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].
Neni Yakobu, ntumintumi gwa Mlungu na gwa Mtuwa Yesu Kristu, nuwalembera mwenga makabila lilongu na mawili ga Israeli yagaweriti kila pahala pasipanu! Nuwalamsiya.
2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
Walongu wangu, muliholi kuwera na nemeleru nakamu pampatwa na majeru ga ntambu yingiyingi,
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.
muvimana handa kujerwa kwa njimiru yenu hayiwapanani uhepelera.
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]).
Muweri na unakaka kuwera uhepelera wenu hawumalili lihengu mngati mwenu, mpati kuwera teratera na wagangamala pota kupungukiwa shoseri.
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].
Kumbiti handa yumu gwenu kahera luhala, su kafiruwa kumluwa Mlungu, nayomberi hakamupanani, toziya Mlungu kawapanani woseri kwa uvuwa na kwa mawoku mawili.
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].
Kumbiti kafiluwa kuluwa kwa njimiru pota na shashatika. Muntu yakawera na shashatika ndo kawera gambira makupala ga mubahali, geni gasukumwa na kwaswakwaswa na lipuga.
7 Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
Su muntu yakawera na maholu gingi, nakalihola kuwera kapata shoseri shilii kulawa kwa Mtuwa.
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.
Toziya muntu yakawera na maholu gingi, kagalambuka galambuka munjira zyakuwi.
9 Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
Mlongu yakawera muhushu, kafiruwa kunemelera kwa kukweniziwa kwakuwi,
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].
nayomberi mlunda kafiruwa kunemelera kwa kusulusiwa kwakuwi, toziya mlunda hakawuki gambira uluwa wa kuntundu.
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].
Mshenji gulawira na kwa livuki lyakuwi likalipa liyumiziya vimeru, na uluwa wakuwi utuluka na uherepa wakuwi woseri upera. Ntambu iraa ayi mlunda nayomberi akagamiziwi mumahengu gakuwi.
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.
Mbaka muntu yakasigala mwaminika mumajeru, toziya pakahepelera, hakanki lijenjeri lyakuwi, ukomu ulii Mlungu wakawalagiliti walii yawamfira.
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.
Handa muntu pakajerwa nakalonga, “Njerwa na Mlungu!” Toziya Mlungu hapeni kajerwi na ukondola, ama hapeni kamujeri muntu yoseri.
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].
Kumbiti muntu kazyangalirwa pakanikwa na kugomuziwa na matamata zyakuwi zidoda.
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.
Shakapanu matamata payiwula ilera vidoda, na vidoda pavikamala vilera kuhowa.
16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
Walongu wangu yanuwafira, muntu nakawapayira!
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].
Kila lifupu liherepa na lyalikamilika lilawa kumpindi kwa Mlungu Tati, yakanyawiti miweru yoseri yaiwera kulyera. Mlungu hapeni kagalambuki ama kuwera na ntambu ya kugalambuka.
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].
Kwa kufira kwakuwi mweni katupananiti ukomu kwa shisoweru shakuwi shanakaka, su tuweri gambira mabenu ga kwanja pakati pa viwumbi vyakuwi.
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,
Walongu wangu yanuwafira, mushiholi shisoweru ashi, kila muntu kapikaniri kamkamu, kumbiti nakalopokera kulonga ama kukalala.
20 because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
Muntu yakawera na maya kaweza ndiri kutenda galii yagamfiriziya Mlungu yagawera ga nakaka.
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].
Hangu, muleki kutali vitwatira vyoseri vidoda na matendu madoda gavuwa gageneya, mumjimiri Mlungu na kwanka shisoweru shashiyalitwi mumyoyu mwenu, na shiweza kuwalopoziya.
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].
Namulipayira mwaweni kwa kupikinira hera shisoweru sha Mlungu, su mtendi ntambu yashilonga.
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].
Toziya muntu yakapikanira hera shisoweru pota kutenda ntambu yashilonga, kalifana na muntu yakalilola sheni shakuwi mweni mushiloleru.
24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
Kalilolaga, shakapanu kagenda zyakuwi, na katepu kalyaluwa ntambu yakawera.
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.
Kumbiti muntu yakalilola weri lilagaliru teratera lyaliwapanana wantu ulekeru, na yakendereya kulikolera, na kulipikanira ndiri hera na shakapanu kulilyaluwa, kumbiti kalitenda nakamu, muntu ayu hakatekelerwi mukila shintu shakatenda.
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).
Handa muntu pakalishera kuwera yomberi ndo muntu gwa njira ya kumfata Mlungu, kumbiti kaweza ndiri kululewelera lulimi lwakuwi, su kalipayira mweni, na njira yakuwi ya kumfata Mlungu yahera mota.
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.
Njira yaiherepa ya kumfata Mlungu na yahera likosa kulongolu kwa Mlungu Tati ndo ayi. Kuwatanga washiwa na wakenja mutabu zyawu, na kulilolera weri weni nawudodisiwa pasipanu.
