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].
Santiago, un esclavo de Dios y del Señor Jesucristo, a las 12 tribus que están en la dispersión. Saludos.
2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
Hermanos míos, gócense profundamente cuando pasen por diversas pruebas,
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.
y sepan que la prueba de su fe produce paciencia.
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]).
Pero obtenga la paciencia su resultado perfecto para que sean perfectos y cabales, sin deficiencia.
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].
Si alguno de ustedes carece de sabiduría, pídala a Dios, Quien da a todos generosamente y sin reproche, y se le dará.
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].
Pero pida con fe sin dudar, porque el que duda es semejante a la onda del mar que el viento arrastra y lanza.
7 Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
Por tanto no suponga aquel hombre que recibirá alguna cosa del Señor.
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.
Un hombre de doble ánimo es inestable en todos sus caminos.
9 Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
El hermano de humilde condición, enaltézcase en su alta posición,
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].
pero el rico, en su humillación, pues pasará como la flor de la hierba.
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].
Porque el sol sale con calor abrasador, seca [la] hierba, su flor cae y perece la belleza de su apariencia. Así también el rico se marchitará en todos sus negocios.
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.
Inmensamente feliz [el] varón que soporta [la] prueba, porque al ser aprobado, ganará la corona de la vida que [Dios] prometió a los que lo aman.
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.
Ninguno que es tentado, diga: Soy tentado por Dios. Porque Dios no puede ser tentado por [los ]malos, y Él mismo no tienta a nadie.
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].
Cada uno es tentado, atraído y seducido por su propio deseo ardiente.
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.
Entonces, después de concebir el deseo ardiente, da a luz [el] pecado. Luego de consumarse el pecado, da a luz [la] muerte.
16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
Amados hermanos míos, no se engañen.
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].
Toda buena dádiva y todo don perfecto desciende de arriba, del Padre de las luces, en Quien no hay cambio ni sombra de variación.
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].
Por su voluntad, nos dio a luz por la Palabra de verdad para que seamos primicias de sus criaturas.
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,
Sepan, mis amados hermanos: Todo ser humano sea pronto para escuchar, tardo para hablar, tardo para airarse,
20 because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
porque [la ]ira del hombre no efectúa [la] justicia de Dios.
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].
Por tanto desechen toda impureza y abundancia de maldad y reciban con humildad la Palabra sembrada que puede salvar sus almas.
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].
Así que no se engañen ustedes mismos. Sean hacedores de [la] Palabra y no solo oidores.
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].
Porque si alguno es oidor de [la] Palabra, y no hacedor, es como un hombre que mira su rostro en un espejo:
24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
se mira y sale, e inmediatamente se olvida cómo era.
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.
Pero el que mira atentamente en [la] ley perfecta, la de la libertad, permanece en ella y no es oidor olvidadizo, sino practicante, será inmensamente feliz en lo que hace.
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).
Si alguno supone ser religioso y no refrena su lengua, sino engaña su corazón, su religión no tiene valor.
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.
[La] religión pura y sin mancha delante del Dios y Padre es ésta: Atender a [los] huérfanos y a las viudas en su aflicción y guardarse sin mancha del mundo.
