< 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].
James God and lord: God Jesus Christ slave the/this/who twelve tribe the/this/who in/on/among the/this/who dispersion to rejoice
2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
all joy to govern brother me when(-ever) temptation/testing: testing to fall upon various
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.
to know that/since: that the/this/who testing you the/this/who faith to workout/produce perseverance
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]).
the/this/who then perseverance work perfect to have/be in order that/to to be perfect and whole in/on/among nothing to lack
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].
if then one you to lack wisdom to ask from/with/beside the/this/who to give God all without reserve and (not *NK(o)*) to revile and to give it/s/he
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].
to ask then in/on/among faith nothing to judge/doubt the/this/who for to judge/doubt to resemble waves sea be wind-blown and to toss about
7 Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
not for to suppose the/this/who a human that that/since: that to take one from/with/beside the/this/who lord: God
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.
man double-minded restless in/on/among all the/this/who road it/s/he
9 Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
to boast then the/this/who brother the/this/who lowly in/on/among the/this/who height it/s/he
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].
the/this/who then rich in/on/among the/this/who lowliness it/s/he that/since: since as/when flower grass to pass by
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].
to rise for the/this/who sun with the/this/who heat and to dry the/this/who grass and the/this/who flower it/s/he to fall out and the/this/who beauty the/this/who face it/s/he to destroy thus(-ly) and the/this/who rich in/on/among the/this/who journey it/s/he to fade
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.
blessed man which to remain/endure temptation/testing: testing that/since: since tested to be to take the/this/who crown the/this/who life which to profess (the/this/who lord: God *K*) the/this/who to love it/s/he
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.
nothing to test/tempt: tempt to say that/since: that away from (the/this/who *k*) God to test/tempt: tempt the/this/who for God untempted to be evil/harm: evil to test/tempt: tempt then it/s/he none
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].
each then to test/tempt: tempt by/under: by the/this/who one's own/private desire to drag out/away and to entice
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.
then the/this/who desire to seize/conceive/help to give birth to sin the/this/who then sin to complete to generate death
16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
not to lead astray brother me beloved
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].
all gift good and all free gift perfect from above/again to be to come/go down away from the/this/who father the/this/who light from/with/beside which no there is variation or turning shadow
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].
to plan to generate me word truth toward the/this/who to exist me firstfruits one the/this/who it/s/he creature
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,
(to know *N(K)O*) brother me beloved to be (then *no*) all a human quick toward the/this/who to hear slow toward the/this/who to speak slow toward wrath
20 because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
wrath for man righteousness God no (to work *N(k)O*)
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].
therefore to put aside all filth and excess evil in/on/among gentleness to receive the/this/who implanted/ingrafted word the/this/who be able to save the/this/who soul you
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].
to be then doer word and not alone hearer to deceive themself
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].
that/since: since if one hearer word to be and no doer this/he/she/it to resemble man to observe the/this/who face the/this/who origin it/s/he in/on/among mirror
24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
to observe for themself and to go away and immediately to forget what sort? to be
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.
the/this/who then to stoop toward law perfect the/this/who the/this/who freedom and to continue (this/he/she/it *k*) no hearer forgetfulness to be but doer work this/he/she/it blessed in/on/among the/this/who to do/make: do it/s/he to be
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).
if one to think religious to exist (in/on/among you *K*) not to bridle tongue (it/s/he *NK(o)*) but to trick heart (it/s/he *NK(o)*) this/he/she/it futile the/this/who religion
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.
religion clean and pure from/with/beside the/this/who God and father this/he/she/it to be to visit/care for orphan and widow in/on/among the/this/who pressure it/s/he spotless themself to keep: protect away from the/this/who world