James 2
1 My fellow believers, [because] you trust our Lord Jesus Christ, the one who is glorious/wonderful, stop honoring some people more than others.
१हे मेरे भाइयों, हमारे महिमायुक्त प्रभु यीशु मसीह का विश्वास तुम में पक्षपात के साथ न हो।
2 [For example], suppose that a person who wears gold rings and fine clothes enters your meeting place. Then suppose that a poor person who wears shabby/ragged clothes also comes in.
२क्योंकि यदि एक पुरुष सोने के छल्ले और सुन्दर वस्त्र पहने हुए तुम्हारी सभा में आए और एक कंगाल भी मैले कुचैले कपड़े पहने हुए आए।
3 And [suppose] that you (show special attention to/treat better) the one who is dressed in fine clothes by saying, “Sit here in this good seat!” and you say to the poor one, “Stand there or sit on the floor [MTY]!”
३और तुम उस सुन्दर वस्त्रवाले पर ध्यान केन्द्रित करके कहो, “तू यहाँ अच्छी जगह बैठ,” और उस कंगाल से कहो, “तू वहाँ खड़ा रह,” या “मेरे पाँवों के पास बैठ।”
4 Then you have obviously [RHQ] caused divisions in the congregation (OR, you are clearly treating one better than the others, and you are using evil [motives/reasons] to ([evaluate people/decide whether people are important or not])).
४तो क्या तुम ने आपस में भेद भाव न किया और कुविचार से न्याय करनेवाले न ठहरे?
5 Listen [to me], my fellow believers whom I love: God has chosen [RHQ] poor people whom [unbelievers consider to] possess nothing of value, [so that he might bless them] greatly [because] they trust [in him], and in order that they will enter the place where [he] will rule [MET] [forever]. That is what he has promised to those who love him.
५हे मेरे प्रिय भाइयों सुनो; क्या परमेश्वर ने इस जगत के कंगालों को नहीं चुना कि वह विश्वास में धनी, और उस राज्य के अधिकारी हों, जिसकी प्रतिज्ञा उसने उनसे की है जो उससे प्रेम रखते हैं?
6 But you dishonor the poor people. Think about it! (It is rich people, [not poor people], who are causing you to suffer!/Isn’t it rich people, [not poor people], who are oppressing you?) [RHQ] (It is [the rich people] who forcibly take you to court [to accuse you in front of judges]!/Is it not [the rich people] who forcibly take you to court [to accuse you in front of judges]?) [RHQ]
६पर तुम ने उस कंगाल का अपमान किया। क्या धनी लोग तुम पर अत्याचार नहीं करते और क्या वे ही तुम्हें कचहरियों में घसीट-घसीट कर नहीं ले जाते?
7 (And they are the ones who say evil things about Jesus Christ, the one who is worthy [of praise], to whom you belong!/Are they not the ones who say evil things about Jesus Christ, the one who is worthy [of praise], to whom you belong?) [RHQ]
७क्या वे उस उत्तम नाम की निन्दा नहीं करते जिसके तुम कहलाए जाते हो?
8 In the Scriptures [God has commanded] each of you to love other people like you love yourself. That commandment was [also given] by [Jesus our] King [MTY]. If you [are loving others], you are doing what is right.
८तो भी यदि तुम पवित्रशास्त्र के इस वचन के अनुसार, “तू अपने पड़ोसी से अपने समान प्रेम रख,” सचमुच उस राज व्यवस्था को पूरी करते हो, तो अच्छा करते हो।
9 But if you honor some people more than others, you are (doing wrong/sinning). And because you [do not do what God commanded us to do], he condemns you [PRS] because you disobey his laws.
९पर यदि तुम पक्षपात करते हो, तो पाप करते हो; और व्यवस्था तुम्हें अपराधी ठहराती है।
10 Do not forget that those who disobey only one of God’s laws, even if they obey all [his other] laws, [God considers them] to be [as guilty as anyone who has disobeyed] all [of] God’s [laws].
१०क्योंकि जो कोई सारी व्यवस्था का पालन करता है परन्तु एक ही बात में चूक जाए तो वह सब बातों में दोषी ठहरा।
11 For example, [God] said, “Do not commit adultery,” but he also said, “Do not murder anyone.” [So] if you [(sg)] do not commit adultery but you [(sg)] murder someone, you [(sg)] have become a person who disobeys [God’s] laws.
११इसलिए कि जिसने यह कहा, “तू व्यभिचार न करना” उसी ने यह भी कहा, “तू हत्या न करना” इसलिए यदि तूने व्यभिचार तो नहीं किया, पर हत्या की तो भी तू व्यवस्था का उल्लंघन करनेवाला ठहरा।
12 Continually speak and act [toward others] as people should who will be judged {whom [God] will judge} by the law that frees us [from being punished] {[God punishing us]} [for our sins].
१२तुम उन लोगों के समान वचन बोलो, और काम भी करो, जिनका न्याय स्वतंत्रता की व्यवस्था के अनुसार होगा।
13 [Speak and act like that], because when [God] judges us, he will not act mercifully toward those who do not act mercifully toward others. But when we [are] merciful [to others, we can rejoice], because [our being] merciful [shows] that [we are acting like people whom God] has mercifully saved from being judged (OR, [we can rejoice] because [God] will judge us mercifully).
१३क्योंकि जिसने दया नहीं की, उसका न्याय बिना दया के होगा। दया न्याय पर जयवन्त होती है।
14 My fellow believers, [there are some people who say], “I believe [in the Lord Jesus Christ],” but they do not do good things [for other people]. (Their saying that will certainly not do them any good!/What good will their saying that do for them?) [RHQ] [God] will certainly not save [people like that who say that they believe, but do not do good things]! [RHQ]
१४हे मेरे भाइयों, यदि कोई कहे कि मुझे विश्वास है पर वह कर्म न करता हो, तो उससे क्या लाभ? क्या ऐसा विश्वास कभी उसका उद्धार कर सकता है?
15 [To illustrate], suppose that fellow believers, either men or women, don’t have enough clothing or food for each day.
१५यदि कोई भाई या बहन नंगे उघाड़े हों, और उन्हें प्रतिदिन भोजन की घटी हो,
16 And suppose that one of you says to them, “May [God] bless you and supply the clothing and food that you need!” but you [(sg)] do not give them the things that they need. (That would be no help [to them]!/What help is that [to them]?) [RHQ]
१६और तुम में से कोई उनसे कहे, “शान्ति से जाओ, तुम गरम रहो और तृप्त रहो,” पर जो वस्तुएँ देह के लिये आवश्यक हैं वह उन्हें न दे, तो क्या लाभ?
17 Similarly, [those who do] not do good things [to help others, what they have said about] their believing [in Christ] is [as useless] [MET] [as] a dead person [is useless]. They do not [really believe in Christ].
१७वैसे ही विश्वास भी, यदि कर्म सहित न हो तो अपने स्वभाव में मरा हुआ है।
18 But someone may say [to me], “[God saves] some people only [because] they trust [in him], and [he saves] others [because] they do good deeds [to people].” [I would answer that person], “[You(sg) cannot] prove to me that people truly trust [in God if] they do not do good things [for others]. But by doing good things [for others] I will prove to you that I truly trust [in God”]
१८वरन् कोई कह सकता है, “तुझे विश्वास है, और मैं कर्म करता हूँ।” तू अपना विश्वास मुझे कर्म बिना दिखा; और मैं अपना विश्वास अपने कर्मों के द्वारा तुझे दिखाऊँगा।
19 [Think about it]! You believe that there is only one God, and you are right [to believe that]. But the demons also believe that, but they tremble [with fear because they know that God is going to punish them].
१९तुझे विश्वास है कि एक ही परमेश्वर है; तू अच्छा करता है; दुष्टात्मा भी विश्वास रखते, और थरथराते हैं।
20 Also, you foolish person, I will [RHQ] prove to you [(sg)] that [if someone says], “I trust [in God],” but he does not do good things, [what that person says] will not benefit him.
२०पर हे निकम्मे मनुष्य क्या तू यह भी नहीं जानता, कि कर्म बिना विश्वास व्यर्थ है?
21 (It was certainly [because of] what our [revered] ancestor Abraham did, when he [prepared to] sacrifice his son Isaac, that he was considered [by God] {that [God] considered him} to be a righteous, [obedient] person./Was it not [because of] what our [revered] ancestor Abraham did, when he [prepared to] sacrifice his son Isaac, that he was considered [by God] {that [God] considered him} to be a righteous, [obedient] person?) [RHQ]
२१जब हमारे पिता अब्राहम ने अपने पुत्र इसहाक को वेदी पर चढ़ाया, तो क्या वह कर्मों से धार्मिक न ठहरा था?
22 You [(sg)] can realize that he was not only trusting [in God], but he was also doing [what God told him to do], and [you(sg) can realize] that he was able to trust [in God more] completely because of having done [what God told him to do].
२२तूने देख लिया कि विश्वास ने उसके कामों के साथ मिलकर प्रभाव डाला है और कर्मों से विश्वास सिद्ध हुआ।
23 And [so it happened as it is written in the] Scriptures: “Because Abraham truly trusted in God, he was considered [by God] to be {[God] considered that he was} righteous.” And [God also] said [about Abraham], “He is my friend.”
२३और पवित्रशास्त्र का यह वचन पूरा हुआ, “अब्राहम ने परमेश्वर पर विश्वास किया, और यह उसके लिये धार्मिकता गिनी गई,” और वह परमेश्वर का मित्र कहलाया।
24 [From the example of Abraham], you can realize that it is because people do good things that [God] considers them to be righteous, and not only because they trust [in him].
२४तुम ने देख लिया कि मनुष्य केवल विश्वास से ही नहीं, वरन् कर्मों से भी धर्मी ठहरता है।
25 Similarly, it was certainly [RHQ] [because of] what Rahab did, that [God] considered her to be a righteous, [obedient] person. Rahab was [previously] a prostitute, but she cared for the Israelite men who came [to] ([spy out the land/see what that area was like]) and she [helped them to escape by] sending them home on a different road [from the one that they came on].
२५वैसे ही राहाब वेश्या भी जब उसने दूतों को अपने घर में उतारा, और दूसरे मार्ग से विदा किया, तो क्या कर्मों से धार्मिक न ठहरी?
26 Remember that when our spirits [permanently leave our] bodies, [our bodies] are dead [and useless]. Similarly [SIM], [if someone says], “I trust [in God],” but does not do [things to help others, what that person says about trusting in God] is useless.
२६जैसे देह आत्मा बिना मरी हुई है वैसा ही विश्वास भी कर्म बिना मरा हुआ है।
