yAkUbaH 2
1 he mama bhrAtaraH, yUyam asmAkaM tejasvinaH prabho ryIshukhrIShTasya dharmmaM mukhApekShayA na dhArayata|
My brethren, haue not the faith of our glorious Lord Iesus Christ in respect of persons.
2 yato yuShmAkaM sabhAyAM svarNA NgurIyakayukte bhrAjiShNuparichChade puruShe praviShTe malinavastre kasmiMshchid daridre. api praviShTe
For if there come into your company a man with a golde ring, and in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment,
3 yUyaM yadi taM bhrAjiShNuparichChadavasAnaM janaM nirIkShya vadeta bhavAn atrottamasthAna upavishatviti ki ncha taM daridraM yadi vadeta tvam amusmin sthAne tiShTha yadvAtra mama pAdapITha upavisheti,
And ye haue a respect to him that weareth the gaie clothing; and say vnto him, Sit thou here in a goodly place, and say vnto the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my footestoole,
4 tarhi manaHsu visheShya yUyaM kiM kutarkaiH kuvichArakA na bhavatha?
Are yee not partiall in your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoughts?
5 he mama priyabhrAtaraH, shR^iNuta, saMsAre ye daridrAstAn Ishvaro vishvAsena dhaninaH svapremakAribhyashcha pratishrutasya rAjyasyAdhikAriNaH karttuM kiM na varItavAn? kintu daridro yuShmAbhiravaj nAyate|
Hearken my beloued brethren, hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, that they should be rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he promised to them that loue him?
6 dhanavanta eva kiM yuShmAn nopadravanti balAchcha vichArAsanAnAM samIpaM na nayanti?
But ye haue despised the poore. Doe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates?
7 yuShmadupari parikIrttitaM paramaM nAma kiM taireva na nindyate?
Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be named?
8 ki ncha tvaM svasamIpavAsini svAtmavat prIyasva, etachChAstrIyavachanAnusArato yadi yUyaM rAjakIyavyavasthAM pAlayatha tarhi bhadraM kurutha|
But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.
9 yadi cha mukhApekShAM kurutha tarhi pApam Acharatha vyavasthayA chAj nAla Nghina iva dUShyadhve|
But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.
10 yato yaH kashchit kR^itsnAM vyavasthAM pAlayati sa yadyekasmin vidhau skhalati tarhi sarvveShAm aparAdhI bhavati|
For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all.
11 yato hetostvaM paradArAn mA gachCheti yaH kathitavAn sa eva narahatyAM mA kuryyA ityapi kathitavAn tasmAt tvaM paradArAn na gatvA yadi narahatyAM karoShi tarhi vyavasthAla NghI bhavasi|
For he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.
12 mukte rvyavasthAto yeShAM vichAreNa bhavitavyaM tAdR^ishA lokA iva yUyaM kathAM kathayata karmma kuruta cha|
So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shall be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.
13 yo dayAM nAcharati tasya vichAro nirddayena kAriShyate, kintu dayA vichAram abhibhaviShyati|
For there shalbe condemnation merciles to him that sheweth not mercie, and mercie reioyceth against condemnation.
14 he mama bhrAtaraH, mama pratyayo. astIti yaH kathayati tasya karmmANi yadi na vidyanta tarhi tena kiM phalaM? tena pratyayena kiM tasya paritrANaM bhavituM shaknoti?
What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?
15 keShuchid bhrAtR^iShu bhaginIShu vA vasanahIneShu prAtyahikAhArahIneShu cha satsu yuShmAkaM ko. api tebhyaH sharIrArthaM prayojanIyAni dravyANi na datvA yadi tAn vadet,
For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,
16 yUyaM sakushalaM gatvoShNagAtrA bhavata tR^ipyata cheti tarhyetena kiM phalaM?
And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithstading ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?
17 tadvat pratyayo yadi karmmabhi ryukto na bhavet tarhyekAkitvAt mR^ita evAste|
Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.
18 ki ncha kashchid idaM vadiShyati tava pratyayo vidyate mama cha karmmANi vidyante, tvaM karmmahInaM svapratyayaM mAM darshaya tarhyahamapi matkarmmabhyaH svapratyayaM tvAM darshayiShyAmi|
But some man might say, Thou hast the faith, and I haue woorkes: shewe me thy faith out of thy woorkes, and I will shewe thee my faith by my woorkes.
19 eka Ishvaro. astIti tvaM pratyeShi| bhadraM karoShi| bhUtA api tat pratiyanti kampante cha|
Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble.
20 kintu he nirbbodhamAnava, karmmahInaH pratyayo mR^ita evAstyetad avagantuM kim ichChasi?
But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?
21 asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSho ya ibrAhIm svaputram ishAkaM yaj navedyAm utsR^iShTavAn sa kiM karmmabhyo na sapuNyIkR^itaH?
Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?
22 pratyaye tasya karmmaNAM sahakAriNi jAte karmmabhiH pratyayaH siddho. abhavat tat kiM pashyasi?
Seest thou not that the faith wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made perfect.
23 ittha nchedaM shAstrIyavachanaM saphalam abhavat, ibrAhIm parameshvare vishvasitavAn tachcha tasya puNyAyAgaNyata sa cheshvarasya mitra iti nAma labdhavAn|
And the Scripture was fulfilled which sayeth, Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse: and hee was called the friende of God.
24 pashyata mAnavaH karmmabhyaH sapuNyIkriyate na chaikAkinA pratyayena|
Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.
25 tadvad yA rAhabnAmikA vArA NganA chArAn anugR^ihyApareNa mArgeNa visasarja sApi kiM karmmabhyo na sapuNyIkR^itA?
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued ye messengers, and sent them out another way?
26 ataevAtmahIno deho yathA mR^ito. asti tathaiva karmmahInaH pratyayo. api mR^ito. asti|
For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.
