James 4
1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not behind, even of your lusts that war in your members?
yuṣmākaṁ madhye samarā raṇaśca kuta utpadyante? yuṣmadaṅgaśibirāśritābhyaḥ sukhecchābhyaḥ kiṁ notpadyante?
2 All of you lust, and have not: all of you kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: all of you fight and war, yet all of you have not, because all of you ask not.
yūyaṁ vāñchatha kintu nāpnutha, yūyaṁ narahatyām īrṣyāñca kurutha kintu kṛtārthā bhavituṁ na śaknutha, yūyaṁ yudhyatha raṇaṁ kurutha ca kintvaprāptāstiṣṭhatha, yato hetoḥ prārthanāṁ na kurutha|
3 All of you ask, and receive not, because all of you ask amiss, that all of you may consume it upon your lusts.
yūyaṁ prārthayadhve kintu na labhadhve yato hetoḥ svasukhabhogeṣu vyayārthaṁ ku prārthayadhve|
4 All of you adulterers and adulteresses, know all of you not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
he vyabhicāriṇo vyabhicāriṇyaśca, saṁsārasya yat maitryaṁ tad īśvarasya śātravamiti yūyaṁ kiṁ na jānītha? ata eva yaḥ kaścit saṁsārasya mitraṁ bhavitum abhilaṣati sa eveśvarasya śatru rbhavati|
5 Do all of you think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit (pneuma) that dwells in us lusts to envy?
yūyaṁ kiṁ manyadhve? śāstrasya vākyaṁ kiṁ phalahīnaṁ bhavet? asmadantarvāsī ya ātmā sa vā kim īrṣyārthaṁ prema karoti?
6 But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.
tannahi kintu sa pratulaṁ varaṁ vitarati tasmād uktamāste yathā, ātmābhimānalokānāṁ vipakṣo bhavatīśvaraḥ| kintu tenaiva namrebhyaḥ prasādād dīyate varaḥ||
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
ataeva yūyam īśvarasya vaśyā bhavata śayatānaṁ saṁrundha tena sa yuṣmattaḥ palāyiṣyate|
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, all of you sinners; and purify your hearts, all of you double minded.
īśvarasya samīpavarttino bhavata tena sa yuṣmākaṁ samīpavarttī bhaviṣyati| he pāpinaḥ, yūyaṁ svakarān pariṣkurudhvaṁ| he dvimanolokāḥ, yūyaṁ svāntaḥkaraṇāni śucīni kurudhvaṁ|
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
yūyam udvijadhvaṁ śocata vilapata ca, yuṣmākaṁ hāsaḥ śokāya, ānandaśca kātaratāyai parivarttetāṁ|
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
prabhoḥ samakṣaṁ namrā bhavata tasmāt sa yuṣmān uccīkariṣyati|
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
he bhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ parasparaṁ mā dūṣayata| yaḥ kaścid bhrātaraṁ dūṣayati bhrātu rvicārañca karoti sa vyavasthāṁ dūṣayati vyavasthāyāśca vicāraṁ karoti| tvaṁ yadi vyavasthāyā vicāraṁ karoṣi tarhi vyavasthāpālayitā na bhavasi kintu vicārayitā bhavasi|
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you that judge another?
advitīyo vyavasthāpako vicārayitā ca sa evāste yo rakṣituṁ nāśayituñca pārayati| kintu kastvaṁ yat parasya vicāraṁ karoṣi?
13 Go to now, all of you that say, To day or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
adya śvo vā vayam amukanagaraṁ gatvā tatra varṣamekaṁ yāpayanto vāṇijyaṁ kariṣyāmaḥ lābhaṁ prāpsyāmaśceti kathāṁ bhāṣamāṇā yūyam idānīṁ śṛṇuta|
14 Whereas all of you know not what shall be on the next day. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
śvaḥ kiṁ ghaṭiṣyate tad yūyaṁ na jānītha yato jīvanaṁ vo bhavet kīdṛk tattu bāṣpasvarūpakaṁ, kṣaṇamātraṁ bhaved dṛśyaṁ lupyate ca tataḥ paraṁ|
15 For that all of you ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
tadanuktvā yuṣmākam idaṁ kathanīyaṁ prabhoricchāto vayaṁ yadi jīvāmastarhyetat karmma tat karmma vā kariṣyāma iti|
16 But now all of you rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
kintvidānīṁ yūyaṁ garvvavākyaiḥ ślāghanaṁ kurudhve tādṛśaṁ sarvvaṁ ślāghanaṁ kutsitameva|
17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
ato yaḥ kaścit satkarmma karttaṁ viditvā tanna karoti tasya pāpaṁ jāyate|
