James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Njame Jemusi musebenshi wa Lesa ne Mwami Yesu Klistu, ndamupanga mitende amwe mikowa likumi ne ibili yalamwaikila kubishi nabimbi.
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
Mobanse, kondwani mwakumananga ne mapensho apusana pusana,
3 knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
pakwinga mucinshi kwambeti na lushomo lwenu lubula kuntenkana pacindi ncomulapitinga mumapensho, nimukabe bantu beshikucikonsha kukoma.
4 But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
Kulimbikila kwenu kwelela kupitilisha mpaka mukabe balulama cakumpwililila.
5 But if any one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.
Nsombi na muntu naumbi liya mano pakati penu welela kusenga kuli Lesa, kayi nakatambule, pakwinga Lesa ukute kupa camakasa abili kuli bonse mwakubula kulangaula milandu.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
Neco mwasenganga mwelela kushoma kwambeti nicikenshike kwakubula kutonshanya. Pakwinga uliyense latonshanyanga ulyeti mankape apamenshi ayo eshikwendeleshewa ne mukupwe.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
Muntu wamushoboyu katayeyeti nakapewe ncalasengenga kuli Mwami Lesa.
8 a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
Pakwinga lasenge ne myoyo ibili, kayi nkaikalikana mubintu byonse, neco nkela kutambulapo ciliconse kuli Lesa sobwe.
9 Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
Mwanse mukandu washoma, welela kukondwa na Lesa lamusumpulu.
10 but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
Kayi mubile washoma welela kukondwa na Lesa lamuwishi. Pakwinga mubile nakapwe mbuli maluba amucisuwa.
11 For the sun rose with its burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.
Lisuba lyapula likute kutenta mumena ne kulasha maluba panshi. Neco buyumi bwa mubile nibukapwe kacili pakati pa micito yakendi.
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.
Ukute colwe muntu ukute kali walimbikilowa elekeshewanga, pakwinga panyuma pakendi nakatambule buyumi, pakwinga ecilambo ico Lesa ncashomeshesha kupa bonse mbwasuni.
13 Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth no one.
Muntu elekeshewanga katambangeti Lesa elamwelekeshenga sobwe, Lesa nkela kwelekeshewa ne byaipa, kayi nkela kwelekesha muntu ne byaipa.
14 But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
Nomba muntu ukute kwelekeshewa nelunkumbwa lwakendi mwine, elukute kumubepa nekwimwikata nkola.
15 then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
Neco lunkumbwa lukute kusema bwipishi, nabo bwipishi bwakula mushimba bukute kusema lufu.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Kamutabepwa mobanse bame.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow from turning.
Cipo ciliconse caina kayi caswepa cikute kufuma kwilu ku Bata bakute kwendelesha bintu byonse byakwilu. Nendi nkashinti mbuli mufunsha, kayi kumunika kwakendi nkakushinkililwa ne cintu ciliconse sobwe.
18 Of his own will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
Mwakuyanda kwakendi walatupa buyumi bwa linolino kupitila mu maswi ancinencine kwambeti, afwe tubeti bisepo byakutanguna kutoma palibyo mbyalalenga.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Mobanse bame, kamwikatishani maswi awa, uliyense ashe mano kukunyufwa, kabani muntu utafwambana kwamba, kayi utakalala bwangu.
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Pakwinga ukute kukalala bwangu nkakute kwinsa calulama ico Lesa ncalayandanga sobwe.
21 Wherefore put off all filthiness, and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Ecebo cakendi kamushiyani cinga cakwinsa byasafwana, nekwipa moyo kulikonse. Mwakubomba moyo kamwatambula maswi a Lesa ngalabyala mu myoyo yenu, pakwinga endiwo elakumupulusha.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Kamutabowa bantu beshikunyufwa maswi a Lesa, nsombi kamubani beshi kwinsa ncalambanga maswi.
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 glass;
Pakwinga muntu lanyumfungowa maswi, nsombi kabula kwinsa ncalanyumfunga, welana ne muntu lalibononga mucilola.
24 for he beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.
Acileka kulanga mucilola popelapo ukute kuluba ncabonekanga.
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.
Milawo ya Lesa yaswepa, kayi ikute kupa muntu kusunguluka. Neco muntu ukute kwatambula nekwakonkela cena, ukute kunyumfwa ne kutalubako, nsombi uyo ukute kwinsa, Lesa nakamupe colwe pa ncito shakendi shonse.
26 If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Na pali muntu layeyengeti washako mano kukukambilila Lesa, nomba katekata mulomo, kukambilila kwa muntuyo nikwabulyo, kayi ukute kulibepa.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.
Kukambilila kwakubinga pamenso pa Lesa Bata nuku, kubamba cena bana bamashala, batukashi bamukalubingi mumupensho abo, kayi kulisunga cena, kutalisafwanya mubintu byamucishi capanshi.
