James 1
1 [I], James, am a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ. [I am writing this letter] to [all] the Jewish people [who trust in Christ] (OR, to all God’s people) who are scattered throughout the world. [I send my] greetings to [you all].
Jakob, Jumalan ja Herran Jesuksen Kristuksen palvelia, kahdelletoistakymmenelle sukukunnalle, jotka hajalla ovat, toivottaa terveyttä!
2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
Minun rakkaat veljeni, pitäkäät se sulana riemuna, kuin te moninaisiin kiusauksiin lankeatte,
3 [God sometimes allows you to experience difficulties in order to] test whether or not you will continue to trust [him. Whenever that happens, you need to] realize more and more that [if you continue to trust him], you will be able to bravely/patiently endure difficulties.
Tietäen, että teidän uskonne koettelemus vaikuttaa kärsivällisyyden.
4 Keep on enduring difficulties [bravely/patiently by trusting God more and more firmly] [PRS], in order that you may become all that he intends you to be [DOU] (OR, [spiritually] mature and complete), not lacking (any [good quality/anything you need to conduct your lives as God wants you to]).
Mutta olkoon kärsivällisyydellä täydellinen työ, että te täydelliset ja kokonaiset olisitte ja ei missään puuttuvaiset.
5 If anyone of you does not know how to act wisely [in order to endure difficulties/trials well], he should ask God [to show him what he should do, because] God wholeheartedly/gladly helps all people [who ask] and does not scold [anyone for asking. Those who ask], God will give them wisdom to know [what they should do].
Mutta jos joltain teistä viisautta puuttuis, hän anokaan sitä Jumalalta, joka hänelle antaa yksinkertaisesti, ja ei soimaa, ja se hänelle annetaan.
6 But [when you] ask [God], you should firmly trust him. You should not doubt [that he wants to help you always], because people who keep doubting God are [unstable/changeable] [SIM] like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind {that goes back and forth when the wind blows} [DOU, SIM].
Mutta anokaan uskossa epäilemättä; sillä joka epäilee, se on meren aallon kaltainen, joka tuulelta ajetaan ja liikutetaan,
7 Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
Älkään se ihminen luulko jotakin Herralta saavansa.
8 [because they are] people who cannot decide [whether they will commit themselves to God, and they are] unstable/undecided in everything that they do.
Epäileväinen mies horjuu kaikissa teissänsä.
9 Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
Mutta veli, joka nöyrä on, kehukaan korotuksestansa;
10 And [believers] who are rich should be happy [that] they have humbled themselves [in order to trust in Jesus Christ] (OR, but rich people [can only] take pride [in the fact that God] will humble them [when he judges everyone] [IRO]), because they [and their riches] [MTY] will pass away, just like wild flowers [wither] [SIM].
Ja taas, joka rikas on, (se kehukaan) alentamisestansa; sillä niinkuin ruohon kukoistus pitää hänen katooman pois.
11 When the sun rises, the scorching hot wind dries plants, and their flowers fall and are no longer beautiful. Similarly, rich people will die [MET] while they are busy working, [leaving behind their riches].
Sillä aurinko nousi helteen kanssa ja kuivasi ruohon, ja sen kukkanen varisi, ja hänen kauneutensa katosi; niin myös rikkaan pitää teissänsä lakastuman.
12 [God] is pleased with people who bravely/patiently endure difficulties. And when, [by bravely enduring difficulties], they have proved [that they truly trust him], he will give them [eternal] life. That is the reward [MET] that he has promised to give to those who love him.
Autuas on se mies, joka kiusauksen kärsii; sillä koska hän koeteltu on, niin hänen pitää elämän kruunun saaman, jonka Herra niille luvannut on, jotka häntä rakastavat.
13 If people are tempted to do something that is evil, they should not think that it is God who is tempting them, because [God is totally/completely good]. He never tempts anyone [to do what is evil], nor can he ever be tempted to [do anything] evil.
Älkään kenkään sanoko, kuin häntä kiusataan, että hän Jumalalta kiusataan; sillä ei Jumala ole kiusaaja pahuuteen, ja ei hän ketään kiusaa,
14 But people strongly desire to do evil [PRS] things, [and as a result] they are tempted by those desires {those desires stimulate them} to do something evil [PRS, DOU].
Vaan jokainen kiusataan, kuin hän omalta himoltansa vietellään ja houkutellaan.
15 Then, [because] they have desired [MET] to do evil [PRS] things, they begin to [MET] do [PRS] them. And when they have become ones who [habitually] do what is evil [MET], [if they do not turn away from their sinful behavior], they will be separated from God forever.
Sitte kuin himo on siittänyt, niin hän synnyttää synnin; mutta kuin synti täytetty on, niin se synnyttää kuoleman.
16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
Älkäät eksykö, minun rakkaat veljeni!
17 [The truth is that God], our heavenly Father [MTY], does only good [DOU] things [for us, in order to help us become] all that he intends us to be. He is not like all the things [in the sky] that he created to give light, [because they] change; [that is, they do not shine the same all the time]. But God never changes. [He is always good].
Kaikkinainen hyvä anto ja kaikkinainen täydellinen lahja tulee ylhäältä valkeuden Isältä, jonka tykönä ei ole muutosta eikä valkeuden ja pimeyden vaihetusta.
18 [And because] he wanted [to help us], he gave us [spiritual] life as a result of our [trusting in his] true message. So now we have become the first ones of [all the people] [MET] that he created [to] ([be totally dedicated to/completely belong to]) [him].
Hän on meidät synnyttänyt tahtonsa jälkeen totuuden sanalla, että me uutiset hänen luontokappaleistansa olisimme.
19 My fellow believers whom I love, you know (OR, I want you to now) that every one of you should be eager to pay attention to [God’s true message]. Don’t speak [without thinking], nor get angry easily,
Sentähden, minun rakkaat veljeni, olkoon jokainen ihminen nopia kuulemaan, (mutta) hidas puhumaan, ja hidas vihaan;
20 because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
Sillä miehen viha ei tee Jumalan edessä sitä, mikä oikein on.
21 So stop doing all kinds of evil [DOU] things, and humbly obey (OR, submit to) the message that [God] put in your (inner beings/hearts), [because] he is able to save you [SYN] [if you accept his message].
Sentähden pankaat pois kaikkinainen saastaisuus ja kaikkinainen pahuus, ja ottakaat sana siveydellä vastaan, joka teissä istutettu on ja voi teidän sielunne autuaaksi saattaa.
22 Do [what God commands in] his message. Do not only listen [to it, because people who only listen to it and do not obey it] are wrong when they think [that God will save them].
Mutta olkaat myös sanantekiät ja ei ainoastaan kuuliat, pettäin teitänne.
23 Some people hear God’s message but do not do [what it says] [MET]. They are like someone who looks at his face in a mirror [SIM].
Sillä jos joku on sanan kuulia ja ei tekiä, hän on sen miehen kaltainen, joka ruumiillisen kasvonsa peilissä kurkistelee,
24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
Ja sittekuin hän itsensä kurkistellut on, niin hän menee pois ja unohtaa kohta, millinen hän oli.
25 But other people look closely at [God’s] message, which is perfect and which sets people free [to voluntarily do what God wants them to do]. And if they continue [to examine God’s message] and do not just hear it and then forget it, but do [what God tells them to do], God will bless them because of what they do.
Mutta joka katsoo vapauden täydelliseen lakiin ja pysyy, ja ei ole unohtava kuulia, vaan tekiä, se tulee hänen teossansa autuaaksi.
26 Some people think that they worship God in the right way, but they habitually say evil things [MTY]. Those people are wrong in thinking [SYN] [that they worship God rightly]. The fact is [that they] worship God (in vain/uselessly).
Mutta jos joku teistä näkyy jumalinen olevan, ja ei suista kieltänsä, vaan viettelee sydämensä, sen jumalanpalvelus on turha.
27 [One of the things that God has told us to do] is to take care of orphans and widows who suffer hardship. [Those who do that and] who do not think or act immorally like those who do not obey God [MTY] truly [DOU] worship God, [who is our] Father, and God approves of them.
Se on Isälle ja Jumalalle puhdas ja saastatoin jumalanpalvelus: oppia orpoja ja leskiä heidän murheessansa, ja itsensä saatatoinna maailmassa pitää.
