Jak 1
1 Jacques, yon sèvitè-atache nèt a Bondye, ak Senyè a, Jésus Kris, a douz tribi ki gaye a letranje yo, salitasyon.
Jacob, a servant of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
2 Konsidere sa kòm tout lajwa, frè m yo, lè nou rankontre tout kalite eprèv yo
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
3 nan konnen ke eprèv lafwa nou pwodwi andirans.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 Konsa, kite andirans lan fè rezilta pafè li, pou nou kab vin pafè e konplè, san manke anyen.
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 Men si nenpòt nan nou manke sajès, kite li mande Bondye, ki bay tout moun avèk jenewozite e san repwòch, e Bondye va bay li.
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.
6 Men li dwe mande nan lafwa, san doute, paske sila ki doute a tankou vag lanmè, ki pouse e voye pa van an.
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.
7 Paske moun sa a pa dwe sipoze ke li va resevwa anyen nan men Senyè a,
For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 tankou yon moun ak doub panse, ki enstab nan tout chemen li yo.
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Kite frè ki nan sikonstans ki ba, bay glwa nan wo pozisyon li;
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 e kite moun rich la, bay glwa nan imilyasyon li, paske tankou zèb k ap fleri, li osi va disparèt.
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
11 Paske solèy la leve avèk yon gwo chalè, epi zèb la seche; flè li tonbe, e bote aparans li an vin disparèt. Konsa tou, moun rich la nan mitan tout sa l ap chèche yo, li va vin disparèt.
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.
12 Beni se yon moun ki pèsevere anba eprèv. Paske, yon fwa li fin apwouve, li va resevwa kouwòn lavi a ke Senyè a pwomèt a sila ki renmen Li yo.
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.
13 Pa kite pèsòn di lè l tante: “Se Bondye k ap tante m,” paske Bondye pa kapab tante pa mal, e Li menm, Li pa tante pèsòn.
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.
14 Men chak moun tante lè li pote ale pa pwòp move dezi li yo.
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
15 Alò, lè move dezi a fin jèmen, li bay nesans a peche. Epi lè peche a fin akonpli, li pote lanmò.
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
16 Pinga nou vin twonpe, frè byeneme mwen yo.
Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Tout bon bagay ki fèt ak tout kado pafè sòti anwo, epi desann nan Papa a limyè yo. Avèk Li pa gen ni chanjman ni menm yon lonbraj varyasyon.
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.
18 Nan egzèsis volonte Li, Li te fè nou vin parèt pa pawòl verite a pou nou ta kapab vin tankoupremye fwi pami kreyati Li yo.
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.
19 Nou konnen sa, frè byeneme m yo. Men tout moun dwe gen vitès nan tande, lan nan pale, e lan nan fè kòlè.
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 Paske kòlè a lòm pa pwodwi ladwati Bondye.
for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
21 Konsa, annou mete sou kote tout sa ki sal, ak tout sa ki rete de mechanste, e ak imilite, resevwa pawòl ki enplante nan nou an, ki kapab sove nanm nou.
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Men, fè prèv tèt nou ke nou aji selon pawòl la, e se pa senpleman tande li. Moun konsa yo twonpe pwòp tèt yo.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 Paske si yon moun ap tande pawòl la, e li pa aji selon li, li tankou yon moun ki gade figi natirèl li nan yon miwa.
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;
24 Yon fwa, li fin gade tèt li e li ale, li gen tan bliye ki kalite moun li te ye a.
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 Men yon moun ki gade avèk atansyon lalwa pafè a, lalwa libète a, e aji selon li, li pa vin yon moun ki tande pou bliye, men yon moun ki fè l tout bon, moun sa a va beni nan sa li fè.
But he who looks into the perfect Torah 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.
26 Si yon moun panse nan tèt li ke li swiv Bondye tout tan, e malgre sa, li pa mete yon brid sou lang li, li pase pwòp tèt li nan betiz, e lafwa moun sa a vin san valè.
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.
27 Relijyon ki pafè e san tach devan zye a Bondye, Papa nou a se sa a: vizite òfelen e vèv ki nan nesesite yo, e kenbe tèt nou san tach de mond lan.
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.
