| Chapter 1 |
1 | [] IakwboV, douloV tou Qeou kai tou Kuriou Ihsou Cristou, proV taV dwdeka fulaV taV diesparmenaV, cairein. |
2 | [] Pasan caran nomisate, adelfoi mou, otan peripeshte eiV diaforouV peirasmouV, |
3 | gnwrizonteV oti h dokimasia thV pistewV saV ergazetai upomonhn. |
4 | H de upomonh aV ech ergon teleion, dia na hsqe teleioi kai oloklhroi, mh onteV eiV mhden ellipeiV. |
5 | Ean de tiV apo saV hnai elliphV sofiaV, aV zhth para tou Qeou tou didontoV eiV pantaV plousiwV kai mh oneidizontoV, kai qelei doqh eiV auton. |
6 | AV zhth omwV meta pistewV, cwriV na distazh pantelwV× dioti o distazwn omoiazei me kuma qalasshV kinoumenon upo anemwn kai suntarattomenon. |
7 | Dioti aV mh nomizh o anqrwpoV ekeinoV oti qelei labei ti para tou Kuriou. |
8 | AnqrwpoV dignwmoV einai akatastatoV en pasaiV taiV odoiV autou. |
9 | AV kaucatai de o adelfoV o tapeinoV eiV to uyoV autou, |
10 | o de plousioV eiV thn tapeinwsin autou, epeidh wV anqoV cortou qelei parelqei. |
11 | Dioti aneteilen o hlioV me ton kauswna kai exhrane ton corton, kai to anqoV autou exepese, kai to kalloV tou proswpou autou hfanisqh× outw kai o plousioV qelei maranqh en taiV odoiV autou. |
12 | MakarioV o anqrwpoV, ostiV upomenei peirasmon× dioti afou dokimasqh, qelei labei ton stefanon thV zwhV, ton opoion upesceqh o KurioV eiV touV agapwntaV auton. |
13 | [] MhdeiV peirazomenoV aV legh oti apo tou Qeou peirazomai× dioti o QeoV einai apeirastoV kakwn kai autoV oudena peirazei. |
14 | Peirazetai de ekastoV upo thV idiaV autou epiqumiaV, parasuromenoV kai deleazomenoV. |
15 | Epeita h epiqumia afou sullabh, genna thn amartian, h de amartia ektelesqeisa genna ton qanaton. |
16 | Mh planasqe, adelfoi mou agaphtoi. |
17 | Pasa dosiV agaqh kai pan dwrhma teleion einai anwqen katabainon apo tou PatroV twn fwtwn, eiV ton opoion den uparcei alloiwsiV h skia metabolhV. |
18 | Ex idiaV autou qelhsewV egennhsen hmaV dia tou logou thV alhqeiaV, dia na hmeqa hmeiV aparch tiV twn ktismatwn autou. |
19 | [] Loipon, adelfoi mou agaphtoi, aV einai paV anqrwpoV tacuV eiV to na akouh, braduV eiV to na lalh, braduV eiV orghn× |
20 | dioti h orgh tou anqrwpou den ergazetai thn dikaiosunhn tou Qeou. |
21 | Dia touto aporriyanteV pasan ruparian kai perisseian kakiaV decqhte meta praothtoV ton emfuteuqenta logon ton dunamenon na swsh taV yucaV saV. |
22 | Ginesqe de ektelestai tou logou kai mh monon akroatai, apatwnteV eautouV. |
23 | Dioti ean tiV hnai akroathV tou logou kai ouci ektelesthV, outoV omoiazei me anqrwpon, ostiV qewrei to fusikon autou proswpon en katoptrw× |
24 | dioti eqewrhsen eauton kai anecwrhse, kai euquV elhsmonhsen opoioV hto. |
25 | OstiV omwV egkuyh eiV ton teleion nomon thV eleuqeriaV kai epimeinh eiV auton, outoV genomenoV ouci akroathV epilhsmwn, all' ektelesthV ergou, outoV qelei eisqai makarioV eiV thn ektelesin autou. |
26 | Ean tiV metaxu saV nomizh oti einai qrhskoV, kai den calinonh thn glwssan autou all' apata thn kardian autou, toutou h qrhskeia einai mataia. |
27 | Qrhskeia kaqara kai amiantoV enwpion tou Qeou kai PatroV einai auth, na episkepthtai touV orfanouV kai taV chraV en th qliyei autwn, kai na fulatth eauton amolunton apo tou kosmou. |