Yakobo 1
1 Saa krataa yi fi me Yakobo a meyɛ Onyankopɔn ne Awurade Yesu Kristo somfo nkyɛn, Mikyia mmusuakuw dumien a wɔahwete no nyinaa.
James, a servant, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, —unto the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, Wishes joy.
2 Anuanom, sɛ sɔhwɛ bi ba mo akwan mu a, momma mo ani nnye
All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, —
3 efisɛ sɛ mo gyidi tumi gyina sɔhwɛ no ano a, ɛno ansa na munya ntoboase.
Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
4 Momma ntoboase no ntena mo mu daa nyinaa sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mobɛyɛ pɛ a biribiara ho renhia mo.
But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
5 Sɛ nyansa ho hia mo mu bi a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbɔ mpae srɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔbɛma no bi, efisɛ Onyankopɔn fi ayamye ne adom mu ma obiara nea ehia no no kwa.
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 Na sɛ worebɔ mpae a, ɛsɛ sɛ wugye di a wunnye ho akyinnye. Obiara a ogye akyinnye no te sɛ po asorɔkye a mframa bɔ no kɔ baabiara a ɛpɛ.
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 Ɛnsɛ sɛ saa onipa no susuw sɛ obenya biribiara afi Awurade nkyɛn;
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord—
8 nʼadwene yɛ no ntanta a ontumi nsi biribiara pi.
A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Sɛ Onyankopɔn ma onua hiani so a, ɛsɛ sɛ nʼani gye,
But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting;
10 na adefo a wabrɛ wɔn ase no nso saa ara. Efisɛ, adefo no twam kɔ sɛ wuram afifide bi.
Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, —because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
11 Owia pue de ne hyew no hyew afifide no ma nʼahoɔfɛ sɛe. Saa ara na wɔbɛsɛe adefo no wɔ bere a wogu so redi wɔn nnwuma no.
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 Nhyira nka onipa a onya gyidi wɔ amanehunu mu, efisɛ ɔno na obenya akyɛde a Onyankopɔn ahyɛ ho bɔ ama wɔn a wɔdɔ no no.
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 Sɛ wɔsɔ obi hwɛ a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔka se, “Saa sɔhwɛ yi fi Onyankopɔn.” Efisɛ bɔne rentumi nsɔ Onyankopɔn nhwɛ, na ɔno Onyankopɔn nso nsɔ obi nhwɛ.
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 Na sɛ onipa twe ne ho na ɔno ara nʼakɔnnɔ yi no a, na ayɛ sɔhwɛ ama no.
But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,
15 Na sɛ akɔnnɔ no nyinsɛn a, ɛwo bɔne, na bɔne no nyin a ɛwo owu.
Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.
16 Me nuanom adɔfo, mommma wɔnnnaadaa mo.
Be not deceived, my brethren beloved: —
17 Akyɛde pa ne akyɛde a ɛyɛ pɛ nyinaa fi ɔsoro; efi Onyankopɔn a ɔbɔɔ ɔsoro hann no nkyɛn na ɛba. Ɔno na ɔnsesa sɛ sunsuma.
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 Ofi ne pɛ mu nam nokware a ɛwɔ asɛm no mu no so woo yɛn sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, yebedi kan wɔ abɔde nyinaa mu.
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 Me nuanom adɔfo, monhyɛ eyinom nsow: monyɛ ntɛm ntie, monyɛ nyaa nkasa na monyɛ nyaa mfa abufuw;
Ye know, my brethren beloved, —but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
20 efisɛ onipa abufuw no mma onnya Onyankopɔn trenee no.
For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.
21 Ɛno nti, montwe mo ho mfi afide ne atirimɔden ho. Momfa mo ho mma Onyankopɔn na munnye asɛm a odua wɔ mo koma mu a ebegye mo nkwa no.
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 Munntie asɛm no sɛ atiefo kwa nsisi mo ho, na mmom monyɛ asɛm no yɛfo.
Become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only—reasoning yourselves astray;
23 Obiara a otie asɛm no na ɔmfa nni dwuma no te sɛ obi a ɔhwɛ ahwehwɛ mu, na ohu sɛnea ɔte.
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 Ɔhwɛ ne ho wɔ ahwehwɛ no mu hu ne ho yiye na sɛ ofi ahwehwɛ no anim ara pɛ a, ne werɛ fi nea ohuu no nyinaa.
For he observed himself, and is gone away, and, straightway, it hath escaped him, —what manner of man, he was!
25 Nanso obiara a ɔhwɛ mmara a ɛyɛ pɛ, na ɛma onipa de ne ho no mu yiye, na odi so, na otie, na ne werɛ mfi, na ɔde di dwuma no, Onyankopɔn behyira saa onipa no wɔ biribiara a ɔyɛ mu.
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 Sɛ obi susuw sɛ ɔyɛ Onyamesomni na wanto ne tɛkrɛma nnareka a, ne nyamesom no so nni mfaso na ɔdaadaa ne ho nso.
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 Nea Agya Onyankopɔn fa no sɛ ɛyɛ onyamesom pa no ni: Ɔhwɛ nyisaa ne akunafo wɔ wɔn ahohia mu, na oyi ne ho fi wiase porɔwee ho.
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.
