Santiago 1
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Saludo
1 Santiago[a](A), siervo de Dios(B) y del Señor Jesucristo(C):
A las doce tribus(D) que están en la dispersión[b](E): Saludos(F).
Fe y sabiduría
2 Tengan por sumo gozo(G), hermanos míos, cuando se hallen en[c] diversas pruebas[d](H), 3 sabiendo que la prueba(I) de su fe(J) produce paciencia[e](K), 4 y que la paciencia[f](L) tenga su perfecto resultado[g], para que sean perfectos[h](M) y completos, sin que nada les falte.
5 Y si a alguno de ustedes le falta sabiduría(N), que se la pida a Dios, quien da a todos abundantemente y sin reproche[i], y le será dada(O). 6 Pero que pida con fe(P), sin dudar(Q). Porque el que duda es semejante a la ola del mar, impulsada por el viento y echada de una parte a otra(R). 7 No piense, pues, ese hombre, que recibirá cosa alguna del Señor, 8 siendo hombre de doble ánimo[j](S), inestable en todos sus caminos(T).
Lo transitorio de las riquezas
9 Pero que el hermano de condición humilde se gloríe en su alta posición(U), 10 y el rico en su humillación, pues él pasará como la flor de la hierba(V). 11 Porque el sol sale con calor abrasador(W) y seca la hierba(X), y su flor se cae y la hermosura de su apariencia perece. Así también se marchitará el rico en medio de sus empresas.
La tentación explicada
12 Bienaventurado el hombre que persevera(Y) bajo la prueba, porque una vez que ha sido aprobado, recibirá la corona de la vida(Z) que el Señor ha prometido(AA) a los que lo aman(AB). 13 Que nadie diga cuando es tentado: «Soy tentado por[k] Dios(AC)». Porque Dios no puede ser tentado por el mal[l] y Él mismo no tienta a nadie. 14 Sino que cada uno es tentado cuando es llevado y seducido por su propia pasión[m]. 15 Después, cuando la pasión[n] ha concebido(AD), da a luz el pecado; y cuando el pecado es consumado(AE), engendra la muerte.
16 Amados hermanos míos(AF), no se engañen(AG). 17 Toda buena dádiva y todo don perfecto viene[o] de lo alto(AH), desciende del Padre de las luces(AI), con el cual no hay cambio(AJ) ni sombra de variación. 18 En el ejercicio de Su voluntad(AK), Él nos hizo nacer(AL) por la palabra de verdad(AM), para que fuéramos las[p] primicias de sus criaturas(AN).
Hacedores de la palabra
19 Esto lo saben(AO), mis amados hermanos(AP). Pero que cada uno sea pronto para oír, tardo para hablar(AQ), tardo para la ira(AR); 20 pues la ira del hombre no obra la justicia de Dios(AS). 21 Por lo cual, desechando toda inmundicia(AT) y todo resto de malicia[q], reciban ustedes con humildad la palabra implantada(AU), que es poderosa para salvar sus almas.
22 Sean hacedores de la palabra(AV) y no solamente oidores que se engañan a sí mismos. 23 Porque si alguien es oidor de la palabra, y no hacedor, es semejante a un hombre que mira su rostro natural[r] en un espejo(AW); 24 pues después de mirarse a sí mismo e irse, inmediatamente[s] se olvida de qué clase de persona es. 25 Pero el que mira atentamente[t] a la ley perfecta, la ley de la libertad(AX), y permanece en ella, no habiéndose vuelto un oidor olvidadizo sino un hacedor eficaz[u], este será bienaventurado en lo que hace[v](AY).
26 Si alguien se cree religioso, pero no refrena su lengua(AZ), sino que engaña a su propio corazón, la religión del tal es vana. 27 La religión pura y sin mancha delante de nuestro Dios y Padre(BA) es esta: visitar(BB) a los huérfanos(BC) y a las viudas en sus aflicciones[w], y guardarse sin mancha del mundo(BD).
Footnotes
- 1:1 O Jacobo.
- 1:1 O dispersas.
- 1:2 O confronten.
- 1:2 O tentaciones.
- 1:3 O perseverancia.
- 1:4 O perseverancia.
- 1:4 U obra perfecta.
- 1:4 O maduros.
- 1:5 Lit. no reprochando.
- 1:8 O que duda.
- 1:13 Lit. de.
- 1:13 Lit. de cosas malas.
- 1:14 O concupiscencia.
- 1:15 O concupiscencia.
- 1:17 Lit. es.
- 1:18 Lit. ciertas.
- 1:21 Lit. toda la abundancia de malicia.
- 1:23 O naturaleza; lit. el rostro de su nacimiento.
- 1:24 Lit. e inmediatamente.
- 1:25 O considera cuidadosamente.
- 1:25 Lit. hacedor de una obra.
- 1:25 Lit. en su hacer.
- 1:27 O necesidades, o penas.
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.
James 1
Complete Jewish Bible
1 From: Ya‘akov, a slave of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah
To: The Twelve Tribes in the Diaspora:
Shalom!
2 Regard it all as joy, my brothers, when you face various kinds of temptations; 3 for you know that the testing of your trust produces perseverance. 4 But let perseverance do its complete work; so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing. 5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all generously and without reproach; and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in trust, doubting nothing; for the doubter is like a wave in the sea being tossed and driven by the wind. 7 Indeed that person should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 because he is double-minded, unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother in humble circumstances boast about his high position. 10 But let the rich brother boast about his being humbled; since, like a wildflower, he will pass away. 11 For just as the sun rises with the sharav and dries up the plant, so that its flower falls off and its beauty is destroyed, so too the rich person going about his business will wither away.
12 How blessed is the man who perseveres through temptation! For after he has passed the test, he will receive as his crown the Life which God has promised to those who love him. 13 No one being tempted should say, “I am being tempted by God.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and God himself tempts no one. 14 Rather, each person is being tempted whenever he is being dragged off and enticed by the bait of his own desire. 15 Then, having conceived, the desire gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death. 16 Don’t delude yourselves, my dear brothers.
17 Every good act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father who made the heavenly lights; with him there is neither variation nor darkness caused by turning. 18 Having made his decision, he gave birth to us through a Word that can be relied upon, in order that we should be a kind of firstfruits of all that he created. 19 Therefore, my dear brothers, let every person be quick to listen but slow to speak, slow to get angry; 20 for a person’s anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness!
21 So rid yourselves of all vulgarity and obvious evil, and receive meekly the Word implanted in you that can save your lives. 22 Don’t deceive yourselves by only hearing what the Word says, but do it! 23 For whoever hears the Word but doesn’t do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror, 24 who looks at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But if a person looks closely into the perfect Torah, which gives freedom, and continues, becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work it requires, then he will be blessed in what he does.
26 Anyone who thinks he is religiously observant but does not control his tongue is deceiving himself, and his observance counts for nothing. 27 The religious observance that God the Father considers pure and faultless is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being contaminated by the world.
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