Jakoba 1
1 Iakobe, fetrek’oron’ Añahare naho i Talè Iesoà Norizañey, Ho amo foko folo ro’amby miparaitake an-tsese-tane añeo: Talilio areo.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion: Greetings!
2 Ee t’ie hatao ho hafaleañe pea, ry longo naho mizo fitsohañe ankafankafa,
Count [it] all joy, my brothers, when you may fall into manifold temptations,
3 fohiñe te minday fahaliñisañe ty fitsohañe o fatokisa’ areoo.
knowing that the proof of your faith works endurance,
4 Le apoho ho heneke i fahaliñisañey, soa t’ie ho vañoñe naho fonitse tsy hipay ndra inoñ’ inoñe.
and let the endurance have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 Aa naho ama’ areo ty mipay hilala, soa re te hihalaly aman’ Añahare, fa hene atarìha’e tsy aman-tìñe, vaho hitolorañe.
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all generously, and not reproaching, and it will be given to him;
6 Ie mihalaly, le am-patokisañe tsy mifejofejo, fa am-panahafeñe ami’ty onjan-driak’ asiotsion-tioke, mivalitaboake mb’etia mb’eroa, ty mitroetroe am-patokisañe,
but let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who is doubting has been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed;
7 Ee te tsy hitamà handrambe ndra inoñ’inoñe amy Talè indatiy.
for do not let that man suppose that he will receive anything from the LORD—
8 Maletroletro amy ze fonga sata’e ty milolohe vatavo roe.
a soul-split man [is] unstable in all his ways.
9 Ehe te hirenge ami’ty halohà’e ty longo trentrañe;
And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
10 le amy fañivañ’ azey i mpañalealey, ie himosaoñe manahake o voñen’ ahetseo.
but the rich in his becoming low, because he will pass away as a flower of grass;
11 Ie manjirik’ an-katrovòha’e reketse tio-mae i àndroy, le miheatse o ahetseo, mihintsañe o voñe’eo vaho mikò-mavo ty hasoa-vinta’e. Hoe izay ty hiforejejea’ ty mpañaleale amo fitoloña’eo.
for the sun rose 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 in his way will fade away!
12 Haha t’indaty mahafeake fitsohañe, fa ie ventèñe ro handrambe i sabakan-kaveloñe nampitamà’ i Talè o mpikoko azeoy.
Blessed [is] the man who endures temptation, because, becoming approved, he will receive the garland of life, which the LORD promised to those loving Him.
13 Aa ie zizieñe t’indaty, ee te tsy hanoe’e ty hoe: Azizin’ Añahare iraho. Amy te tsy mete zizien-draty t’i Andrianañahare vaho tsy zizie’e t’ondaty;
Let no one who is being tempted say, “I am tempted from God,” for God is not tempted by evils, and Himself tempts no one,
14 f’ie songa zizieñe te kozozote’ o drao raty manigìk’ azeo.
but each one is tempted, being led away and enticed by his own desires;
15 Ie miareñe i hasiji’ey le mitoly hakeo; ie añoñ’ay i tahiñey le mampikoromake.
afterward the desire having conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin having been perfected, brings forth death.
16 Mitaoa tsy ho fitaheñe ry longo sarotse.
Do not be led astray, my beloved brothers.
17 Boak’ ambone añe iaby ze raha soa natolotse naho ze falalàñe, mizotso hirik’ aman-dRaen-kazavàñe; ie tsy mihotike, tsy an-kaieñe te mihodiñe.
Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
18 An-satri’e ty nampiareña’e an-tika ami’ty tsara to, ho karazan-doha-voa amo namboare’eo.
having willed [it], He begot us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.
19 Aa le soa ry longoko sarotseo te songa havitrik’ am-pitsendreñañe naho malea an-tsaontsy vaho malaoñe an-kaviñerañe,
So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
20 amy te tsy mitoloñe ami’ty havantañan’ Añahare ty haboseha’ ondaty.
for the wrath of a man does not work the righteousness of God;
21 Apoho iaby arè ze haleorañe naho haratiañe ila’e, vaho rambeso an-trentram-po i tsara tinongy maharombake ty fiai’ areoy.
for this reason, having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, receive the implanted word in meekness, that is able to save your souls;
22 Toloño i tsaray, le ko mijanjiñe avao hamañahy vatañe.
and become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
23 Naho mpijanjin-tsara t’indaty, fa tsy mitoloñe, le ampanahafeñe amy t’indaty mihetsoro laharañe.
because, if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one has been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,
24 Ie mahaisa-batañe naho mienga, ro mañaliño i vintañe nioni’e anianiy.
for he viewed himself, and has gone away, and immediately he forgot what kind of [man] he was;
25 Fe ze mibiribiry i Hake famotsorañe hiringiri’ey, naho mañambeñe aze, tsy manao fijanjiñam-bei-areke, fa mpifanehak’ amy fitoloñañey, ro tahieñe amo sata’eo.
but he who looked into [the] perfect law—that of liberty, and continued there, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work—this one will be blessed in his doing.
26 Naho eo ty mieva ho mpitalaho, fa tsy vahora’e i famele’ey le mamañahy troke, vaho kafoake o fitalahoa’eo.
If anyone thinks to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one [is] vain;
27 Zao ty fitalahoañe hiringiri’e tsy aman-kila añatrefan’ Añahare Rae: le ty fitilihañe bode-rae naho vantotse amo fisotria’eo, vaho ty fifoneñañe tsy ho pepoe’ ty voatse toy.
religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation—to keep himself unspotted from the world.
