James 1
1 JAKUB, a servant of Aloha and of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, unto the twelve tribes who are dispersed among the nations: Peace.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 All joy shall be to you, my brethren, when you shall have entered into temptations many and various.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
3 For you know that the proving of faith maketh you to possess patience;
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 but to patience let there be a perfect work, that you may be complete and perfected, and in nothing be deficient.
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 If any of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask of Aloha, who giveth to all expansively, and upbraideth not, and it is given to him.
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.
6 But let him ask in faith, not wavering. For he who wavereth is like the waves of the sea which the wind disturbeth.
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.
7 And let not that man expect to receive any thing from the Lord,
For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 who is divided in his mind, and disturbed in all his ways.
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the humble brother glory in his exaltation,
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 and the rich in his humility; for as the flower of an herb, so he passeth.
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
11 For the sun ariseth in his heat, and drieth the herb, and the flower of it falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth; so also the rich withereth in his reverses.
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.
12 Blessed the man who endureth temptations: for when he hath been proved he shall receive the crown of life, which Aloha hath promised unto them who love him.
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.
13 Let no man say, when he is tempted, From Aloha I am tempted; for Aloha is not tempted with evils, and he no man tempteth.
Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
14 But each man from his concupiscence tempteth himself, and desireth, and is drawn away.
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
15 And this desire conceiveth and beareth sin; and sin, when it is perfected, beareth death.
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren;
Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 every good gift and perfect from above descendeth, from the Father of lights, with whom is no alteration, nor the shadow of vicissitude.
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.
18 He willed, and begat us by the word of truth, that we might be the first-ones of his creatures.
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.
19 And you, my beloved brethren, let every one of you be swift to hear, and slow to speak, and slow to be angry;
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 for the wrath of man the righteousness of Aloha worketh not.
for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore, remove from you all impurity and the abounding of wickedness, and with meekness receive the word which is engrafted in our nature, which is able to save your souls.
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 BUT be doers of the word, and not hearers only, neither deceive yourselves.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer of it, this (man) is like one who vieweth his face in a mirror;
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;
24 for he seeth himself and passeth, and hath forgotten what (manner of person) he was.
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 But every one who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he is not a hearer of the hearing of forgetfulness, but a doer of works; and this shall be blessed in his work.
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.
26 And if a man thinketh that he serveth Aloha, and holdeth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, of this man his service is vain.
If anyone amongst you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
27 For the service which is pure and true before Aloha the Father, is this, to visit the orphans and widows in their afflictions, and that a man keep himself from the world without blemish.
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.
