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 which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
2 Lo ya kwa: Bajuteng ba ba rategang, Bakaulengwe a botshelo jwa lona bo mo mathateng le dithaelong? Ke gone he itumeleng,
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
3 gonne fa tsela e na le dikgopi, bopelotelele jwa lona bo nna le nako e ntle ya go gola.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
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.
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking 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.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without finding fault; and it will be given to 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, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven 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.
For let that person not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
He is a double-minded person, unstable in all his ways.
9 Mokeresete yo o lebelwang kwa tlase mo lefatsheng leno a itumele, gonne o mogolo mo matlhong a Morena.
But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
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.
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
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 also will the rich person fade away in his pursuits.
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.
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he promised to those who 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 say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
14 Thaelo ke go gogwa ke dikakanyo tse di bosula tsa motho le dikeletso tsa gagwe.
But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
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 the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
16 Ke gone se tsietsegeng, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang.
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
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.
All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
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.
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should 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;
This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every person be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 gonne bogale ga bo re siamise, jaaka Modimo o batla re siama.
for human anger does not produce 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.
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility 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 only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 Gonne fa motho a reetsa fela a sa o obamele o tshwana le motho yo o itebileng sefatlhogo mo seiponeng;
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at 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.
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person 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 who looks into the perfect Law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this person will be blessed in what he does.
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 anyone thinks himself to be religious while he does not control his tongue, but deceives his heart, this one's religion is worthless.
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 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.
