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

¹James, bondman of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which [are] in the dispersion, greeting.

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

²Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,

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

³knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

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

⁴But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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

⁵But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:

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

⁶but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;

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

⁷for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;

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

⁸[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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

⁹But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,

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

¹⁰and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.

¹⁴ነገር ግን እያንዳንዱ በራሱ ምኞት ሲሳብና ሲታለል ይፈተናል።

¹¹For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.

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

¹²Blessed [is the] man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.

¹⁶የተወደዳችሁ ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ አትሳቱ።

¹³Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.

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

¹⁴But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;

¹⁸ለፍጥረቱ የበኵራት ዓይነት እንድንሆን በእውነት ቃል አስቦ ወለደን።

¹⁵then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.

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

¹⁶Do not err, my beloved brethren.

²⁰የሰው ቍጣ የእግዚአብሔርን ጽድቅ አይሠራምና።

¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.

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

¹⁸According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures.

²²ቃሉን የምታደርጉ ሁኑ እንጂ ራሳችሁን እያሳታችሁ የምትሰሙ ብቻ አትሁኑ።

¹⁹So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

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

²⁰for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness.

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

²¹Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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

²²But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.

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

²³For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, *he* is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:

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

²⁴for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.

²⁵But *he* that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, *he* shall be blessed in his doing.

²⁶If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.

²⁷Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.