James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
Kai Jem, Cathut hoi Bawipa Jisuh Khrih e san lah kaawm e ni talai van kho tangkuem kâkayei e Isarel miphun hlaikahni touh koe ca na patawn awh.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
Ka hmaunawnghanaw, nangmouh ni tanouknae a phunkuep na kâhmo awh navah lunghawinae lah doeh ao tie lah pouk awh.
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, nangmae yuemnae hah tanouknae ni panguepnae a tâco sak tie panuek awh.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Nangmouh teh khire laipalah na roung awh teh, na kuep awh nahan, panguep awh.
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.
Nangmouh thungvah, lungangnae ka panki e awm pawiteh, phuenang laipalah tami pueng pasai laipalah kapoekung Cathut koe het naseh. Het pawiteh poe lah ao han.
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.
Hatei, oupvoutnae lungthin tawn laipalah yuemnae hoi na het pawiteh na hmu han. Oupvoutnae lungthin ka tawn e tami teh kahlî ni tuicapa a thaw sak e hoi doeh a kâvan.
7 For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
Hot patetnaw teh, Cathut ni na poe han tie roeroe pouk na hanh seh.
8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Hot patet e tami teh a lungthin a samphei teh a sak e hnonaw pueng dawk ka cak hoeh e lah ao.
9 Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
Ayâ ni a hnephnap e tami teh Cathut ni a tawm nah a lunghawi seh.
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
Ka tawnta e tami teh Cathut ni a bo sak torei teh a lunghawi seh. Hatdawkvah, ka bawi tangrengnaw teh kahrawng kaawm e a pei ka sarut e patetlah a sarut han.
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.
Kanî a tâco teh khumbei ni a pei a kamyai sak teh a sarut, a kamhlawngnae hai a rawk. Hot patetvanlah, amae tawnta hnopai a tawng lahun navah a kamyai teh ouk a kahma.
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.
Tanouknae hah ka panguep e teh, a yawhawi. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tanouknae a tâco toteh, Bawipa kalungpatawnaw koe lawk kam pouh e hringnae bawilukhung a hmu han.
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.
Tacueknae ka kâhmo e ni, Cathut ni na tacuek telah tet nahanh seh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hawihoehnae ni Cathut teh tacuek thai hoeh. Cathut nihai apipatet hai tacuek boihoeh.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
Tami teh mae hounlounnae dawk doeh tacueknae kâhmo awh teh, tacueknae dawk ouk bo awh.
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
Hat toteh, hounlounnae ni, a vawn teh yonnae hah a khe. Yonnae a roung teh, duenae a tâcokhai.
16 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Ka lungpataw e ka hmaunawnghanaw pouk payon awh hanh.
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.
Kahawi hoi kakuep e poehnonaw pueng teh angnae apa koehoi ka tho e doeh. Cathut teh nâtuek hai kâthung hoeh. Kampuen thai e a tâhlip hai awmhoeh.
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.
Bawipa ama ni a sak e pueng dawkvah, maimouh hah aluepaw lah na o sak teh, a ngainae patetlah lawkkatang lawk lahoi maimouh teh na khe sak toe.
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Ka lungpataw e hmaunawnghanaw, hothateh pahnim awh hanh. Apihai thainae koe lateh, a hue karang e lah awm awh. Lawk deinae hoi lungkhueknae koe lah teh ka hnawng e lah awm awh.
20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
Tami e lungkhueknae ni Cathut lannae heh tâcawt sak hoeh.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Hatdawkvah kakhin e nuencangnaw puenghoi kahawihoehe kaisuenae pueng tâkhawng awh. Nangmae lungthin muitha ka rungngang thai e, nathung patûe lah kaawm e Cathut lawk hah lungdo lungnemnae lahoi dâw awh.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
A lawk thai teh a khout toe telah namahoima kâdum awh hanh. A lawk dawk ka tawk e lah awm awh.
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;
A lawk ka tarawi hoeh e tami teh hlalang dawk a minhmai ka kâkhen e hoi a kâvan.
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
Kahawicalah a kâkhet teh a cei hnukkhu, amae meilam bang hoi maw ka kâvan tie tang a pahnim.
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.
Hateiteh, hloutnae kâlawk dawk kahawicalah ka khen niteh ka tarawi e teh, a thai teh pahnim laipalah ka tawk e lah ao. Ahnimouh teh tawksaknae dawk yawhawinae a hmu han.
26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
Tami buet touh ni kai teh a lawk ka tarawi e lah ka o telah a pouk han ei, a lai hah uk thai laipalah, amahoima kâdum pawiteh, ahnie bawknae e teh ahrawnghrang lah ao.
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.
Pa Cathut e hmalah kathounge hoi ka khinhoehe bawknae teh, roedengnae ka kâhmo e naranaw hoi lahmainunaw khetyawtnae, talaivan khinnae hoi thoung nahanelah, mahoima kâkhetyawtnae naw hah doeh.
