Yakobo 1
1 Yakobo mmanda ba Nnongo ni Ngwana witu Yesu Kristu, kwa makabila komi ni ibele gagatawanyike, salaam.
James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in dispersion sendeth greeting.
2 Mubalange kwamba pulaika muno, alongo bango mwanakamupeta mumatatizo ga kila aina.
Account it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials:
3 mutange panga ipalilwa imani yinu ipalae pumiliya.
knowing this, that the trial of your faith worketh patience;
4 Muleke pumilia ili mwikamilishe kasi yake, ili muweze komala kikamilipu, bila pungukiwa ni loloti.
but let patience have it's perfect work, that ye may be entirely perfect, failing in nothing.
5 Lelo mana mundu kati yinu apala hekima ailobe kuoma kwa Nnongo, ywembe piya kwa wakati ni bila benda kwa boti babannoba, na apala kwapeya kwa hekima.
And if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.
6 Lakini mulobe kwa imani, bila shaka, kwa mana ywembe ywabile ni shaka ni kati mawimbi mubahari, tolelwa na upepo notaikuilwa kuno ni kuno.
But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea blown about and tossed by the wind.
7 Kwa hakika mundu ywoo kana aweze panga apala pokelelwa likowe lyake mboka kwa Ngwana;
Let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
8 Mundu yoo ai'na nia ibele, imara kwaa mundela yake yoti.
A double-minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
9 Mwalongo maskini apalikwa kwipuna kwa yima kwake kunani,
Let the brother that is low rejoice in his exaltation: but the rich in his humiliation,
10 Muda wowo mwalongo tajiri kwo nyenyekea kwake, kwa mana alwambokeka kati liloba lya mmende lya mung'unda mwapetaa.
because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 Lisoba lilwapita na lyoto liyotinia yumea michee, na lisoba tomboka n goloka kwake waha. Nganyonyo bandu matajiri bapilya muliyengo lyabe.
For when the sun is risen with it's sultry heat, it drieth up the grass, and the flower of, it falleth, and the beauty of it's appearance is lost: so shall the rich man fade away in his projects.
12 Atibarikiwa mundu yolo ywapumilia majaribu, na mwana baada ya shinda jaribu lee, apala pokya taji ya ukoto, yaibile itiahidiwa kwa balo babampindile Nnongo.
Happy is the man who sustaineth temptation; for being approved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.
13 Mundu ywoywoti apalikwa kwaa baya paajaribiwa, “Jaribu leni liboka kwa Nnongo,” kwa mana Nnongo ajaribiwa kwaa ni ubou, ni Nnongo mwene amjaribu kwaa yeyoti.
Let no one that is tempted say, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted by evils, and He tempteth no one.
14 Kila mundu ujaribiwa ni tamaa yake mbaya yaimshawishi ni kummuta kunanipa.
But every man is tempted, when drawn aside and insnared by his own vehement desire.
15 Baada ya sambi potwa ndumbo sambi loelekwa, ni yolo sambi komala muno muno, yomokya kwake ni kiwo.
Then desire having conceived bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.
16 mwalongo bango mwapendwa, kana mukongelwe.
Be not therefore deceived, my beloved brethren: for every good gift,
17 Kila zawadi inoyite ni kila zawadi yabile kamilifu iboka kunani, iuluka pae kuoma kwa Tate ba nuru, Habadilika kwaa kamwe kati kiwili mwakibadilika.
and every perfect gift, but no evil one, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, nor shadow of turning:
18 Nnongo atikuchawa kutupeya twenga ukoti pitya Neno lya ukweli, ili tuwese kuba ubelekwi wa kwanza nkati ya iumbe yake.
who hath of his own will begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
19 Mutangite lee, mwalongo bango, Kila yumo apalikwa abe mwepesi wo yowa, nga mwepesi kwaa longela wala kasilika.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 Kwa mana hasira ya mundu yaweza kwaa kupanga haki ya Nnongo.
for the wrath of man doth not practise the righteousness of God.
21 kwa nyo mubeke kutalu uchapu wa sambi ni ubaya woti wabile sehemu yoyoti, na kwa nyenyekea mulipoki likowe lyalipendilwe nkati yinu, ambalo libile ni uwezo wokoa roho yinu.
Laying aside therefore all filthiness, and excess of malice, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Mulikengame likowe kana muliyowe bai. mwikonga nafsi yinu mwabene.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 Kwa mana kati yoyoti ywaliyowa likowe bila kulipangya kazi ni sawa ni
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror,
24 mundu ywailola kuminyo yake halisi mu'kilolo. Aitasimini kuminyo yake, na kuboka na baada ya muda mwipi libalya mwaabile.
who beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what manner of man he was.
25 Lelo mundu yoo ywailola kwo uangalifu saliya toti, saliya huru no yendelya kuiheshimu, kana iakamwi kwa sababu ywembe ywa mundu wo'sahau, mundu yoo alowa barikiwa mana aipangite.
But he that looketh well into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26 Mana mundu yeyoti alwawasa mwene panga ni mundu wa dini, lakini awesa kwaa kuutawala lulemi lwake, haukonga mwoyo wake ni dini yake ni yabule.
If any among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his heart, this man's devotion is vain.
27 Dini yaibile safi ni iharibike kwaa nnonge ya Nnongo witu ni Tate nga yee: kuasaidia yatima ni ajane mu'mateso yabe, no kuilinda mwene ni ufisadi wa dunia.
Pure and uncorrupt religion before God and our Father is this, to take care of orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
