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

¹James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

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

²Count it all joy, my brothers The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” , when you fall into various temptations,

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

³knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

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

⁴Let endurance have its perfect work, that you 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 of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

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

⁶But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

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

⁷For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

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

⁸He 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 in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

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

¹⁰and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

¹⁴ነገር ግን እያንዳንዱ በራሱ ምኞት ሲሳብና ሲታለል ይፈተናል።

¹¹For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

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

¹²Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

¹⁶የተወደዳችሁ ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ አትሳቱ።

¹³Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he 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 each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

¹⁸ለፍጥረቱ የበኵራት ዓይነት እንድንሆን በእውነት ቃል አስቦ ወለደን።

¹⁵Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.

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

¹⁶Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.

²⁰የሰው ቍጣ የእግዚአብሔርን ጽድቅ አይሠራምና።

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

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

¹⁸Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

²²ቃሉን የምታደርጉ ሁኑ እንጂ ራሳችሁን እያሳታችሁ የምትሰሙ ብቻ አትሁኑ።

¹⁹So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

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

²⁰for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

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

²¹Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls or, preserve your life. .

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

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

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

²³For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at 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 sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

²⁵But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

²⁶If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.