James 1
1 James, Probhu Jisu Khrista aru Isor laga ekjon noukar pora, baroh ta jat kunkhan alag-alag jagate ase, taikhan logote etu chithi likhi kene salam jonai ase!
[I], James, am a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ. [I am writing this letter] to [all] the Jewish people [who trust in Christ] (OR, to all God’s people) who are scattered throughout the world. [I send my] greetings to [you all].
2 Kitia dukh digdar khan lok pai, ami laga bhai khan, titia khushi koribi.
My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
3 Kilekoile apnikhan jani ase, kitia biswas ke porikha kore, etu pora dhorjo ulai.
[God sometimes allows you to experience difficulties in order to] test whether or not you will continue to trust [him. Whenever that happens, you need to] realize more and more that [if you continue to trust him], you will be able to bravely/patiently endure difficulties.
4 Etu dhorjo kora laga kaam pura hobole dibi, etu pora apuni khan pura hoi jabo, aru eku pora bhi komti nathakibo.
Keep on enduring difficulties [bravely/patiently by trusting God more and more firmly] [PRS], in order that you may become all that he intends you to be [DOU] (OR, [spiritually] mature and complete), not lacking (any [good quality/anything you need to conduct your lives as God wants you to]).
5 Jodi kunba manu gyaan lage, tai Isor logote mangi lobi, aru Tai kunke ki lage, etu hisab te manga khan ke Tai khushi pora diye.
If anyone of you does not know how to act wisely [in order to endure difficulties/trials well], he should ask God [to show him what he should do, because] God wholeheartedly/gladly helps all people [who ask] and does not scold [anyone for asking. Those who ask], God will give them wisdom to know [what they should do].
6 Kintu tai biswas pora mangibo lage, monte eku bhabona nakori kene. Kelemane kun manu bhabona kori kene mange tai to hoile samundar laga hawa pora ekta jaga pora dusra jagate loija nisena ase.
But [when you] ask [God], you should firmly trust him. You should not doubt [that he wants to help you always], because people who keep doubting God are [unstable/changeable] [SIM] like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind {that goes back and forth when the wind blows} [DOU, SIM].
7 Eneka manu to Probhu pora kiba ekta pabo koi kene bhabona na koribi.
Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
8 Eneka manu to duita mon thaka manu ase, aru sob rasta te thik nathake.
[because they are] people who cannot decide [whether they will commit themselves to God, and they are] unstable/undecided in everything that they do.
9 Kintu biswasi gorib bhai bhi jitia Isor he taike uthai dibo, titia khushi koribi,
Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
10 aru dhuni manu tai laga nomro kori diya sonman nimite khushi thakibi, kelemane tai nijor to jongol laga phul nisena ghas logote harai jabo.
And [believers] who are rich should be happy [that] they have humbled themselves [in order to trust in Jesus Christ] (OR, but rich people [can only] take pride [in the fact that God] will humble them [when he judges everyone] [IRO]), because they [and their riches] [MTY] will pass away, just like wild flowers [wither] [SIM].
11 Kelemane suryo to gorom diye aru ghas khan ke bhi sukhai diye. Ghas laga phul khan giri jai, aru tai sundur dikhi thaka to harai jai. Etu nisena, dhuni manu rasta te safar kori thaka homoi te, taikhan bhi harai jai.
When the sun rises, the scorching hot wind dries plants, and their flowers fall and are no longer beautiful. Similarly, rich people will die [MET] while they are busy working, [leaving behind their riches].
12 Kun pora porikha te thik dhorjo kori kene khara kori thake, tai asishit ase. Kilekoile etu porikha paar huwa pichete, jibon laga mukut, kuntu Isor ke morom kora khan nimite ase, etu tai pabo.
[God] is pleased with people who bravely/patiently endure difficulties. And when, [by bravely enduring difficulties], they have proved [that they truly trust him], he will give them [eternal] life. That is the reward [MET] that he has promised to give to those who love him.
13 Kun bhi porikha aha homoi te eneka nokobi, “Moike Isor pora porikha kori ase,” kelemane Isor ke biya pora porikha nakore, aru Tai nijor bhi dusra ke porikha nakore.
If people are tempted to do something that is evil, they should not think that it is God who is tempting them, because [God is totally/completely good]. He never tempts anyone [to do what is evil], nor can he ever be tempted to [do anything] evil.
14 Kintu sob nijor laga itcha pora he porikha te gire, etu pora taike tani kene biya kaam kori bole nimite loijai.
But people strongly desire to do evil [PRS] things, [and as a result] they are tempted by those desires {those desires stimulate them} to do something evil [PRS, DOU].
15 Jitia itcha khan monte ulai, etu paap ke jonom diye, aru jitia paap to pura dangor hoijai, etu mrityu ke jonom diye.
Then, [because] they have desired [MET] to do evil [PRS] things, they begin to [MET] do [PRS] them. And when they have become ones who [habitually] do what is evil [MET], [if they do not turn away from their sinful behavior], they will be separated from God forever.
16 Nijorke thogai nadibi, ami laga morom bhai khan.
My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
17 Sobse bhal uphar aru sobse thik uphar upor thaka Isor pora he ahe. Eitu khan jyoti laga Baba Isor pora he ahe. Tai logot te bodla-bodli nohoile andhera chaya nathake.
[The truth is that God], our heavenly Father [MTY], does only good [DOU] things [for us, in order to help us become] all that he intends us to be. He is not like all the things [in the sky] that he created to give light, [because they] change; [that is, they do not shine the same all the time]. But God never changes. [He is always good].
18 Isor pora amikhan ke hosa laga kotha pora jonom dibole basi loise, etu pora amikhan Tai bona laga shristi bhitor te prothom ula phol hobole dise.
[And because] he wanted [to help us], he gave us [spiritual] life as a result of our [trusting in his] true message. So now we have become the first ones of [all the people] [MET] that he created [to] ([be totally dedicated to/completely belong to]) [him].
19 Apuni etu jane, ami laga bhai khan: Kintu sob manu huna te joldi hobi, aste pora kotha kobi, aru khong nauthibi.
My fellow believers whom I love, you know (OR, I want you to now) that every one of you should be eager to pay attention to [God’s true message]. Don’t speak [without thinking], nor get angry easily,
20 Kelemane manu laga khong pora Isor laga dharmik kaam nacholai.
because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
21 Etu nimite sob paap laga kaam khan chari dibi. Aru nomro hoi kene Isor laga kotha monte rakhibi, etu pora apuni laga atma bachai lobole paribo.
So stop doing all kinds of evil [DOU] things, and humbly obey (OR, submit to) the message that [God] put in your (inner beings/hearts), [because] he is able to save you [SYN] [if you accept his message].
22 Kintu kotha huna nisena kaam bhi kori bhi, khali huni kene nathakibi, eneka kora to nijorke thogai diya he ase.
Do [what God commands in] his message. Do not only listen [to it, because people who only listen to it and do not obey it] are wrong when they think [that God will save them].
23 Jodi kunba Isor laga kotha to hune kintu kaam nakore, tai eneka ekjon ase kun ayna te nijor laga chehera ke sai.
Some people hear God’s message but do not do [what it says] [MET]. They are like someone who looks at his face in a mirror [SIM].
24 Tai kineka dikhe etu tai nijorke bhal pora sai loi, kintu bahar ula logote, tai laga chehera pahori jai.
Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 Kintu kun manu bhal pora saikene niyom mani thake, aru hodai eneka kori thake, khali huni kene pahorija nohoi, kintu kaam bhi kore, etu manu tai laga sob kaam te asirbad pabo.
But other people look closely at [God’s] message, which is perfect and which sets people free [to voluntarily do what God wants them to do]. And if they continue [to examine God’s message] and do not just hear it and then forget it, but do [what God tells them to do], God will bless them because of what they do.
26 Jodi kunba nijorke dhorom mani kene thaka manu ase bhabe, hoile bhi tai laga jiba to rukhai kene narakhe, aru nijor laga mon to thogai diye, titia hoile tai laga dhorom to eku kaam nai.
Some people think that they worship God in the right way, but they habitually say evil things [MTY]. Those people are wrong in thinking [SYN] [that they worship God rightly]. The fact is [that they] worship God (in vain/uselessly).
27 Baba Isor usorte sapha aru bhal dhorom etu ase: baba nathaka aru bidhowa khan dukh paikene thaka homoi te modot kori bole, aru etu prithibi pora nijorke dagi nathaki kene rakhibole nimite ase.
[One of the things that God has told us to do] is to take care of orphans and widows who suffer hardship. [Those who do that and] who do not think or act immorally like those who do not obey God [MTY] truly [DOU] worship God, [who is our] Father, and God approves of them.
