GNT

1 ἰάκωβος θεοῦ καὶ κυρίου ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ δοῦλος ταῖς δώδεκα φυλαῖς ταῖς ἐν τῇ διασπορᾷ χαίρειν.

2 πᾶσαν χαρὰν ἡγήσασθε, ἀδελφοί μου, ὅταν πειρασμοῖς περιπέσητε ποικίλοις,

3 γινώσκοντες ὅτι τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως κατεργάζεται ὑπομονήν·

4 ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι, ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι.

5 εἰ δέ τις ὑμῶν λείπεται σοφίας, αἰτείτω παρὰ τοῦ διδόντος θεοῦ πᾶσιν ἁπλῶς καὶ μὴ ὀνειδίζοντος, καὶ δοθήσεται αὐτῶ.

6 αἰτείτω δὲ ἐν πίστει, μηδὲν διακρινόμενος, ὁ γὰρ διακρινόμενος ἔοικεν κλύδωνι θαλάσσης ἀνεμιζομένῳ καὶ ῥιπιζομένῳ·

7 μὴ γὰρ οἰέσθω ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος ὅτι λήμψεταί τι παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου,

8 ἀνὴρ δίψυχος, ἀκατάστατος ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ.

9 καυχάσθω δὲ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὁ ταπεινὸς ἐν τῶ ὕψει αὐτοῦ,

10 ὁ δὲ πλούσιος ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ὡς ἄνθος χόρτου παρελεύσεται.

11 ἀνέτειλεν γὰρ ὁ ἥλιος σὺν τῶ καύσωνι καὶ ἐξήρανεν τὸν χόρτον, καὶ τὸ ἄνθος αὐτοῦ ἐξέπεσεν καὶ ἡ εὐπρέπεια τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ἀπώλετο· οὕτως καὶ ὁ πλούσιος ἐν ταῖς πορείαις αὐτοῦ μαρανθήσεται.

12 μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὃς ὑπομένει πειρασμόν, ὅτι δόκιμος γενόμενος λήμψεται τὸν στέφανον τῆς ζωῆς, ὃν ἐπηγγείλατο τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν.

13 μηδεὶς πειραζόμενος λεγέτω ὅτι ἀπὸ θεοῦ πειράζομαι· ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἀπείραστός ἐστιν κακῶν, πειράζει δὲ αὐτὸς οὐδένα.

14 ἕκαστος δὲ πειράζεται ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας ἐξελκόμενος καὶ δελεαζόμενος·

15 εἶτα ἡ ἐπιθυμία συλλαβοῦσα τίκτει ἁμαρτίαν, ἡ δὲ ἁμαρτία ἀποτελεσθεῖσα ἀποκύει θάνατον.

16 μὴ πλανᾶσθε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί.

17 πᾶσα δόσις ἀγαθὴ καὶ πᾶν δώρημα τέλειον ἄνωθέν ἐστιν, καταβαῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς τῶν φώτων, παρ᾽ ᾧ οὐκ ἔνι παραλλαγὴ ἢ τροπῆς ἀποσκίασμα.

18 βουληθεὶς ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς λόγῳ ἀληθείας, εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἀπαρχήν τινα τῶν αὐτοῦ κτισμάτων.

19 ἴστε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί. ἔστω δὲ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ταχὺς εἰς τὸ ἀκοῦσαι, βραδὺς εἰς τὸ λαλῆσαι, βραδὺς εἰς ὀργήν·

20 ὀργὴ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δικαιοσύνην θεοῦ οὐκ ἐργάζεται.

21 διὸ ἀποθέμενοι πᾶσαν ῥυπαρίαν καὶ περισσείαν κακίας ἐν πραΰτητι δέξασθε τὸν ἔμφυτον λόγον τὸν δυνάμενον σῶσαι τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν.

22 γίνεσθε δὲ ποιηταὶ λόγου καὶ μὴ μόνον ἀκροαταὶ παραλογιζόμενοι ἑαυτούς.

23 ὅτι εἴ τις ἀκροατὴς λόγου ἐστὶν καὶ οὐ ποιητής, οὖτος ἔοικεν ἀνδρὶ κατανοοῦντι τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γενέσεως αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐσόπτρῳ·

24 κατενόησεν γὰρ ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀπελήλυθεν καὶ εὐθέως ἐπελάθετο ὁποῖος ἦν.

25 ὁ δὲ παρακύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον τὸν τῆς ἐλευθερίας καὶ παραμείνας, οὐκ ἀκροατὴς ἐπιλησμονῆς γενόμενος ἀλλὰ ποιητὴς ἔργου, οὖτος μακάριος ἐν τῇ ποιήσει αὐτοῦ ἔσται.

26 εἴ τις δοκεῖ θρησκὸς εἶναι, μὴ χαλιναγωγῶν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ ἀπατῶν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, τούτου μάταιος ἡ θρησκεία.

27 θρησκεία καθαρὰ καὶ ἀμίαντος παρὰ τῶ θεῶ καὶ πατρὶ αὕτη ἐστίν, ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας ἐν τῇ θλίψει αὐτῶν, ἄσπιλον ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου.

KJV

1  James,²³⁸⁵ a servant¹⁴⁰¹ of God²³¹⁶ and²⁵³² of the Lord²⁹⁶² Jesus²⁴²⁴ Christ,⁵⁵⁴⁷ to the³⁵⁸⁸ twelve¹⁴²⁷ tribes⁵⁴⁴³ which³⁵⁸⁸ are scattered abroad,^{1722 1290} greeting.⁵⁴⁶³

2  My³⁴⁵⁰ brethren,⁸⁰ count²²³³ it all³⁹⁵⁶ joy⁵⁴⁷⁹ when³⁷⁵² ye fall into⁴⁰⁴⁵ divers⁴¹⁶⁴ temptations;³⁹⁸⁶

3  Knowing¹⁰⁹⁷ this, that³⁷⁵⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ trying¹³⁸³ of your⁵²¹⁶ faith⁴¹⁰² worketh²⁷¹⁶ patience.⁵²⁸¹

4  But¹¹⁶¹ let patience⁵²⁸¹ have²¹⁹² her perfect⁵⁰⁴⁶ work,²⁰⁴¹ that²⁴⁴³ ye may be⁵⁶⁰⁰ perfect⁵⁰⁴⁶ and²⁵³² entire,³⁶⁴⁸ wanting³⁰⁰⁷ nothing.³³⁶⁷

5  ¹¹⁶¹ If¹⁴⁸⁷ any⁵¹⁰⁰ of you⁵²¹⁶ lack³⁰⁰⁷ wisdom,⁴⁶⁷⁸ let him ask¹⁵⁴ of³⁸⁴⁴ God,²³¹⁶ that giveth¹³²⁵ to all³⁹⁵⁶ men liberally,⁵⁷⁴ and²⁵³² upbraideth³⁶⁷⁹ not;³³⁶¹ and²⁵³² it shall be given¹³²⁵ him.⁸⁴⁶

6  But¹¹⁶¹ let him ask¹⁵⁴ in¹⁷²² faith,⁴¹⁰² nothing³³⁶⁷ wavering.¹²⁵² For¹⁰⁶³ he that wavereth¹²⁵² is like¹⁵⁰³ a wave²⁸³⁰ of the sea²²⁸¹ driven with the wind⁴¹⁶ and²⁵³² tossed.⁴⁴⁹⁴

7  For¹⁰⁶³ let not³³⁶¹ that¹⁵⁶⁵ man⁴⁴⁴ think³⁶³³ that³⁷⁵⁴ he shall receive²⁹⁸³ any thing⁵¹⁰⁰ of³⁸⁴⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord.²⁹⁶²

8  A double minded¹³⁷⁴ man⁴³⁵ is unstable¹⁸² in¹⁷²² all³⁹⁵⁶ his⁸⁴⁸ ways.³⁵⁹⁸

9  ¹¹⁶¹ Let the³⁵⁸⁸ brother⁸⁰ of low degree⁵⁰¹¹ rejoice²⁷⁴⁴ in¹⁷²² that he⁸⁴⁸ is exalted:⁵³¹¹

10  But¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ rich,⁴¹⁴⁵ in¹⁷²² that he⁸⁴⁸ is made low:⁵⁰¹⁴ because³⁷⁵⁴ as⁵⁶¹³ the flower⁴³⁸ of the grass⁵⁵²⁸ he shall pass away.³⁹²⁸

11  For¹⁰⁶³ the³⁵⁸⁸ sun²²⁴⁶ is no sooner risen³⁹³ with⁴⁸⁶² a burning heat,²⁷⁴² but²⁵³² it withereth³⁵⁸³ the³⁵⁸⁸ grass,⁵⁵²⁸ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ flower⁴³⁸ thereof⁸⁴⁶ falleth,¹⁶⁰¹ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ grace²¹⁴³ of the³⁵⁸⁸ fashion⁴³⁸³ of it⁸⁴⁶ perisheth:⁶²² so³⁷⁷⁹ also²⁵³² shall the³⁵⁸⁸ rich man⁴¹⁴⁵ fade away³¹³³ in¹⁷²² his⁸⁴⁸ ways.⁴¹⁹⁷

12  Blessed³¹⁰⁷ is the man⁴³⁵ that³⁷³⁹ endureth⁵²⁷⁸ temptation:³⁹⁸⁶ for³⁷⁵⁴ when he is¹⁰⁹⁶ tried,¹³⁸⁴ he shall receive²⁹⁸³ the³⁵⁸⁸ crown⁴⁷³⁵ of life,²²²² which³⁷³⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² hath promised¹⁸⁶¹ to them that love²⁵ him.⁸⁴⁶

13  Let no man³³⁶⁷ say³⁰⁰⁴ when he is tempted,³⁹⁸⁵ I am tempted³⁹⁸⁵ of⁵⁷⁵ God:²³¹⁶ for¹⁰⁶³ God²³¹⁶ cannot be tempted^{2076 551} with evil,²⁵⁵⁶ neither¹¹⁶¹ tempteth³⁹⁸⁵ he⁸⁴⁸ any man:³⁷⁶²

14  But¹¹⁶¹ every man¹⁵³⁸ is tempted,³⁹⁸⁵ when he is drawn away¹⁸²⁸ of⁵²⁵⁹ his own²³⁹⁸ lust,¹⁹³⁹ and²⁵³² enticed.¹¹⁸⁵

15  Then¹⁵³⁴ when lust¹⁹³⁹ hath conceived,⁴⁸¹⁵ it bringeth forth⁵⁰⁸⁸ sin:²⁶⁶ and¹¹⁶¹ sin,²⁶⁶ when it is finished,⁶⁵⁸ bringeth forth⁶¹⁶ death.²²⁸⁸

16  Do not³³⁶¹ err,⁴¹⁰⁵ my³⁴⁵⁰ beloved²⁷ brethren.⁸⁰

17  Every³⁹⁵⁶ good¹⁸ gift¹³⁹⁴ and²⁵³² every³⁹⁵⁶ perfect⁵⁰⁴⁶ gift¹⁴³⁴ is²⁰⁷⁶ from above,⁵⁰⁹ and cometh down²⁵⁹⁷ from⁵⁷⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ Father³⁹⁶² of lights,⁵⁴⁵⁷ with³⁸⁴⁴ whom³⁷³⁹ is¹⁷⁶² no³⁷⁵⁶ variableness,³⁸⁸³ neither²²²⁸ shadow⁶⁴⁴ of turning.⁵¹⁵⁷

18  Of his own will¹⁰¹⁴ begat⁶¹⁶ he us²²⁴⁸ with the word³⁰⁵⁶ of truth,²²⁵ that we²²⁴⁸ should be¹⁵¹¹ a kind⁵¹⁰⁰ of firstfruits⁵³⁶ of his⁸⁴⁸ creatures.²⁹³⁸

19  Wherefore,⁵⁶²⁰ my³⁴⁵⁰ beloved²⁷ brethren,⁸⁰ let every³⁹⁵⁶ man⁴⁴⁴ be²⁰⁷⁷ swift⁵⁰³⁶ to hear,¹⁹¹ slow¹⁰²¹ to speak,²⁹⁸⁰ slow¹⁰²¹ to¹⁵¹⁹ wrath:³⁷⁰⁹

20  For¹⁰⁶³ the wrath³⁷⁰⁹ of man⁴³⁵ worketh²⁷¹⁶ not³⁷⁵⁶ the righteousness¹³⁴³ of God.²³¹⁶

21  Wherefore¹³⁵² lay apart⁶⁵⁹ all³⁹⁵⁶ filthiness⁴⁵⁰⁷ and²⁵³² superfluity⁴⁰⁵⁰ of naughtiness,²⁵⁴⁹ and receive¹²⁰⁹ with¹⁷²² meekness⁴²⁴⁰ the³⁵⁸⁸ engrafted¹⁷²¹ word,³⁰⁵⁶ which is able¹⁴¹⁰ to save⁴⁹⁸² your⁵²¹⁶ souls.⁵⁵⁹⁰

22  But¹¹⁶¹ be¹⁰⁹⁶ ye doers⁴¹⁶³ of the word,³⁰⁵⁶ and²⁵³² not³³⁶¹ hearers²⁰² only,³⁴⁴⁰ deceiving³⁸⁸⁴ your own selves.¹⁴³⁸

23  For³⁷⁵⁴ if any¹⁵³⁶ be²⁰⁷⁶ a hearer²⁰² of the word,³⁰⁵⁶ and²⁵³² not³⁷⁵⁶ a doer,⁴¹⁶³ he³⁷⁷⁸ is like unto¹⁵⁰³ a man⁴³⁵ beholding²⁶⁵⁷ his⁸⁴⁶ natural¹⁰⁷⁸ face⁴³⁸³ in¹⁷²² a glass:²⁰⁷²

24  For¹⁰⁶³ he beholdeth²⁶⁵⁷ himself,¹⁴³⁸ and²⁵³² goeth his way,⁵⁶⁵ and²⁵³² straightway²¹¹² forgetteth¹⁹⁵⁰ what manner of man³⁶⁹⁷ he was.²²⁵⁸

25  But¹¹⁶¹ whoso looketh³⁸⁷⁹ into¹⁵¹⁹ the perfect⁵⁰⁴⁶ law³⁵⁵¹ of³⁵⁸⁸ liberty,¹⁶⁵⁷ and²⁵³² continueth³⁸⁸⁷ therein, he³⁷⁷⁸ being¹⁰⁹⁶ not³⁷⁵⁶ a forgetful¹⁹⁵³ hearer,²⁰² but²³⁵ a doer⁴¹⁶³ of the work,²⁰⁴¹ this man³⁷⁷⁸ shall be²⁰⁷¹ blessed³¹⁰⁷ in¹⁷²² his⁸⁴⁸ deed.⁴¹⁶²

26  If any man¹⁵³⁶ among¹⁷²² you⁵²¹³ seem¹³⁸⁰ to be¹⁵¹¹ religious,²³⁵⁷ and bridleth⁵⁴⁶⁸ not³³⁶¹ his⁸⁴⁸ tongue,¹¹⁰⁰ but²³⁵ deceiveth⁵³⁸ his own⁸⁴⁸ heart,²⁵⁸⁸ this man's⁵¹²⁷ religion²³⁵⁶ is vain.³¹⁵²

27  Pure²⁵¹³ religion²³⁵⁶ and²⁵³² undefiled²⁸³ before³⁸⁴⁴ God²³¹⁶ and²⁵³² the Father³⁹⁶² is²⁰⁷⁶ this,³⁷⁷⁸ To visit¹⁹⁸⁰ the fatherless³⁷³⁷ and²⁵³² widows⁵⁵⁰³ in¹⁷²² their⁸⁴⁶ affliction,²³⁴⁷ and to keep⁵⁰⁸³ himself¹⁴³⁸ unspotted⁷⁸⁴ from⁵⁷⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ world.²⁸⁸⁹

Vul

1 Jacobus, Dei et Domini nostri Jesu Christi servus, duodecim tribubus, quæ sunt in dispersione, salutem.

2 Omne gaudium existimate fratres mei, cum in tentationes varias incideritis:

3 scientes quod probatio fidei vestræ patientiam operatur.

4 Patientia autem opus perfectum habet: ut sitis perfecti et integri in nullo deficientes.

5 Si quis autem vestrum indiget sapientia, postulet a Deo, qui dat omnibus affluenter, et non improperat: et dabitur ei.

6 Postulet autem in fide nihil hæsitans: qui enim hæsitat, similis est fluctui maris, qui a vento movetur et circumfertur:

7 non ergo æstimet homo ille quod accipiat aliquid a Domino.

8 Vir duplex animo inconstans est in omnibus viis suis.

9 Glorietur autem frater humilis in exaltatione sua:

10 dives autem in humilitate sua, quoniam sicut flos fœni transibit;

11 exortus est enim sol cum ardore, et arefecit fœnum, et flos ejus decidit, et decor vultus ejus deperiit: ita et dives in itineribus suis marcescet.

12 Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem: quoniam cum probatus fuerit, accipiet coronam vitæ, quam repromisit Deus diligentibus se.

13 Nemo cum tentatur, dicat quoniam a Deo tentatur: Deus enim intentator malorum est: ipse autem neminem tentat.

14 Unusquisque vero tentatur a concupiscentia sua abstractus, et illectus.

15 Deinde concupiscentia cum conceperit, parit peccatum: peccatum vero cum consummatum fuerit, generat mortem.

16 Nolite itaque errare, fratres mei dilectissimi.

17 Omne datum optimum, et omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum, apud quem non est transmutatio, nec vicissitudinis obumbratio.

18 Voluntarie enim genuit nos verbo veritatis, ut simus initium aliquod creaturæ ejus.

19 Scitis, fratres mei dilectissimi. Sit autem omnis homo velox ad audiendum: tardus autem ad loquendum, et tardus ad iram.

20 Ira enim viri justitiam Dei non operatur.

21 Propter quod abjicientes omnem immunditiam, et abundantiam malitiæ, in mansuetudine suscipite insitum verbum, quod potest salvare animas vestras.

22 Estote autem factores verbi, et non auditores tantum: fallentes vosmetipsos.

23 Quia si quis auditor est verbi, et non factor, hic comparabitur viro consideranti vultum nativitatis suæ in speculo:

24 consideravit enim se, et abiit, et statim oblitus est qualis fuerit.

25 Qui autem perspexerit in legem perfectam libertatis, et permanserit in ea, non auditor obliviosus factus, sed factor operis: hic beatus in facto suo erit.

26 Si quis autem putat se religiosum esse, non refrenans linguam suam, sed seducens cor suum, hujus vana est religio.

27 Religio munda et immaculata apud Deum et Patrem, hæc est: visitare pupillos et viduas in tribulatione eorum, et immaculatum se custodire ab hoc sæculo.