1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
1Jakob, Pathian leh Toupa Jesu Kris sikha in, Nam Sawm leh Nih dalhte chibai a buk hi.
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
2Ka unaute aw, na ginna uh zeetnain kuhkalna a siam chih theiin, khemna chiteng na tuah chiang un, kipahna ngenin sim un,
3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
3Hiai, na ginna zeetna un kuhkalna a siam chih theiin.
4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
4Huan, bangmah tasam loua na kim ua, na pum ua na bit theihna ding un, kuhkalna in semkim hen.
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.
5Na lak ua kuapeuhin pilna a taksap leh, mi tengteng kianga tai lou leh it loua pepa Pathian tuh ngen hen, huchiin a kiangah piaka hi ding hi.
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.
6Himahleh, ginglel het louin ginna neiin ngen hen, ginglelmi tuh tuipi kihot huih mutleng leh sep banga hi ngala.
7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
7Huchibang min tuh Toupa kiangah bangmah muh kiging kei hen.
8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
8Lungsim det neilou tuh a thilhih tengtengah a kip kei hi.
9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
9Unau daikilkala om, pahtawia a om jiakin kipak hen;
10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
10Mihau tuh, hihneua a om jiakin kipak jaw hen; loupa pak banga a man ding jiakin.
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.
11Ni a hongsuaka huihlum tak a hongnunin loupa tuh a vuaisaka; huai pak tuh a kia a; a omdan hoih tuh a mangthang hi; huchibang maha mihau tuh a paina a vuai ding ahi ngala.
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.
12Khemna thuak teitei mi a hampha hi; zeeta om nungin hinna lallukhu, Toupan amah itte kianga achiam a muh ding jiakin.
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:
13Kuamahin, khemna a tuah laiin, Pathian khem ka hi, chi kei hen. Pathian tuh gitlouha khem vual ahi kei, aman leng kua mah a khem ngei kei hi.
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
14Mi chih amau utnaa pimang leh hipa a om un, khemna a tuak uh ahi jaw hi.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
15Huan, utnain nou a paia, gilou a hongpichinin sihna a suak sak jel hi.
16Do not err, my beloved brethren.
16Ka nau deihtakte aw, khemin om kei un.
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.
17Thilpiak hoih leh thil piak buching tuh tunglama kipana vakte Pa kianga kipana hongsuk ahi a, amahah tuh lamdanna leh kiheina lim himhim a om theikei hi.
18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
18A thilsiamte makaite I honghih theihna dingin, amah deihlamin thutak lakah a honsuak sak ahi.
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
19Unau deihtakte aw, huaite na thei uhi; himahleh, mi chih ngaihkhiak kilawp henla, thugen kituhpih kei henla, heh hak leh:
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
20Mihing thangpaihna in Pathian diktatna a bawl ngal kei a.
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
21Huaijiakin, nin tengteng leh gilou dimval koih mang unla, thu tuh, na kha uh hondam thei, thunuai lut takin pom un.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
22Himahleh, noumau kikhemin ngaikhete kia hi louin thujuite honghi jaw un.
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:
23Kuapeuh thu ngaikhia hi a, jui hi tuan lou tuh, mi limlanga a pianpih maitang hoih taka kien bang phet tuh ahi.
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
24Hoih takin a kiena, a pai manga, mi bang chi ahia a hih chih a kimangngilh nawn pah ngal hi.
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.
25Himahleh kuapeuh dan kim, noplenna dan tuh, vela, huchibanga om gigea, ngaikhiaa, mangngilhnawn maimah nak bang hi loua, juia na sem gige hi jaw tuh, huai mi tuh a thilhih ah vual jawlin a om ding hi.
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.
26Kuapeuh sabiak limsak hia kigingtaa a lei veng hoih loua, amah lungtang kikhemjaw tuh huai mi sabiak dan tuh bangmah ahi kei hi.I Pathian leh Pa mitmuha sabiak siangthou leh gilou pang lou jaw hiai ahi, tagah leh meithaite gimthuak laia veh leh, khovel buahna bang loua kibawl jel.
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.
27I Pathian leh Pa mitmuha sabiak siangthou leh gilou pang lou jaw hiai ahi, tagah leh meithaite gimthuak laia veh leh, khovel buahna bang loua kibawl jel.