James 1
New King James Version
Greeting to the Twelve Tribes
1 James, (A)a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad:
Greetings.
Profiting from Trials
2 My brethren, (B)count it all joy (C)when you fall into various trials, 3 (D)knowing that the testing of your faith produces [a]patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be [b]perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 (E)If any of you lacks wisdom, (F)let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and (G)it will be given to him. 6 (H)But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is (I)a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
The Perspective of Rich and Poor
9 Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, 10 but the rich in his humiliation, because (J)as a flower of the field he will pass away. 11 For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
Loving God Under Trials
12 (K)Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive (L)the crown of life (M)which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, (N)when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, (O)brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 (P)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, (Q)with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18 (R)Of His own will He brought us forth by the (S)word of truth, (T)that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Qualities Needed in Trials
19 [c]So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, (U)slow to speak, (V)slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Doers—Not Hearers Only
21 Therefore (W)lay aside all filthiness and [d]overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, (X)which is able to save your souls.
22 But (Y)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For (Z)if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But (AA)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (AB)this one will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone [e]among you thinks he is religious, and (AC)does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. 27 (AD)Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: (AE)to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, (AF)and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Footnotes
- James 1:3 endurance or perseverance
- James 1:4 mature
- James 1:19 NU Know this or This you know
- James 1:21 abundance
- James 1:26 NU omits among you
SANTIAGO 1
Cakchiquel Occidental
Ri wuj ri xutzˈibaj ca ri Santiago
Ri Santiago nutek el rutzil quiwech ri kachˈalal
1 Riyin ri Santiago, yin jun rusamajel ri Dios y ri Ajaf Jesucristo. Y riyin ntzˈibaj cˈa el re wuj reˈ chiwe riyix ri yix quiy quimam ca ri cablajuj rucˈajol ri Israel ri xecˈojeˈ ojer ca, ri ma yixcˈo ta chic chupan ri ruwachˈulef ri can iwuche (iwixin) wi riyix, xa pa tak quiruwachˈulef nicˈaj chic winek yixcˈo wi. Ticˈuluˈ cˈa ri rutzil iwech ri ntek el riyin.
Ri rejkalen ri tijoj pokonal
2 Wachˈalal, xa sibilaj tiquicot cˈa ri iwánima tek yixtojtobex riqˈui qˈuiy ruwech tijoj pokonal. 3 Ruma can iwetaman chi ri tijoj pokonal ri nipe pa tak icˈaslen, can riche (rixin) wi chi yixtzˈetetej, wi can cukul icˈuˈx riqˈui ri Dios. Y ri tijoj pokonal riˈ nucˈom pe cochˈonic chiwe. 4 Y majun bey tiqˈuis ta ri cochˈonic pa tak iwánima riche (rixin) chi can nuben jun samaj tzˈaket, riche (rixin) chi queriˈ ri icˈaslen niqˈuiy, nitzˈaket y man ta cˈa nrajoˈ na jubaˈ.
5 Y wi cˈo jun kachˈalal chicojol ri nunaˈ chi cˈa cˈo na naˈoj ri nicˈatzin chare, tucˈutuj cˈa chare ri Dios. Y Riyaˈ can ma xtupokonaj ta xtuyaˈ pe qˈuiy. Queriˈ nuben quiqˈui quinojel ri yecˈutun, y majun achique ta xtubij chique. 6 Pero rajawaxic chi can cukul rucˈuˈx riqˈui ri Dios tek nucˈutuj, y ma riqˈui ta cˈa caˈiˈ rucˈuˈx. Ruma wi xa riqˈui caˈiˈ rucˈuˈx tek nucˈutuj, xa nuben cˈa achiˈel nuben ri ruwiˈ ri mar pa rukˈaˈ ri cakˈikˈ, nibe quelaˈ y nibe quelaˈ. 7 Y ri winek ri xa queriˈ nuben, man cˈa tuchˈob ta chi ri Ajaf Dios xtuyaˈ pe chare ri nucˈutuj. 8 Ruma jun winek wi xa caˈiˈ rucˈuˈx tek nucˈutuj chare ri Dios, nikˈalajin chi ma cukul ta rucˈuˈx riqˈui ri ntajin chubanic.
9 Y ri kachˈalal ri majun quikˈij chuwech re ruwachˈulef, xa tiquicot cˈa ri cánima ruma can cˈo wi quikˈij chuwech ri Dios ruma can quiniman chic Riyaˈ. 10 Y queriˈ chukaˈ ri kachˈalal beyomaˈ, xa tiquicot cˈa ri cánima ruma kˈaxnek chiquiwech chi xa majun quikˈij y rajawaxic chi niquikasaj quiˈ chuwech ri Dios ruma xa ma yeyaloj ta el chuwech re ruwachˈulef, xa ye achiˈel jun rusiˈj kˈayis. 11 Ruma ya tek nipe ruchukˈaˈ ri kˈij, yacˈariˈ tek ri kˈayis nichakiˈj y niqˈuis ka. Xa nitzak cˈa el ri rusiˈj y niqˈuis, astapeˈ can jabel nitzuˈun ri pa nabey mul. Can que wi cˈa riˈ jun beyon. Riyaˈ xa chanin nicom el y nuyaˈ ca rumolic ri rubeyomal.
Ticochˈoˈ ri tojtobenic
12 Jabel cˈa ruwarukˈij ri winek ri can rucukuban rucˈuˈx riqˈui ri Dios y nucochˈ ri tijoj pokonal ri nipe chrij. Ruma tek rucochˈon chic ronojel, ri Dios xtuyaˈ ri lokˈolaj sipanic chare, ri utzilaj cˈaslen ri majun bey xtiqˈuis ta. Ya lokˈolaj sipanic riˈ ri rubin ca ri Dios chi xtuyaˈ chake ri yojajowan riche (rixin). 13 Yacˈa wi cˈo jun ri nrajoˈ nuben chawe chi yaka pa mac, man cˈa tabij ta chi ya ri Dios ri nibano queriˈ chawe. Ruma ri Dios can ma nuben ta chare jun winek chi nika pa mac, y chukaˈ majun nicowin nibano ta chare ri Dios chi nika ta pa mac. 14 Ruma wi riyit nanaˈ raybel chi naben jun mac, riˈ xa awuqˈui cˈa riyit nipe wi. Xa ya ri itzel tak raybel ri yecˈo awuqˈui ri yebano queriˈ chawe. 15 Y wi nayaˈ kˈij chare ri itzel tak raybel, chiriˈ nipe wi ri mac. Y pa ruqˈuisbel nucˈom pe ri camic.
16 Wachˈalal ri sibilaj yixinwajoˈ, man cˈa quixkˈolotej ta. 17 Ruma chilaˈ chicaj riqˈui ri Katataˈ Dios nika wi pe ronojel ri jabel tak sipanic. Riqˈui Riyaˈ petenak wi ronojel ri sakil. Achiˈel ri kˈij, ri icˈ y ri chˈumilaˈ, ri niquijalalaˈ quiˈ. Y xa can xu (xe) wi cˈa ri Dios ri ma nijalatej ta. 18 Y riqˈui ri ruraybel Riyaˈ xuyaˈ jun cˈacˈacˈ kacˈaslen tek xkanimaj ri kas kitzij ruchˈabel, y xoj‑oc achiˈel ri nabey tak cosecha chare ronojel ri ruqˈuiytisan ca ri Dios.
Quixoc banoy ri utz
19 Rumariˈ, wachˈalal ri sibilaj yixinwajoˈ, riyin nbij cˈa chiwe chiˈijujunal chi riqˈui ronojel iwánima tiwacˈaxaj ri ruchˈabel ri Dios. Can jabel tichˈoboˈ achique ri nubij. Ruma riyix nicˈatzin chi jabel iwetaman el nabey, cˈacˈariˈ nitzijoj. Y chukaˈ nbij chiwe chi man ta xtipe iwoyowal chanin. 20 Ruma ri coyowal ri winek xa ma nucˈom ta pe jun cˈaslen choj achiˈel ri nrajoˈ ri Dios. 21 Rumacˈariˈ tiyaˈ ca ronojel ri ma chˈajchˈoj ta y ronojel ri etzelal. Y can tikasaj iwiˈ chi ninimaj ri ruchˈabel ri Dios ri cˈo chic pa tak iwánima. Ruma ya chˈabel riˈ ri nicolo iwuche (iwixin).
22 Y ma xu (xe) ta cˈa tiwacˈaxaj ri ruchˈabel ri Dios, xa can tibanaˈ chukaˈ ri nubij. Ruma wi xa can xu (xe wi) niwacˈaxaj ri ruchˈabel ri Dios y ma niben ta ri nubij, xa iyon riyix nikˈol ka iwiˈ. 23 Ruma wi cˈo jun ri nracˈaxaj ri ruchˈabel ri Dios, y xa ma nuben ta ri nubij, xa junan cˈa riqˈui jun winek ri nutzuˈ riˈ pa jun espejo, can nutzuˈ wi riˈ achique rubanic. 24 Pero tek xa cˈa jubaˈ tutzuˈ ca riˈ pan espejo, xa ma noka ta chic chucˈuˈx ri achique rubanic nitzuˈun. 25 Yacˈa ri nacˈaxan ri ruchˈabel ri Dios, y ma xu (xe) ta wi nracˈaxaj, xa can nunimaj y nuben ri nubij ri chˈabel riˈ, y can ma nuyaˈ ta ca, can jabel cˈa ruwarukˈij. Ruma ri ruchˈabel ri Dios can tzˈaket wi. Y can nuben chake chi yojcolotej riche (rixin) chi yojcowin nikaben ri nrajoˈ ri Dios.
26 Wi cˈo jun nibin chi nuyaˈ rukˈij ri Dios y xa ma nukˈil ta riˈ riqˈui ri itzel tak chˈabel, ruyon riyaˈ nukˈol ka riˈ. Y xa majun utz nucˈom pe chare tek nubij chi riyaˈ can nuyaˈ wi rukˈij ri Dios. 27 Ruma ri winek ri can kitzij nuyaˈ rukˈij ri Dios, yerutolaˈ ri malcaniˈ tak ixokiˈ y ri acˈalaˈ ri xa majun chic quiteˈ quitataˈ ri yetajin niquikˈaxaj tijoj pokonal, y chukaˈ ma nutzˈilobisaj ta chic riˈ chupan ri etzelal riche (rixin) re ruwachˈulef. Chuwech ri Dios ri yebano queriˈ, yeriˈ ri can kitzij y pa ruchˈajchˈojil chi niquiyaˈ rukˈij.
James 1
King James Version
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5 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 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 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 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 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 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 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17 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 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 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 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 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 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 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.
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