James 4
1 What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures?
yuṣmākaṁ madhyē samarā raṇaśca kuta utpadyantē? yuṣmadaṅgaśibirāśritābhyaḥ sukhēcchābhyaḥ kiṁ nōtpadyantē?
2 You covet things and yet cannot get them; you commit murder; you have passionate desires and yet cannot gain your end; you begin to fight and make war. You have not, because you do not pray;
yūyaṁ vāñchatha kintu nāpnutha, yūyaṁ narahatyām īrṣyāñca kurutha kintu kr̥tārthā bhavituṁ na śaknutha, yūyaṁ yudhyatha raṇaṁ kurutha ca kintvaprāptāstiṣṭhatha, yatō hētōḥ prārthanāṁ na kurutha|
3 or you pray and yet do not receive, because you pray wrongly, your object being to waste what you get on some pleasure or another.
yūyaṁ prārthayadhvē kintu na labhadhvē yatō hētōḥ svasukhabhōgēṣu vyayārthaṁ ku prārthayadhvē|
4 You unfaithful women, do you not know that friendship with the world means enmity to God? Therefore whoever is bent on being friendly with the world makes himself an enemy to God.
hē vyabhicāriṇō vyabhicāriṇyaśca, saṁsārasya yat maitryaṁ tad īśvarasya śātravamiti yūyaṁ kiṁ na jānītha? ata ēva yaḥ kaścit saṁsārasya mitraṁ bhavitum abhilaṣati sa ēvēśvarasya śatru rbhavati|
5 Or do you suppose that it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "The Spirit which He has caused to dwell in our hearts yearns jealously over us"?
yūyaṁ kiṁ manyadhvē? śāstrasya vākyaṁ kiṁ phalahīnaṁ bhavēt? asmadantarvāsī ya ātmā sa vā kim īrṣyārthaṁ prēma karōti?
6 But He gives more abundant grace, as is implied in His saying, "God sets Himself against the haughty, but to the lowly He gives grace."
tannahi kintu sa pratulaṁ varaṁ vitarati tasmād uktamāstē yathā, ātmābhimānalōkānāṁ vipakṣō bhavatīśvaraḥ| kintu tēnaiva namrēbhyaḥ prasādād dīyatē varaḥ||
7 Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
ataēva yūyam īśvarasya vaśyā bhavata śayatānaṁ saṁrundha tēna sa yuṣmattaḥ palāyiṣyatē|
8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God.
īśvarasya samīpavarttinō bhavata tēna sa yuṣmākaṁ samīpavarttī bhaviṣyati| hē pāpinaḥ, yūyaṁ svakarān pariṣkurudhvaṁ| hē dvimanōlōkāḥ, yūyaṁ svāntaḥkaraṇāni śucīni kurudhvaṁ|
9 Afflict yourselves and mourn and weep aloud; let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into shame.
yūyam udvijadhvaṁ śōcata vilapata ca, yuṣmākaṁ hāsaḥ śōkāya, ānandaśca kātaratāyai parivarttētāṁ|
10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
prabhōḥ samakṣaṁ namrā bhavata tasmāt sa yuṣmān uccīkariṣyati|
11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The man who speaks evil of a brother-man or judges his brother-man speaks evil of the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.
hē bhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ parasparaṁ mā dūṣayata| yaḥ kaścid bhrātaraṁ dūṣayati bhrātu rvicārañca karōti sa vyavasthāṁ dūṣayati vyavasthāyāśca vicāraṁ karōti| tvaṁ yadi vyavasthāyā vicāraṁ karōṣi tarhi vyavasthāpālayitā na bhavasi kintu vicārayitā bhavasi|
12 The only real Lawgiver and Judge is He who is able to save or to destroy. Who are you to sit in judgement on your fellow man?
advitīyō vyavasthāpakō vicārayitā ca sa ēvāstē yō rakṣituṁ nāśayituñca pārayati| kintu kastvaṁ yat parasya vicāraṁ karōṣi?
13 Come, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go to this or that city, and spend a year there and carry on a successful business,"
adya śvō vā vayam amukanagaraṁ gatvā tatra varṣamēkaṁ yāpayantō vāṇijyaṁ kariṣyāmaḥ lābhaṁ prāpsyāmaścēti kathāṁ bhāṣamāṇā yūyam idānīṁ śr̥ṇuta|
14 when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.
śvaḥ kiṁ ghaṭiṣyatē tad yūyaṁ na jānītha yatō jīvanaṁ vō bhavēt kīdr̥k tattu bāṣpasvarūpakaṁ, kṣaṇamātraṁ bhavēd dr̥śyaṁ lupyatē ca tataḥ paraṁ|
15 Instead of that you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live and do this or that."
tadanuktvā yuṣmākam idaṁ kathanīyaṁ prabhōricchātō vayaṁ yadi jīvāmastarhyētat karmma tat karmma vā kariṣyāma iti|
16 But, as the case stands, it is in mere self-confidence that you boast: all such boasting is evil.
kintvidānīṁ yūyaṁ garvvavākyaiḥ ślāghanaṁ kurudhvē tādr̥śaṁ sarvvaṁ ślāghanaṁ kutsitamēva|
17 If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin.
atō yaḥ kaścit satkarmma karttaṁ viditvā tanna karōti tasya pāpaṁ jāyatē|
