James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
īśvarasya prabhō ryīśukhrīṣṭasya ca dāsō yākūb vikīrṇībhūtān dvādaśaṁ vaṁśān prati namaskr̥tya patraṁ likhati|
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
hē mama bhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ yadā bahuvidhaparīkṣāṣu nipatata tadā tat pūrṇānandasya kāraṇaṁ manyadhvaṁ|
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
yatō yuṣmākaṁ viśvāsasya parīkṣitatvēna dhairyyaṁ sampādyata iti jānītha|
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
tacca dhairyyaṁ siddhaphalaṁ bhavatu tēna yūyaṁ siddhāḥ sampūrṇāśca bhaviṣyatha kasyāpi guṇasyābhāvaśca yuṣmākaṁ na bhaviṣyati|
5 But if any one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.
yuṣmākaṁ kasyāpi jñānābhāvō yadi bhavēt tarhi ya īśvaraḥ saralabhāvēna tiraskārañca vinā sarvvēbhyō dadāti tataḥ sa yācatāṁ tatastasmai dāyiṣyatē|
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
kintu sa niḥsandēhaḥ san viśvāsēna yācatāṁ yataḥ sandigdhō mānavō vāyunā cālitasyōtplavamānasya ca samudrataraṅgasya sadr̥śō bhavati|
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
tādr̥śō mānavaḥ prabhōḥ kiñcit prāpsyatīti na manyatāṁ|
8 a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
dvimanā lōkaḥ sarvvagatiṣu cañcalō bhavati|
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
yō bhrātā namraḥ sa nijōnnatyā ślāghatāṁ|
10 but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
yaśca dhanavān sa nijanamratayā ślāghatāṁyataḥ sa tr̥ṇapuṣpavat kṣayaṁ gamiṣyati|
11 For the sun rose with its burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.
yataḥ satāpēna sūryyēṇōditya tr̥ṇaṁ śōṣyatē tatpuṣpañca bhraśyati tēna tasya rūpasya saundaryyaṁ naśyati tadvad dhanilōkō'pi svīyamūḍhatayā mlāsyati|
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.
yō janaḥ parīkṣāṁ sahatē sa ēva dhanyaḥ, yataḥ parīkṣitatvaṁ prāpya sa prabhunā svaprēmakāribhyaḥ pratijñātaṁ jīvanamukuṭaṁ lapsyatē|
13 Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth no one.
īśvarō māṁ parīkṣata iti parīkṣāsamayē kō'pi na vadatu yataḥ pāpāyēśvarasya parīkṣā na bhavati sa ca kamapi na parīkṣatē|
14 But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
kintu yaḥ kaścit svīyamanōvāñchayākr̥ṣyatē lōbhyatē ca tasyaiva parīkṣā bhavati|
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
tasmāt sā manōvāñchā sagarbhā bhūtvā duṣkr̥tiṁ prasūtē duṣkr̥tiśca pariṇāmaṁ gatvā mr̥tyuṁ janayati|
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
hē mama priyabhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ na bhrāmyata|
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow from turning.
yat kiñcid uttamaṁ dānaṁ pūrṇō varaśca tat sarvvam ūrddhvād arthatō yasmin daśāntaraṁ parivarttanajātacchāyā vā nāsti tasmād dīptyākarāt pituravarōhati|
18 Of his own will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
tasya sr̥ṣṭavastūnāṁ madhyē vayaṁ yat prathamaphalasvarūpā bhavāmastadarthaṁ sa svēcchātaḥ satyamatasya vākyēnāsmān janayāmāsa|
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
ataēva hē mama priyabhrātaraḥ, yuṣmākam ēkaikō janaḥ śravaṇē tvaritaḥ kathanē dhīraḥ krōdhē'pi dhīrō bhavatu|
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
yatō mānavasya krōdha īśvarīyadharmmaṁ na sādhayati|
21 Wherefore put off all filthiness, and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
atō hētō ryūyaṁ sarvvām aśucikriyāṁ duṣṭatābāhulyañca nikṣipya yuṣmanmanasāṁ paritrāṇē samarthaṁ rōpitaṁ vākyaṁ namrabhāvēna gr̥hlīta|
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
aparañca yūyaṁ kēvalam ātmavañcayitārō vākyasya śrōtārō na bhavata kintu vākyasya karmmakāriṇō bhavata|
23 For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass;
yatō yaḥ kaścid vākyasya karmmakārī na bhūtvā kēvalaṁ tasya śrōtā bhavati sa darpaṇē svīyaśārīrikavadanaṁ nirīkṣamāṇasya manujasya sadr̥śaḥ|
24 for he beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.
ātmākārē dr̥ṣṭē sa prasthāya kīdr̥śa āsīt tat tatkṣaṇād vismarati|
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.
kintu yaḥ kaścit natvā muktēḥ siddhāṁ vyavasthām ālōkya tiṣṭhati sa vismr̥tiyuktaḥ śrōtā na bhūtvā karmmakarttaiva san svakāryyē dhanyō bhaviṣyati|
26 If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
anāyattarasanaḥ san yaḥ kaścit svamanō vañcayitvā svaṁ bhaktaṁ manyatē tasya bhakti rmudhā bhavati|
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.
klēśakālē pitr̥hīnānāṁ vidhavānāñca yad avēkṣaṇaṁ saṁsārācca niṣkalaṅkēna yad ātmarakṣaṇaṁ tadēva piturīśvarasya sākṣāt śuci rnirmmalā ca bhaktiḥ|
