Jakovo 1
1 Jakovo, muhikana we Ireeza ni wa Simwine Jesu Kresite, ku mishovo ikwanisa iyanza ni yovele ahasene: Ni lumelisa.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
2 Mwihinde kiti ive kusanga, vakwangu, hamu hita mu matata mangi.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
3 Mwizi kuti kulikiwa kwe intumelo yenu kuleta ku lileta.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 Musiye ku lileta ku maniniza misevezi ya teni, ili kuti muve vakulite luli ni ku maniniza, ili kuti sanzi muvuli chimwi.
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 Kono heva zumi kwenu hasaka vutali, avu kumbile kwa Ireeza, iye yoha chavungi mi nasa kanani, mi kavu hewe.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without finding fault; and it will be given to him.
6 Kono mumu siye a kumbile mwi Itumelo, na sa hakanyehi chimwi.
But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
7 Imi yense yo hakanyeha u kola ili lindinda mwi wate lika vutizwa luhuho ni li zimbuluka feela. Cwale uzo muntu sanzi ahupuli kuti mwa wane chimi kwa Ireeza.
For let that person not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 Muntu wina vulyo wina mihupulo yovele, kawondeki mwi nzila zakwe.
He is a double-minded person, unstable in all his ways.
9 Misiye mwetu we njevwe alitembe ka chi tulo chikando chakwe,
But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 kono muhumane ali tembe cha kulikokoveza kwa chitolo chakwe, Mukuti kafwe sina impalisa ya mwinkanda ina mulyani.
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
11 Imi izuva lizwa niku hisa ni kuzumisa lyani. Impalisa iwa, mi vulotu vwayo vumani, che nzila iswana, muhumanehi mwa mannine ha kati kamusipili.
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 also will the rich person fade away in his pursuits.
12 Wina imbuyoti muntu yo lileta kwi ntantuvo. Mi hakumba intantuvo, ava tambuli mushukwe wa vuhalo, vuva sepiswe kwavo vasaka Ireeza.
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he promised to those who love him.
13 Muntu halikwa senzi ati, “Na likwa Ireeza,” Mukuti Ireeza kalikwa cha vuvi, Mi kaliki muntu.
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
14 Kono muntu ni muntu ulikwa che ntakazo yakwe, imu kwita ni kumu chengelela.
But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
15 Linu intakazo haimu chunina, i zala chivi. Mi chivi ha chikula, chizala ifu.
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
16 Sanzi Mu chengwa, vakwangu va sakiwa.
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Impo i ndotu ni impo ina hande izwa kwiwulu. i keza hansi kwuzwa kwe shetu we seli. Imi khakwe kakwina kuchinca kapa munzunde vakeñi chaku sanduka.
All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
18 Ireeza ava keti kutuha kupepa cha linzwii lye niti, ili kuti mufuta muselo we ntazi muzintu zonse za vapangi.
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
19 Mwizi izi, va kwangu vasakiwa: muntu ni muntu azuwe cha vuhweluhwelu, kusa hwela kuku wamba, kulyeha kuvenga.
This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every person be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 Kuvenga kwa muntu kaku sevezi ka kuluka kwa Ireeza.
for human anger does not produce the righteousness of God.
21 chelyo ivaka musiye zina i kwe zonse, nichisina ko cha lunya. cha vuntu tu amuhele ka chishemo linzwii, liwola kuhaza luhuho lwetu.
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Mutende zi lisaka linzwii isinyi ba lizuwa feela, kulichenga muvene.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 Mi heva zumi uzuwa linzwii kono kalitendisi, uswa uvu muntu yolilola muchimponi chifateho cha va pepwa kacho.
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his natural face in a mirror;
24 Hamana kulivona uyenda kule mi haho uzivala mwekalile.
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was.
25 Kono muntu yo lilola chentokomelo kamulao wa kulukuluha, mi uzwila havusu kutenda, isinyi kuzuwa vulyo ni kuzivala, uzu muntu mwa tonolwefazwe ke Inkezo zakwe.
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 person will be blessed in what he does.
26 Heva zumwi uli hupuela kuti mulumeli, kono ka sikululi lulimwi lwakwe, u chenda inkulo yakwe, mi chilumeli chakwe kachina intuso.
If anyone thinks himself to be religious while he does not control his tongue, but deceives his heart, this one's religion is worthless.
27 Ku chena ni ku sanyazahala kwa chilumeli havusu vwa Ireeza ni Ishetu njovu: Kutusa vasena veshavo ni mbwela mu vukavo vwavo, kuli vavalela kuvuvi vwe inkanda.
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.
