Jakobe 1
1 Lokwalo lo lo tswa kwa go nna: Jakobe, motlhanka wa Modimo le Morena Jesu Keresete.
James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in dispersion sendeth greeting.
2 Lo ya kwa: Bajuteng ba ba rategang, Bakaulengwe a botshelo jwa lona bo mo mathateng le dithaelong? Ke gone he itumeleng,
Account it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials:
3 gonne fa tsela e na le dikgopi, bopelotelele jwa lona bo nna le nako e ntle ya go gola.
knowing this, that the trial of your faith worketh patience;
4 Ke gone mmang bopelotelele jwa lona bo gole, le gone lo seka lwa leka go intsha mo mathateng a lona ka go iphethekganya. Gonne bopelotelele jwa lona bo setse bo godile, jalo lo tlaa bo lo ipaakanyeditse go lebagana le sengwe le sengwe, lo itekanetse mo mokgweng, lo tletse ebile lo feletse.
but let patience have it's perfect work, that ye may be entirely perfect, failing in nothing.
5 Fa lo batla go itse se Modimo o batlang lo se dira, o kopeng, mme o tlaa lo bolelela ka boitumelo, gonne o ipaakanyeditse ka malatsi otlhe go naya botlhe ba ba o kopang botlhale jo bogolo; o sa kgopege.
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 Mme fa lo o kopa, tlhomamisang ka botlalo gore lo lebeletse gore o tlaa lo bolelela, gonne tlhaloganyo e e belaelang e tlaa etsaetsega fela jaaka lekhubu la lewatle le le kgwekgweediwang le phailakwa ke phefo;
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 jalo maikaelelo mangwe le mangwe a o a dirang a tlaa bo a sa tlhomama, ka ntlha ya gore o leba kwa le kwa. Fa o sa kgope ka tumelo, se solofele Morena go go naya karabo nngwe e e tlhomameng.
Let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
A double-minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
9 Mokeresete yo o lebelwang kwa tlase mo lefatsheng leno a itumele, gonne o mogolo mo matlhong a Morena.
Let the brother that is low rejoice in his exaltation: but the rich in his humiliation,
10 Mme mohumi o tshwanetse go itumelela gore dikhumo tsa gagwe ga di reye sepe mo Moreneng, gonne o tlaa tloga a nyelela, jaaka sethunya se se latlhegetsweng ke bontle jwa sone se bo se e swa se swabile, se bolailwe ke mogote wa letsatsi la selemo. Go ntse fela jalo mo bahuming. Ba tlaa tloga ba a swa ba bo ba tlogela ditiro tsa bone tse dintsi kwa morago.
because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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 Go sego motho yo o sa ineeleng mo go direng boleo fa a lekwa, gonne e tlaa re kwa morago o tlaa amogela serwalo sa botshelo e le tuelo ya gagwe, serwalo se Modimo o se solofeditseng ba ba o ratang.
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 Mme gakologelwang, fa mongwe a batla go dira boleo ga se Modimo o mo raelang, gonne Modimo ga o ke o batla go dira boleo le gone ga o ke o raela ope gore a bo dire.
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 Thaelo ke go gogwa ke dikakanyo tse di bosula tsa motho le dikeletso tsa gagwe.
But every man is tempted, when drawn aside and insnared by his own vehement desire.
15 Dikakanyo tse di bosula tse, di gogela mo ditirong tse di bosula mme morago go bo go nna katlholelo loso e tswa kwa Modimong.
Then desire having conceived bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.
16 Ke gone se tsietsegeng, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang.
Be not therefore deceived, my beloved brethren: for every good gift,
17 Mme le fa e le eng se se molemo ebile se itekanetse se tla kwa go rona se tswa kwa Modimong Motlhodi wa lesedi lotlhe, mme o phatshimela ruri ka bosakhutleng go sena phetogo epe kgotsa moriti.
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 Gape e ne e le letsatsi le le itumedisang mo go One fa o re naya matshelo a masha, ka boammaaruri jwa Lefoko la one, mme re ne ra nna jaaka ekete re bana ba One ba ntlha mo go ba ntlo ya One e ncha.
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 Bakaulengwe, se lebaleng gore go botoka go reetsa thata, le go bua go le gonnye mme o sa tlale bogale;
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 gonne bogale ga bo re siamise, jaaka Modimo o batla re siama.
for the wrath of man doth not practise the righteousness of God.
21 Ke gone latlhang gotlhe mo go sa siamang mo botshelong jwa lona, ke gore ka fa teng ga gago le ka fa ntle, mme ka boingotlo itumeleleng molaetsa o montle o re o amogetseng, gonne o nonofile go boloka mewa ya rona jaaka e le One o o tshwereng dipelo tsa lona.
Laying aside therefore all filthiness, and excess of malice, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Gape gakologelwang gore molaetsa o, o tshwanetse go obamelwa, eseng go reediwa fela. Ke gone se itsietseng.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 Gonne fa motho a reetsa fela a sa o obamele o tshwana le motho yo o itebileng sefatlhogo mo seiponeng;
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 gonne fela jaaka a tsamaya, ga a tlhole a ipona, gape ga a sa tlhole a gakologelwa gore o lebega jang.
who beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what manner of man he was.
25 Mme fa mongwe a tswelela ka go lebela pele mo molaong wa Modimo wa batho ba ba gololesegileng, ga a kitla a o gakologelwa fela, mme o tlaa dira se o se buang, mme Modimo o tlaa mo segofatsa thata mo go sengwe le sengwe se o se dirang.
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 Lefa e le mang yo o reng ke Mokeresete mme a sa laole loleme lwa gagwe lo lo bogale, o itsietsa fela, le tumelo ya gagwe ga e na molemo ope.
If any among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his heart, this man's devotion is vain.
27 Mokeresete yo o phepa a bile a sena molato, ka fa ponong ya Modimo ke yo o tlhokomelang masiela le batlholagadi, le yo mowa wa gagwe o emeng ka boammaaruri mo Moreneng, a sa marwa gope ke dibe tsa lefatshe.
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.
