James 1
1 JAKUB, a servant of Aloha and of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, unto the twelve tribes who are dispersed among the nations: Peace.
James, the servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion, greeting.
2 All joy shall be to you, my brethren, when you shall have entered into temptations many and various.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
3 For you know that the proving of faith maketh you to possess patience;
Knowing that the trial of your faith works out endurance.
4 but to patience let there be a perfect work, that you may be complete and perfected, and in nothing be deficient.
But let endurance have its perfect work, in order that you may be perfect and whole in every part, lacking in nothing.
5 If any of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask of Aloha, who giveth to all expansively, and upbraideth not, and it is given to him.
But if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all cheerfully and upbraids none; and it will be given unto him.
6 But let him ask in faith, not wavering. For he who wavereth is like the waves of the sea which the wind disturbeth.
But let him ask in faith, doubting as to nothing; for he that doubts is like unto a wave of the sea driven by the winds and tossed by the tempest.
7 And let not that man expect to receive any thing from the Lord,
For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 who is divided in his mind, and disturbed in all his ways.
the double-minded man, the most unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the humble brother glory in his exaltation,
But let the humble brother boast in his exaltation:
10 and the rich in his humility; for as the flower of an herb, so he passeth.
and the rich man, in his humility: because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
11 For the sun ariseth in his heat, and drieth the herb, and the flower of it falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth; so also the rich withereth in his reverses.
For the sun with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass away in his ways.
12 Blessed the man who endureth temptations: for when he hath been proved he shall receive the crown of life, which Aloha hath promised unto them who love him.
Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.
13 Let no man say, when he is tempted, From Aloha I am tempted; for Aloha is not tempted with evils, and he no man tempteth.
Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God can not be tempted with evils, and he tempts no one:
14 But each man from his concupiscence tempteth himself, and desireth, and is drawn away.
but each one is tempted by his own lusts, being drawn out, and enticed.
15 And this desire conceiveth and beareth sin; and sin, when it is perfected, beareth death.
Then the lust, conceiving, brings forth sin; and sin, having been perfected, produces death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren;
Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
17 every good gift and perfect from above descendeth, from the Father of lights, with whom is no alteration, nor the shadow of vicissitude.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.
18 He willed, and begat us by the word of truth, that we might be the first-ones of his creatures.
Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be some first fruit of his creations.
19 And you, my beloved brethren, let every one of you be swift to hear, and slow to speak, and slow to be angry;
Know, my beloved brethren; but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow toward wrath:
20 for the wrath of man the righteousness of Aloha worketh not.
for the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore, remove from you all impurity and the abounding of wickedness, and with meekness receive the word which is engrafted in our nature, which is able to save your souls.
Therefore having laid aside all filthiness and excess of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 BUT be doers of the word, and not hearers only, neither deceive yourselves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer of it, this (man) is like one who vieweth his face in a mirror;
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 mirror:
24 for he seeth himself and passeth, and hath forgotten what (manner of person) he was.
for he recognized himself, and has gone away, and immediately forgot what kind he was.
25 But every one who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he is not a hearer of the hearing of forgetfulness, but a doer of works; and this shall be blessed in his work.
But the one having looked into the perfect law which is the law of liberty, and having remained in it, not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be happy in his work.
26 And if a man thinketh that he serveth Aloha, and holdeth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, of this man his service is vain.
But if any one seems to be religious, bridling not his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, the religion of that man is vain.
27 For the service which is pure and true before Aloha the Father, is this, to visit the orphans and widows in their afflictions, and that a man keep himself from the world without blemish.
Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, to relieve the orphans and widows in their affliction, and keep himself unspotted from the world.
