James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
Pathen neh Boeipa Jesuh khrih kah sal James loh canglak mupoe koca hlainit taengah ka omngaih.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
Ka manuca rhoeh noemcainah rhoepsaep na um uh te omngaihnah la boeih poek uh.
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Nangmih kah nuemnainah loh tangnah dongkah uehnah a thoeng sak te ming uh.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Uehnah loh khoboe te a lungcuei la khueh saeh. Te daengah ni lungcuei neh hlangsoep la na om vetih na vawtthoek pawt eh.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without finding fault; and it will be given to him.
Nangmih khuiah khat khat loh cueihnah a vawt atah kohuet kolla hawt boeih aka pae Pathen taengah bih saeh lamtah anih te a paek bitni.
6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
Tedae boelhkhoeh kolla tangnah neh bih saeh. Aka boelhkhoeh tah tuili kah tuiphu aka niknuk neh aka kilkul banghui ni.
7 For let that person not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
Tekah hlang loh boeipa taengkah pakhat khaw a dang ham la cai boel saeh.
8 He is a double-minded person, unstable in all his ways.
Cikcok hlang tah rhoepsaep dongah a longpuei khaw likloek sut.
9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
Tedae manuca aka tlayae long tah amah kah a sang neh pomsang saeh.
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
Kuirhang long khaw a mathoe neh thangpom seh. Anih khaw khopol rhaipai bangla khum ni.
11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich person fade away in his pursuits.
Khomik loh a linglai neh a thoeng vaengah khopol te koh. Rhaipai khaw rhul tih a maelhmai kah mueithen long khaw tlum. Kuirhang khaw a caehlong ah muei tangloeng.
12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he promised to those who love him.
Yoethen hlang long tah noemcainah a ueh. Ueppang la aka om long ni hingnah rhuisam te a dang eh. Te tah amah aka lungnah rhoek ham a kam pah coeng.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
Noemcai vaegah Pathen loh n'noemcai ti boel saeh. Pathen ham tah a thae he hnalbat la om tih amah khaw a noemcai moenih.
14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
Cuekcawn hlang boeih tah amah kah hoehhamnah loh a payawk tih a yoek.
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
Hoehhamnah loh a cuen dongah tholhnah a cun. Tholhnah loh a ham vaengah dueknah a cun.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Thintlo ka manuca rhoek te n'rhaithi uh boel saeh.
17 All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
Doedannah then boeih neh lungcuei kutdoe tah a so lamkah ni. Pa kah vangnah khui lamkah ha suntla coeng. Anih taengah poehlipnah neh hoilaenah mueihlip a om moenih.
18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
A kutngo khuiah thaihcuek pakhat la mamih om sak ham ni oltak kah a ngaih vanbangla a ol loh mamih n'cun.
19 This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every person be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Ka thintlo manuca rhoek ming uh lah. Hlang boeih loh hnatun ham te voeiloe la, cal ham te a hnong a yai la, thintoek ham khaw a hnong a yai la om saeh.
20 for human anger does not produce the righteousness of God.
Hlang kah thintoek loh Pathen kah duengnah te a saii moenih.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Te dongah khoboe rhong neh phayoenah dongkah baecoihnah te boeih hnawt uh. Na hinglu khang ham aka coeng thai mutue ol te muelhtuetnah neh doe uh.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Ol aka rhoihkung la om uh lamtah aka yakung dawk loh amah te yoek uh boel saeh.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his natural face in a mirror;
Khat khat loh ol yakung la om tih a rhoihkung pawt atah, anih te hmaidan dongah a rhuirhong kah maelhmai aka dan hlang banghui ni.
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was.
Amah te hmat uh coeng dae a caeh nen tah metla a om khaw hnap a hmaai.
25 But he who looks into the perfect Law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this person will be blessed in what he does.
Tedae poenghalnah lungcuei olkhueng te aka so tih aka om thil, aka yakung te aka hnilhkung la om pawt tih khoboe neh aka rhoihkung, yoethen long tah a bibi neh om ni.
26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious while he does not control his tongue, but deceives his heart, this one's religion is worthless.
Khat khat loh aka cuep la a ngai uh tih a ol a tuem kolla, a thinko a hmil a hmak atah, anih kah bawknah tah a honghi ni.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Pa neh Pathen hmaiah amih phacip phabaem khuikah cadah rhoek neh nuhmai rhoek te hip ham, amah neh amah Diklai lamkah cuemhmuet la cue uh he ni aka cuem aka caih bawknah la a om.
