याकूब 1
1 परमेश्वर र प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्टका सेवक याकूबबाट, छरपष्ट भएका बाह्र कुललाई अभिवादन ।
[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].
2 मेरा भाइहरू हो, तिमीहरूले अनेकौँ किसिमका समस्याहरूको अनुभव गर्दा त्यसलाई पूर्ण रूपमा आनन्द सम्झ,
My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
3 तिमीहरू जान्दछौ, कि तिमीहरूको विश्वासको जाँचले धैर्य उत्पन्न गराउँदछ ।
[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.
4 धैर्यलाई पूर्ण रूपमा काम गर्न देओ, ताकि तिमीहरू सम्पूर्ण रूपमा सुधारिएको र पूर्ण हुन सक र तिमीहरूमा कुनै कुराको कमी नहोस् ।
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]).
5 तर यदि तिमीहरूमध्ये कसैलाई बुद्धिको खाँचो छ भने, माग्ने जति सबैलाई उदारतासँग र नहप्काइकन दिनुहुने परमेश्वरसँग उसले मागोस् र उहाँले उसलाई त्यो दिनुहुनेछ ।
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].
6 तर उसले शङ्का नगरी विश्वाससाथ मागोस् । किनभने शङ्का गर्नेचाहिँ बतासले हुत्त्याउने र यताउता पल्टाउने समुद्रको छालजस्तो हुन्छ ।
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].
7 त्यस्तो व्यक्तिले परमप्रभुबाट कुनै पनि कुरा पाउनेछु भनी नसोचोस् ।
Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
8 त्यस्तो व्यक्ति दोहोरो मनको हुन्छ, र आफ्ना सबै चालमा ऊ अस्थिर हुन्छ ।
[because they are] people who cannot decide [whether they will commit themselves to God, and they are] unstable/undecided in everything that they do.
9 दीन भाइले आफ्नो उच्च अवस्थामा गर्व गरोस्,
Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
10 तर धनी मानिसले आफ्नो दीनतामा गर्व गरोस्, किनभने ऊ घाँसमा फलेको जङ्गली फुलझैँ ओइलाएर बितिजानेछ ।
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].
11 किनकि प्रचण्ड तापसहित सूर्य उदाउँछ र घाँसलाई सुकाइदिन्छ । फुल झर्छ, र त्यसको सौन्दर्य नष्ट हुन्छ । त्यसै गरी, धनी मानिस आफ्नो यात्राको बिचमा नै बिलाएर जानेछ ।
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].
12 त्यो मानिस धन्यको हो जो परीक्षामा स्थिर रहन्छ । किनभने परीक्षामा सफलता प्राप्त गरिसकेपछि उसले जीवनको मुकुट पाउनेछ, जुन परमेश्वरलाई प्रेम गर्नेहरूका निम्ति प्रतिज्ञा गरिएको छ ।
[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.
13 परीक्षामा पर्दा “यो परीक्षा परमेश्वरबाट आएको हो” भनी कसैले पनि नभनोस् किनभने दुष्टबाट परमेश्वरको परीक्षा हुँदैन र उहाँ आफैँले पनि कसैको परीक्षा गर्नुहुन्न ।
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.
14 तर हरेक व्यक्ति आफ्नै अभिलाषाद्वारा परीक्षामा पर्दछ, जसले उसलाई बहकाउँछ र प्रलोभनमा पार्दछ ।
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].
15 अभिलाषाले गर्भधारण गरेपछि त्यसले पाप जन्माउँछ । अनि पाप पूर्ण रूपमा बढेपछि त्यसले मृत्यु ल्याउँछ ।
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.
16 मेरा प्रिय भाइहरू हो, धोकामा नपर ।
My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
17 हरेक असल वरदान र हरेक सिद्ध वरदान माथिबाटको हो । ज्योतिका पिताबाट त्यो तल आउँछ । उहाँ बद्लिरहने छायाजस्तो बद्लिनुहुन्न ।
[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].
18 उहाँले सृष्टि गर्नुभएका सबै कुरामध्ये हामी पहिलो फलझैँ हुन सकौँ भनेर परमेश्वरले सत्यको वचनद्वारा हामीलाई जीवन दिनलाई चुन्नुभयो ।
[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].
19 मेरो प्रिय भाइहरू हो, तिमीहरू यो जान्दछौः हरेक मानिस सुन्नमा छिटो, बोल्नमा ढिलो र रिसाउनमा धीमा होस् ।
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,
20 किनभने मानिसको रिसले परमेश्वरको धार्मिकताको काम गर्दैन ।
because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
21 यसकारण, सबै पापमय घिनलाग्दा कुरा र दुष्टताको प्रचुरतालाई मिल्काइदेओ । रोपिएको वचनलाई विनम्रतामा धारण गर जसले तिमीहरूका प्राणलाई बचाउन सक्छ ।
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].
22 आफैँलाई धोका दिने गरी वचन सुन्ने मात्र होइन, तर पालन पनि गर ।
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].
23 किनकि यदि कोही वचन सुन्ने मात्र व्यक्ति हो, तर पालन गर्ने व्यक्ति होइन भने ऊ ऐनामा आफ्नो स्वाभाविक अनुहार जाँच्ने मानिसजस्तै हो ।
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].
24 उसले आफैँलाई जाँच्छ र गइहाल्छ र ऊ कस्तो थियो भन्ने कुरा तुरुन्तै बिर्सिहाल्छ ।
Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 तर सुनेर बिर्सने व्यक्ति मात्र नभई स्वतन्त्रताको सिद्ध व्यवस्थालाई होसियारीपूर्वक ध्यान दिने र निरन्तर त्यस्तै गरिरहने व्यक्तिचाहिँ उसले गर्ने कामहरूमा आशिषित हुनेछ ।
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.
26 यदि कसैले आफैँलाई धार्मिक ठान्दछ, तर उसले आफ्नो जिब्रोलाई नियन्त्रण गर्दैन भने उसले आफ्नो हृदयलाई धोका दिन्छ र उसको धर्म व्यर्थको हुन्छ ।
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).
27 हाम्रा परमेश्वर र पिताको सामु पवित्र र निष्कलङ्क धर्म यही होः अनाथ र विधवाहरूको कष्टमा तिनीहरूलाई सहायता गर्नु, अनि आफैँलाई संसारबाट दोषरहित राख्नु ।
[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.
