< James 1 >

1 James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, greeting.
परमेश्‍वर र प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्‍टका सेवक याकूबबाट, छरपष्‍ट भएका बाह्र कुललाई अभिवादन ।
2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into manifold trials,
मेरा भाइहरू हो, तिमीहरूले अनेकौँ किसिमका समस्याहरूको अनुभव गर्दा त्यसलाई पूर्ण रूपमा आनन्द सम्झ,
3 knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience.
तिमीहरू जान्दछौ, कि तिमीहरूको विश्‍वासको जाँचले धैर्य उत्‍पन्‍न गराउँदछ ।
4 But let patience have its work perfected, that you may be perfect and faultless, wanting in nothing.
धैर्यलाई पूर्ण रूपमा काम गर्न देओ, ताकि तिमीहरू सम्पूर्ण रूपमा सुधारिएको र पूर्ण हुन सक र तिमीहरूमा कुनै कुराको कमी नहोस् ।
5 Now, if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him.
तर यदि तिमीहरूमध्ये कसैलाई बुद्धिको खाँचो छ भने, माग्‍ने जति सबैलाई उदारतासँग र नहप्काइकन दिनुहुने परमेश्‍वरसँग उसले मागोस् र उहाँले उसलाई त्यो दिनुहुनेछ ।
6 But let him ask in faith, doubting not: for he that doubts, is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and tossed.
तर उसले शङ्का नगरी विश्‍वाससाथ मागोस् । किनभने शङ्का गर्नेचाहिँ बतासले हुत्त्याउने र यताउता पल्टाउने समुद्रको छालजस्‍तो हुन्छ ।
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
त्यस्तो व्यक्‍तिले परमप्रभुबाट कुनै पनि कुरा पाउनेछु भनी नसोचोस् ।
8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.
त्यस्तो व्यक्‍ति दोहोरो मनको हुन्छ, र आफ्ना सबै चालमा ऊ अस्थिर हुन्छ ।
9 Let the brother that is in a lowly condition, glory in his exaltation:
दीन भाइले आफ्नो उच्‍च अवस्थामा गर्व गरोस्,
10 but he that is rich, in his humiliation; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
तर धनी मानिसले आफ्नो दीनतामा गर्व गरोस्, किनभने ऊ घाँसमा फलेको जङ्गली फुलझैँ ओइलाएर बितिजानेछ ।
11 For the sun rises with its burning heat, and withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its form perishes. So, also, shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
किनकि प्रचण्ड तापसहित सूर्य उदाउँछ र घाँसलाई सुकाइदिन्‍छ । फुल झर्छ, र त्‍यसको सौन्‍दर्य नष्‍ट हुन्छ । त्यसै गरी, धनी मानिस आफ्नो यात्राको बिचमा नै बिलाएर जानेछ ।
12 Blessed is the man that endures trial: for, being approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.
त्‍यो मानिस धन्‍यको हो जो परीक्षामा स्‍थिर रहन्‍छ । किनभने परीक्षामा सफलता प्राप्‍त गरिसकेपछि उसले जीवनको मुकुट पाउनेछ, जुन परमेश्‍वरलाई प्रेम गर्नेहरूका निम्ति प्रतिज्ञा गरिएको छ ।
13 Let no one say, when he is tempted, My temptation is from God; for God can not be tempted by evils, and he himself tempts no man.
परीक्षामा पर्दा “यो परीक्षा परमेश्‍वरबाट आएको हो” भनी कसैले पनि नभनोस् किनभने दुष्‍टबाट परमेश्‍वरको परीक्षा हुँदैन र उहाँ आफैँले पनि कसैको परीक्षा गर्नुहुन्‍न ।
14 But every one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desire, and is deluded.
तर हरेक व्यक्‍ति आफ्नै अभिलाषाद्वारा परीक्षामा पर्दछ, जसले उसलाई बहकाउँछ र प्रलोभनमा पार्दछ ।
15 So, then, desire, when it has conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when it is matured, brings forth death.
अभिलाषाले गर्भधारण गरेपछि त्यसले पाप जन्माउँछ । अनि पाप पूर्ण रूपमा बढेपछि त्यसले मृत्यु ल्याउँछ ।
16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren;
मेरा प्रिय भाइहरू हो, धोकामा नपर ।
17 every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor slightest trace of turning.
हरेक असल वरदान र हरेक सिद्ध वरदान माथिबाटको हो । ज्योतिका पिताबाट त्यो तल आउँछ । उहाँ बद्‌लिरहने छायाजस्तो बद्‌लिनुहुन्‍न ।
18 Of his own will, he begot us with the word of truth, in order that we might be, as it were, the first-fruits of his creatures.
उहाँले सृष्‍टि गर्नुभएका सबै कुरामध्‍ये हामी पहिलो फलझैँ हुन सकौँ भनेर परमेश्‍वरले सत्यको वचनद्वारा हामीलाई जीवन दिनलाई चुन्‍नुभयो ।
19 So, then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
मेरो प्रिय भाइहरू हो, तिमीहरू यो जान्‍दछौः हरेक मानिस सुन्‍नमा छिटो, बोल्नमा ढिलो र रिसाउनमा धीमा होस् ।
20 For the wrath of man produces not the righteousness of God.
किनभने मानिसको रिसले परमेश्‍वरको धार्मिकताको काम गर्दैन ।
21 Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness, and every excess caused by malice, receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
यसकारण, सबै पापमय घिनलाग्‍दा कुरा र दुष्‍टताको प्रचुरतालाई मिल्‍काइदेओ । रोपिएको वचनलाई विनम्रतामा धारण गर जसले तिमीहरूका प्राणलाई बचाउन सक्‍छ ।
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
आफैँलाई धोका दिने गरी वचन सुन्‍ने मात्र होइन, तर पालन पनि गर ।
23 For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face in a mirror:
किनकि यदि कोही वचन सुन्‍ने मात्र व्यक्‍ति हो, तर पालन गर्ने व्यक्‍ति होइन भने ऊ ऐनामा आफ्नो स्वाभाविक अनुहार जाँच्‍ने मानिसजस्तै हो ।
24 for he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what sort of person he is.
उसले आफैँलाई जाँच्छ र गइहाल्छ र ऊ कस्‍तो थियो भन्‍ने कुरा तुरुन्तै बिर्सिहाल्‍छ ।
25 But he that looks intently into the perfect law of liberty, and remains constant, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his deed.
तर सुनेर बिर्सने व्यक्‍ति मात्र नभई स्‍वतन्‍त्रताको सिद्ध व्‍यवस्‍थालाई होसियारीपूर्वक ध्यान दिने र निरन्तर त्यस्तै गरिरहने व्यक्‍तिचाहिँ उसले गर्ने कामहरूमा आशिषित हुनेछ ।
26 If any one among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
यदि कसैले आफैँलाई धार्मिक ठान्दछ, तर उसले आफ्नो जिब्रोलाई नियन्‍त्रण गर्दैन भने उसले आफ्‍नो हृदयलाई धोका दिन्छ र उसको धर्म व्यर्थको हुन्‍छ ।
27 Religion, pure and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
हाम्रा परमेश्‍वर र पिताको सामु पवित्र र निष्कलङ्क धर्म यही होः अनाथ र विधवाहरूको कष्‍टमा तिनीहरूलाई सहायता गर्नु, अनि आफैँलाई संसारबाट दोषरहित राख्‍नु ।

< James 1 >