James 1
1 [I], James, am a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ. [I am writing this letter] to [all] the Jewish people [who trust in Christ] (OR, to all God’s people) who are scattered throughout the world. [I send my] greetings to [you all].
Dats jamats bad'ts tatse git jirwotssh Ik'onat doonzo Iyesus Krstos guutso wottso Yak'oboke wosheets jamó, jeno itsh wotowe.
2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
Ti eshuwotso! k'osh k'osh naari fadewo itats b́bodor geenúshit keewwotsi it daatstsok'o woshde'er taawwere.
3 [God sometimes allows you to experience difficulties in order to] test whether or not you will continue to trust [him. Whenever that happens, you need to] realize more and more that [if you continue to trust him], you will be able to bravely/patiently endure difficulties.
It imnetiyo b́fadewo k'amo itsh daatsituwo b́wottsok'owo dandek'etute.
4 Keep on enduring difficulties [bravely/patiently by trusting God more and more firmly] [PRS], in order that you may become all that he intends you to be [DOU] (OR, [spiritually] mature and complete), not lacking (any [good quality/anything you need to conduct your lives as God wants you to]).
K'amonowere it kup'o ik jago itsh b́shaprawo s'eenonat itn bodtswotsi woshituwo wotowe.
5 If anyone of you does not know how to act wisely [in order to endure difficulties/trials well], he should ask God [to show him what he should do, because] God wholeheartedly/gladly helps all people [who ask] and does not scold [anyone for asking. Those who ask], God will give them wisdom to know [what they should do].
Ititse dani teleefo bísh b́shapts asho fa'e wotiyal Ik'o k'onuwe, Ik'onwere bísh imetwe, bí jametsosh shiitso bí aa'awo tewudi doon imetwo Izar Izeweriye.
6 But [when you] ask [God], you should firmly trust him. You should not doubt [that he wants to help you always], because people who keep doubting God are [unstable/changeable] [SIM] like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind {that goes back and forth when the wind blows} [DOU, SIM].
Ernmó asho eegonor gito b́gímberawo amande'er k'onuwe, git gimbiru asho jongon gifniyeyat giwwtsts aatsk'aroniye bíariye.
7 Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
Mannaari asho doonzoke ik jago b́daatsituwok'o bísh ark'aye.
8 [because they are] people who cannot decide [whether they will commit themselves to God, and they are] unstable/undecided in everything that they do.
Han b́wotituwere git níbo detst b́weerindatse hake baka bíetiruwoshe.
9 Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
B́ beewon dashan wotts eshuwo Ik'o damban bín b́ detsetwosh geneúwowe,
10 And [believers] who are rich should be happy [that] they have humbled themselves [in order to trust in Jesus Christ] (OR, but rich people [can only] take pride [in the fact that God] will humble them [when he judges everyone] [IRO]), because they [and their riches] [MTY] will pass away, just like wild flowers [wither] [SIM].
Ash gaalo bodi fuundok'o b́ ooshetuowotse b́ beewon dambaan wotts eshuwo Ik'o b́bewo dashan b́woshiyalor gene'úwowe,
11 When the sun rises, the scorching hot wind dries plants, and their flowers fall and are no longer beautiful. Similarly, rich people will die [MET] while they are busy working, [leaving behind their riches].
Aawo b́ k'ees'onton b́keshor bodo shuuk'iniye b́k'riti, b́ fúndonuwere ooyniye b́wutsiti, bíazisheengonwere t'afniye b́wutsiti, mank'owere gaalets asho b́fiinon b́jaakfere t'afniye b́wutsiti.
12 [God] is pleased with people who bravely/patiently endure difficulties. And when, [by bravely enduring difficulties], they have proved [that they truly trust him], he will give them [eternal] life. That is the reward [MET] that he has promised to give to those who love him.
Doonzo b́ taartsok'on bín shuntswotssh b́ imet kashi akililiyo b́ dek'etuwosh fadeyo k'amar kúp'it asho deereke.
13 If people are tempted to do something that is evil, they should not think that it is God who is tempting them, because [God is totally/completely good]. He never tempts anyone [to do what is evil], nor can he ever be tempted to [do anything] evil.
Ik'o gond keewon noon b́ fadrawotse mank'o bíwere konnoru b́ fadrawotse asho b́ fadeyor «Ik'o taan fadre» etk'aye.
14 But people strongly desire to do evil [PRS] things, [and as a result] they are tempted by those desires {those desires stimulate them} to do something evil [PRS, DOU].
Ernmó asho ik ikon b́ fadeyir b́ took tewnon geetseyar bí ant'elcewore.
15 Then, [because] they have desired [MET] to do evil [PRS] things, they begin to [MET] do [PRS] them. And when they have become ones who [habitually] do what is evil [MET], [if they do not turn away from their sinful behavior], they will be separated from God forever.
Haniyhakon tewunu bmaac'or morro shuwitwaniye. Morronu s'eenon bi eeniyakon k'iro shuwituwane.
16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
Shuneets eshuwwotso! it ant'elcherawok'owa!
17 [The truth is that God], our heavenly Father [MTY], does only good [DOU] things [for us, in order to help us become] all that he intends us to be. He is not like all the things [in the sky] that he created to give light, [because they] change; [that is, they do not shine the same all the time]. But God never changes. [He is always good].
Sheengts imonat s'een wotts deer jamo Ik'okne, han b́weetuwe c'ishok'o wona wonewo deshaw shááni niho Ik'okne.
18 [And because] he wanted [to help us], he gave us [spiritual] life as a result of our [trusting in his] true message. So now we have become the first ones of [all the people] [MET] that he created [to] ([be totally dedicated to/completely belong to]) [him].
Ik'o bí azts jam shintswotsitse gawdek't ari aap'on noon shuure.
19 My fellow believers whom I love, you know (OR, I want you to now) that every one of you should be eager to pay attention to [God’s true message]. Don’t speak [without thinking], nor get angry easily,
Shuneets eshuwotso! han batk'ayere, ash jamo k'ebosh káártso, noonkeewonat fayosh mango wotowe.
20 because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
Ash fayo Ik'i kááwo daatsiratse.
21 So stop doing all kinds of evil [DOU] things, and humbly obey (OR, submit to) the message that [God] put in your (inner beings/hearts), [because] he is able to save you [SYN] [if you accept his message].
Hansha kiimonat weerigondi ayonowere ok k'aúbayr Ik'o it nibots b́ toktsonat it kasho kashiyo falitu aap'man it tooko dashan detson de'ere.
22 Do [what God commands in] his message. Do not only listen [to it, because people who only listen to it and do not obey it] are wrong when they think [that God will save them].
Ik'i aap'tso finats jiitswere bako it tooko dashfetsr shish mec'ro shishfwotsi wotk'ayere.
23 Some people hear God’s message but do not do [what it says] [MET]. They are like someone who looks at his face in a mirror [SIM].
Ik' aap'ts aap'o finats jiitsraw asho bín bíazeets shiitso mastayiton bek'iru ashok'oyiye,
24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
Ashaan b́shiitso mastyiton b́s'iliyakon ametuwe, awuk'o b́wottsok'owo manoor batni b́k'riti.
25 But other people look closely at [God’s] message, which is perfect and which sets people free [to voluntarily do what God wants them to do]. And if they continue [to examine God’s message] and do not just hear it and then forget it, but do [what God tells them to do], God will bless them because of what they do.
Wotowa eree nas' kishit b́ nemo sheengshr s'iilr bín kup'ituwo bínowere shiir baterawo, finats jitsitu asho b́ finon deereke b́ wotiti.
26 Some people think that they worship God in the right way, but they habitually say evil things [MTY]. Those people are wrong in thinking [SYN] [that they worship God rightly]. The fact is [that they] worship God (in vain/uselessly).
Bí albero korde'aniyere Ik'o Ik'irwe eteet asho b́ tookoniye b́ dashiri, b́ ik'iyonwere k'awuntso deshatse.
27 [One of the things that God has told us to do] is to take care of orphans and widows who suffer hardship. [Those who do that and] who do not think or act immorally like those who do not obey God [MTY] truly [DOU] worship God, [who is our] Father, and God approves of them.
Ik'o niho shinatse s'ayinonat kimaw hayimanotiyo, nihonat indo k'irts nanaúwotssh, aaninu bokenih k'irts máátsuwotssh bo kic'or boon tep'o, b́ tookonowere datsanatsi kimatse kordek'oniye.
