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

¹Sura toi ngkai aku' Yakobus, batua Alata'ala pai' batua Pue' Yesus Kristus; kupakatu hi to hampulu' rontina to Israel to pagaa' -gaa' hi humalili' dunia'. Wori' tabe!

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

²Ompi' -ku hawe'ea! Ane wori' nyala kasusaa' pai' pesori to mporumpa' -ta, neo' tapopeda' nono, agina tapokagoe' lau-wadi.

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

³Apa' ta'inca: ane tida-ta mepangala' hi Pue' hi rala kasusaa', jadi' moroho-ta mpai' mpengkatarii ba napa-napa.

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

⁴Toe pai' kana tari ncuu-ta duu' hi kahudua-na, bona moroho mpu'u pepangala' -ta pai' uma ria kasalaia' -na ba kakuraa' -na.

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.

⁵Ane ria-ta to uma monoto nono-ta, agina taperapi' kanotoa nono ngkai Alata'ala. Bate nawai' moto-ta mpai' kanotoa nono to taperapi'. Apa' hi butu dua tauna Alata'ala mewai' ngkai kamanara-na, uma-i ria mewai' ngkahuru.

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.

⁶Aga ane merapi' -ta hi Alata'ala, kana mepangala' mpu'u-ta, uma ma'ala morara' nono-ta. Apa' tauna to morara' nono-na, hewa rauniri to nawaro ngolu' hilou tumai.

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

⁸Apa' tauna to hewa toe morompenga nono-na, uma ria kanoo-noaa' -na hi rala katuwu' -na. Toe pai' neo' nasarumaka kanarata-na ba napa-napa ngkai Pue'.

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

⁹Ompi' hampepangalaa' -ku! Kita' to kabu, kana goe' -ta apa' nau' mpe'ahii' tuwu' -ta, napokalangko moto-ta Alata'ala.

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

¹⁰Wae wo'o kita' to mo'ua', kana goe' -ta apa' Alata'ala mpakadingki' nono-ta. Apa' manusia' topo'ua' hewa sehe kowo': hangkale'liu-wadi katuwu' -ra.

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

¹¹Apa' ane mehupa' -damo eo pai' mokara-pi, kaliliu molaju-mi kowo', alaa-na roda' -mi sehe-na, uma-ipi ncola. Wae wo'o topo'ua' -e: bate mate moto wo'o-ra-rawo bula-ra mpo'urusi-pidi ka'uaa' -ra.

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.

¹²Morasi' tauna to tari hi rala kasusaa' pai' pesori. Apa' ane ntaha-ra, mporata-ra mpai' katuwua' to lompe' to najanci Alata'ala hi tauna to mpoka'ahi' -i.

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.

¹³Ane ria-ta to rasori bona mpobabehi gau' to dada'a, neo' ta'uli' hewa toi: "Pesori toi ngkai Alata'ala." Uma makono toe, apa' Alata'ala uma-i ma'ala rasori bona mpobabehi to dada'a, pai' uma wo'o-i mposori-ta bona mpobabehi-ta to dada'a.

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:

¹⁴Butu dua tauna rasori ane kahinaa nono-na moto-hawo to mpodii' -i pai' mpo'opa-i.

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

¹⁵Ane natuku' kahinaa nono-na toe, walikaa-na mpobabehi jeko' lau-imi. Pai' ane mpobabehi jeko' ncuu-i, ka'omea-na mpai' mate-i pai' -i ragaa' ngkai Alata'ala.

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

¹⁶Ompi' -ku to kupe'ahi'! Neo' -ta ma'ala rabagiu: Alata'ala uma-i-hana mposori-ta.

¹⁶Do not err, my beloved brethren.

¹⁷Hawe'ea pewai' to lompe' pai' to hono' tarata ngkai Alata'ala-hana. Hi'a-mi to mpajadi' hawe'ea anu mehini hi langi'. Hawe'ea to mehini hi langi' toe, ria kabalia' -na. Aga Alata'ala, uma-hana ria kabalia' -na, pai' uma wo'o ria ka'uncua kalompea' -na.

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.

¹⁸Napohowa' -taka lolita-na to makono, pai' hante lolita-na toe napajadi' -tamo ana' -na. Nababehi toe ntuku' konoa-na moto, bona ngkai hawe'ea to napajadi', kita' jadi' pomobohea-na.

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

¹⁹Ompi' -ku to kupe'ahi'! Penonoi lompe' -e' tohe'i: Butu dua-ta kana rodo mpe'epei, neo' haliu mololita pai' neo' jolia moroe.

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

²⁰Apa' tauna to moroe, uma-ra mpotuku' konoa Alata'ala.

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

²¹Toe pai' kana tabahaka hawe'ea gau' to babo' pai' po'ingku to dada'a to jadi' kabiasaa-ta, pai' tapakadingki' nono-ta mpe'epei lolita to nahawu' Alata'ala hi rala nono-ta. Apa' lolita-na toe-mi to mobaraka' mpobahaka-ta ngkai huku' jeko' -ta.

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

²²Jadi', kana tatuku' -mi Lolita Pue', neo' ra'epe mara-wadi. Apa' ane ta'epe mara-wadi, mpobagiu woto-ta moto-tamo.

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

²³Tauna to mpo'epe Lolita Pue' pai' uma ratuku', hira' hewa tauna to mponaa lence-na hi pampewao'.

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:

²⁴Ka'oti-na nanaa lence-na pai' -i malai, uma-pi nakiwoi ba beiwa-ki lence-na.

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

²⁵Toe pai' kana tapoinono lompe' hawa' Pue' pai' tida-ta mpotuku'. Apa' hawa' Pue', moroli' lia, pai' ria kabaraka' -na mpobahaka-ta ngkai jeko'. Jadi', neo' ta'epe mara-wadi, pai' kaliliu talipo'. Kana tatuku' hawa' -na toe. Apa' tauna to hewa toe-mi to nagane' Pue' hi hawe'ea to nababehi.

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.

²⁶Ane ria tauna to mpo'uli' topo'agama-i, hiaa' uma najagai wiwi-na, mpobagiu woto-na moto-imi. Uma ria kalaua po'agama-na tetu.

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.

²⁷Ane po'ingku tauna to mo'agama mpu'u hante uma ria pebagiua-na ba kasalaia' -na hi poncilo Alata'ala to Tuama, hewa toi: mpewili' ana' ilu pai' tobalu to mpe'ahii' tuwu' -ra, pai' neo' mpotuku' gau' -ra to uma mpo'incai Alata'ala.

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.