James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion: Greetings!
| مِنْ يَعْقُوبَ، عَبْدِ اللهِ وَالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، إِلَى أَسْبَاطِ الْيَهُودِ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ، الْمُشَتَّتِينَ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ سَلامٌ! | ١ |
2 Count [it] all joy, my brothers, when you may fall into manifold temptations,
| يَا إِخْوَتِي، عِنْدَمَا تَنْزِلُ بِكُمُ التَّجَارِبُ وَالْمِحَنُ الْمُخْتَلِفَةُ، اعْتَبِرُوهَا سَبِيلاً إِلَى الْفَرَحِ الْكُلِّيِّ. | ٢ |
3 knowing that the proof of your faith works endurance,
| وَكُونُوا عَلَى ثِقَةٍ بِأَنَّ امْتِحَانَ إِيمَانِكُمْ هَذَا يُنْتِجُ صَبْراً. | ٣ |
4 and let the endurance have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
| وَدَعُوا الصَّبْرَ يَعْمَلُ عَمَلَهُ الْكَامِلَ فِيكُمْ، لِكَيْ يَكْتَمِلَ نُضْجُكُمْ وَتَصِيرُوا أَقْوِيَاءَ قَادِرِينَ عَلَى مُوَاجَهَةِ جَمِيعِ الأَحْوَالِ. | ٤ |
5 And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all generously, and not reproaching, and it will be given to him;
| وَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى الْحِكْمَةِ، فَلْيَطْلُبْ مِنَ اللهِ الَّذِي يُعْطِي الْجَمِيعَ بِسَخَاءٍ وَلا يُعَيِّرُ. فَسَيُعْطَى لَهُ. | ٥ |
6 but let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who is doubting has been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed;
| وَإِنَّمَا، عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَطْلُبَ ذَلِكَ بِإِيمَانٍ، دُونَ أَيِّ تَرَدُّدٍ أَوْ شَكٍّ. فَإِنَّ الَّذِي يَشُكُّ يُشْبِهُ مَوْجَةَ الْبَحْرِ، تَتَلاعَبُ بِها الرِّيَاحُ فَتَقْذِفُهَا وَتَرُدُّهَا! | ٦ |
7 for do not let that man suppose that he will receive anything from the LORD—
| فَلا يَتَوَهَّمِ الْمُرْتَابُ أَنَّهُ يَنَالُ شَيْئاً مِنَ الرَّبِّ. | ٧ |
8 a soul-split man [is] unstable in all his ways.
| فَعِنْدَمَا يَكُونُ الإِنْسَانُ بِرَأْيَيْنِ، لَا يَثْبُتُ عَلَى قَرَارٍ فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِهِ. | ٨ |
9 And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
| مَنْ كَانَ فَقِيراً وَأَخاً مُؤْمِناً، فَلْيُسَرَّ بِمَقَامِهِ الَّذِي رَفَعَهُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ. | ٩ |
10 but the rich in his becoming low, because he will pass away as a flower of grass;
| وَأَمَّا الْغَنِيُّ، فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ أَنَّ مَالَهُ لَا يُغْنِيهِ عَنِ اللهِ: لأَنَّ نِهَايَتَهُ سَتَكُونُ كَنِهَايَةِ الأَعْشَابِ الْمُزْهِرَةِ. | ١٠ |
11 for the sun rose with the burning heat, and withered the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished, so also the rich in his way will fade away!
| فَعِنْدَمَا تُشْرِقُ الشَّمْسُ بِحَرِّهَا الْمُحْرِقِ، تُيَبِّسُ تِلْكَ الأَعْشَابَ، فَيَسْقُطُ زَهْرُهَا، وَيَتَلاشَى جَمَالُ مَنْظَرِهَا. هَكَذَا يَذْبُلُ الْغَنِيُّ فِي طُرُقِهِ! | ١١ |
12 Blessed [is] the man who endures temptation, because, becoming approved, he will receive the garland of life, which the LORD promised to those loving Him.
| طُوبَى لِمَنْ يَتَحَمَّلُ الْمِحْنَةَ بِصَبْرٍ. فَإِنَّهُ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يَجْتَازَ الامْتِحَانَ بِنَجَاحٍ، سَيَنَالُ «إِكْلِيلَ الْحَيَاةِ» الَّذِي وَعَدَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ مُحِبِّيهِ! | ١٢ |
13 Let no one who is being tempted say, “I am tempted from God,” for God is not tempted by evils, and Himself tempts no one,
| وَإذَا تَعَرَّضَ أَحَدٌ لِتَجْرِبَةٍ مَا، فَلا يَقُلْ: «إِنَّ اللهَ يُجَرِّبُنِي!» ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ اللهَ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُجَرِّبَهُ الشَّرُّ، وَهُوَ لَا يُجَرِّبُ بِهِ أَحَداً. | ١٣ |
14 but each one is tempted, being led away and enticed by his own desires;
| وَلَكِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ يَسْقُطُ فِي التَّجْرِبَةِ حِينَ يَنْدَفِعُ مَخْدُوعاً وَرَاءَ شَهْوَتِهِ. | ١٤ |
15 afterward the desire having conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin having been perfected, brings forth death.
| فَإِذَا مَا حَبِلَتِ الشَّهْوَةُ وَلَدَتِ الْخَطِيئَةَ. وَمَتَى نَضَجَتِ الْخَطِيئَةُ، أَنْتَجَتِ الْمَوْتَ. | ١٥ |
16 Do not be led astray, my beloved brothers.
| فَيَا إِخْوَتِي الأَحِبَّاءَ، لَا تَضِلُّوا: | ١٦ |
17 Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
| إِنَّ كُلَّ عَطِيَّةٍ صَالِحَةٍ وَهِبَةٍ كَامِلَةٍ إِنَّمَا تَنْزِلُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، مِنْ عِنْدِ أَبِي الأَنْوَارِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِيهِ تَحَوُّلٌ، وَلا ظِلٌّ لأَنَّهُ لَا يَدُورُ. | ١٧ |
18 having willed [it], He begot us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.
| وَهُوَ قَدْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا أَوْلاداً لَهُ، فَوَلَدَنَا بِكَلِمَتِهِ، كَلِمَةِ الْحَقِّ. وَغَايَتُهُ أَنْ نَكُونَ بَاكُورَةَ خَلِيقَتِهِ. | ١٨ |
19 So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
| لِذَلِكَ، يَا إِخْوَتِي الأَحِبَّاءَ، عَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مُسْرِعاً إِلَى الإِصْغَاءِ، غَيْرَ مُتَسَرِّعٍ فِي الْكَلامِ، بَطِيءَ الْغَضَبِ. | ١٩ |
20 for the wrath of a man does not work the righteousness of God;
| لأَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ، إِذَا غَضِبَ، لَا يَعْمَلُ الصَّلاحَ الَّذِي يُرِيدُهُ اللهُ. | ٢٠ |
21 for this reason, having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, receive the implanted word in meekness, that is able to save your souls;
| إِذَنْ، تَخَلَّصُوا مِنْ كُلِّ مَا فِي حَيَاتِكُمْ مِنْ نَجَاسَةٍ وَشَرٍّ مُتَزَايِدٍ. وَلْيَكُنْ قُبُولُكُمْ الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي غَرَسَهَا اللهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ، قُبُولاً وَدِيعاً. فَهِيَ الْقَادِرَةُ أَنْ تُخَلِّصَ نُفُوسَكُمْ. | ٢١ |
22 and become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
| لَا تَكْتَفُوا فَقَطْ بِسَمَاعِهَا، بَلِ اعْمَلُوا بِها، وَإلَّا كُنْتُمْ تَغُشُّونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ. | ٢٢ |
23 because, if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one has been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,
| فَالَّذِي يَسْمَعُ الْكَلِمَةَ وَلا يَعْمَلُ بِها، يَكُونُ كَمَنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْمِرْآةِ لِيُشَاهِدَ وَجْهَهُ فِيهَا. | ٢٣ |
24 for he viewed himself, and has gone away, and immediately he forgot what kind of [man] he was;
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يَرَى نَفْسَهُ، يَذْهَبُ فَيَنْسَى صُورَتَهُ حَالاً. | ٢٤ |
25 but he who looked into [the] perfect law—that of liberty, and continued there, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work—this one will be blessed in his doing.
| أَمَّا الَّذِي يَنْظُرُ بِالتَّدْقِيقِ فِي الْقَانُونِ الْكَامِلِ، قَانُونِ الْحُرِّيَّةِ، وَيُوَاظِبُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَيَكُونُ كَمَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ لَا كَمَنْ يَسْمَعُهَا وَيَنْسَاهَا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يُبَارِكُهُ كَثِيراً فِي كُلِّ مَا يَعْمَلُهُ. | ٢٥ |
26 If anyone thinks to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one [is] vain;
| وَإِنْ ظَنَّ أَحَدٌ أَنَّهُ مُتَدَيِّنٌ، وَهُوَ لَا يُلْجِمُ لِسَانَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَغُشُّ قَلْبَهُ، وَدِيَانَتُهُ غَيْرُ نَافِعَةٍ! | ٢٦ |
27 religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation—to keep himself unspotted from the world.
| فَالدِّيَانَةُ الطَّاهِرَةُ النَّقِيَّةُ فِي نَظَرِ اللهِ الآبِ تَظْهَرُ فِي زِيَارَةِ الأَيْتَامِ وَالأَرَامِلِ لإِعَانَتِهِمْ فِي ضِيقِهِمْ، وَفِي صِيَانَةِ النَّفْسِ مِنَ التَّلَوُّثِ بِفَسَادِ الْعَالَمِ. | ٢٧ |
