Hemi 1
1 Na Hemi, na te pononga a te Atua, a te Ariki hoki, a Ihu Karaiti, ki nga hapu kotahi tekau ma rua e noho marara ana; Tena koutou.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 Kiia iho, e oku teina, he mea hari nui ina taka koutou ki nga whakamatautauranga maha;
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
3 E matau ana hoki koutou, ko te whakamatautauranga o to koutou whakapono hei mahi i te manawanui.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 Na kia puta rawa te mahi a te manawanui, kia tino tika ai koutou, kia toitu ai, te hapa i tetahi mea.
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 Ki te hapa tetahi o koutou i te matauranga, me inoi ia ki te Atua, e homai nui nei ki te katoa, kahore hoki ana tawai mai; a ka homai ki a ia.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 Otira me inoi whakapono ia, kaua e ruarua. Ko te tangata ruarua hoki, tona rite kei te ngaru o te moana, e puhia ana e te hau, e akina ana.
But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
7 Kaua hoki taua tangata e mea, e whiwhi ia ki tetahi mea i te Ariki.
For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 E kore te tangata ngakau rua e u i ana hanga katoa.
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Ko te teina iti, kia whakamanamana ia i te mea ka whakanekehia ake ia:
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 Me te tangata taonga ano, i te mea ka whakaititia: ka memeha atu hoki ia, ano he puawai tarutaru.
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
11 Ko te putanga mai hoki o te ra me te hau wera ano, na, kua maroke te tarutaru, kua ngahoro tona puawai, a ngaro iho te atanga o tona ahua: ka pera ano te tangata taonga, ka memeha atu i ona haereerenga.
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 the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
12 Ka hari te tangata e u ake ana ki te whakamatautauranga: no te mea hoki ka oti ia te whakamatautau, ka whiwhi ia ki te karauna o te ora, kua whakaaria mai nei e te Ariki mo te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia.
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.
13 Kaua tetahi e mea ina whakamatautauria, E whakamatautauria ana ahau e te Atua: e kore hoki te Atua e taea te whakamatautau e te kino, e kore ano hoki ia e whakamatautau i tetahi:
Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
14 Engari he mea whakamatautau te tangata, i a ia e kumea ana, e poaina ana e tona hiahia ake ano.
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
15 Na, i te haputanga o te hiahia, ka whanau ko te hara; a, i te otinga o te hara, ka whanau ko te mate.
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
16 Kei whakapohehetia koutou, e oku teina aroha.
Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 No runga nga homaitanga papai katoa, nga mea katoa e tino tika ana, he mea heke iho no te Matua o nga whakamarama, kahore nei ona putanga ketanga, kahore hoki he atarangi o te tahuri.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
18 Na tona hiahia ake ano tatou i whanau ai, he meatanga na te kupu o te pono, kia meinga ai tatou me he matamua mo ana mea i hanga ai.
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
19 Kei te mohio koutou ki tenei, e oku hoa aroha, kia hohoro nga tangata katoa ki te whakarongo, kia puhoi ki te korero, kia puhoi kite riri:
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 E kore hoki ta te Atua tika e mahia e to te tangata riri.
for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
21 Heoi me whakarere katoa atu nga tikanga poke, me te hara e hua tonu nei, me tahuri marire ki te kupu kua oti te whakato iho; e taea hoki e tenei te whakaora o koutou wairua.
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Hei kaimahi ano koutou i te kupu, kaua hei kaiwhakarongo anake, kei tinihangatia koutou e koutou ano.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 Ki te mea hoki he kaiwhakarongo tetahi i te kupu, ehara nei i te kaimahi, he rite ia ki te tangata e matakitaki ana ki tona kanohi maori i roto i te whakaata:
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
24 I tona matakitakinga hoki i a ia ano, haere ana, wareware tonu ake he ahua pehea ranei tona.
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 Tena ko te tangata e ata titiro iho ana ki te ture tino tika, ki te mea herekore, a ka u tonu, he kaiwhakarongo ano ia e kore e wareware, engari e mahi ana i te mahi, e hari ano tenei i tana mahi.
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 man will be blessed in what he does.
26 Ki te mea he ahua karakia to tetahi i roto i a koutou, ki te kore e parairetia e ia tona arero, he tinihanga hoki tana ki tona ngakau, he maumau karakia tana.
If anyone amongst you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
27 Ko te karakia pono, ko te mea pokekore ki te aroaro o te Atua matua, ko ia tenei, Ko te tirotiro i nga pani i nga pouaru i o ratou mate, ko te tiaki i a ia ake kei poke i te ao.
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.
