1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
1 Man Saag, jaamu Yàlla ak Boroom bi Yeesu Kirist, maa leen di nuyu, yéen fukki giir ak ñaar, yi tasaaroo ci biir àddina si.
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
2 Yéen samay bokk, waxtu wu nattu yi dalee ci seen kaw, ak nu ñu man a mel, defleen ko ni mbég mu réy,
3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
3 xam ne nattub ngëm mooy ndeyu muñ.
4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
4 Kon na seen muñ dem ba mat, ngir ngeen bañ a fell fenn, waaye ngeen mat sëkk.
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.
5 Ku xelam des ci benn fànn ci yéen nag, na ko ñaan Yàlla, te dina ko ko may, ndaxte Yàlla mooy Aji Yéwén, jiy may ñépp ci lu àndul ak genn ŋàññ.
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.
6 Waaye na ko ñaan ci ngëm te bañ cee werante; ndaxte kiy werante mi ngi mel ni ndoxum géej, mi ngelaw liy lëmbaaje wet gu ne.
7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
7 Bu kooku yaakaar dara ci Boroom bi.
8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
8 Ku am xel ñaar la, te ñàkk pasteef ci lépp lu mu man a def.
9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
9 Naka mbokk mi néew doole, na sant ci teraangaam fa kanam Yàlla,
10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
10 te boroom alal it sant cig suufeem, ndax ni tóor-tóor di ruuse, noonu lay wéye.
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.
11 Su jant fenkee, ba naaj wi tàng, kon gàncax lax, tóor-tóor ruus, te rafetaayam naaw. Noonu la boroom alal di nasaxe, moom ak i jëfam.
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.
12 Ku dékku nattu, ku barkeel nga, ndax boo ci génnee ak ndam, dees na la jagleel kaalag dund, gi Yàlla dig ñi ko bëgg.
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:
13 Bu la fiir galanee, bul ne: «Yàllaa ko dogal,» ndaxte Yàlla jegewul ak mbon fenn te du fiir kenn.
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
14 Waaye ku sa bakkan nax, ba man la, looloo lay dugal ci fiir.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
15 Kon bu bëgg-bëgg ëmbee, bàkkaar lay wasin, te bu bàkkaar màggee, jur dee.
16Do not err, my beloved brethren.
16 Yéen sama bokk yi ma bëgg, buleen juum ci lii:
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.
17 gépp may gu baax ak gépp jagle gu mat, ci Yàlla la jóge, di Baay bi sàkk leeri asamaan, fekk moom du soppiku, mbaa muy leer ak di lëndëm.
18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
18 Ci coobareem la nu sole kàddug dëgg gi, ba nu judduwaat, di tànneefu lépp lu mu bind.
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
19 Yéen sama bokk yi ma bëgg, nangeen xam lii: ku nekk war ngaa farlu ci déglu, di yéex a wax tey yéex a mer.
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
20 Ndaxte meru nit du jur njub gi neex Yàlla.
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
21 Moo tax nanguleen ci woyof kàddu, gi leen Yàlla sol te man leen a musal, di dëddu bépp sobe ak coxor gi daj àddina.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
22 Buleen yem ci déglu kàddu gi rekk, di nax seen bopp; waaye jëfeleen ko.
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:
23 Ndaxte ku déglu kàddu gi, te bañ koo jëfe, moom ak kuy seetu ñoo yem;
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
24 day gis xar-kanamam, te su nee wërëñ, daldi fàtte meloom.
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.
25 Waaye kuy gëstu yoonu Yàlla, wi mat tey goreel --waxuma ki dégg, ba noppi fàtte, waaye kiy jëfe ndigal — kooku barkeel na ci kaw jëfam.
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.
26 Ku yaakaar ne am na diine, waaye moomul làmmiñam, xanaa di nax boppam rekk, diineem jooju du diiney dara.
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.
27 Ku diineem sell te amul benn gàkk fa kanam Yàlla mooy kii: ki nemmiku jiirim yi ak jigéen ñi seen jëkkër faatu ci seeni tiis, tey waggar sobey àddina.