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].
Zaki, kisadi ki Nzambi ayi ki Pfumu Yesu Klisto, mfidisidi nkandakuidi kumi makanda muadi ma batu ba Nzambi, momo matembakana va nza wumvimba.
2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
A bakhomba ziama, bika lumona khini mu thangu luidi mu zithotolo ziphila mu phila.
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.
Bika luzaba ti thotolo yi lummona mu minu kieno yimbutanga mvibudulu.
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]).
Vayi mvibudulu yimanisa kisalu kiandi mu diambu lumonika batu bafuana ayi baduka mu mambu moso, muingi lubika kambu kadi diambu.
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].
Enati vadi mutu mu beno kambulu nduenga buna bika kalomba kuidi Nzambi wumvananga mu luzolo kuidi batu boso ayi niandi wumvananga mu kambutsembolo. Buna Nzambi wela kumvana.
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].
Vayi bika kalombila mu minu, mu kambu memata bila woso mutu weti memata dedikini banga mayo ma mbu, mannikunungu kuidi phemo; manlozongondambu na ndambu.
7 Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
Mutu wu phila yayi kabika tula diana ditambula kima kuidi Pfumu,
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.
bila widi mutu wuvasuka mu mayindu mandi ayi widi mabaluka thangumu mabanza mandi.
9 Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
Bika khomba yoyi yisukama, kakiniemisanga Nzambi bu keti kunnangika.
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].
Vayi khomba yi kimvuana, kakiniemisanga Nzambi bu keti kunkululabila wela vioka banga teka ki tsola.
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].
Thangu bu yitotukidi; buna muini andi wu ngolo wuyumisini biti, teka kiandi kibuidi ayi kitoko kiandi kilalikini. Buawu bobo buela lalikinina nkua kimvuama mu mabanza mandi.
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.
O khini kuidi mutu wowo weti kanga ntima mu phukumunu; bila bu kela monika wukuikama mu phukumunu, wela tambula budu ki luzingu; luzingu lolo Nzambi kavanina tsila kuidi batu bobo beti kunzola.
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.
Muaki mutu kabika tuba bu kavukumunu ti “Nzambi wulembo phukumuna”. Buna Bila mambu mambimbi malendi vukumuna Nzambi ko ayi niandi veka Nzambikalendi vukumuna mutu ko.
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].
Vayi kadika mutu weti vukumunu bu keti tutu ayi vunukuidi zitsatu ziandi zimbimbi.
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.
Bosi tsatu yimbimbi bu yiyedidi, yimbutanga masumu; bosi masumu mawu yela mambutanga lufua.
16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
Diawu bakhomba ziama zi luzolo, lubika vunuka,
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].
bila kadika dikaba dimboti ayi kadika dikaba difuanadintotukilanga ku yilu kuidi dise dimvananga kiezila. Mu niandi muisiko kadi luviakunu ayi kadi kitsuisula ki luviakunu.
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].
Mu luzolo luandi veka, niandi wutubuta mu nzika mambu mandi ma kiedika muingi tuba banga batheti mu bivangu biandi.
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,
A Bakhomba baama zi luzolo, bika kadika mutu kabanga wukubama mu wa; kabika vika yolukanga ayi kabika vika fuemanga.
20 because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
Bila nganzi yi mutu yilendi vanga ko mambu masonga ma Nzambi.
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].
Diawu lozanu mvindu woso ayi mambu moso mambimbi. Lutambula, mu kukikulula, mambu ma Nzambi, makunu mu mintima mieno, bila mawu mabeki lulendo lu vukisila miela mieno.
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].
Muaki lubika sia ti ko wa na wa kaka tala luedi kukivuna beno veka vayi lusadilanga mawu.
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].
Bila enati mutu weti wa mambu ma Nzambi vayi kamasadilanga ko, niandi dedikini banga mutu wuntala zizi kiandi mu lumueno;
24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
niandi mana kukitala, wedi kuandi ayi tumbulu zimbakana buevi kadidi.
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.
Vayi woso mutu weti landakana bumboti Mina mifuana miomimimvananga kiphuanza, ayi, widi wukangama mu miawu mu kambu kumizimbakana bu kamiwilu, vayi wukumisadilanga, buna mutu wowo wela monakhini mu mambu moso kamvanga.
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).
Enati mutu weti kukibanzila ti niandi widi nsambidi wu Nzambivayi kasi zaba ko yadila ludimi luandi ko; buna wulembo kukivuni ayi sambila kuandi kuidi kuphamba.
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.
Kinzambi kikiedika ayi kikambulu bila va meso ma Nzambi, dise; kuawu kuaku: sadisa bana basana ayi mafuola mu ziphasi ziawu ayi kukikeba wuvedila mu mambu ma ntoto.
