Jakoba 1
1 Jakoba, mpanompon’ Andriamanitra sy Jesosy Kristy Tompo, mamangy ny firenena roa ambin’ ny folo monina any am-pielezana.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 Ry rahalahiko, ataovy ho fifaliana avokoa, raha iharan’ ny fakam-panahy samy hafa ianareo,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
3 satria fantatrareo fa ny fizahan-toetra ny finoanareo dia mahatonga faharetana.
knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
4 Ary aoka ny faharetana hisy asa tanteraka, mba ho tanteraka sy tonga ohatra ianareo, ka tsy hisy tsy ampy na inona na inona.
But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
5 Ary raha misy ianareo tsy manam-pahendrena, aoka izy hangataka amin’ Andriamanitra, Izay manome malalaka ho an’ ny olona rehetra sady tsy mandatsa; ary dia homena azy izany.
But if any one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.
6 Nefa aoka hangataka amin’ ny finoana izy ka tsy hiahanahana akory; fa izay miahanahana dia toy ny alon-dranomasina entin’ ny rivotra ka atopatopany.
But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
7 Fa aoka tsy hanampo handray zavatra amin’ ny Tompo izany olona izany:
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
8 olona miroa saina izy, miovaova amin’ ny alehany rehetra.
a double-minded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
9 Aoka ny rahalahy izay ambany hanao ny fisandratany ho reharehany;
Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;
10 fa ny manan-karena kosa ny fietreny, satria ho levona tahaka ny vonin’ ny ahitra izy.
but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
11 Fa miposaka ny masoandro mbamin’ ny hainandro mahamay, dia mampahalazo ny ahitra, ka mihintsana ny voniny, ary levona ny hatsaran-tarehiny; dia toy izany koa no fahalazon’ ny manan-karena amin’ ny alehany.
For the sun rose with its burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.
12 Sambatra izay olona maharitra fakam-panahy; fa rehefa voazaha toetra izy, dia handray ny satro-boninahitra fiainana, izay nolazain’ ny Tompo homena izay tia Azy.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.
13 Raha misy alaim-panahy, aoka izy tsy hanao hoe: Andriamanitra no maka fanahy ahy; fa Andriamanitra tsy azon’ ny ratsy alaim-panahy, sady tsy mba maka fanahy olona Izy;
Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth no one.
14 fa samy alaim-panahy ny olona, raha tarihin’ ny filany sy fitahiny izy.
But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;
15 Ary ny filàna, rehefa torontoronina, dia miteraka ota; ary ny ota, rehefa tanteraka, dia miteraka fahafatesana.
then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.
16 Aza mety hofitahina ianareo, sy rahalahy malalako.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17 Ny fanomezan-tsoa rehetra sy ny fanomezana tanteraka rehetra dia avy any ambony ka midìna avy amin’ ny Rain’ ny fanazavana, Izay tsy misy fiovaovana na aloka avy amin’ ny fihodinana.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow from turning.
18 Tamin’ ny sitrapony no niterahany antsika tamin’ ny teny fahamarinana, mba ho santatry ny zavatra noforoniny isika.
Of his own will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
19 Fantatrareo izany, sy rahalahy malalako. Kanefa aoka ny olona rehetra halady hihaino ho malai-miteny, ho malain-ko tezitra;
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
20 fa ny fahatezeran’ ny olona tsy ahefana izay marina eo imason’ Andriamanitra.
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21 Koa ario ny fahalotoana sy ny lolompo rehetra, ary ekeo amin’ ny fahalemem-panahy ny teny nambolena, izay mahavonjy ny fanahinareo.
Wherefore put off all filthiness, and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Fa aoka ho mpankatò ny teny ianareo, fa aza mpihaino fotsiny ihany ka mamitaka ny tenanareo.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 Fa raha misy mpihaino ny teny, nefa tsy mpankatò, dia toy ny olona mizaha ny tarehiny eo amin’ ny fitaratra izy;
For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass;
24 fa mijery ny tenany izy, dia lasa, ary miaraka amin’ izay dia hadinony ny tarehiny.
for he beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.
25 Fa izay mandinika ny lalàna tanteraka, dia ny lalàn’ ny fahafahana, ka maharitra amin’ izany, raha tsy mpihaino manadino, fa mpanao ny asa, dia ho sambatra amin’ ny asany izany olona izany.
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.
26 Raha misy manao azy ho mpivavaka, nefa tsy mamehy ny vavany, fa mamitaka ny fony, dia zava-poana ny fivavahan’ izany olona izany.
If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
27 Izao no fivavahana madio sady tsy misy loto eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra Ray: ny mamangy ny kamboty sy ny mpitondratena amin’ ny fahoriany, sy ny miaro ny tena tsy hisy pentimpentina avy amin’ izao tontolo izao.
Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.
