Jake 1
1 Ngai Jake, mosali na Nzambe mpe na Nkolo Yesu-Klisto; Epai ya mabota zomi na mibale oyo epalangana kati na biloko: Napesi bino mbote.
James, a bondman of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, greeting.
2 Bandeko na ngai, bomona lokola likambo ya esengo, lolenge nyonso ya komekama oyo bozali kokutana na yango.
Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials,
3 Pamba te boyebi malamu ete komekama ya kondima na bino ebotaka kokanga motema.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
4 Nzokande kokanga motema na bino esengeli te kosuka na nzela mpo ete bokoma bato bakemba mpe bakoka kati na kondima, bato oyo bazangi pamela.
And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing.
5 Soki moko kati na bino azangi bwanya, tika ete asenga yango epai ya Nzambe oyo akopesa ye yango; pamba te Nzambe apesaka moto nyonso na motema malamu mpe na kopamela te.
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
6 Kasi asengeli kosenga na kondima, na kotia tembe te; pamba te moto oyo atiaka tembe azali lokola mbonge ya ebale oyo mopepe ezali koningisa mpe kobwaka epai na epai.
But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by wind and tossed about.
7 Moto ya ndenge wana atia motema te ete akoki kozwa eloko kowuta na Nkolo:
For that man should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 azali moto ya mitema mibale, moto oyo akangamaka na likanisi moko te na nyonso oyo asalaka.
a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Tika ete ndeko oyo akelela asepela mpo ete Nzambe akotombola ye,
Now let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
10 mpe oyo azali mozwi asepela mpo ete Nzambe akokitisa ye; pamba te mozwi akoleka lokola fololo ya elanga.
but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.
11 Ndenge fololo ekawukaka, ekweyaka mpe ebungisaka kitoko na yango na tango ya moyi makasi, ndenge wana mpe mozwi akolimwa kati na misala na ye nyonso.
For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits.
12 Esengo na moto oyo akangaka motema na tango ya komekama! Pamba te sima na ye kolonga komekama, akozwa motole ya bomoi, oyo Nzambe alakaki na bato oyo balingaka Ye.
Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
13 Tika ete moto moko te, liboso ya komekama, aloba: « Nzambe nde azali kotindika ngai na kosala mabe. » Pamba te mabe ekoki te kotindika Nzambe na mabe, mpe Nzambe atindikaka moto moko te na kosala mabe.
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God, for God is without temptation of evils, and he himself tempts no man.
14 Kasi moto nyonso atindikamaka na mabe soki abendami mpe akangami na motambo ya baposa mabe ya nzoto na ye moko.
But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed.
15 Bongo soki baposa mabe yango ekoli kati na moto, ebotaka lisumu; mpe lisumu ememaka na kufa.
Then the lust having conceived, it gives birth to sin, and after being complete the sin brings forth death.
16 Bandeko balingami, bomikosa te:
Be not led astray, my beloved brothers.
17 bolamu nyonso mpe likabo nyonso ya kitoko ewutaka kaka na Likolo, epai ya Tata ya pole, oyo, kati na Ye, molili ezalaka te, mpe abongwanaka te.
Every good gift and every perfect endowment is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning.
18 Akomisaki biso bana na Ye na nzela ya Liloba ya bosolo, na mokano na Ye moko, mpo ete tozwa esika ya liboso kati na bikelamu na Ye nyonso.
Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.
19 Bandeko balingami, bosimba likambo oyo: tika ete moto nyonso awelelaka koyoka, kasi awelelaka te koloba mpe kosilika;
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
20 pamba te kanda ya moto ekokisaka te makambo ya sembo na miso ya Nzambe.
For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
21 Yango wana, bobwaka makambo nyonso ya bosoto mpe misala nyonso ya mabe, bondima na komikitisa Liloba oyo elonamaki kati na mitema na bino, pamba te ezali na nguya ya kobikisa bino.
Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Botiaka na misala Liloba na Nzambe; kasi bosukaka kaka te na koyoka yango, soki te bokomikosa bino moko na pamba.
But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 Moto oyo ayokaka Liloba kasi atiaka yango te na misala, akokani na moto oyo amitali na talatala
Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this resembles a man observing his natural face in a mirror.
24 mpe, sima na ye komitala, akei mpe, kaka na tango yango, abosani ndenge azali.
For he observes himself, and goes away, and straightaway forgets what kind of man he was.
25 Nzokande moto oyo amipesaka na koyekola mobeko oyo ekoka na nyonso mpe epesaka bonsomi, bongo atosaka yango tango nyonso, asukaka kaka na koyoka te, kasi atiaka na misala: moto yango akozala moto ya esengo na nyonso oyo akosala.
But he who stooped to look into the perfect law, the one of liberty, and who remained, this man, who did not become a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this man will be blessed in his doing.
26 Moto oyo akanisaka ete asambelaka Nzambe, kasi ayebaka te kobatela lolemo na ye, azali komikosa ye moko, mpe kosambela na ye ezali na tina te.
If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.
27 Kosambela ya solo mpe ya peto na miso ya Nzambe, Tata na biso, ezali: kosunga bana bitike mpe basi bakufisa mibali, kati na bapasi na bango, mpe komibatela peto liboso ya makambo ya mokili.
Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
