James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
Ngai Jake, mosali na Nzambe mpe na Nkolo Yesu-Klisto; Epai ya mabota zomi na mibale oyo epalangana kati na biloko: Napesi bino mbote.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
Bandeko na ngai, bomona lokola likambo ya esengo, lolenge nyonso ya komekama oyo bozali kokutana na yango.
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Pamba te boyebi malamu ete komekama ya kondima na bino ebotaka kokanga motema.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Nzokande kokanga motema na bino esengeli te kosuka na nzela mpo ete bokoma bato bakemba mpe bakoka kati na kondima, bato oyo bazangi pamela.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
Soki moko kati na bino azangi bwanya, tika ete asenga yango epai ya Nzambe oyo akopesa ye yango; pamba te Nzambe apesaka moto nyonso na motema malamu mpe na kopamela te.
6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
Kasi asengeli kosenga na kondima, na kotia tembe te; pamba te moto oyo atiaka tembe azali lokola mbonge ya ebale oyo mopepe ezali koningisa mpe kobwaka epai na epai.
7 For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
Moto ya ndenge wana atia motema te ete akoki kozwa eloko kowuta na Nkolo:
8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
azali moto ya mitema mibale, moto oyo akangamaka na likanisi moko te na nyonso oyo asalaka.
9 Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
Tika ete ndeko oyo akelela asepela mpo ete Nzambe akotombola ye,
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
mpe oyo azali mozwi asepela mpo ete Nzambe akokitisa ye; pamba te mozwi akoleka lokola fololo ya elanga.
11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
Ndenge fololo ekawukaka, ekweyaka mpe ebungisaka kitoko na yango na tango ya moyi makasi, ndenge wana mpe mozwi akolimwa kati na misala na ye nyonso.
12 Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Esengo na moto oyo akangaka motema na tango ya komekama! Pamba te sima na ye kolonga komekama, akozwa motole ya bomoi, oyo Nzambe alakaki na bato oyo balingaka Ye.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
Tika ete moto moko te, liboso ya komekama, aloba: « Nzambe nde azali kotindika ngai na kosala mabe. » Pamba te mabe ekoki te kotindika Nzambe na mabe, mpe Nzambe atindikaka moto moko te na kosala mabe.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
Kasi moto nyonso atindikamaka na mabe soki abendami mpe akangami na motambo ya baposa mabe ya nzoto na ye moko.
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
Bongo soki baposa mabe yango ekoli kati na moto, ebotaka lisumu; mpe lisumu ememaka na kufa.
16 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Bandeko balingami, bomikosa te:
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
bolamu nyonso mpe likabo nyonso ya kitoko ewutaka kaka na Likolo, epai ya Tata ya pole, oyo, kati na Ye, molili ezalaka te, mpe abongwanaka te.
18 Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Akomisaki biso bana na Ye na nzela ya Liloba ya bosolo, na mokano na Ye moko, mpo ete tozwa esika ya liboso kati na bikelamu na Ye nyonso.
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Bandeko balingami, bosimba likambo oyo: tika ete moto nyonso awelelaka koyoka, kasi awelelaka te koloba mpe kosilika;
20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
pamba te kanda ya moto ekokisaka te makambo ya sembo na miso ya Nzambe.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Yango wana, bobwaka makambo nyonso ya bosoto mpe misala nyonso ya mabe, bondima na komikitisa Liloba oyo elonamaki kati na mitema na bino, pamba te ezali na nguya ya kobikisa bino.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Botiaka na misala Liloba na Nzambe; kasi bosukaka kaka te na koyoka yango, soki te bokomikosa bino moko na pamba.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
Moto oyo ayokaka Liloba kasi atiaka yango te na misala, akokani na moto oyo amitali na talatala
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
mpe, sima na ye komitala, akei mpe, kaka na tango yango, abosani ndenge azali.
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
Nzokande moto oyo amipesaka na koyekola mobeko oyo ekoka na nyonso mpe epesaka bonsomi, bongo atosaka yango tango nyonso, asukaka kaka na koyoka te, kasi atiaka na misala: moto yango akozala moto ya esengo na nyonso oyo akosala.
26 If anyone amongst you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
Moto oyo akanisaka ete asambelaka Nzambe, kasi ayebaka te kobatela lolemo na ye, azali komikosa ye moko, mpe kosambela na ye ezali na tina te.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Kosambela ya solo mpe ya peto na miso ya Nzambe, Tata na biso, ezali: kosunga bana bitike mpe basi bakufisa mibali, kati na bapasi na bango, mpe komibatela peto liboso ya makambo ya mokili.
