James 1
1 James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, greeting.
Kai Jem, Cathut hoi Bawipa Jisuh Khrih e san lah kaawm e ni talai van kho tangkuem kâkayei e Isarel miphun hlaikahni touh koe ca na patawn awh.
2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into manifold trials,
Ka hmaunawnghanaw, nangmouh ni tanouknae a phunkuep na kâhmo awh navah lunghawinae lah doeh ao tie lah pouk awh.
3 knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, nangmae yuemnae hah tanouknae ni panguepnae a tâco sak tie panuek awh.
4 But let patience have its work perfected, that you may be perfect and faultless, wanting in nothing.
Nangmouh teh khire laipalah na roung awh teh, na kuep awh nahan, panguep awh.
5 Now, if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him.
Nangmouh thungvah, lungangnae ka panki e awm pawiteh, phuenang laipalah tami pueng pasai laipalah kapoekung Cathut koe het naseh. Het pawiteh poe lah ao han.
6 But let him ask in faith, doubting not: for he that doubts, is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and tossed.
Hatei, oupvoutnae lungthin tawn laipalah yuemnae hoi na het pawiteh na hmu han. Oupvoutnae lungthin ka tawn e tami teh kahlî ni tuicapa a thaw sak e hoi doeh a kâvan.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
Hot patetnaw teh, Cathut ni na poe han tie roeroe pouk na hanh seh.
8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Hot patet e tami teh a lungthin a samphei teh a sak e hnonaw pueng dawk ka cak hoeh e lah ao.
9 Let the brother that is in a lowly condition, glory in his exaltation:
Ayâ ni a hnephnap e tami teh Cathut ni a tawm nah a lunghawi seh.
10 but he that is rich, in his humiliation; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Ka tawnta e tami teh Cathut ni a bo sak torei teh a lunghawi seh. Hatdawkvah, ka bawi tangrengnaw teh kahrawng kaawm e a pei ka sarut e patetlah a sarut han.
11 For the sun rises with its burning heat, and withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its form perishes. So, also, shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Kanî a tâco teh khumbei ni a pei a kamyai sak teh a sarut, a kamhlawngnae hai a rawk. Hot patetvanlah, amae tawnta hnopai a tawng lahun navah a kamyai teh ouk a kahma.
12 Blessed is the man that endures trial: for, being approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.
Tanouknae hah ka panguep e teh, a yawhawi. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tanouknae a tâco toteh, Bawipa kalungpatawnaw koe lawk kam pouh e hringnae bawilukhung a hmu han.
13 Let no one say, when he is tempted, My temptation is from God; for God can not be tempted by evils, and he himself tempts no man.
Tacueknae ka kâhmo e ni, Cathut ni na tacuek telah tet nahanh seh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hawihoehnae ni Cathut teh tacuek thai hoeh. Cathut nihai apipatet hai tacuek boihoeh.
14 But every one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desire, and is deluded.
Tami teh mae hounlounnae dawk doeh tacueknae kâhmo awh teh, tacueknae dawk ouk bo awh.
15 So, then, desire, when it has conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when it is matured, brings forth death.
Hat toteh, hounlounnae ni, a vawn teh yonnae hah a khe. Yonnae a roung teh, duenae a tâcokhai.
16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren;
Ka lungpataw e ka hmaunawnghanaw pouk payon awh hanh.
17 every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor slightest trace of turning.
Kahawi hoi kakuep e poehnonaw pueng teh angnae apa koehoi ka tho e doeh. Cathut teh nâtuek hai kâthung hoeh. Kampuen thai e a tâhlip hai awmhoeh.
18 Of his own will, he begot us with the word of truth, in order that we might be, as it were, the first-fruits of his creatures.
Bawipa ama ni a sak e pueng dawkvah, maimouh hah aluepaw lah na o sak teh, a ngainae patetlah lawkkatang lawk lahoi maimouh teh na khe sak toe.
19 So, then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Ka lungpataw e hmaunawnghanaw, hothateh pahnim awh hanh. Apihai thainae koe lateh, a hue karang e lah awm awh. Lawk deinae hoi lungkhueknae koe lah teh ka hnawng e lah awm awh.
20 For the wrath of man produces not the righteousness of God.
Tami e lungkhueknae ni Cathut lannae heh tâcawt sak hoeh.
21 Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness, and every excess caused by malice, receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Hatdawkvah kakhin e nuencangnaw puenghoi kahawihoehe kaisuenae pueng tâkhawng awh. Nangmae lungthin muitha ka rungngang thai e, nathung patûe lah kaawm e Cathut lawk hah lungdo lungnemnae lahoi dâw awh.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
A lawk thai teh a khout toe telah namahoima kâdum awh hanh. A lawk dawk ka tawk e lah awm awh.
23 For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face in a mirror:
A lawk ka tarawi hoeh e tami teh hlalang dawk a minhmai ka kâkhen e hoi a kâvan.
24 for he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what sort of person he is.
Kahawicalah a kâkhet teh a cei hnukkhu, amae meilam bang hoi maw ka kâvan tie tang a pahnim.
25 But he that looks intently into the perfect law of liberty, and remains constant, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his deed.
Hateiteh, hloutnae kâlawk dawk kahawicalah ka khen niteh ka tarawi e teh, a thai teh pahnim laipalah ka tawk e lah ao. Ahnimouh teh tawksaknae dawk yawhawinae a hmu han.
26 If any one among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Tami buet touh ni kai teh a lawk ka tarawi e lah ka o telah a pouk han ei, a lai hah uk thai laipalah, amahoima kâdum pawiteh, ahnie bawknae e teh ahrawnghrang lah ao.
27 Religion, pure and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Pa Cathut e hmalah kathounge hoi ka khinhoehe bawknae teh, roedengnae ka kâhmo e naranaw hoi lahmainunaw khetyawtnae, talaivan khinnae hoi thoung nahanelah, mahoima kâkhetyawtnae naw hah doeh.
