يَعقُوب 1
| مِنْ يَعْقُوبَ، عَبْدِ اللهِ وَالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، إِلَى أَسْبَاطِ الْيَهُودِ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ، الْمُشَتَّتِينَ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ سَلامٌ! | ١ 1 |
James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: to the twelve tribes who are scattered over the world. All good wishes.
| يَا إِخْوَتِي، عِنْدَمَا تَنْزِلُ بِكُمُ التَّجَارِبُ وَالْمِحَنُ الْمُخْتَلِفَةُ، اعْتَبِرُوهَا سَبِيلاً إِلَى الْفَرَحِ الْكُلِّيِّ. | ٢ 2 |
Reckon it nothing but joy, my brethren, whenever you find yourselves hedged in by various trials.
| وَكُونُوا عَلَى ثِقَةٍ بِأَنَّ امْتِحَانَ إِيمَانِكُمْ هَذَا يُنْتِجُ صَبْراً. | ٣ 3 |
Be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance.
| وَدَعُوا الصَّبْرَ يَعْمَلُ عَمَلَهُ الْكَامِلَ فِيكُمْ، لِكَيْ يَكْتَمِلَ نُضْجُكُمْ وَتَصِيرُوا أَقْوِيَاءَ قَادِرِينَ عَلَى مُوَاجَهَةِ جَمِيعِ الأَحْوَالِ. | ٤ 4 |
Only let endurance have perfect results so that you may become perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.
| وَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى الْحِكْمَةِ، فَلْيَطْلُبْ مِنَ اللهِ الَّذِي يُعْطِي الْجَمِيعَ بِسَخَاءٍ وَلا يُعَيِّرُ. فَسَيُعْطَى لَهُ. | ٥ 5 |
And if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives with open hand to all men, and without upbraiding; and it will be given him.
| وَإِنَّمَا، عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَطْلُبَ ذَلِكَ بِإِيمَانٍ، دُونَ أَيِّ تَرَدُّدٍ أَوْ شَكٍّ. فَإِنَّ الَّذِي يَشُكُّ يُشْبِهُ مَوْجَةَ الْبَحْرِ، تَتَلاعَبُ بِها الرِّيَاحُ فَتَقْذِفُهَا وَتَرُدُّهَا! | ٦ 6 |
But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray.
| فَلا يَتَوَهَّمِ الْمُرْتَابُ أَنَّهُ يَنَالُ شَيْئاً مِنَ الرَّبِّ. | ٧ 7 |
A person of that sort must not expect to receive anything from the Lord--
| فَعِنْدَمَا يَكُونُ الإِنْسَانُ بِرَأْيَيْنِ، لَا يَثْبُتُ عَلَى قَرَارٍ فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
such a one is a man of two minds, undecided in every step he takes.
| مَنْ كَانَ فَقِيراً وَأَخاً مُؤْمِناً، فَلْيُسَرَّ بِمَقَامِهِ الَّذِي رَفَعَهُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ. | ٩ 9 |
Let a brother in humble life rejoice when raised to a higher position;
| وَأَمَّا الْغَنِيُّ، فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ أَنَّ مَالَهُ لَا يُغْنِيهِ عَنِ اللهِ: لأَنَّ نِهَايَتَهُ سَتَكُونُ كَنِهَايَةِ الأَعْشَابِ الْمُزْهِرَةِ. | ١٠ 10 |
but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass away.
| فَعِنْدَمَا تُشْرِقُ الشَّمْسُ بِحَرِّهَا الْمُحْرِقِ، تُيَبِّسُ تِلْكَ الأَعْشَابَ، فَيَسْقُطُ زَهْرُهَا، وَيَتَلاشَى جَمَالُ مَنْظَرِهَا. هَكَذَا يَذْبُلُ الْغَنِيُّ فِي طُرُقِهِ! | ١١ 11 |
The sun rises with his scorching heat and dries up the herbage, so that its flowers drop off and the beauty of its appearance perishes, and in the same way rich men with all their prosperity will fade away.
| طُوبَى لِمَنْ يَتَحَمَّلُ الْمِحْنَةَ بِصَبْرٍ. فَإِنَّهُ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يَجْتَازَ الامْتِحَانَ بِنَجَاحٍ، سَيَنَالُ «إِكْلِيلَ الْحَيَاةِ» الَّذِي وَعَدَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ مُحِبِّيهِ! | ١٢ 12 |
Blessed is he who patiently endures trials; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the victor's crown--even the crown of Life--which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
| وَإذَا تَعَرَّضَ أَحَدٌ لِتَجْرِبَةٍ مَا، فَلا يَقُلْ: «إِنَّ اللهَ يُجَرِّبُنِي!» ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ اللهَ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُجَرِّبَهُ الشَّرُّ، وَهُوَ لَا يُجَرِّبُ بِهِ أَحَداً. | ١٣ 13 |
Let no one say when passing through trial, "My temptation is from God;" for God is incapable of being tempted to do evil, and He Himself tempts no one.
| وَلَكِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ يَسْقُطُ فِي التَّجْرِبَةِ حِينَ يَنْدَفِعُ مَخْدُوعاً وَرَاءَ شَهْوَتِهِ. | ١٤ 14 |
But when a man is tempted, it is his own passions that carry him away and serve as a bait.
| فَإِذَا مَا حَبِلَتِ الشَّهْوَةُ وَلَدَتِ الْخَطِيئَةَ. وَمَتَى نَضَجَتِ الْخَطِيئَةُ، أَنْتَجَتِ الْمَوْتَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Then the passion conceives, and becomes the parent of sin; and sin, when fully matured, gives birth to death.
| فَيَا إِخْوَتِي الأَحِبَّاءَ، لَا تَضِلُّوا: | ١٦ 16 |
Do not be deceived, my dearly-loved brethren.
| إِنَّ كُلَّ عَطِيَّةٍ صَالِحَةٍ وَهِبَةٍ كَامِلَةٍ إِنَّمَا تَنْزِلُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، مِنْ عِنْدِ أَبِي الأَنْوَارِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِيهِ تَحَوُّلٌ، وَلا ظِلٌّ لأَنَّهُ لَا يَدُورُ. | ١٧ 17 |
Every gift which is good, and every perfect boon, is from above, and comes down from the Father, who is the source of all Light. In Him there is no variation nor the slightest suggestion of change.
| وَهُوَ قَدْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا أَوْلاداً لَهُ، فَوَلَدَنَا بِكَلِمَتِهِ، كَلِمَةِ الْحَقِّ. وَغَايَتُهُ أَنْ نَكُونَ بَاكُورَةَ خَلِيقَتِهِ. | ١٨ 18 |
In accordance with His will He made us His children through the Message of the truth, so that we might, in a sense, be the Firstfruits of the things which He has created.
| لِذَلِكَ، يَا إِخْوَتِي الأَحِبَّاءَ، عَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مُسْرِعاً إِلَى الإِصْغَاءِ، غَيْرَ مُتَسَرِّعٍ فِي الْكَلامِ، بَطِيءَ الْغَضَبِ. | ١٩ 19 |
You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.
| لأَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ، إِذَا غَضِبَ، لَا يَعْمَلُ الصَّلاحَ الَّذِي يُرِيدُهُ اللهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
For a man's anger does not lead to action which God regards as righteous.
| إِذَنْ، تَخَلَّصُوا مِنْ كُلِّ مَا فِي حَيَاتِكُمْ مِنْ نَجَاسَةٍ وَشَرٍّ مُتَزَايِدٍ. وَلْيَكُنْ قُبُولُكُمْ الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي غَرَسَهَا اللهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ، قُبُولاً وَدِيعاً. فَهِيَ الْقَادِرَةُ أَنْ تُخَلِّصَ نُفُوسَكُمْ. | ٢١ 21 |
Ridding yourselves, therefore, of all that is vile and of the evil influences which prevail around you, welcome in a humble spirit the Message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
| لَا تَكْتَفُوا فَقَطْ بِسَمَاعِهَا، بَلِ اعْمَلُوا بِها، وَإلَّا كُنْتُمْ تَغُشُّونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ. | ٢٢ 22 |
But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
| فَالَّذِي يَسْمَعُ الْكَلِمَةَ وَلا يَعْمَلُ بِها، يَكُونُ كَمَنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْمِرْآةِ لِيُشَاهِدَ وَجْهَهُ فِيهَا. | ٢٣ 23 |
For if any one listens but does not obey, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own face in a mirror.
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يَرَى نَفْسَهُ، يَذْهَبُ فَيَنْسَى صُورَتَهُ حَالاً. | ٢٤ 24 |
Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is.
| أَمَّا الَّذِي يَنْظُرُ بِالتَّدْقِيقِ فِي الْقَانُونِ الْكَامِلِ، قَانُونِ الْحُرِّيَّةِ، وَيُوَاظِبُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَيَكُونُ كَمَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ لَا كَمَنْ يَسْمَعُهَا وَيَنْسَاهَا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يُبَارِكُهُ كَثِيراً فِي كُلِّ مَا يَعْمَلُهُ. | ٢٥ 25 |
But he who looks closely into the perfect Law--the Law of freedom--and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.
| وَإِنْ ظَنَّ أَحَدٌ أَنَّهُ مُتَدَيِّنٌ، وَهُوَ لَا يُلْجِمُ لِسَانَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَغُشُّ قَلْبَهُ، وَدِيَانَتُهُ غَيْرُ نَافِعَةٍ! | ٢٦ 26 |
If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.
| فَالدِّيَانَةُ الطَّاهِرَةُ النَّقِيَّةُ فِي نَظَرِ اللهِ الآبِ تَظْهَرُ فِي زِيَارَةِ الأَيْتَامِ وَالأَرَامِلِ لإِعَانَتِهِمْ فِي ضِيقِهِمْ، وَفِي صِيَانَةِ النَّفْسِ مِنَ التَّلَوُّثِ بِفَسَادِ الْعَالَمِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world.
