James 2
1 My brethren, haue not the faith of our glorious Lord Iesus Christ in respect of persons.
he mama bhrātaraḥ, yūyam asmākaṁ tejasvinaḥ prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya dharmmaṁ mukhāpekṣayā na dhārayata|
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 yuṣmākaṁ sabhāyāṁ svarṇāṅgurīyakayukte bhrājiṣṇuparicchade puruṣe praviṣṭe malinavastre kasmiṁścid daridre'pi praviṣṭe
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,
yūyaṁ yadi taṁ bhrājiṣṇuparicchadavasānaṁ janaṁ nirīkṣya vadeta bhavān atrottamasthāna upaviśatviti kiñca taṁ daridraṁ yadi vadeta tvam amusmin sthāne tiṣṭha yadvātra mama pādapīṭha upaviśeti,
4 Are yee not partiall in your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoughts?
tarhi manaḥsu viśeṣya yūyaṁ kiṁ kutarkaiḥ kuvicārakā 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 priyabhrātaraḥ, śṛṇuta, saṁsāre ye daridrāstān īśvaro viśvāsena dhaninaḥ svapremakāribhyaśca pratiśrutasya rājyasyādhikāriṇaḥ karttuṁ kiṁ na varītavān? kintu daridro yuṣmābhiravajñāyate|
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 kiṁ yuṣmān nopadravanti balācca vicārāsanānāṁ samīpaṁ na nayanti?
7 Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be named?
yuṣmadupari parikīrttitaṁ paramaṁ nāma kiṁ 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.
kiñca tvaṁ svasamīpavāsini svātmavat prīyasva, etacchāstrīyavacanānusārato yadi yūyaṁ rājakīyavyavasthāṁ pālayatha tarhi bhadraṁ kurutha|
9 But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.
yadi ca mukhāpekṣāṁ kurutha tarhi pāpam ācaratha vyavasthayā cājñālaṅghina iva dūṣyadhve|
10 For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all.
yato yaḥ kaścit kṛtsnāṁ vyavasthāṁ pālayati sa yadyekasmin vidhau skhalati tarhi sarvveṣām aparādhī 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 hetostvaṁ paradārān mā gaccheti yaḥ kathitavān sa eva narahatyāṁ mā kuryyā ityapi kathitavān tasmāt tvaṁ paradārān na gatvā yadi narahatyāṁ karoṣi tarhi vyavasthālaṅghī bhavasi|
12 So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shall be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.
mukte rvyavasthāto yeṣāṁ vicāreṇa bhavitavyaṁ tādṛśā lokā iva yūyaṁ kathāṁ kathayata karmma kuruta ca|
13 For there shalbe condemnation merciles to him that sheweth not mercie, and mercie reioyceth against condemnation.
yo dayāṁ nācarati tasya vicāro nirddayena kāriṣyate, kintu dayā vicāram abhibhaviṣyati|
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 bhrātaraḥ, mama pratyayo'stīti yaḥ kathayati tasya karmmāṇi yadi na vidyanta tarhi tena kiṁ phalaṁ? tena pratyayena kiṁ tasya paritrāṇaṁ bhavituṁ śaknoti?
15 For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,
keṣucid bhrātṛṣu bhaginīṣu vā vasanahīneṣu prātyahikāhārahīneṣu ca satsu yuṣmākaṁ ko'pi tebhyaḥ śarīrārthaṁ prayojanīyāni dravyāṇi na datvā yadi tān 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?
yūyaṁ sakuśalaṁ gatvoṣṇagātrā bhavata tṛpyata ceti tarhyetena kiṁ phalaṁ?
17 Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.
tadvat pratyayo yadi karmmabhi ryukto na bhavet tarhyekākitvāt mṛta evāste|
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.
kiñca kaścid idaṁ vadiṣyati tava pratyayo vidyate mama ca karmmāṇi vidyante, tvaṁ karmmahīnaṁ svapratyayaṁ māṁ darśaya tarhyahamapi matkarmmabhyaḥ svapratyayaṁ tvāṁ darśayiṣyāmi|
19 Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble.
eka īśvaro 'stīti tvaṁ pratyeṣi| bhadraṁ karoṣi| bhūtā 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 nirbbodhamānava, karmmahīnaḥ pratyayo mṛta evāstyetad avagantuṁ kim icchasi?
21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?
asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣo ya ibrāhīm svaputram ishākaṁ yajñavedyām utsṛṣṭavān sa kiṁ karmmabhyo na sapuṇyīkṛtaḥ?
22 Seest thou not that the faith wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made perfect.
pratyaye tasya karmmaṇāṁ sahakāriṇi jāte karmmabhiḥ pratyayaḥ siddho 'bhavat tat kiṁ paśyasi?
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.
itthañcedaṁ śāstrīyavacanaṁ saphalam abhavat, ibrāhīm parameśvare viśvasitavān tacca tasya puṇyāyāgaṇyata sa ceśvarasya mitra iti nāma labdhavān|
24 Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.
paśyata mānavaḥ karmmabhyaḥ sapuṇyīkriyate na caikākinā 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 yā rāhabnāmikā vārāṅganā cārān anugṛhyāpareṇa mārgeṇa visasarja sāpi kiṁ karmmabhyo na sapuṇyīkṛtā?
26 For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.
ataevātmahīno deho yathā mṛto'sti tathaiva karmmahīnaḥ pratyayo'pi mṛto'sti|
