James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
In in Santiago, patanil re ri Dios xuqujeꞌ rech ri Ajawxel Jesucristo. Kintaq rutzil kiwach konojel ri e kabꞌlajuj puq winaq aꞌj Israel ri e tukininaq choch ri uwachulew.
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
Wachalal, chixkiꞌkotoq are kiriq sibꞌalaj kꞌi uwach kꞌaxkꞌolal.
3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Iwetaꞌm chik chi are kape kꞌaxkꞌolal chiꞌwij kubꞌan chiꞌwe chi kixjeqiꞌk pa ri ikojobꞌal.
4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Xuqujeꞌ ri jeqelem kubꞌano chi utz kibꞌan che ri chak rech qas ix tzꞌaqat xuqujeꞌ maj kajawataj chiꞌwe.
5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
We kꞌo jun chiꞌwe ri man kꞌo ta retaꞌmabꞌal, chuta che ri Dios. Ri Areꞌ kuya na chiꞌwe. Man kixuyaj taj we kita che.
6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Chitaꞌ rukꞌ kojobꞌal, man kakabꞌalaj ta ikꞌuꞌx are kito rumal cher ri winaq ri kakabꞌalaj ukꞌuꞌx kajunumataj rukꞌ ri jaꞌ ri kꞌo pa ri plo xaq kasalabꞌax wi rumal ri kyaqiqꞌ.
7 That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
We kꞌo jun winaq jewaꞌ kubꞌano, marayeꞌj kukꞌamawaꞌj xa ta ne jun ujastaq che ri Dios.
8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Jeriꞌ rumal man qas ta jeqel ukꞌuꞌx riꞌ pa ri kubꞌano.
9 The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
Ri alaxik ri mebꞌa rajawaxik nim kunaꞌo rumal nim ubꞌanik.
10 But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Xuqujeꞌ ri alaxik ri qꞌinom rajawaxik kumochꞌ ribꞌ rumal ri ubꞌanik. Ri qꞌinom winaq kajunumataj rukꞌ ri kotzꞌiꞌj ri kakꞌiy cho ri saq, xaq sachel uwach.
11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
Are kel loq ri qꞌij rukꞌ ri ukꞌatanal kuchaqiꞌjarisaj ri qꞌayes. Katzaq ri ukotzꞌiꞌjal, man jeꞌl ta chik kakaꞌyik. Jeriꞌ kakꞌulmataj na rukꞌ ri qꞌinom xuqujeꞌ ri uqꞌinomal.
12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Utz rech ri winaq ri man katzaq taj pa mak, rumal cher are kayaꞌtaj na che ri korona ri utzujum ri Dios chike ri kakiloqꞌaj ri ubꞌiꞌ.
13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
Mubꞌij jun are kataqchix pa mak chi are ri Dios xintaqchiꞌnik, rumal cher ri Dios man kataqchiꞌx taj pa mak xuqujeꞌ makutaqchiꞌj ta chi jun pa mak.
14 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
Xane ri winaq kaqaj pa mak rumal kajurux bꞌik rumal ri itzel taq urayinik.
15 Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Are kakꞌiy ri urayinik jun chubꞌanik mak, kalax ri makaj pa ranimaꞌ, ri makaj are kachapleꞌx ubꞌanik, kukꞌam loq kamikal.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Loqꞌalaj taq wachalal, ¡misubꞌ iwibꞌ!
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Ronojel ri utz xuqujeꞌ tzꞌaqatalaj sipanik chikaj kape wi, rukꞌ ri Tataxel ri xtikowik ri qꞌij xuqujeꞌ ri ikꞌ xuqujeꞌ ronojel ri chꞌumil ri kaqilo xuqujeꞌ man kaqil taj. Ri Dios man kakꞌexetaj ta wi man kajunumataj ta rukꞌ ri muꞌj ri xa kakꞌexenik.
18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
Xa rumal ri urayinik ri Dios xubꞌan chaqe xujalaxik chik junmul rumal ri tzij rech qas tzij, rech je kujuxik ri tikoꞌn ri qas kꞌo kutayij.
19 My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Loqꞌalaj taq wachalal, naꞌtaj we riꞌ chiꞌwe: Rajawaxik ix sakꞌaj chutayik ri kabꞌix chiꞌwe, xuqujeꞌ man aninaq taj kitzalij uwach xane qas chichomaj na jas ri kibꞌij, xuqujeꞌ man aninaq taj kayakataj iwoyawal.
20 for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
Rumal cher ri royawal ri winaq man kubꞌan taj chi kape ri urayibꞌal ukꞌuꞌx ri Dios.
21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
Rumal kꞌu waꞌ chitzaqa kanoq ronojel makaj xuqujeꞌ etzelal ri sibꞌalaj nim kꞌo choch ri uwachulew, rech kixkwinik kikꞌamawaꞌj rukꞌ mochꞌochꞌem ri tzij ri xtik pa iwanimaꞌ, ri tzij riꞌ kakwinik kixukolo.
22 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
Makakubꞌiꞌ ta ikꞌuꞌx xwi kita ri utzij ri Dios, riꞌ xaq kisubꞌ iwibꞌ xane rajawaxik kibꞌano ri kubꞌij ri utzij ri Dios.
23 For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
Ri winaq ri xaq xwi xutatabꞌej ri utzij ri Dios man kuchakubꞌej taj, kajunumataj rukꞌ ri winaq ri karil ribꞌ pa jun kaꞌyebꞌal,
24 and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
are kil taj ribꞌ chupam, kasachan che jas kabꞌantajik.
25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
Ri kajeqiꞌk pa ri sukꞌ taqanik ri kuya kiritajem xuqujeꞌ kuchap ukꞌuꞌx kakꞌojiꞌ chupam, man kasachan taj che ri xutatabꞌej, kukꞌamawaꞌj na ri tewechibꞌal are kuchakubꞌej ri tzij.
26 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
We kꞌo jun kubꞌij chi kojonel, man kuqꞌil ta kꞌut ribꞌ chubꞌixik etzelal, maj kutayij riꞌ ri kubꞌij.
27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Ri utz laj kojonem ri man chꞌuluj taj choch ri Dios ri Tataxel, are kichajixik ri e maj kitat kinan xuqujeꞌ ri e malkaꞌn taq ixoqibꞌ, xuqujeꞌ tasoj ibꞌ che ri etzelal rech ri uwachulew.
