IAKWBOU

KEFALAION 1

1 iakwbos qeou kai kuriou ihsou cristou doulos tais dwdeka fulais tais en th diaspora cairein

2 pasan caran hghsasqe adelfoi mou otan peirasmois peripeshte poikilois

3 ginwskontes oti to dokimion umwn ths pistews katergazetai upomonhn

4 h de upomonh ergon teleion ecetw ina hte teleioi kai oloklhroi en mhdeni leipomenoi

5 ei de tis umwn leipetai sofias aiteitw para tou didontos qeou pasin aplws kai mh oneidizontos kai doqhsetai autw

6 aiteitw de en pistei mhden diakrinomenos o gar diakrinomenos eoiken kludwni qalasshs anemizomenw kai ripizomenw

7 mh gar oiesqw o anqrwpos ekeinos oti lhyetai ti para tou kuriou

8 anhr diyucos akatastatos en pasais tais odois autou

9 kaucasqw de o adelfos o tapeinos en tw uyei autou

10 o de plousios en th tapeinwsei autou oti ws anqos cortou pareleusetai

11 aneteilen gar o hlios sun tw kauswni kai exhranen ton corton kai to anqos autou exepesen kai h euprepeia tou proswpou autou apwleto outws kai o plousios en tais poreiais autou maranqhsetai

12 makarios anhr os upomenei peirasmon oti dokimos genomenos lhyetai ton stefanon ths zwhs on ephggeilato o kurios tois agapwsin auton

13 mhdeis peirazomenos legetw oti apo tou qeou peirazomai o gar qeos apeirastos estin kakwn peirazei de autos oudena

14 ekastos de peirazetai upo ths idias epiqumias exelkomenos kai deleazomenos

15 eita h epiqumia sullabousa tiktei amartian h de amartia apotelesqeisa apokuei qanaton

16 mh planasqe adelfoi mou agaphtoi

17 pasa dosis agaqh kai pan dwrhma teleion anwqen estin katabainon apo tou patros twn fwtwn par w ouk eni parallagh h trophs aposkiasma

18 boulhqeis apekuhsen hmas logw alhqeias eis to einai hmas aparchn tina twn autou ktismatwn

19 wste adelfoi mou agaphtoi estw pas anqrwpos tacus eis to akousai bradus eis to lalhsai bradus eis orghn

20 orgh gar andros dikaiosunhn qeou ou katergazetai

21 dio apoqemenoi pasan ruparian kai perisseian kakias en prauthti dexasqe ton emfuton logon ton dunamenon swsai tas yucas umwn

22 ginesqe de poihtai logou kai mh monon akroatai paralogizomenoi eautous

23 oti ei tis akroaths logou estin kai ou poihths outos eoiken andri katanoounti to proswpon ths genesews autou en esoptrw

24 katenohsen gar eauton kai apelhluqen kai euqews epelaqeto opoios hn

25 o de parakuyas eis nomon teleion ton ths eleuqerias kai parameinas outos ouk akroaths epilhsmonhs genomenos alla poihths ergou outos makarios en th poihsei autou estai

26 ei tis dokei qrhskos einai en umin mh calinagwgwn glwssan autou all apatwn kardian autou toutou mataios h qrhskeia

27 qrhskeia kaqara kai amiantos para tw qew kai patri auth estin episkeptesqai orfanous kai chras en th qliyei autwn aspilon eauton threin apo tou kosmou

KEFALAION 2

1 adelfoi mou mh en proswpolhyiais ecete thn pistin tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou ths doxhs

2 ean gar eiselqh eis thn sunagwghn umwn anhr crusodaktulios en esqhti lampra eiselqh de kai ptwcos en rupara esqhti

3 kai epibleyhte epi ton forounta thn esqhta thn lampran kai eiphte autw su kaqou wde kalws kai tw ptwcw eiphte su sthqi ekei h kaqou wde upo to upopodion mou

4 kai ou diekriqhte en eautois kai egenesqe kritai dialogismwn ponhrwn

5 akousate adelfoi mou agaphtoi ouc o qeos exelexato tous ptwcous tou kosmou toutou plousious en pistei kai klhronomous ths basileias hs ephggeilato tois agapwsin auton

6 umeis de htimasate ton ptwcon ouc oi plousioi katadunasteuousin umwn kai autoi elkousin umas eis krithria

7 ouk autoi blasfhmousin to kalon onoma to epiklhqen ef umas

8 ei mentoi nomon teleite basilikon kata thn grafhn agaphseis ton plhsion sou ws seauton kalws poieite

9 ei de proswpolhpteite amartian ergazesqe elegcomenoi upo tou nomou ws parabatai

10 ostis gar olon ton nomon thrhsei ptaisei de en eni gegonen pantwn enocos

11 o gar eipwn mh moiceushs eipen kai mh foneushs ei de ou moiceuseis foneuseis de gegonas parabaths nomou

12 outws laleite kai outws poieite ws dia nomou eleuqerias mellontes krinesqai

13 h gar krisis anilews tw mh poihsanti eleos kai katakaucatai eleos krisews

14 ti to ofelos adelfoi mou ean pistin legh tis ecein erga de mh ech mh dunatai h pistis swsai auton

15 ean de adelfos h adelfh gumnoi uparcwsin kai leipomenoi wsin ths efhmerou trofhs

16 eiph de tis autois ex umwn upagete en eirhnh qermainesqe kai cortazesqe mh dwte de autois ta epithdeia tou swmatos ti to ofelos

17 outws kai h pistis ean mh erga ech nekra estin kaq eauthn

18 all erei tis su pistin eceis kagw erga ecw deixon moi thn pistin sou ek twn ergwn sou kagw deixw soi ek twn ergwn mou thn pistin mou

19 su pisteueis oti o qeos eis estin kalws poieis kai ta daimonia pisteuousin kai frissousin

20 qeleis de gnwnai w anqrwpe kene oti h pistis cwris twn ergwn nekra estin

21 abraam o pathr hmwn ouk ex ergwn edikaiwqh anenegkas isaak ton uion autou epi to qusiasthrion

22 blepeis oti h pistis sunhrgei tois ergois autou kai ek twn ergwn h pistis eteleiwqh

23 kai eplhrwqh h grafh h legousa episteusen de abraam tw qew kai elogisqh autw eis dikaiosunhn kai filos qeou eklhqh

24 orate toinun oti ex ergwn dikaioutai anqrwpos kai ouk ek pistews monon

25 omoiws de kai raab h pornh ouk ex ergwn edikaiwqh upodexamenh tous aggelous kai etera odw ekbalousa

26 wsper gar to swma cwris pneumatos nekron estin outws kai h pistis cwris twn ergwn nekra estin

KEFALAION 3

1 mh polloi didaskaloi ginesqe adelfoi mou eidotes oti meizon krima lhyomeqa

2 polla gar ptaiomen apantes ei tis en logw ou ptaiei outos teleios anhr dunatos calinagwghsai kai olon to swma

3 idou twn ippwn tous calinous eis ta stomata ballomen pros to peiqesqai autous hmin kai olon to swma autwn metagomen

4 idou kai ta ploia thlikauta onta kai upo sklhrwn anemwn elaunomena metagetai upo elacistou phdaliou opou an h ormh tou euqunontos boulhtai

5 outws kai h glwssa mikron melos estin kai megalaucei idou oligon pur hlikhn ulhn anaptei

6 kai h glwssa pur o kosmos ths adikias outws h glwssa kaqistatai en tois melesin hmwn h spilousa olon to swma kai flogizousa ton trocon ths genesews kai flogizomenh upo ths geennhs

7 pasa gar fusis qhriwn te kai peteinwn erpetwn te kai enaliwn damazetai kai dedamastai th fusei th anqrwpinh

8 thn de glwssan oudeis dunatai anqrwpwn damasai akatasceton kakon mesth iou qanathforou

9 en auth eulogoumen ton qeon kai patera kai en auth katarwmeqa tous anqrwpous tous kaq omoiwsin qeou gegonotas

10 ek tou autou stomatos exercetai eulogia kai katara ou crh adelfoi mou tauta outws ginesqai

11 mhti h phgh ek ths auths ophs bruei to gluku kai to pikron

12 mh dunatai adelfoi mou sukh elaias poihsai h ampelos suka outws oudemia phgh alukon kai gluku poihsai udwr

13 tis sofos kai episthmwn en umin deixatw ek ths kalhs anastrofhs ta erga autou en prauthti sofias

14 ei de zhlon pikron ecete kai eriqeian en th kardia umwn mh katakaucasqe kai yeudesqe kata ths alhqeias

15 ouk estin auth h sofia anwqen katercomenh all epigeios yucikh daimoniwdhs

16 opou gar zhlos kai eriqeia ekei akatastasia kai pan faulon pragma

17 h de anwqen sofia prwton men agnh estin epeita eirhnikh epieikhs eupeiqhs mesth eleous kai karpwn agaqwn adiakritos kai anupokritos

18 karpos de ths dikaiosunhs en eirhnh speiretai tois poiousin eirhnhn

KEFALAION 4

1 poqen polemoi kai macai en umin ouk enteuqen ek twn hdonwn umwn twn strateuomenwn en tois melesin umwn

2 epiqumeite kai ouk ecete foneuete kai zhloute kai ou dunasqe epitucein macesqe kai polemeite ouk ecete de dia to mh aiteisqai umas

3 aiteite kai ou lambanete dioti kakws aiteisqe ina en tais hdonais umwn dapanhshte

4 moicoi kai moicalides ouk oidate oti h filia tou kosmou ecqra tou qeou estin os an oun boulhqh filos einai tou kosmou ecqros tou qeou kaqistatai

5 h dokeite oti kenws h grafh legei pros fqonon epipoqei to pneuma o katwkhsen en hmin

6 meizona de didwsin carin dio legei o qeos uperhfanois antitassetai tapeinois de didwsin carin

7 upotaghte oun tw qew antisthte tw diabolw kai feuxetai af umwn

8 eggisate tw qew kai eggiei umin kaqarisate ceiras amartwloi kai agnisate kardias diyucoi

9 talaipwrhsate kai penqhsate kai klausate o gelws umwn eis penqos metastrafhtw kai h cara eis kathfeian

10 tapeinwqhte enwpion tou kuriou kai uywsei umas

11 mh katalaleite allhlwn adelfoi o katalalwn adelfou kai krinwn ton adelfon autou katalalei nomou kai krinei nomon ei de nomon krineis ouk ei poihths nomou alla kriths

12 eis estin o nomoqeths o dunamenos swsai kai apolesai su tis ei os krineis ton eteron

13 age nun oi legontes shmeron kai aurion poreuswmeqa eis thnde thn polin kai poihswmen ekei eniauton ena kai emporeuswmeqa kai kerdhswmen

14 oitines ouk epistasqe to ths aurion poia gar h zwh umwn atmis gar estin h pros oligon fainomenh epeita de afanizomenh

15 anti tou legein umas ean o kurios qelhsh kai zhswmen kai poihswmen touto h ekeino

16 nun de kaucasqe en tais alazoneiais umwn pasa kauchsis toiauth ponhra estin

17 eidoti oun kalon poiein kai mh poiounti amartia autw estin

KEFALAION 5

1 age nun oi plousioi klausate ololuzontes epi tais talaipwriais umwn tais epercomenais

2 o ploutos umwn seshpen kai ta imatia umwn shtobrwta gegonen

3 o crusos umwn kai o arguros katiwtai kai o ios autwn eis marturion umin estai kai fagetai tas sarkas umwn ws pur eqhsaurisate en escatais hmerais

4 idou o misqos twn ergatwn twn amhsantwn tas cwras umwn o apesterhmenos af umwn krazei kai ai boai twn qerisantwn eis ta wta kuriou sabawq eiselhluqasin

5 etrufhsate epi ths ghs kai espatalhsate eqreyate tas kardias umwn ws en hmera sfaghs

6 katedikasate efoneusate ton dikaion ouk antitassetai umin

7 makroqumhsate oun adelfoi ews ths parousias tou kuriou idou o gewrgos ekdecetai ton timion karpon ths ghs makroqumwn ep autw ews an labh ueton prwimon kai oyimon

8 makroqumhsate kai umeis sthrixate tas kardias umwn oti h parousia tou kuriou hggiken

9 mh stenazete kat allhlwn adelfoi ina mh katakriqhte idou kriths pro twn qurwn esthken

10 upodeigma labete ths kakopaqeias adelfoi mou kai ths makroqumias tous profhtas oi elalhsan tw onomati kuriou

11 idou makarizomen tous upomenontas thn upomonhn iwb hkousate kai to telos kuriou eidete oti polusplagcnos estin o kurios kai oiktirmwn

12 pro pantwn de adelfoi mou mh omnuete mhte ton ouranon mhte thn ghn mhte allon tina orkon htw de umwn to nai nai kai to ou ou ina mh eis upokrisin peshte

13 kakopaqei tis en umin proseucesqw euqumei tis yalletw

14 asqenei tis en umin proskalesasqw tous presbuterous ths ekklhsias kai proseuxasqwsan ep auton aleiyantes auton elaiw en tw onomati tou kuriou

15 kai h euch ths pistews swsei ton kamnonta kai egerei auton o kurios kan amartias h pepoihkws afeqhsetai autw

16 exomologeisqe allhlois ta paraptwmata kai eucesqe uper allhlwn opws iaqhte polu iscuei dehsis dikaiou energoumenh

17 hlias anqrwpos hn omoiopaqhs hmin kai proseuch proshuxato tou mh brexai kai ouk ebrexen epi ths ghs eniautous treis kai mhnas ex

18 kai palin proshuxato kai o ouranos ueton edwken kai h gh eblasthsen ton karpon auths

19 adelfoi ean tis en umin planhqh apo ths alhqeias kai epistreyh tis auton