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].
Yakubu urere Asere nan u yeso ugomo Asere uhana tilem ukrau intire sa wa samirka a nyimo uneh, in iso shi.
2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
Anu henu um inka imum iburi ya kem shi kurzon ini imum ya puru arum.
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.
irusa inka u inko iriba ishi wa nya shi ure aje a bizinsizi me, u eze inni riba ihu.
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]).
Na u inko iriba u mwincika ka tuma ka meme, barki e maza u eze sarki udira ire imum.
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].
De sa ma dira urusa a nyimo ashi me, na ma iki a hira ugom Asere, de sa ma nyiza kon de avi timum kan, mada gwara ba, adi kuri a nya me.
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].
na ma iki inni riba ka indai sarki maay, unaa maaye mazi kasi bironkomi bini win ni dang sa upebu ugido me ukuri uzuro me.
7 Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
Kati unu uginome ma inki iriba madi kabi ire imuim ahira ugomo Asere.
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.
Uni iriba kare mani sa mada turi a hira a indai ba.
9 Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
Na unu udira ma vavi bigiri a nyimo ani nonzo nimeme.
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].
Unu ukem a nyimo usizikime umeme, kasi iburi ukwe idi mari
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].
. uwui udi suri gbanyaya nan upebu, iburi ike i zarika, urii me udi mari, anime ani unu kem a nyimo a tanu ti meme.
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.
Unu ugongon mani dee sa matira irba umansa, inka mare umansiza me, udi nya me ni ere ni venke uge sa Asere a inko an dee sa wa zinni soo umeme.
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.
Kati dee sa a mansa me magu Asere ani a mansa me, Asere ada manza me ini mum iburi ba, me inni ce nimeme mada manza unu ba.
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].
Ko uya unu adi mansa me uganiya sa mgwei ma je mahunguko me, ma wuna me nibarda.
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.
Uganiya sa mgwei maje ma wuna gbardang madi yoo madini, madini inka ma wuna gbardang madi eh inni wono.
16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
Anu henu um kati arangi shi.
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].
Kondi uya u aye urizo unu nan kodi ya imum sa a nya we ya ya suro azesere ani, izinni tuzo a hira aco uma saa, ada ke a gamirka ba.
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].
Ugomo Asere ma zaukan ma yon duru a hira a tize ti meme ti kadure barki ti cukunop uhira utuba utimum ti meme.
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,
Anu henu um, sa izinnu suu uwe, ya wuna urii konde avi ma cukuno unu debe ukunna, azo unu debe ubuka utize nannu nu ukuna iriba debe.
20 because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
Barki ucara iriba inu ida hanan me uwuza imum iriri ya Asere.
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].
Cekini wuza imum izenzeng a nyimo ugogoni in kabi tize be sa amu nuka a nyimo tuzo unice ikabi tize tiginop me sa a bira a muriba mushi me, ti ge sa tida ke ti han shi uhana ubura.
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].
Cukunoni anu wuza utize ta Asere, azo anu kunna casiba, izinnu ranga ace a shi.
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].
Vat deesa ma kunna tize me cas mada wuza katuma niba mazi kasi deesa ma hira muhenu mu meme a magani.
24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
Uganiya sa ma hira a hira me, madi perke me uzina umuhenu mu meme sda muzi.
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.
De sa ma hira memerum, ma rusi bi hoo bi tize ti gino me sa bi nyiza ni kara, adi nya me ukalum.
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).
De sa ma zika nice nu me unnu tarsa Asere, mada wuza katuma inni lem nume ba, ma ranga irba imeme, mazo unnu taersa Asere ba.
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.
Tize ta asere ti riri tu zatu corno me ta zige me, a hira Asere aco aru unu maka gunguzuno a hana udiran aka coo nan anne udra aruma anyimo ti cukum tini unu, unju ma impi nice nui meme a nyimo uneh umadini.
