yākūbaḥ 1
1 īśvarasya prabhō ryīśukhrīṣṭasya ca dāsō yākūb vikīrṇībhūtān dvādaśaṁ vaṁśān prati namaskr̥tya patraṁ likhati|
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 hē mama bhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ yadā bahuvidhaparīkṣāṣu nipatata tadā tat pūrṇānandasya kāraṇaṁ manyadhvaṁ|
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3 yatō yuṣmākaṁ viśvāsasya parīkṣitatvēna dhairyyaṁ sampādyata iti jānītha|
Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 tacca dhairyyaṁ siddhaphalaṁ bhavatu tēna yūyaṁ siddhāḥ sampūrṇāśca bhaviṣyatha kasyāpi guṇasyābhāvaśca yuṣmākaṁ na bhaviṣyati|
But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5 yuṣmākaṁ kasyāpi jñānābhāvō yadi bhavēt tarhi ya īśvaraḥ saralabhāvēna tiraskārañca vinā sarvvēbhyō dadāti tataḥ sa yācatāṁ tatastasmai dāyiṣyatē|
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 kintu sa niḥsandēhaḥ san viśvāsēna yācatāṁ yataḥ sandigdhō mānavō vāyunā cālitasyōtplavamānasya ca samudrataraṅgasya sadr̥śō bhavati|
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 tādr̥śō mānavaḥ prabhōḥ kiñcit prāpsyatīti na manyatāṁ|
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 dvimanā lōkaḥ sarvvagatiṣu cañcalō bhavati|
A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.
9 yō bhrātā namraḥ sa nijōnnatyā ślāghatāṁ|
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10 yaśca dhanavān sa nijanamratayā ślāghatāṁyataḥ sa tr̥ṇapuṣpavat kṣayaṁ gamiṣyati|
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 yataḥ satāpēna sūryyēṇōditya tr̥ṇaṁ śōṣyatē tatpuṣpañca bhraśyati tēna tasya rūpasya saundaryyaṁ naśyati tadvad dhanilōkō'pi svīyamūḍhatayā mlāsyati|
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12 yō janaḥ parīkṣāṁ sahatē sa ēva dhanyaḥ, yataḥ parīkṣitatvaṁ prāpya sa prabhunā svaprēmakāribhyaḥ pratijñātaṁ jīvanamukuṭaṁ lapsyatē|
Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
13 īśvarō māṁ parīkṣata iti parīkṣāsamayē kō'pi na vadatu yataḥ pāpāyēśvarasya parīkṣā na bhavati sa ca kamapi na parīkṣatē|
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 kintu yaḥ kaścit svīyamanōvāñchayākr̥ṣyatē lōbhyatē ca tasyaiva parīkṣā bhavati|
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 tasmāt sā manōvāñchā sagarbhā bhūtvā duṣkr̥tiṁ prasūtē duṣkr̥tiśca pariṇāmaṁ gatvā mr̥tyuṁ janayati|
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
16 hē mama priyabhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ na bhrāmyata|
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17 yat kiñcid uttamaṁ dānaṁ pūrṇō varaśca tat sarvvam ūrddhvād arthatō yasmin daśāntaraṁ parivarttanajātacchāyā vā nāsti tasmād dīptyākarāt pituravarōhati|
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
18 tasya sr̥ṣṭavastūnāṁ madhyē vayaṁ yat prathamaphalasvarūpā bhavāmastadarthaṁ sa svēcchātaḥ satyamatasya vākyēnāsmān janayāmāsa|
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 ataēva hē mama priyabhrātaraḥ, yuṣmākam ēkaikō janaḥ śravaṇē tvaritaḥ kathanē dhīraḥ krōdhē'pi dhīrō bhavatu|
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 yatō mānavasya krōdha īśvarīyadharmmaṁ na sādhayati|
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21 atō hētō ryūyaṁ sarvvām aśucikriyāṁ duṣṭatābāhulyañca nikṣipya yuṣmanmanasāṁ paritrāṇē samarthaṁ rōpitaṁ vākyaṁ namrabhāvēna gr̥hlīta|
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 aparañca yūyaṁ kēvalam ātmavañcayitārō vākyasya śrōtārō na bhavata kintu vākyasya karmmakāriṇō bhavata|
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 yatō yaḥ kaścid vākyasya karmmakārī na bhūtvā kēvalaṁ tasya śrōtā bhavati sa darpaṇē svīyaśārīrikavadanaṁ nirīkṣamāṇasya manujasya sadr̥śaḥ|
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 ātmākārē dr̥ṣṭē sa prasthāya kīdr̥śa āsīt tat tatkṣaṇād vismarati|
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 kintu yaḥ kaścit natvā muktēḥ siddhāṁ vyavasthām ālōkya tiṣṭhati sa vismr̥tiyuktaḥ śrōtā na bhūtvā karmmakarttaiva san svakāryyē dhanyō bhaviṣyati|
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26 anāyattarasanaḥ san yaḥ kaścit svamanō vañcayitvā svaṁ bhaktaṁ manyatē tasya bhakti rmudhā bhavati|
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion [is] vain.
27 klēśakālē pitr̥hīnānāṁ vidhavānāñca yad avēkṣaṇaṁ saṁsārācca niṣkalaṅkēna yad ātmarakṣaṇaṁ tadēva piturīśvarasya sākṣāt śuci rnirmmalā ca bhaktiḥ|
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
