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].
Mini Jaka, U Tienu leni o Diedo Jesu Kilisiti naacemo, n diani yinba i piiga n buoliedi yi n yayadi ki ye ŋanduna nni kuli po. N fuondi yi.
2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
N kpiiba, yin ya nua mani ke ya biigima buoli kuli n cua yi kani tie pamanli bonla.
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.
Ki ya bani ke yi dandanli biigima baa cuani li juunli.
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]).
Ama li tie tiladi ke li juunli n ya tuuni li tuonli ki dudi cain, ke yin tua yaaba n ŋani ki dagidi cain ki da luo liba kuli.
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].
Yi siiga niloba ya luo mi yanfuoma, wan mia U Tienu yua n puuni bi niba kuli leni ti bulicindi kaa fu leni ba, o baa pa o ma.
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].
Ama wan mia leni li dandanli, ki da bangi o ya baa baa bi o ya kan baa. Kelima yua n maliti ke daalinba o kan baa tie nani mi ñincianma ñinguona, u faalu n lengidi ki pengi ya yeni.
7 Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
Ya nilo n tie yeni kuli n da tama ke o baa baa liba kuli o Diedo kani.
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.
Kelima o tie yama lie daano, waa se kaanyendu o bontienkaala kuli nni.
9 Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
Ti kpiiba siiga yua n tie luodo n ya mangidi o pali boncianla leni U Tienu n jigini o maama.
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].
Yua n tie piado mo n ya mangidi o pali leni U Tienu n jiini o maama, kelima o baa pendi nani ti muadi puuma yeni.
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].
Ki yenga pudi ke ki wulitonma tendi ke ti kuodi ke ti puuma mo suodi, tin pia ya jawaama mo bodi. O piado moko baa mali ki suodi yene o ŋantaadi siiga.
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.
Li pamanli ye leni yua n fidi ki juuni mi biigima nni. Kelima bi ya biigi o ki pagi o ya yogunu, o baa baa li miali badifogiliga, o Diedo n niani ke o baa pa yaaba n bua o kuli yaaga.
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.
Ban tulini o nilo ya yogunu, wan da yedi: “U Tienu n tulini nni”. Kelima bi kan tulini U Tienu wan tieni yaala n bia wani oba mo kan tulini niloba kuli.
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].
Bi tulini nilo kuli wani oba bonbuaka-biadila ya dia ki cuo ya yogunu.
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.
Lanwani, o bonbuaka-biadila ya punbi, li baa ma ti tuonbiadi, ti tuonbiadi mo ya kpedi ki dagidi tini mo baa ma mi kuuma.
16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
N kpibuadiba, yin da boandi mani yi yula ya maama n tie na po:
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].
Li semoanli leni ya paabu n ŋani kuli ñani tanpoli po, mi yenma Baa kani, wani yua n ki lebidi, ke lebidima jinjingu mo ki ye o niinni.
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].
O yanbuama po, o den mali ti kelima i moamoani maama po ke tin ya tie o tagima kuli siiga li bonkpiala.
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,
N kpibuadiba, yin bandi line: Li pundi nilo kuli n cengi tontoni ki da maadi tontoni mo, ki da bieni o pali tontoni mo.
20 because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
Kelima o nisaalo pabienli kan cuani U Tienu teginma.
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].
Lanyaapo yin lu mani yaala n tie ti joagindi leni mi biadima kuli, ki ya gaani U Tienu n buli ya maama yi pala nni leni li yumiinli, kelima mi baa fidi ki tindi yi naani.
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].
Yin da cengi U Tienu maama bebe, ki boandi yi yula ke mi cengima yeni dagidi, kali yin ya tiendi man yedi yaala mo.
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].
Kelima yua n cengi U Tienu maama ki naa tieni man yedi yaala tie nani yua n nua o nunga n tie maama ki madiibiga nni,
24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
ki ñani ki gedi ki sundi tontoni wan tie maama.
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.
Ama yua n nuali boŋanla ya balimaama n ŋani cain ki faabidi bi niba ya niinni ki suagi ki tiendi yeni kaa sundi wan cengi yaala, laa nilo baa pia li pamanli o tuonli nni.
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).
O nilo ya tama ke o jaani ki naa kubi o lanbu, o boandi o yuli. Laa nilo ya jaanma tie fanma fanma.
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.
Ya jaanma n ŋani cain ki naa pia joagidi U Tienu nintuali tie, ki yaa todi a kpienbila leni a kpepuona bi fala nni, ki go kubi o yuli leni ŋanduna joagindi.
