yākūbaḥ 4
1 yuṣmākaṁ madhyē samarā raṇaśca kuta utpadyantē? yuṣmadaṅgaśibirāśritābhyaḥ sukhēcchābhyaḥ kiṁ nōtpadyantē?
Where do wars and fights among you come from? Do they not come from your passions that wage war among your members?
2 yūyaṁ vāñchatha kintu nāpnutha, yūyaṁ narahatyām īrṣyāñca kurutha kintu kr̥tārthā bhavituṁ na śaknutha, yūyaṁ yudhyatha raṇaṁ kurutha ca kintvaprāptāstiṣṭhatha, yatō hētōḥ prārthanāṁ na kurutha|
You desire but do not have. You murder and are jealous but cannot obtain what you want. You fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask.
3 yūyaṁ prārthayadhvē kintu na labhadhvē yatō hētōḥ svasukhabhōgēṣu vyayārthaṁ ku prārthayadhvē|
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
4 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|
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5 yūyaṁ kiṁ manyadhvē? śāstrasya vākyaṁ kiṁ phalahīnaṁ bhavēt? asmadantarvāsī ya ātmā sa vā kim īrṣyārthaṁ prēma karōti?
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks in vain? The spirit that dwells in us desires to the point of envy,
6 tannahi kintu sa pratulaṁ varaṁ vitarati tasmād uktamāstē yathā, ātmābhimānalōkānāṁ vipakṣō bhavatīśvaraḥ| kintu tēnaiva namrēbhyaḥ prasādād dīyatē varaḥ||
but God gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
7 ataēva yūyam īśvarasya vaśyā bhavata śayatānaṁ saṁrundha tēna sa yuṣmattaḥ palāyiṣyatē|
Submit yourselves therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 īśvarasya samīpavarttinō bhavata tēna sa yuṣmākaṁ samīpavarttī bhaviṣyati| hē pāpinaḥ, yūyaṁ svakarān pariṣkurudhvaṁ| hē dvimanōlōkāḥ, yūyaṁ svāntaḥkaraṇāni śucīni kurudhvaṁ|
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 yūyam udvijadhvaṁ śōcata vilapata ca, yuṣmākaṁ hāsaḥ śōkāya, ānandaśca kātaratāyai parivarttētāṁ|
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning, and your joy into gloom.
10 prabhōḥ samakṣaṁ namrā bhavata tasmāt sa yuṣmān uccīkariṣyati|
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 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|
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. He who speaks evil against a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. Now if yoʋ judge the law, yoʋ are not a doer of the law but a judge.
12 advitīyō vyavasthāpakō vicārayitā ca sa ēvāstē yō rakṣituṁ nāśayituñca pārayati| kintu kastvaṁ yat parasya vicāraṁ karōṣi?
There is only one lawgiver—he who is able to save and destroy. But who are yoʋ to judge another?
13 adya śvō vā vayam amukanagaraṁ gatvā tatra varṣamēkaṁ yāpayantō vāṇijyaṁ kariṣyāmaḥ lābhaṁ prāpsyāmaścēti kathāṁ bhāṣamāṇā yūyam idānīṁ śr̥ṇuta|
Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
14 śvaḥ kiṁ ghaṭiṣyatē tad yūyaṁ na jānītha yatō jīvanaṁ vō bhavēt kīdr̥k tattu bāṣpasvarūpakaṁ, kṣaṇamātraṁ bhavēd dr̥śyaṁ lupyatē ca tataḥ paraṁ|
You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
15 tadanuktvā yuṣmākam idaṁ kathanīyaṁ prabhōricchātō vayaṁ yadi jīvāmastarhyētat karmma tat karmma vā kariṣyāma iti|
Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, let us live and do this or that.”
16 kintvidānīṁ yūyaṁ garvvavākyaiḥ ślāghanaṁ kurudhvē tādr̥śaṁ sarvvaṁ ślāghanaṁ kutsitamēva|
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
17 atō yaḥ kaścit satkarmma karttaṁ viditvā tanna karōti tasya pāpaṁ jāyatē|
So whoever knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.
