami. syati|
11 For 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.
yata. h sataapena suuryye. noditya t. r.na. m "so. syate tatpu. spa nca bhra"syati tena tasya ruupasya saundaryya. m na"syati tadvad dhaniloko. api sviiyamuu. dhatayaa mlaasyati|
12 Blessed 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.
yo jana. h pariik. saa. m sahate sa eva dhanya. h, yata. h pariik. sitatva. m praapya sa prabhunaa svapremakaaribhya. h pratij naata. m jiivanamuku. ta. m lapsyate|
13 Let 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.
ii"svaro maa. m pariik. sata iti pariik. saasamaye ko. api na vadatu yata. h paapaaye"svarasya pariik. saa na bhavati sa ca kamapi na pariik. sate|
14 But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
kintu ya. h ka"scit sviiyamanovaa nchayaak. r.syate lobhyate ca tasyaiva pariik. saa bhavati|
15 Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.
tasmaat saa manovaa nchaa sagarbhaa bhuutvaa du. sk. rti. m prasuute du. sk. rti"sca pari. naama. m gatvaa m. rtyu. m janayati|
16 Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.
he mama priyabhraatara. h, yuuya. m na bhraamyata|
17 Every 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.
yat ki ncid uttama. m daana. m puur. no vara"sca tat sarvvam uurddhvaad arthato yasmin da"saantara. m parivarttanajaatacchaayaa vaa naasti tasmaad diiptyaakaraat pituravarohati|
18 For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.
tasya s. r.s. tavastuunaa. m madhye vaya. m yat prathamaphalasvaruupaa bhavaamastadartha. m sa svecchaata. h satyamatasya vaakyenaasmaan janayaamaasa|
19 You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.
ataeva he mama priyabhraatara. h, yu. smaakam ekaiko jana. h "srava. ne tvarita. h kathane dhiira. h krodhe. api dhiiro bhavatu|
20 For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.
yato maanavasya krodha ii"svariiyadharmma. m na saadhayati|
21 Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
ato heto ryuuya. m sarvvaam a"sucikriyaa. m du. s.tataabaahulya nca nik. sipya yu. smanmanasaa. m paritraa. ne samartha. m ropita. m vaakya. m namrabhaavena g. rhliita|
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
apara nca yuuya. m kevalam aatmava ncayitaaro vaakyasya "srotaaro na bhavata kintu vaakyasya karmmakaari. no bhavata|
23 For 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.
yato ya. h ka"scid vaakyasya karmmakaarii na bhuutvaa kevala. m tasya "srotaa bhavati sa darpa. ne sviiya"saariirikavadana. m niriik. samaa. nasya manujasya sad. r"sa. h|
24 For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.
aatmaakaare d. r.s. te sa prasthaaya kiid. r"sa aasiit tat tatk. sa. naad vismarati|
25 But 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.
kintu ya. h ka"scit natvaa mukte. h siddhaa. m vyavasthaam aalokya ti. s.thati sa vism. rtiyukta. h "srotaa na bhuutvaa karmmakarttaiva san svakaaryye dhanyo bhavi. syati|
26 And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
anaayattarasana. h san ya. h ka"scit svamano va ncayitvaa sva. m bhakta. m manyate tasya bhakti rmudhaa bhavati|
27 Religion 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.
kle"sakaale pit. rhiinaanaa. m vidhavaanaa nca yad avek. sa. na. m sa. msaaraacca ni. skala"nkena yad aatmarak. sa. na. m tadeva piturii"svarasya saak. saat "suci rnirmmalaa ca bhakti. h|
