James 1
1 yakubu gran rji na baci yesu kristi he ni gji wlon don ha bi wa ba shankado mi ci yi
James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: to the twelve tribes who are scattered over the world. All good wishes.
2 ban ba wawuu ni ngyri mrlivyayi mu niton wa bi ku niyaa
Reckon it nothing but joy, my brethren, whenever you find yourselves hedged in by various trials.
3 to ridi ahitsa yosron mbi ni ngji vurson
Be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance.
4 ndu vurontien ndu ma ndi ndu yi sen ngbendble ndi na wakpe haman
Only let endurance have perfect results so that you may become perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.
5 iri mi nita ni wato ka bre rji wa ani nno ni yalwace ana whicn ni bi wa ba bre wua na ani nno ba
And if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives with open hand to all men, and without upbraiding; and it will be given him.
6 ama ndu mye ni yosron ana ni sron ha naidji waa a nitie sron ha ahe na lukurmi u teku wa nghunghu ni fu kadidan
But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray.
7 ndu idji kima na ya ridi wawuu ni fe kpe ni rji na
A person of that sort must not expect to receive anything from the Lord--
8 ahi idji u sion ha ana tie kpe tsratra me na
such a one is a man of two minds, undecided in every step he takes.
9 ndu vayi u ya wruwo nisan nitu ndu ma ribranma
Let a brother in humble life rejoice when raised to a higher position;
10 idji u wo (arziki) wa a heni ndu tsitsama ani kle na fure ngega u miji
but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass away.
11 don irj ni hwu waka klu ngongon me na giga
The sun rises with his scorching heat and dries up the herbage, so that its flowers drop off and the beauty of its appearance perishes, and in the same way rich men with all their prosperity will fade away.
12 lulu he nitu idjji wa ani vusron ni tsara don anita vusrom ni tsra ani fe rawani u vrliwa ba yo nyi ni biwa ba son rija
Blessed is he who patiently endures trials; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the victor's crown--even the crown of Life--which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
13 ndu njiori na tre ndi ba tra wawuu ndi a rji mba tra wawuu na ba na tra rji ni meme na wawuu ni tuma ana tra njori na
Let no one say when passing through trial, "My temptation is from God;" for God is incapable of being tempted to do evil, and He Himself tempts no one.
14 u dji ni fe tsra ma nitu tie meme ma kima wa ani gyru nda kawu kaskan
But when a man is tempted, it is his own passions that carry him away and serve as a bait.
15 wa kptre meme ma whrji nee aningyji latre latre nita babran ani ngyi kuwu
Then the passion conceives, and becomes the parent of sin; and sin, when fully matured, gives birth to death.
16 mrli vayi na ndu njio gyruyiria
Do not be deceived, my dearly-loved brethren.
17 inno ndindima wawuu rhji ni rji a gji rji ni tie ukpan ana kasran na ahena whie (inuwa)
Every gift which is good, and every perfect boon, is from above, and comes down from the Father, who is the source of all Light. In Him there is no variation nor the slightest suggestion of change.
18 a cu ndu wawuugyji ta nitu tre njanji ni ndu ta kati whie ma mumlan
In accordance with His will He made us His children through the Message of the truth, so that we might, in a sense, be the Firstfruits of the things which He has created.
19 bito wayi mrlivayi wa mikpayi ymea ndu ko nha srenton gbagbla nda na tre gbagblana nda na tie nfu gbagbla na
You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.
20 don infu ndji na kpe ndindi u rji yena
For a man's anger does not lead to action which God regards as righteous.
21 na kima ka ndu bi meme mataga ndi kpatre wa rji yo nisron ndjia wa ani kpata cuwoa
Ridding yourselves, therefore, of all that is vile and of the evil influences which prevail around you, welcome in a humble spirit the Message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
22 tre ndu ni tre rji na wowuu megena na bi gyru ton mbi
But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
23 indji nita ni wotre nda na tie ndu na ahe na indji wa aya shishi ma ni madubi
For if any one listens but does not obey, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own face in a mirror.
24 aya shishi ma nda hii kpama gbagbla me nda kpa rlisu ka shishi ma he ni he
Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is.
25 u indrji wa a ya du ndi ndi ma cen me wa a kpata cuwoa nda hu ba ndindi me nda he na indji wa ruwo nda kpa rli sua na indji kima ni tie lulu ni kpe wa anibie
But he who looks closely into the perfect Law--the Law of freedom--and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.
26 indji wa ta mren ndi wawu hi ndji u adini nda na vunyu mana ani gyru tuma mu adini ma hi u megen (banza)
If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.
27 adini wa a tsra tsra mea nda na meme ni shishi baci tie ndu zo bi wa bana he ni tie na ni biwa bana he ni lilon na ni mi yamba nda ndu ndji son hama ni latre ni ngbungblu
The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world.
