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

¹[Ny amin'ny fakam-panahy, sy ny fandraisana ny tenin'Andriamanitra] Jakoba, mpanompon'Andriamanitra sy Jesosy Kristy Tompo, mamangy ny firenena roa ambin'ny folo monina any am-pielezana.

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

²Ry rahalahiko, ataovy ho fifaliana avokoa, raha iharan'ny fakam-panahy samy hafa ianareo, [ Na: fizahan-toetra]

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

³satria fantatrareo fa ny fizahan-toetra ny finoanareo dia mahatonga faharetana.

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

⁴Ary aoka ny faharetana hisy asa tanteraka, mba ho tanteraka sy tonga ohatra ianareo, ka tsy hisy tsy ampy na inona na inona.

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.

⁵Ary raha misy ianareo tsy manam-pahendrena, aoka izy hangataka amin'Andriamanitra, Izay manome malalaka ho an'ny olona rehetra sady tsy mandatsa; ary dia homena azy izany. [ Na: kely fahendrena]

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.

⁶Nefa aoka hangataka amin'ny finoana izy ka tsy hiahanahana akory; fa izay miahanahana dia toy ny alon-dranomasina entin'ny rivotra ka atopatopany.

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

⁷Fa aoka tsy hanampo handray zavatra amin'ny Tompo izany olona izany:

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

⁸olona miroa saina izy, miovaova amin'ny alehany rehetra.

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

⁹Aoka ny rahalahy izay ambany hanao ny fisandratany ho reharehany;

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

¹⁰fa ny manan-karena kosa ny fietreny, satria ho levona tahaka ny vonin'ny ahitra izy.

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.

¹¹Fa miposaka ny masoandro mbamin'ny hainandro mahamay, dia mampahalazo ny ahitra, ka mihintsana ny voniny, ary levona ny hatsaran-tarehiny; dia toy izany koa no fahalazon'ny manan-karena amin'ny alehany.

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.

¹²Sambatra izay olona maharitra fakam-panahy; fa rehefa voazaha toetra izy, dia handray ny satro-boninahitra fiainana, izay nolazain'ny Tompo homena izay tia Azy.

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:

¹³Raha misy alaim-panahy, aoka izy tsy hanao hoe: Andriamanitra no maka fanahy ahy; fa Andriamanitra tsy azon'ny ratsy alaim-panahy, sady tsy mba maka fanahy olona Izy;

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

¹⁴fa samy alaim-panahy ny olona, raha tarihin'ny filany sy fitahiny izy.

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

¹⁵Ary ny filàna, rehefa torontoronina, dia miteraka ota; ary ny ota, rehefa tanteraka, dia miteraka fahafatesana.

¹⁶Do not err, my beloved brethren.

¹⁶Aza mety hofitahina ianareo, sy rahalahy malalako.

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.

¹⁷Ny fanomezan-tsoa rehetra sy ny fanomezana tanteraka rehetra dia avy any ambony ka midina avy amin'ny Rain'ny fanazavana, Izay tsy misy fiovaovana na aloka avy amin'ny fihodinana.

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

¹⁸Tamin'ny sitrapony no niterahany antsika tamin'ny teny fahamarinana, mba ho santatry ny zavatra noforoniny isika.

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

¹⁹Fantatrareo izany, sy rahalahy malalako. Kanefa aoka ny olona rehetra halady hihaino ho malai-miteny, ho malain-ko tezitra;

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

²⁰fa ny fahatezeran'ny olona tsy ahefana izay marina eo imason'Andriamanitra.

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

²¹Koa ario ny fahalotoana sy ny lolompo rehetra, ary ekeo amin'ny fahalemem-panahy ny teny nambolena, izay mahavonjy ny fanahinareo.

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

²²Fa aoka ho mpankatò ny teny ianareo, fa aza mpihaino fotsiny ihany ka mamitaka ny tenanareo.

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:

²³Fa raha misy mpihaino ny teny, nefa tsy mpankatò, dia toy ny olona mizaha ny tarehiny eo amin'ny fitaratra izy;

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

²⁴fa mijery ny tenany izy, dia lasa, ary miaraka amin'izay dia hadinony ny tarehiny.

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.

²⁵Fa izay mandinika ny lalàna tanteraka, dia ny lalàn'ny fahafahana, ka maharitra amin'izany, raha tsy mpihaino manadino, fa mpanao ny asa, dia ho sambatra amin'ny asany izany olona izany.

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.

²⁶Raha misy manao azy ho mpivavaka, nefa tsy mamehy ny vavany, fa mamitaka ny fony, dia zava-poana ny fivavahan'izany olona izany.Izao no fivavahana madio sady tsy misy loto eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra Ray: ny mamangy ny kamboty sy ny mpitondratena amin'ny fahoriany, sy ny miaro ny tena tsy hisy pentimpentina avy amin'izao tontolo izao.

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.

²⁷Izao no fivavahana madio sady tsy misy loto eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra Ray: ny mamangy ny kamboty sy ny mpitondratena amin'ny fahoriany, sy ny miaro ny tena tsy hisy pentimpentina avy amin'izao tontolo izao.