James 1
1 Iames a seruant of God, and of the Lord Iesus Christ, to the twelue Tribes, which are scattered abroade, salutation.
Iacobus Dei, et Domini nostri Iesu Christi servus, duodecim tribubus, quae sunt in dispersione, salutem.
2 My brethren, count it exceeding ioy, when ye fall into diuers tentations,
Omne gaudium existimate fratres mei, cum in tentationes varias incideritis:
3 Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,
scientes quod probatio fidei vestrae patientiam operatur.
4 And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect and entier, lacking nothing.
Patientia autem opus perfectum habet: ut sitis perfecti et integri in nullo deficientes.
5 If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, and reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.
Si quis autem vestrum indiget sapientia, postulet a Deo, qui dat omnibus affluenter, et non improperat: et dabitur ei.
6 But let him aske in faith, and wauer not: for hee that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the winde, and caried away.
Postulet autem in fide nihil haesitans: qui enim haesitat, similis est fluctui maris, qui a vento movetur et circumfertur.
7 Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord.
non ergo aestimet homo ille quod accipiat aliquid a Domino.
8 A double minded man is vnstable in all his waies.
Vir duplex animo inconstans est in omnibus viis suis.
9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:
Glorietur autem frater humilis in exaltatione sua:
10 Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.
dives autem in humilitate sua, quoniam sicut flos foeni transibit:
11 For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.
exortus est enim sol cum ardore, et arefecit foenum, et flos eius decidit, et decor vultus eius deperiit: ita et dives in itineribus suis marcescet.
12 Blessed is ye man, that endureth tentation: for when he is tried, hee shall receiue the crowne of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him.
Beatus vir, qui suffert tentationem: quoniam cum probatus fuerit, accipiet coronam vitae, quam repromisit Deus diligentibus se.
13 Let no man say when hee is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God can not bee tempted with euill, neither tempteth he any man.
Nemo cum tentatur, dicat quoniam a Deo tentatur: Deus enim intentator malorum est: ipse autem neminem tentat.
14 But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised.
Unusquisque vero tentatur a concupiscentia sua abstractus, et illectus.
15 Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth foorth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth foorth death.
Deinde concupiscentia cum conceperit, parit peccatum: peccatum vero cum consummatum fuerit, generat mortem.
16 Erre not, my deare brethren.
Nolite itaque errare fratres mei dilectissimi.
17 Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning.
Omne datum optimum, et omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum, apud quem non est transmutatio, nec vicissitudinis obumbratio.
18 Of his owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites of his creatures.
Voluntarie enim genuit nos verbo veritatis, ut simus initium aliquod creaturae eius.
19 Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
Scitis fratres mei dilectissimi. Sit autem omnis homo velox ad audiendum: tardus autem ad loquendum, et tardus ad iram.
20 For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.
Ira enim viri, iustitiam Dei non operatur.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.
Propter quod abiicientes omnem immunditiam, et abundantiam malitiae, in mansuetudine suscipite insitum verbum, quod potest salvare animas vestras.
22 And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.
Estote autem factores verbi, et non auditores tantum: fallentes vosmetipsos.
23 For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.
Quia si quis auditor est verbi, et non factor: hic comparabitur viro consideranti vultum nativitatis suae in speculo:
24 For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was.
consideravit enim se, et abiit, et statim oblitus est qualis fuerit.
25 But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
Qui autem perspexerit in lege perfectae libertatis, et permanserit in ea, non auditor obliviosus factus, sed factor operis: hic beatus in facto suo erit.
26 If any man amog you seeme religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiueth his owne heart, this mans religion is vaine.
Si quis autem putat se religiosum esse, non refrenans linguam suam, sed seducens cor suum, huius vana est religio.
27 Pure religion and vndefiled before God, euen the Father, is this, to visite the fatherlesse, and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world.
Religio munda, et immaculata apud Deum et Patrem, haec est: Visitare pupillos, et viduas in tribulatione eorum, et immaculatum se custodire ab hoc saeculo.
