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 our Lord Jesus the Messiah; to the twelve tribes dispersed among the Gentiles; greeting peace.
2 Konsidere sa kòm tout lajwa, frè m yo, lè nou rankontre tout kalite eprèv yo
Let it be all joy to you, my brethren, when ye enter into many and various trials.
3 nan konnen ke eprèv lafwa nou pwodwi andirans.
For ye know, that the trial of your faith, maketh you possess patience.
4 Konsa, kite andirans lan fè rezilta pafè li, pou nou kab vin pafè e konplè, san manke anyen.
And let patience have its perfect work, so that ye may be complete and perfect, and may lack 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.
And if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all freely, and reproacheth not; and it will 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, not hesitating: he who hesitateth is like the waves of the sea, which the wind agitateth.
7 Paske moun sa a pa dwe sipoze ke li va resevwa anyen nan men Senyè a,
And let not that man expect to receive any thing of the Lord,
8 tankou yon moun ak doub panse, ki enstab nan tout chemen li yo.
who is hesitating in his mind, and unstable in all his ways.
9 Kite frè ki nan sikonstans ki ba, bay glwa nan wo pozisyon li;
And let the depressed brother rejoice, in his elevation;
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 his depression; because, like the flower of an herb, so he passeth 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 riseth in its heat, and drieth up the herb; and its flower falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth: so also the rich man withereth 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 who endureth temptations; so that when he is proved he may receive a crown of life, which God 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 one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted with evils, nor doth he tempt any man.
14 Men chak moun tante lè li pote ale pa pwòp move dezi li yo.
But every man is tempted by his own lust; and he lusteth, and is drawn away.
15 Alò, lè move dezi a fin jèmen, li bay nesans a peche. Epi lè peche a fin akonpli, li pote lanmò.
And this his lust conceiveth, and bringeth forth sin; and sin, when mature, 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 and perfect gift cometh down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no mutation, not even the shadow of change.
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.
He saw fit, and begat us by the word of truth; that we might be the 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.
And be ye, my beloved brethren, every one of you, swift to hear, and slow to speak; and 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, remove far from you all impurity, and the abundance of wickedness; and, with meekness, receive the word that is implanted in our nature, which is able to vivify these 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; and do not deceive yourselves.
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 man shall be a hearer of the word, and not a doer of it, he will be like one who seeth his 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 seeth himself, and passeth on, and forgetteth what a 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 every one that looketh upon the perfect law of liberty and abideth in it, is not a hearer of something to be forgotten, but a doer of the things; and he will be blessed in his work.
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.
And if any one thinketh that he worshippeth God, and doth not restrain his tongue, but his heart deceiveth him; his worship 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.
For the worship that is pure and holy before God the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction, and that one keep himself unspotted from the world.
