¹IACQVES Iaincoaren eta Iesus Christ Iaunaren cerbitzariac, hamabi leinu barreyatuey, salutatione.

¹James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!

²Ene anayeác, bozcario perfectotan educaçue tentatione diuersetara eror çaiteztenean:

²All joy count [it], my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

³Daquiçuelaric ecen çuen fedearen phorogançác patientia engendratzen duela.

³knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,

⁴Baina patientiác obra perfectoa biu, perfect eta integro çaretençat, deusen falta etzaretelaric.

⁴and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire — in nothing lacking;

⁵Eta baldin çuetaric cembeitec sapientia faltaric badu, esca bequió Iaincoari, ceinec emaiten baitraue guciey benignoqui, eta ez reprotchatzen: eta emanen çayó.

⁵and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

⁶Baina federequin esca bedi, batre dudatzen eztuela: ecen dudatzen duena, haiceaz erabilten eta tormentatzen den itsas bagaren pare da.

⁶and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,

⁷Ezteçala bada estima guiçon harc deus Iaunaganic recebituren duela:

⁷for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord —

⁸Guiçon gogo doblatacoa, inconstant da bere bide gucietan.

⁸a two-souled man [is] unstable in all his ways.

⁹Gloria bedi bada anaye conditione bachotacoa bere goratassunean:

⁹And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,

¹⁰Baina abrats dena, gloria bedi bere bachotassunean: ecen belhar lilia beçala iraganen da.

¹⁰and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;

¹¹Ecen nola iguzquia beroarequin goratu eta, erre baita belharra, eta haren lilia erori, eta haren irudi ederra galdu: hala abratsa-ere bere bide gucietan chimalduren da.

¹¹for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

¹²Dahatsu da tentatione suffritzen duen guiçona: ecen phorogatu datenean recebituren duque, Iaunac hura maite duteney promettatu drauen vicitzeco coroá.

¹²Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

¹³Nehorc, tentatzen denean, ezterrala Iaincoaz tentatzen dela: ecen Iaincoa ecin tenta daite gaizquiz, eta nehor eztu tentatzen.

¹³Let no one say, being tempted — `From God I am tempted,` for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,

¹⁴Baina batbedera tentatzen da bere guthicia propriaz tiratzen eta bazcatzen denean.

¹⁴and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

¹⁵Guero guthiciá, concebitu duenean, ertzen da bekatuz: eta bekatuac acabatu denean, herio engendratzen du.

¹⁵afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.

¹⁶Etzaiteztela abusa, ene anaye maiteác.

¹⁶Be not led astray, my brethren beloved;

¹⁷Donatione on oro, eta dohain perfect oro garaitic da arguién Aitaganic iausten dela, cein baithan ezpaita cambiamenduric, ez aldizcazco itzalic.

¹⁷every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

¹⁸Harc bere vorondatez engendratu vkan gaitu eguiazco hitzaz, haren creaturetaco primitiác beçala guinençát.

¹⁸having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

¹⁹Halacotz, ene anaye maiteác, biz guiçon gucia ençutera lehiati, berantcor minçatzera, eta berantcor asserretzera.

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

²⁰Ecen guiçonaren asserreac Iaincoaren iustitiá eztu complitzen.

²⁰for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

²¹Halacotz, iraitziric cithalqueria gucia eta malitiazco superfluitatea, emetassunequin recebi eçaçue, çuetan landatu hitza, ceinec salua ahal baititzaque çuen arimác.

²¹wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;

²²Eta çareten hitzaren eguile eta ez solament ençule, ceuron buruäc enganatzen dituçuela.

²²and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

²³Ecen baldin norbeit hitzaren ençule bada eta ez eguile, hura mirailean bere beguitharte naturala consideratzen duen guiçonaren pare da.

²³because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,

²⁴Ecen consideratu vkan du bere buruä, eta ioan içan da, eta bertan ahance çayó nolaco cen.

²⁴for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;

²⁵Baina miratu datena Legue perfectoan, cein baita libertatezcoa, eta hartan perseueratu duqueena, ceren ezpaitate ençule ahanzcor içan, baina obraren eguile: hura dohatsu içanen da bere eguinean.

²⁵and he who did look into the perfect law — that of liberty, and did continue there, this one — not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work — this one shall be happy in his doing.

²⁶Baldin cembeitec vste badu religioso dela çuen artean, bridatzen eztuelaric bere mihia, baina bere bihotza enganatzen duelaric, halacoaren religionea vano da.

²⁶If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain [is] the religion;

²⁷Religione pura eta macula gabea Iainco eta Aita baithan, haur da, çurtzén eta emazte alhargunén visitatzea bere tribulationetan: eta macula gabe bere buruären beguiratzea mundu hunetaric.

²⁷religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation — unspotted to keep himself from the world.