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, —unto the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, Wishes joy.
2 Mubalange kwamba pulaika muno, alongo bango mwanakamupeta mumatatizo ga kila aina.
All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, —
3 mutange panga ipalilwa imani yinu ipalae pumiliya.
Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
4 Muleke pumilia ili mwikamilishe kasi yake, ili muweze komala kikamilipu, bila pungukiwa ni loloti.
But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
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.
But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely 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 be asking in faith, nothing, doubting, for, he that doubteth, is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and storm-tossed, —
7 Kwa hakika mundu ywoo kana aweze panga apala pokelelwa likowe lyake mboka kwa Ngwana;
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord—
8 Mundu yoo ai'na nia ibele, imara kwaa mundela yake yoti.
A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Mwalongo maskini apalikwa kwipuna kwa yima kwake kunani,
But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;
10 Muda wowo mwalongo tajiri kwo nyenyekea kwake, kwa mana alwambokeka kati liloba lya mmende lya mung'unda mwapetaa.
Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, —because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
11 Lisoba lilwapita na lyoto liyotinia yumea michee, na lisoba tomboka n goloka kwake waha. Nganyonyo bandu matajiri bapilya muliyengo lyabe.
For the sun hath sprung up, with it scorching heat, and hath withered the grass, and, the flower thereof, hath fallen out, and, the beauty of the face thereof, hath perished, —so, also the rich, in his goings, shall languish.
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 the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life—which he hath promised unto 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, while tempted, be saying—From God, am I tempted, —for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one;
14 Kila mundu ujaribiwa ni tamaa yake mbaya yaimshawishi ni kummuta kunanipa.
But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,
15 Baada ya sambi potwa ndumbo sambi loelekwa, ni yolo sambi komala muno muno, yomokya kwake ni kiwo.
Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.
16 mwalongo bango mwapendwa, kana mukongelwe.
Be not deceived, my brethren beloved: —
17 Kila zawadi inoyite ni kila zawadi yabile kamilifu iboka kunani, iuluka pae kuoma kwa Tate ba nuru, Habadilika kwaa kamwe kati kiwili mwakibadilika.
Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is, from above, coming down from the Father of lights—with whom is no alternation, nor shadow cast, by turning:
18 Nnongo atikuchawa kutupeya twenga ukoti pitya Neno lya ukweli, ili tuwese kuba ubelekwi wa kwanza nkati ya iumbe yake.
Because he was so minded, he hath brought us forth with a word of truth, to the end we should be a sort of firstfruit of his creatures
19 Mutangite lee, mwalongo bango, Kila yumo apalikwa abe mwepesi wo yowa, nga mwepesi kwaa longela wala kasilika.
Ye know, my brethren beloved, —but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
20 Kwa mana hasira ya mundu yaweza kwaa kupanga haki ya Nnongo.
For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.
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.
Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls:
22 Mulikengame likowe kana muliyowe bai. mwikonga nafsi yinu mwabene.
Become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only—reasoning yourselves astray;
23 Kwa mana kati yoyoti ywaliyowa likowe bila kulipangya kazi ni sawa ni
Because, if any is, a word-hearer, and not a doer, the same, is like unto a man observing 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.
For he observed himself, and is gone away, and, straightway, it hath escaped him, —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 hath obtained a nearer view into the perfect law of liberty, and hath taken up his abode by it, becoming—not a forgetful hearer, but a work doer, the same, happy in his doing, shall be.
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 thinketh he is observant of religion, not curbing his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this one’s, religious observance 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.
Religious observance, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is, this—to be visiting orphans and widows in their affliction, unspotted, to keep, himself, from the world.
