雅各书 1
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
以试炼为喜乐
1 神和主耶稣基督的仆人雅各,向散居各地的十二支派问安。 2 我的弟兄们,你们遭遇各种试炼的时候,都要看为喜乐; 3 因为知道你们的信心经过考验,就产生忍耐。 4 但忍耐要坚持到底(“坚持到底”原文作“有完全的功效”),使你们可以完全,毫无缺乏。 5 你们中间若有人缺少智慧,就当向那厚赐众人,而且不斥责人的 神祈求,他就必得着。 6 可是,他应该凭着信心祈求,不要有疑惑;因为疑惑的人,就像被风吹荡翻腾的海浪。 7 那样的人,不要想从主得到甚么; 8 因为三心两意的人,在他的一切道路上,都摇摆不定。
富贵荣华转眼消逝
9 卑微的弟兄应当以高升为荣; 10 富足的也不应该以降卑为辱;因为他如同草上的花,必要过去。 11 太阳一出,热风一吹,草必枯干,花必凋谢,它的美容就消失了;富足的人也必在他的奔波经营中这样衰落。
忍受试炼的人有福了
12 能忍受试炼的人,是有福的;因为他经过考验之后,必得着生命的冠冕,这冠冕是主应许给爱他的人的。 13 人被试探,不可说“我被 神试探”;因为 神不能被恶试探,他也不试探任何人。 14 每一个人受试探,都是被自己的私欲所勾引诱惑的。 15 私欲怀了胎,就生出罪;罪长成了,就产生死亡。
16 我亲爱的弟兄们,不要看错了。 17 各样美好的赏赐,各样完备的恩赐,都是从上面、从众光之父降下来的,他本身并没有改变,也没有转动的影子。 18 他凭着自己的旨意,借着真理的道生了我们,使我们作他所造的万物中初熟的果子。
要作行道的人
19 我亲爱的弟兄们,你们要知道,人人都应该快快地听,慢慢地说,慢一点动怒; 20 因为人的忿怒并不能成全 神的义。 21 所以你们应当摆脱一切污秽和所有的邪恶,以温柔的心领受 神栽种的道;这道能救你们的灵魂。
22 你们应该作行道的人,不要单作听道的人,自己欺骗自己; 23 因为人若只作听道的人,不作行道的人,他就像一个人对着镜子看自己本来的面貌, 24 看过走开以后,马上就忘记自己的样子。 25 唯有详细察看那使人自由的全备的律法,并且时常遵守的人,他不是听了就忘记,而是实行出来,就必因自己所作的蒙福。
26 如果有人自以为虔诚,却不约束他的舌头,反而自己欺骗自己,这人的虔诚是没有用的。 27 在父 神看来,纯洁无玷污的虔诚,就是照顾患难中的孤儿寡妇,并且保守自己不被世俗所污染。
James 1
New Living Translation
Greetings from James
1 This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish believers scattered abroad.
Greetings!
Faith and Endurance
2 Dear brothers and sisters,[a] when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.
9 Believers who are[b] poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. 10 And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. 11 The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
12 God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. 13 And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong,[c] and he never tempts anyone else. 14 Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. 15 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
16 So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.[d] He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.[e] 18 He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.[f]
Listening and Doing
19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. 20 Human anger[g] does not produce the righteousness[h] God desires. 21 So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.
22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
26 If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. 27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.
Footnotes
- 1:2 Greek brothers; also in 1:16, 19.
- 1:9 Greek The brother who is.
- 1:13 Or God should not be put to a test by evil people.
- 1:17a Greek from above, from the Father of lights.
- 1:17b Some manuscripts read He never changes, as a shifting shadow does.
- 1:18 Greek we became a kind of firstfruit of his creatures.
- 1:20a Greek A man’s anger.
- 1:20b Or the justice.
Santiago 1
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
1 Mula kay Santiago na lingkod[a] ng Dios at ng Panginoong Jesu-Cristo.
Mahal kong mga mananampalataya na nagsipangalat saan man sa mundo.[b]
Ang Pananampalataya at Karunungan
2 Mga kapatid, magalak kayo sa tuwing dumaranas kayo ng mga pagsubok. 3 Sapagkat alam ninyong nagdudulot ito ng katatagan sa inyong pananampalataya. 4 Kaya tiisin ninyo ang mga pagsubok upang maging ganap at walang anumang pagkukulang ang buhay nʼyo. 5 Kung mayroon mang nagkukulang sa inyo sa karunungan, humingi siya sa Dios at ibibigay ito sa kanya nang walang pagmamaramot at panunumbat. 6 Ngunit dapat magtiwala ang humihingi at huwag magduda, dahil ang taong nagdududa ay katulad ng alon sa dagat na tinatangay at pinapadpad ng hangin. 7 Ang ganitong tao ay hindi dapat umasa na may matatanggap mula sa Panginoon 8 dahil nagdadalawang-isip siya at walang katiyakan sa mga ginagawa niya.
Mga Mahihirap at Mayayaman
9 Dapat ikagalak ng mga mahihirap na kapatid kay Cristo ang pagpaparangal ng Dios sa kanila. 10 Ang mga mayayaman naman na kapatid kay Cristo ay dapat ding ikarangal ang pagkakababa sa kanila ng Dios, dahil lilipas sila katulad ng mga bulaklak sa parang.[c] 11 Natutuyo ang mga damo sa matinding sikat ng araw, nalalagas ang mga bulaklak nito, at kumukupas ang ganda. Ganoon din naman ang isang mayaman, mamamatay siya sa kasagsagan ng paghahanapbuhay niya.
Mga Pagsubok at Tukso
12 Mapalad ang taong nananatiling matatag sa kabila ng mga pagsubok dahil pagkatapos niyang mapagtagumpayan ang mga ito, tatanggapin niya bilang gantimpala ang buhay na walang hanggan, na ipinangako ng Dios sa mga nagmamahal sa kanya. 13 Kung dumaranas ng tukso ang isang tao, hindi niya dapat isiping galing ito sa Dios, dahil hindi maaaring matukso ang Dios sa kasamaan, at hindi rin siya nanunukso sa kahit kanino. 14 Natutukso ang isang tao kapag nahihikayat siya at nadadala ng sariling pagnanasa. 15 At kung susundin niya ang pagnanasa niya, magbubunga ito ng kasalanan; at kung magpapatuloy siya sa kasalanan, hahantong ito sa kamatayan.
16 Kaya huwag kayong magpadaya, mga minamahal kong kapatid. 17 Lahat ng mabubuti at angkop na kaloob ay nanggagaling sa Dios na siyang lumikha ng mga bagay sa langit na nagbibigay-liwanag. At kahit pabago-bago at paiba-iba ang anyo ng anino ng mga ito, ang Dios ay hindi nagbabago. 18 Ayon sa kanyang kalooban, ginawa niya tayong mga anak niya sa pamamagitan ng pagkilala natin sa katotohanan,[d] upang maging higit tayo sa lahat ng nilikha niya.
Pagdinig at Pagsunod
19 Tandaan nʼyo ito, mga minamahal kong kapatid: Dapat maging handa kayo sa pakikinig, dahan-dahan sa pananalita, at huwag agad magagalit. 20 Sapagkat ang galit ay hindi nakakatulong sa tao para maging matuwid sa paningin ng Dios. 21 Kaya talikuran nʼyo na ang lahat ng kasamaan at maruruming gawain, at tanggapin nang may pagpapakumbaba ang salita ng Dios na itinanim sa inyong puso na siyang makapagliligtas sa inyo.
22 Huwag lang kayong maging tagapakinig ng salita ng Dios kundi sundin nʼyo ang sinasabi nito. Dahil kung hindi, dinadaya nʼyo lang ang sarili ninyo. 23 Dahil kung nakikinig lang ang isang tao sa salita ng Dios pero hindi naman niya tinutupad ang sinasabi nito, katulad siya ng isang taong tumitingin sa salamin 24 na pagkatapos makita ang sarili ay umaalis at agad kinakalimutan ang ayos niya. 25 Ngunit ang taong nagsasaliksik at tumutupad sa Kautusang ganap na nagpapalaya, at hindi tagapakinig lang na nakakalimot agad, ay ang taong pagpapalain ng Dios sa mga ginagawa niya.
26 Kung may nag-aakalang siya ay relihiyoso pero hindi naman magawang pigilan ang dila niya, walang silbi ang pagiging relihiyoso niya at niloloko lang niya ang kanyang sarili. 27 Ang pagkarelihiyosong itinuturing na dalisay at walang kapintasan ng Dios Ama ay ito: Ang pagtulong sa mga ulila at mga biyuda sa kahirapan nila, at ang pagtalikod sa lahat ng kasamaan sa mundong ito.
James 1
New International Version
1 James,(A) a servant of God(B) and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes(C) scattered(D) among the nations:
Greetings.(E)
Trials and Temptations
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,(F) 3 because you know that the testing of your faith(G) produces perseverance.(H) 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature(I) and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,(J) who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.(K) 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt,(L) because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded(M) and unstable(N) in all they do.
9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.(O) 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.(P) 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat(Q) and withers(R) the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed.(S) In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.
12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial(T) because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life(U) that the Lord has promised to those who love him.(V)
13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own(W) evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;(X) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.(Y)
16 Don’t be deceived,(Z) my dear brothers and sisters.(AA) 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above,(AB) coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,(AC) who does not change(AD) like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth(AE) through the word of truth,(AF) that we might be a kind of firstfruits(AG) of all he created.
Listening and Doing
19 My dear brothers and sisters,(AH) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(AI) and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger(AJ) does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of(AK) all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you,(AL) which can save you.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(AM) 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(AN) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(AO)
26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues(AP) deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after(AQ) orphans and widows(AR) in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.(AS)
Footnotes
- James 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.
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