Aramaic NT Parallel English Translations

 1:1 ¶ JAKUB, a servant of Aloha and of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, unto the twelve tribes who are dispersed among the nations: Peace.

 1:1 JAMES, a servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus the Messiah; to the twelve tribes dispersed among the Gentiles; greeting [peace].

 1:2 All joy shall be to you, my brethren, when you shall have entered into temptations many and various.

 1:2 Let it be all joy to you, my brethren, when ye enter into many and various trials.

 1:3 For you know that the proving of faith maketh you to possess patience;

 1:3 For ye know, that the trial of [your] faith, maketh you possess patience.

 1:4 but to patience let there be a perfect work, that you may be complete and perfected, and in nothing be deficient.

 1:4 And let patience have its perfect work, so that ye may be complete and perfect, and may lack nothing.

 1:5 If any of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask of Aloha, who giveth to all expansively, and upbraideth not, and it is given to him.

 1:5 And if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask [it] of God, who giveth to all freely, and reproacheth not; and it will be given him.

 1:6 But let him ask in faith, not wavering. For he who wavereth is like the waves of the sea which the wind disturbeth.

 1:6 But let him ask in faith, not hesitating: he who hesitateth is like the waves of the sea, which the wind agitateth.

 1:7 And let not that man expect to receive any thing from the Lord,

 1:7 And let not that man expect to receive any thing of the Lord,

 1:8 who is divided in his mind, and disturbed in all his ways.

 1:8 who is hesitating in his mind, and unstable in all his ways.

 1:9 But let the humble brother glory in his exaltation,

 1:9 And let the depressed brother rejoice, in his elevation;

 1:10 and the rich in his humility; for as the flower of an herb, so he passeth.

 1:10 and the rich, in his depression; because, like the flower of an herb, so he passeth away.

 1:11 For the sun ariseth in his heat, and drieth the herb, and the flower of it falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth; so also the rich withereth in his reverses.

 1:11 For the sun riseth in its heat, and drieth up the herb; and its flower falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth: so also the rich man withereth in his ways.

 1:12 Blessed the man who endureth temptations: for when he hath been proved he shall receive the crown of life, which Aloha hath promised unto them who love him.

 1:12 Blessed is the man who endureth temptations; so that when he is proved he may receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him.

 1:13 Let no man say, when he is tempted, From Aloha I am tempted; for Aloha is not tempted with evils, and he no man tempteth.

 1:13 Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted with evils, nor doth he tempt any man.

 1:14 But each man from his concupiscence tempteth himself, and desireth, and is drawn away.

 1:14 But every man is tempted by his own lust; and he lusteth, and is drawn away.

 1:15 And this desire conceiveth and beareth sin; and sin, when it is perfected, beareth death.

 1:15 And this [his] lust conceiveth, and bringeth forth sin; and sin, when mature, bringeth forth death.

 1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren;

 1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.

 1:17 every good gift and perfect from above descendeth, from the Father of lights, with whom is no alteration, nor the shadow of vicissitude.

 1:17 Every good and perfect gift cometh down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no mutation, not even the shadow of change.

 1:18 He willed, and begat us by the word of truth, that we might be the first-ones of his creatures.

 1:18 He saw fit, and begat us by the word of truth; that we might be the first-fruits of his creatures.

 1:19 And you, my beloved brethren, let every one of you be swift to hear, and slow to speak, and slow to be angry;

 1:19 And be ye, my beloved brethren, every one of you, swift to hear, and slow to speak; and slow to wrath:

 1:20 for the wrath of man the righteousness of Aloha worketh not.

 1:20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

 1:21 Wherefore, remove from you all impurity and the abounding of wickedness, and with meekness receive the word which is engrafted in our nature, which is able to save your souls.

 1:21 Wherefore, remove far from you all impurity, and the abundance of wickedness; and, with meekness, receive the word that is implanted in our nature, which is able to vivify these your souls.

 1:22 ¶ BUT be doers of the word, and not hearers only, neither deceive yourselves.

 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only; and do not deceive yourselves.

 1:23 For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer of it, this (man) is like one who vieweth his face in a mirror;

 1:23 For if any man shall be a hearer of the word, and not a doer of it, he will be like one who seeth his face in a mirror:

 1:24 for he seeth himself and passeth, and hath forgotten what (manner of person) he was.

 1:24 for he seeth himself, and passeth on, and forgetteth what a man he was.

 1:25 But every one who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he is not a hearer of the hearing of forgetfulness, but a doer of works; and this shall be blessed in his work.

 1:25 But every one that looketh upon the perfect law of liberty and abideth in it, is not a hearer of something to be forgotten, but a doer of the things; and he will be blessed in his work.

 1:26 And if a man thinketh that he serveth Aloha, and holdeth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, of this man his service is vain.

 1:26 And if any one thinketh that he worshippeth God, and doth not restrain his tongue, but his heart deceiveth him; his worship is vain.

 1:27 For the service which is pure and true before Aloha the Father, is this, to visit the orphans and widows in their afflictions, and that a man keep himself from the world without blemish.

 1:27 For the worship that is pure and holy before God the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction, and that one keep himself unspotted from the world.