Orthodox Jewish Bible

Yaakov 1:1-5 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

1. Ya'akov, eved (servant) of Hashem and of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua; To the Shneym Asar HaShevatim (Twelve Tribes) in the Golus, Shalom! [DEVARIM 32:26]

2. Consider it all simcha, my Achim b'Moshiach, whenever you fall into various nisayonos (tests, trials),

3. Because you have da'as that the emunah you have, when it is tested, produces savlanut (patient endurance).

4. And let savlanut be shleimah in its po'al (work) in order that you may be mevugarim (mature, grown up) and complete, lacking in nothing.

5. But if any one of you is lacking chochmah (wisdom), let him direct tefillah (prayer) and techinot (petitions) to Hashem, the One whose matanot (gifts) are given generously and without grudging, and chochmah will be given to him. [MELACHIM ALEF 3:9,10; MISHLE 2:3-6; TEHILLIM 51:6; DANIEL 1:17; 2:21]