¹James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

¹የእግዚአብሔርና የጌታ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ባሪያ ያዕቆብ ለተበተኑ ለአሥራ ሁለቱ ወገኖች፤ ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

²My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

²ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ የእምነታችሁ መፈተን ትዕግሥትን እንዲያደርግላችሁ አውቃችሁ፥ ልዩ ልዩ ፈተና ሲደርስባችሁ እንደ ሙሉ ደስታ ቍጠሩት

³Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

⁴ትዕግሥትም ምንም የሚጎድላችሁ ሳይኖር ፍጹማንና ምሉዓን ትሆኑ ዘንድ ሥራውን ይፈጽም።

⁴But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

⁵ከእናንተ ግን ማንም ጥበብ ቢጎድለው፥ ሳይነቅፍ በልግስና ለሁሉ የሚሰጠውን እግዚአብሔርን ይለምን፥ ለእርሱም ይሰጠዋል።

⁵If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

⁶ነገር ግን በምንም ሳይጠራጠር በእምነት ይለምን፤ የሚጠራጠር ሰው በነፋስ የተገፋና የተነቃነቀ የባሕርን ማዕበል ይመስላልና።

⁶But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

⁷ሁለት አሳብ ላለው በመንገዱም ሁሉ ለሚወላውል ለዚያ ሰው ከጌታ ዘንድ አንዳች እንዲያገኝ አይምሰለው።

⁷For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

⁹የተዋረደው ወንድም ግን በከፍታው፥ ባለ ጠጋም በውርደቱ ይመካ፤ እንደ ሣር አበባ ያልፋልና።

⁸A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

¹¹ፀሐይ ከትኵሳት ጋር ይወጣልና፥ ሣርንም ያጠወልጋልና፥ አበባውም ይረግፋልና፥ የመልኩም ውበት ይጠፋልና፤ እንዲሁ ደግሞ ባለ ጠጋው በመንገዱ ይዝላል።

⁹Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

¹²በፈተና የሚጸና ሰው የተባረከ ነው፤ ከተፈተነ በኋላ ለሚወዱት ተስፋ ስለ እርሱ የሰጣቸውን የሕይወትን አክሊል ይቀበላልና።

¹⁰But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

¹³ማንም ሲፈተን። በእግዚአብሔር እፈተናለሁ አይበል፤ እግዚአብሔር በክፉ አይፈተንምና፤ እርሱ ራሱስ ማንንም አይፈትንም።

¹¹For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

¹⁴ነገር ግን እያንዳንዱ በራሱ ምኞት ሲሳብና ሲታለል ይፈተናል።

¹²Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

¹⁵ከዚህ በኋላ ምኞት ፀንሳ ኃጢአትን ትወልዳለች፤ ኃጢአትም ካደገች በኋላ ሞትን ትወልዳለች።

¹³Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

¹⁶የተወደዳችሁ ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ አትሳቱ።

¹⁴But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

¹⁷በጎ ስጦታ ሁሉ ፍጹምም በረከት ሁሉ ከላይ ናቸው፥ መለወጥም በእርሱ ዘንድ ከሌለ በመዞርም የተደረገ ጥላ በእርሱ ዘንድ ከሌለ ከብርሃናት አባት ይወርዳሉ።

¹⁵Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

¹⁸ለፍጥረቱ የበኵራት ዓይነት እንድንሆን በእውነት ቃል አስቦ ወለደን።

¹⁶Do not err, my beloved brethren.

¹⁹ስለዚህ፥ የተወደዳችሁ ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ ሰው ሁሉ ለመስማት የፈጠነ ለመናገርም የዘገየ ለቍጣም የዘገየ ይሁን፤

¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

²⁰የሰው ቍጣ የእግዚአብሔርን ጽድቅ አይሠራምና።

¹⁸Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

²¹ስለዚህ ርኵሰትን ሁሉ የክፋትንም ትርፍ አስወግዳችሁ፥ ነፍሳችሁን ማዳን የሚችለውን በውስጣችሁም የተተከለውን ቃል በየዋህነት ተቀበሉ።

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

²²ቃሉን የምታደርጉ ሁኑ እንጂ ራሳችሁን እያሳታችሁ የምትሰሙ ብቻ አትሁኑ።

²⁰For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

²³ቃሉን የሚሰማ የማያደርገውም ቢኖር የተፈጥሮ ፊቱን በመስተዋት የሚያይን ሰው ይመስላል፤

²¹Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

²⁴ራሱን አይቶ ይሄዳልና፥ ወዲያውም እንደ ምን እንደ ሆነ ይረሳል።

²²But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

²⁵ነገር ግን ነጻ የሚያወጣውን ፍጹሙን ሕግ ተመልክቶ የሚጸናበት፥ ሥራንም የሚሠራ እንጂ ሰምቶ የሚረሳ ያልሆነው፥ በሥራው የተባረከ ይሆናል።

²³For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

²⁶አንደበቱን ሳይገታ ልቡን እያሳተ እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመልክ የሚመስለው ማንም ቢኖር የእርሱ አምልኮ ከንቱ ነው።

²⁴For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

²⁷ንጹሕ የሆነ ነውርም የሌለበት አምልኮ በእግዚአብሔር አብ ዘንድ ይህ ነው፤ ወላጆች የሌላቸውን ልጆች ባልቴቶችንም በመከራቸው መጠየቅ፥ በዓለምም ከሚገኝ እድፍ ሰውነቱን መጠበቅ ነው።

²⁵But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

²⁶If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.