Jak 1
1 Jacques, yon sèvitè-atache nèt a Bondye, ak Senyè a, Jésus Kris, a douz tribi ki gaye a letranje yo, salitasyon.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 Konsidere sa kòm tout lajwa, frè m yo, lè nou rankontre tout kalite eprèv yo
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3 nan konnen ke eprèv lafwa nou pwodwi andirans.
Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 Konsa, kite andirans lan fè rezilta pafè li, pou nou kab vin pafè e konplè, san manke anyen.
But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting 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.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given 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, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 Paske moun sa a pa dwe sipoze ke li va resevwa anyen nan men Senyè a,
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 tankou yon moun ak doub panse, ki enstab nan tout chemen li yo.
A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.
9 Kite frè ki nan sikonstans ki ba, bay glwa nan wo pozisyon li;
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10 e kite moun rich la, bay glwa nan imilyasyon li, paske tankou zèb k ap fleri, li osi va disparèt.
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall 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 is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that 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 of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 Men chak moun tante lè li pote ale pa pwòp move dezi li yo.
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of 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 when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
16 Pinga nou vin twonpe, frè byeneme mwen yo.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
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, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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 begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits 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.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 Paske kòlè a lòm pa pwodwi ladwati Bondye.
For the wrath of man worketh not 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.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted 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 ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving 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 any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 Yon fwa, li fin gade tèt li e li ale, li gen tan bliye ki kalite moun li te ye a.
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner 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 whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
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 any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion [is] vain.
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 God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
