James 1
1 James, the servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion, greeting.
Yakobo, mtumwa wa Mungu na wa Bwana Yesu Kristo, kwa makabila kumi na mbili yaliyotawanyika, salaam.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
Hesabuni kuwa ni furaha zaidi, ndugu zangu, mnapopita katika matatizo mbali mbali,
3 Knowing that the trial of your faith works out endurance.
mkijua kuwa kujaribiwa kwa imani yenu huwapa uvumilivu.
4 But let endurance have its perfect work, in order that you may be perfect and whole in every part, lacking in nothing.
Acheni uvumilivu uikamilishe kazi yake, kwamba muweze kukomaa kikamilifu, bila kupungukiwa katika lolote.
5 But if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all cheerfully and upbraids none; and it will be given unto him.
Lakini kama mtu kati yenu anahitaji hekima, aiombe kutoka kwa Mungu, ambaye hutoa kwa ukarimu na pasipo kukemea kwa wote wamwombao, na atawapa hekima.
6 But let him ask in faith, doubting as to nothing; for he that doubts is like unto a wave of the sea driven by the winds and tossed by the tempest.
Lakini omba kwa imani, bila shaka, kwa kuwa mwenye kutia shaka ni kama mawimbi katika bahari, huchukuliwa na upepo na kutupwa huku na huko.
7 For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
Kwa hakika mtu huyu asifikirie kwamba atapokelewa ombi lake kutoka kwa Bwana;
8 the double-minded man, the most unstable in all his ways.
mtu huyu ana nia mbili, si imara katika njia zake zote.
9 But let the humble brother boast in his exaltation:
Ndugu maskini anapaswa kujivuna katika kusimama kwake juu,
10 and the rich man, in his humility: because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
wakati huo huo ndugu tajiri katika unyenyekevu wake, kwa sababu atatoweka kama ua la kondeni katika shamba analopita.
11 For the sun with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass away in his ways.
Jua huchomoza na joto la kuunguza kukausha mimea, na maua huanguka na uzuri wake hufa. Vivyo hivyo watu matajiri watachakaa katikati ya kazi zao.
12 Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.
Amebarikiwa mtu yule anayevumilia majaribu, kwa kuwa baada ya kushinda jaribu hilo, atapokea taji ya uzima, ambayo imeahidiwa kwa wale wampendao Mungu.
13 Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God can not be tempted with evils, and he tempts no one:
Mtu yeyote hapaswi kusema anapojaribiwa, “Jaribu hili linatoka kwa Mungu,” kwa sababu Mungu hajaribiwi na uovu, na Mungu mwenyewe hamjaribu yeyote.
14 but each one is tempted by his own lusts, being drawn out, and enticed.
Kila mtu hujaribiwa na tamaa zake mbaya zinazomshawishi na kumvuta mbali.
15 Then the lust, conceiving, brings forth sin; and sin, having been perfected, produces death.
Ndipo baada ya tamaa ya dhambi kubeba mimba, dhambi huzaliwa, na baada ya dhambi kukomaa sawasawa, huishia katika mauti.
16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
Ndugu zangu wapendwa, msidanganyike.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.
Kila zawadi iliyo nzuri na kila zawadi iliyokamilika hutoka juu, hushuka chini kutoka kwa Baba wa nuru. Kamwe habadiliki kama kivuli kibadilikavyo.
18 Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be some first fruit of his creations.
Mungu alichagua kutupa sisi uzima kwa Neno la kweli, ili kwamba tuweze kuwa kama uzao wa kwanza miongoni mwa viumbe vyake.
19 Know, my beloved brethren; but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow toward wrath:
Mnajua hili, ndugu zangu wapendwa. Kila mmoja anapaswa kuwa mwepesi wa kusikia, siyo mwepesi wa kuongea wala kukasirika,
20 for the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.
kwa kuwa hasira ya mwanadamu haiwezi kutenda haki ya Mungu.
21 Therefore having laid aside all filthiness and excess of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Kwa hiyo wekeni mbali uchafu wa dhambi na ubaya wote ulio mahali popote, na kwa unyenyekevu lipokeeni neno lililopandwa ndani yenu, ambalo lina uwezo wa kuokoa roho zenu.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Litiini neno, msilisikie tu, mkijidanganya nafsi zenu wenyewe.
23 For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
Kwa kuwa kama yeyote alisikiaye neno bila kulitendea kazi ni sawa na mtu ajiangaliaye uso wake halisi katika kioo.
24 for he recognized himself, and has gone away, and immediately forgot what kind he was.
Hujitathimini uso wake, na huenda zake na baada ya muda mfupi husahau anavyofanana.
25 But the one having looked into the perfect law which is the law of liberty, and having remained in it, not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be happy in his work.
Bali mtu yule anayeiangalia kwa uangalifu sheria kamili, sheria ya uhuru, na kuendelea kuitii, si kwa sababu yeye ni msikilizaji anayesahau, huyu mtu atabarikiwa anapoitenda.
26 But if any one seems to be religious, bridling not his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, the religion of that man is vain.
Ikiwa mtu yeyote atafikiri mwenyewe kuwa ni mtu wa dini, lakini hawezi kuutawala ulimi wake, huudanganya moyo wake na dini yake ni bure.
27 Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, to relieve the orphans and widows in their affliction, and keep himself unspotted from the world.
Dini iliyo safi na isiyoharibiwa mbele za Mungu wetu na Baba ni hii: kuwasaidia yatima na wajane katika mateso yao, na kujilinda wenyewe na ufisadi wa dunia.
