Tiago 1
1 Thiago, servo de Deus, e do Senhor Jesus Cristo, às doze tribos que andam dispersas, saúde.
[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 Meus irmãos, tende grande gozo quando cairdes em várias tentações:
My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
3 Sabendo que a prova da vossa fé obra a paciência:
[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 Tenha, porém, a paciência a obra perfeita, para que sejais perfeitos e completos, sem faltar em coisa alguma.
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 E, se algum de vós tem falta de sabedoria, peça-a a Deus, que a todos dá liberalmente, e o não lança em rosto, e ser-lhe-á dada
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 Porém peça-a com fé, não duvidando; porque o que dúvida é semelhante à onda do mar, que é levada pelo vento, e lançada de uma para outra parte.
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 Não pense o tal homem que receberá do Senhor alguma coisa.
Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
8 O homem de coração dobre é inconstante em todos os seus caminhos.
[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 Porém o irmão abatido glorie-se na sua exaltação,
Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
10 E o rico em seu abatimento; porque ele passará como a flôr da erva.
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 Porque sai o sol com ardor, e a erva seca, e a sua flor cai, e a formosa aparência do seu aspecto perece: assim se murchará também o rico em seus caminhos.
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 Bem-aventurado o varão que sofre a tentação; porque, quando for provado, receberá a coroa da vida, a qual o Senhor tem prometido aos que o amam.
[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 Ninguém, sendo tentado, diga: De Deus sou tentado; porque Deus não pode ser tentado pelo mal, e a ninguém tenta.
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 Porém cada um é tentado, quando atraído e engodado pela sua própria concupiscência.
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 Depois, havendo a concupiscência concebido, pare o pecado; e o pecado, sendo consumado, gera a morte.
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 Não erreis, meus amados irmãos.
My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
17 Toda a boa dádiva e todo o dom perfeito é do alto, e desce do Pai das luzes, em quem não há mudança nem sombra de variação,
[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 Segundo a sua vontade, ele nos gerou pela palavra da verdade, para que fossemos como primícias das suas criaturas.
[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 Assim que, meus amados irmãos, todo o homem seja pronto para ouvir, tardio para falar, tardio para se irar.
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 Porque a ira do homem não opera a justiça de Deus.
because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
21 Pelo que, rejeitando toda a imundícia e superfluidade de malícia, recebei com mansidão a palavra enxertada em vós, a qual pode salvar as vossas almas.
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 E sede obradores da palavra, e não somente ouvintes, enganando-vos com falsos discursos.
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 Porque, se alguém é ouvinte da palavra, e não obrador, é semelhante ao varão que contempla ao espelho o seu rosto natural;
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 Porque se contempla a si mesmo, e foi-se, e logo se esqueceu de que tal era.
Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 Porém aquele que atenta bem para a lei perfeita da liberdade, e nisso persevera, não sendo ouvinte esquecido, mas fazedor da obra, este tal será bem-aventurado no seu feito.
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 Se alguém entre vós cuida ser religioso, e não refreia a sua língua, antes engana o seu coração, a religião do tal é vã
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 A religião pura e imaculada para com Deus o Pai é esta: Visitar os órfãos e as viúvas nas suas tribulações, e guardar-se imaculado do mundo.
[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.
