James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Jacques, yon sèvitè-atache nèt a Bondye, ak Senyè a, Jésus Kris, a douz tribi ki gaye a letranje yo, salitasyon.
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Konsidere sa kòm tout lajwa, frè m yo, lè nou rankontre tout kalite eprèv yo
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
nan konnen ke eprèv lafwa nou pwodwi andirans.
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Konsa, kite andirans lan fè rezilta pafè li, pou nou kab vin pafè e konplè, san manke anyen.
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Men si nenpòt nan nou manke sajès, kite li mande Bondye, ki bay tout moun avèk jenewozite e san repwòch, e Bondye va bay li.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Men li dwe mande nan lafwa, san doute, paske sila ki doute a tankou vag lanmè, ki pouse e voye pa van an.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Paske moun sa a pa dwe sipoze ke li va resevwa anyen nan men Senyè a,
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
tankou yon moun ak doub panse, ki enstab nan tout chemen li yo.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
Kite frè ki nan sikonstans ki ba, bay glwa nan wo pozisyon li;
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
e kite moun rich la, bay glwa nan imilyasyon li, paske tankou zèb k ap fleri, li osi va disparèt.
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Paske solèy la leve avèk yon gwo chalè, epi zèb la seche; flè li tonbe, e bote aparans li an vin disparèt. Konsa tou, moun rich la nan mitan tout sa l ap chèche yo, li va vin disparèt.
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Beni se yon moun ki pèsevere anba eprèv. Paske, yon fwa li fin apwouve, li va resevwa kouwòn lavi a ke Senyè a pwomèt a sila ki renmen Li yo.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Pa kite pèsòn di lè l tante: “Se Bondye k ap tante m,” paske Bondye pa kapab tante pa mal, e Li menm, Li pa tante pèsòn.
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Men chak moun tante lè li pote ale pa pwòp move dezi li yo.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Alò, lè move dezi a fin jèmen, li bay nesans a peche. Epi lè peche a fin akonpli, li pote lanmò.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Pinga nou vin twonpe, frè byeneme mwen yo.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Tout bon bagay ki fèt ak tout kado pafè sòti anwo, epi desann nan Papa a limyè yo. Avèk Li pa gen ni chanjman ni menm yon lonbraj varyasyon.
18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Nan egzèsis volonte Li, Li te fè nou vin parèt pa pawòl verite a pou nou ta kapab vin tankoupremye fwi pami kreyati Li yo.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Nou konnen sa, frè byeneme m yo. Men tout moun dwe gen vitès nan tande, lan nan pale, e lan nan fè kòlè.
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Paske kòlè a lòm pa pwodwi ladwati Bondye.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Konsa, annou mete sou kote tout sa ki sal, ak tout sa ki rete de mechanste, e ak imilite, resevwa pawòl ki enplante nan nou an, ki kapab sove nanm nou.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Men, fè prèv tèt nou ke nou aji selon pawòl la, e se pa senpleman tande li. Moun konsa yo twonpe pwòp tèt yo.
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Paske si yon moun ap tande pawòl la, e li pa aji selon li, li tankou yon moun ki gade figi natirèl li nan yon miwa.
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Yon fwa, li fin gade tèt li e li ale, li gen tan bliye ki kalite moun li te ye a.
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Men yon moun ki gade avèk atansyon lalwa pafè a, lalwa libète a, e aji selon li, li pa vin yon moun ki tande pou bliye, men yon moun ki fè l tout bon, moun sa a va beni nan sa li fè.
26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Si yon moun panse nan tèt li ke li swiv Bondye tout tan, e malgre sa, li pa mete yon brid sou lang li, li pase pwòp tèt li nan betiz, e lafwa moun sa a vin san valè.
27 Pure religion 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.
Relijyon ki pafè e san tach devan zye a Bondye, Papa nou a se sa a: vizite òfelen e vèv ki nan nesesite yo, e kenbe tèt nou san tach de mond lan.
