James 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
Neni Yakobu, ntumintumi gwa Mlungu na gwa Mtuwa Yesu Kristu, nuwalembera mwenga makabila lilongu na mawili ga Israeli yagaweriti kila pahala pasipanu! Nuwalamsiya.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
Walongu wangu, muliholi kuwera na nemeleru nakamu pampatwa na majeru ga ntambu yingiyingi,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
muvimana handa kujerwa kwa njimiru yenu hayiwapanani uhepelera.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Muweri na unakaka kuwera uhepelera wenu hawumalili lihengu mngati mwenu, mpati kuwera teratera na wagangamala pota kupungukiwa shoseri.
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.
Kumbiti handa yumu gwenu kahera luhala, su kafiruwa kumluwa Mlungu, nayomberi hakamupanani, toziya Mlungu kawapanani woseri kwa uvuwa na kwa mawoku mawili.
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.
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 For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
Su muntu yakawera na maholu gingi, nakalihola kuwera kapata shoseri shilii kulawa kwa Mtuwa.
8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Toziya muntu yakawera na maholu gingi, kagalambuka galambuka munjira zyakuwi.
9 Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
Mlongu yakawera muhushu, kafiruwa kunemelera kwa kukweniziwa kwakuwi,
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
nayomberi mlunda kafiruwa kunemelera kwa kusulusiwa kwakuwi, toziya mlunda hakawuki gambira uluwa wa kuntundu.
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.
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 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.
Mbaka muntu yakasigala mwaminika mumajeru, toziya pakahepelera, hakanki lijenjeri lyakuwi, ukomu ulii Mlungu wakawalagiliti walii yawamfira.
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.
Handa muntu pakajerwa nakalonga, “Njerwa na Mlungu!” Toziya Mlungu hapeni kajerwi na ukondola, ama hapeni kamujeri muntu yoseri.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
Kumbiti muntu kazyangalirwa pakanikwa na kugomuziwa na matamata zyakuwi zidoda.
15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
Shakapanu matamata payiwula ilera vidoda, na vidoda pavikamala vilera kuhowa.
16 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Walongu wangu yanuwafira, muntu nakawapayira!
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.
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 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.
Kwa kufira kwakuwi mweni katupananiti ukomu kwa shisoweru shakuwi shanakaka, su tuweri gambira mabenu ga kwanja pakati pa viwumbi vyakuwi.
19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Walongu wangu yanuwafira, mushiholi shisoweru ashi, kila muntu kapikaniri kamkamu, kumbiti nakalopokera kulonga ama kukalala.
20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
Muntu yakawera na maya kaweza ndiri kutenda galii yagamfiriziya Mlungu yagawera ga nakaka.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Hangu, muleki kutali vitwatira vyoseri vidoda na matendu madoda gavuwa gageneya, mumjimiri Mlungu na kwanka shisoweru shashiyalitwi mumyoyu mwenu, na shiweza kuwalopoziya.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Namulipayira mwaweni kwa kupikinira hera shisoweru sha Mlungu, su mtendi ntambu yashilonga.
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;
Toziya muntu yakapikanira hera shisoweru pota kutenda ntambu yashilonga, kalifana na muntu yakalilola sheni shakuwi mweni mushiloleru.
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
Kalilolaga, shakapanu kagenda zyakuwi, na katepu kalyaluwa ntambu yakawera.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
