James 2
1 My brethren, haue not the faith of our glorious Lord Iesus Christ in respect of persons.
hE mama bhrAtaraH, yUyam asmAkaM tEjasvinaH prabhO ryIzukhrISTasya dharmmaM mukhApEkSayA na dhArayata|
2 For if there come into your company a man with a golde ring, and in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment,
yatO yuSmAkaM sabhAyAM svarNAggurIyakayuktE bhrAjiSNuparicchadE puruSE praviSTE malinavastrE kasmiMzcid daridrE'pi praviSTE
3 And ye haue a respect to him that weareth the gaie clothing; and say vnto him, Sit thou here in a goodly place, and say vnto the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my footestoole,
yUyaM yadi taM bhrAjiSNuparicchadavasAnaM janaM nirIkSya vadEta bhavAn atrOttamasthAna upavizatviti kinjca taM daridraM yadi vadEta tvam amusmin sthAnE tiSTha yadvAtra mama pAdapITha upavizEti,
4 Are yee not partiall in your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoughts?
tarhi manaHsu vizESya yUyaM kiM kutarkaiH kuvicArakA na bhavatha?
5 Hearken my beloued brethren, hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, that they should be rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he promised to them that loue him?
hE mama priyabhrAtaraH, zRNuta, saMsArE yE daridrAstAn IzvarO vizvAsEna dhaninaH svaprEmakAribhyazca pratizrutasya rAjyasyAdhikAriNaH karttuM kiM na varItavAn? kintu daridrO yuSmAbhiravajnjAyatE|
6 But ye haue despised the poore. Doe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates?
dhanavanta Eva kiM yuSmAn nOpadravanti balAcca vicArAsanAnAM samIpaM na nayanti?
7 Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be named?
yuSmadupari parikIrttitaM paramaM nAma kiM tairEva na nindyatE?
8 But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.
kinjca tvaM svasamIpavAsini svAtmavat prIyasva, EtacchAstrIyavacanAnusAratO yadi yUyaM rAjakIyavyavasthAM pAlayatha tarhi bhadraM kurutha|
9 But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.
yadi ca mukhApEkSAM kurutha tarhi pApam Acaratha vyavasthayA cAjnjAlagghina iva dUSyadhvE|
10 For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all.
yatO yaH kazcit kRtsnAM vyavasthAM pAlayati sa yadyEkasmin vidhau skhalati tarhi sarvvESAm aparAdhI bhavati|
11 For he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.
yatO hEtOstvaM paradArAn mA gacchEti yaH kathitavAn sa Eva narahatyAM mA kuryyA ityapi kathitavAn tasmAt tvaM paradArAn na gatvA yadi narahatyAM karOSi tarhi vyavasthAlagghI bhavasi|
12 So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shall be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.
muktE rvyavasthAtO yESAM vicArENa bhavitavyaM tAdRzA lOkA iva yUyaM kathAM kathayata karmma kuruta ca|
13 For there shalbe condemnation merciles to him that sheweth not mercie, and mercie reioyceth against condemnation.
yO dayAM nAcarati tasya vicArO nirddayEna kAriSyatE, kintu dayA vicAram abhibhaviSyati|
14 What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?
hE mama bhrAtaraH, mama pratyayO'stIti yaH kathayati tasya karmmANi yadi na vidyanta tarhi tEna kiM phalaM? tEna pratyayEna kiM tasya paritrANaM bhavituM zaknOti?
15 For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,
kESucid bhrAtRSu bhaginISu vA vasanahInESu prAtyahikAhArahInESu ca satsu yuSmAkaM kO'pi tEbhyaH zarIrArthaM prayOjanIyAni dravyANi na datvA yadi tAn vadEt,
16 And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithstading ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?
yUyaM sakuzalaM gatvOSNagAtrA bhavata tRpyata cEti tarhyEtEna kiM phalaM?
17 Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.
tadvat pratyayO yadi karmmabhi ryuktO na bhavEt tarhyEkAkitvAt mRta EvAstE|
18 But some man might say, Thou hast the faith, and I haue woorkes: shewe me thy faith out of thy woorkes, and I will shewe thee my faith by my woorkes.
kinjca kazcid idaM vadiSyati tava pratyayO vidyatE mama ca karmmANi vidyantE, tvaM karmmahInaM svapratyayaM mAM darzaya tarhyahamapi matkarmmabhyaH svapratyayaM tvAM darzayiSyAmi|
19 Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble.
Eka IzvarO 'stIti tvaM pratyESi| bhadraM karOSi| bhUtA api tat pratiyanti kampantE ca|
20 But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?
kintu hE nirbbOdhamAnava, karmmahInaH pratyayO mRta EvAstyEtad avagantuM kim icchasi?
21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?
asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSO ya ibrAhIm svaputram ishAkaM yajnjavEdyAm utsRSTavAn sa kiM karmmabhyO na sapuNyIkRtaH?
22 Seest thou not that the faith wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made perfect.
pratyayE tasya karmmaNAM sahakAriNi jAtE karmmabhiH pratyayaH siddhO 'bhavat tat kiM pazyasi?
23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which sayeth, Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse: and hee was called the friende of God.
itthanjcEdaM zAstrIyavacanaM saphalam abhavat, ibrAhIm paramEzvarE vizvasitavAn tacca tasya puNyAyAgaNyata sa cEzvarasya mitra iti nAma labdhavAn|
24 Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.
pazyata mAnavaH karmmabhyaH sapuNyIkriyatE na caikAkinA pratyayEna|
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued ye messengers, and sent them out another way?
tadvad yA rAhabnAmikA vArAgganA cArAn anugRhyAparENa mArgENa visasarja sApi kiM karmmabhyO na sapuNyIkRtA?
26 For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.
ataEvAtmahInO dEhO yathA mRtO'sti tathaiva karmmahInaH pratyayO'pi mRtO'sti|
