James 1
1 James, a servant, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, —unto the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, Wishes joy.
Lokwalo lo lo tswa kwa go nna: Jakobe, motlhanka wa Modimo le Morena Jesu Keresete.
2 All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, —
Lo ya kwa: Bajuteng ba ba rategang, Bakaulengwe a botshelo jwa lona bo mo mathateng le dithaelong? Ke gone he itumeleng,
3 Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
gonne fa tsela e na le dikgopi, bopelotelele jwa lona bo nna le nako e ntle ya go gola.
4 But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
Ke gone mmang bopelotelele jwa lona bo gole, le gone lo seka lwa leka go intsha mo mathateng a lona ka go iphethekganya. Gonne bopelotelele jwa lona bo setse bo godile, jalo lo tlaa bo lo ipaakanyeditse go lebagana le sengwe le sengwe, lo itekanetse mo mokgweng, lo tletse ebile lo feletse.
5 But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;
Fa lo batla go itse se Modimo o batlang lo se dira, o kopeng, mme o tlaa lo bolelela ka boitumelo, gonne o ipaakanyeditse ka malatsi otlhe go naya botlhe ba ba o kopang botlhale jo bogolo; o sa kgopege.
6 But let him be asking in faith, nothing, doubting, for, he that doubteth, is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and storm-tossed, —
Mme fa lo o kopa, tlhomamisang ka botlalo gore lo lebeletse gore o tlaa lo bolelela, gonne tlhaloganyo e e belaelang e tlaa etsaetsega fela jaaka lekhubu la lewatle le le kgwekgweediwang le phailakwa ke phefo;
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord—
jalo maikaelelo mangwe le mangwe a o a dirang a tlaa bo a sa tlhomama, ka ntlha ya gore o leba kwa le kwa. Fa o sa kgope ka tumelo, se solofele Morena go go naya karabo nngwe e e tlhomameng.
8 A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
9 But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;
Mokeresete yo o lebelwang kwa tlase mo lefatsheng leno a itumele, gonne o mogolo mo matlhong a Morena.
10 Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, —because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
Mme mohumi o tshwanetse go itumelela gore dikhumo tsa gagwe ga di reye sepe mo Moreneng, gonne o tlaa tloga a nyelela, jaaka sethunya se se latlhegetsweng ke bontle jwa sone se bo se e swa se swabile, se bolailwe ke mogote wa letsatsi la selemo. Go ntse fela jalo mo bahuming. Ba tlaa tloga ba a swa ba bo ba tlogela ditiro tsa bone tse dintsi kwa morago.
11 For the sun hath sprung up, with it scorching heat, and hath withered the grass, and, the flower thereof, hath fallen out, and, the beauty of the face thereof, hath perished, —so, also the rich, in his goings, shall languish.
12 Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life—which he hath promised unto them that love him.
Go sego motho yo o sa ineeleng mo go direng boleo fa a lekwa, gonne e tlaa re kwa morago o tlaa amogela serwalo sa botshelo e le tuelo ya gagwe, serwalo se Modimo o se solofeditseng ba ba o ratang.
13 Let, no one, while tempted, be saying—From God, am I tempted, —for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one;
Mme gakologelwang, fa mongwe a batla go dira boleo ga se Modimo o mo raelang, gonne Modimo ga o ke o batla go dira boleo le gone ga o ke o raela ope gore a bo dire.
14 But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,
Thaelo ke go gogwa ke dikakanyo tse di bosula tsa motho le dikeletso tsa gagwe.
15 Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.
Dikakanyo tse di bosula tse, di gogela mo ditirong tse di bosula mme morago go bo go nna katlholelo loso e tswa kwa Modimong.
16 Be not deceived, my brethren beloved: —
Ke gone se tsietsegeng, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang.
17 Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is, from above, coming down from the Father of lights—with whom is no alternation, nor shadow cast, by turning:
Mme le fa e le eng se se molemo ebile se itekanetse se tla kwa go rona se tswa kwa Modimong Motlhodi wa lesedi lotlhe, mme o phatshimela ruri ka bosakhutleng go sena phetogo epe kgotsa moriti.
18 Because he was so minded, he hath brought us forth with a word of truth, to the end we should be a sort of firstfruit of his creatures
Gape e ne e le letsatsi le le itumedisang mo go One fa o re naya matshelo a masha, ka boammaaruri jwa Lefoko la one, mme re ne ra nna jaaka ekete re bana ba One ba ntlha mo go ba ntlo ya One e ncha.
19 Ye know, my brethren beloved, —but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Bakaulengwe, se lebaleng gore go botoka go reetsa thata, le go bua go le gonnye mme o sa tlale bogale;
20 For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.
gonne bogale ga bo re siamise, jaaka Modimo o batla re siama.
21 Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls:
Ke gone latlhang gotlhe mo go sa siamang mo botshelong jwa lona, ke gore ka fa teng ga gago le ka fa ntle, mme ka boingotlo itumeleleng molaetsa o montle o re o amogetseng, gonne o nonofile go boloka mewa ya rona jaaka e le One o o tshwereng dipelo tsa lona.
22 Become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only—reasoning yourselves astray;
Gape gakologelwang gore molaetsa o, o tshwanetse go obamelwa, eseng go reediwa fela. Ke gone se itsietseng.
23 Because, if any is, a word-hearer, and not a doer, the same, is like unto a man observing his natural face in a mirror, —
Gonne fa motho a reetsa fela a sa o obamele o tshwana le motho yo o itebileng sefatlhogo mo seiponeng;
24 For he observed himself, and is gone away, and, straightway, it hath escaped him, —what manner of man, he was!
gonne fela jaaka a tsamaya, ga a tlhole a ipona, gape ga a sa tlhole a gakologelwa gore o lebega jang.
25 But, he that hath obtained a nearer view into the perfect law of liberty, and hath taken up his abode by it, becoming—not a forgetful hearer, but a work doer, the same, happy in his doing, shall be.
Mme fa mongwe a tswelela ka go lebela pele mo molaong wa Modimo wa batho ba ba gololesegileng, ga a kitla a o gakologelwa fela, mme o tlaa dira se o se buang, mme Modimo o tlaa mo segofatsa thata mo go sengwe le sengwe se o se dirang.
26 If any thinketh he is observant of religion, not curbing his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this one’s, religious observance is, vain:
Lefa e le mang yo o reng ke Mokeresete mme a sa laole loleme lwa gagwe lo lo bogale, o itsietsa fela, le tumelo ya gagwe ga e na molemo ope.
27 Religious observance, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is, this—to be visiting orphans and widows in their affliction, unspotted, to keep, himself, from the world.
Mokeresete yo o phepa a bile a sena molato, ka fa ponong ya Modimo ke yo o tlhokomelang masiela le batlholagadi, le yo mowa wa gagwe o emeng ka boammaaruri mo Moreneng, a sa marwa gope ke dibe tsa lefatshe.
