याकूब 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
अध्ययन टिप्पणी
Study Note
James's accusation — 'but you have dishonored the poor man. Are it not the rich who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?' — applies the command against partiality (2:1-4) with economic concreteness that makes the social ethics of the letter inescapably practical. The irony is biting: the community honors those who oppress them and dishonors those who share their social vulnerability, inverting both wisdom (the poor are closer to God) and self-interest. The question about the rich dragging believers into court reflects the socioeconomic realities of first-century Diaspora Jewish communities where economic vulnerability to wealthy patrons was acute. The verse grounds the letter's treatment of economic justice not in abstract principle but in the observable social behavior of the community addressed, making the critique concrete and personal.
अन्य अनुवाद
But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
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