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.
Jacob, a servant of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
2 Ee t’ie hatao ho hafaleañe pea, ry longo naho mizo fitsohañe ankafankafa,
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
3 fohiñe te minday fahaliñisañe ty fitsohañe o fatokisa’ areoo.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 Le apoho ho heneke i fahaliñisañey, soa t’ie ho vañoñe naho fonitse tsy hipay ndra inoñ’ inoñe.
Let endurance have its 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.
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 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, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
7 Ee te tsy hitamà handrambe ndra inoñ’inoñe amy Talè indatiy.
For let that person not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 Maletroletro amy ze fonga sata’e ty milolohe vatavo roe.
He is a double-minded person, unstable in all his ways.
9 Ehe te hirenge ami’ty halohà’e ty longo trentrañe;
But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 le amy fañivañ’ azey i mpañalealey, ie himosaoñe manahake o voñen’ ahetseo.
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
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 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 Haha t’indaty mahafeake fitsohañe, fa ie ventèñe ro handrambe i sabakan-kaveloñe nampitamà’ i Talè o mpikoko azeoy.
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 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 say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
14 f’ie songa zizieñe te kozozote’ o drao raty manigìk’ azeo.
But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
15 Ie miareñe i hasiji’ey le mitoly hakeo; ie añoñ’ay i tahiñey le mampikoromake.
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
16 Mitaoa tsy ho fitaheñe ry longo sarotse.
Do not be deceived, 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.
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 An-satri’e ty nampiareña’e an-tika ami’ty tsara to, ho karazan-doha-voa amo namboare’eo.
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 Aa le soa ry longoko sarotseo te songa havitrik’ am-pitsendreñañe naho malea an-tsaontsy vaho malaoñe an-kaviñerañe,
This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every person be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 amy te tsy mitoloñe ami’ty havantañan’ Añahare ty haboseha’ ondaty.
for human anger does not produce 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.
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Toloño i tsaray, le ko mijanjiñe avao hamañahy vatañe.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 Naho mpijanjin-tsara t’indaty, fa tsy mitoloñe, le ampanahafeñe amy t’indaty mihetsoro laharañe.
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 Ie mahaisa-batañe naho mienga, ro mañaliño i vintañe nioni’e anianiy.
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person 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 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 Naho eo ty mieva ho mpitalaho, fa tsy vahora’e i famele’ey le mamañahy troke, vaho kafoake o fitalahoa’eo.
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 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.
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.
