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

¹[Ny amin'ny fakam-panahy, sy ny fandraisana ny tenin'Andriamanitra] Jakoba, mpanompon'Andriamanitra sy Jesosy Kristy Tompo, mamangy ny firenena roa ambin'ny folo monina any am-pielezana.

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

²Ry rahalahiko, ataovy ho fifaliana avokoa, raha iharan'ny fakam-panahy samy hafa ianareo, [ Na: fizahan-toetra]

³knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

³satria fantatrareo fa ny fizahan-toetra ny finoanareo dia mahatonga faharetana.

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

⁴Ary aoka ny faharetana hisy asa tanteraka, mba ho tanteraka sy tonga ohatra ianareo, ka tsy hisy tsy ampy na inona na inona.

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:

⁵Ary raha misy ianareo tsy manam-pahendrena, aoka izy hangataka amin'Andriamanitra, Izay manome malalaka ho an'ny olona rehetra sady tsy mandatsa; ary dia homena azy izany. [ Na: kely fahendrena]

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;

⁶Nefa aoka hangataka amin'ny finoana izy ka tsy hiahanahana akory; fa izay miahanahana dia toy ny alon-dranomasina entin'ny rivotra ka atopatopany.

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

⁷Fa aoka tsy hanampo handray zavatra amin'ny Tompo izany olona izany:

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

⁸olona miroa saina izy, miovaova amin'ny alehany rehetra.

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

⁹Aoka ny rahalahy izay ambany hanao ny fisandratany ho reharehany;

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

¹⁰fa ny manan-karena kosa ny fietreny, satria ho levona tahaka ny vonin'ny ahitra izy.

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.

¹¹Fa miposaka ny masoandro mbamin'ny hainandro mahamay, dia mampahalazo ny ahitra, ka mihintsana ny voniny, ary levona ny hatsaran-tarehiny; dia toy izany koa no fahalazon'ny manan-karena amin'ny alehany.

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.

¹²Sambatra izay olona maharitra fakam-panahy; fa rehefa voazaha toetra izy, dia handray ny satro-boninahitra fiainana, izay nolazain'ny Tompo homena izay tia Azy.

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

¹³Raha misy alaim-panahy, aoka izy tsy hanao hoe: Andriamanitra no maka fanahy ahy; fa Andriamanitra tsy azon'ny ratsy alaim-panahy, sady tsy mba maka fanahy olona Izy;

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

¹⁴fa samy alaim-panahy ny olona, raha tarihin'ny filany sy fitahiny izy.

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

¹⁵Ary ny filàna, rehefa torontoronina, dia miteraka ota; ary ny ota, rehefa tanteraka, dia miteraka fahafatesana.

¹⁶Do not err, my beloved brethren.

¹⁶Aza mety hofitahina ianareo, sy rahalahy malalako.

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.

¹⁷Ny fanomezan-tsoa rehetra sy ny fanomezana tanteraka rehetra dia avy any ambony ka midina avy amin'ny Rain'ny fanazavana, Izay tsy misy fiovaovana na aloka avy amin'ny fihodinana.

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

¹⁸Tamin'ny sitrapony no niterahany antsika tamin'ny teny fahamarinana, mba ho santatry ny zavatra noforoniny isika.

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

¹⁹Fantatrareo izany, sy rahalahy malalako. Kanefa aoka ny olona rehetra halady hihaino ho malai-miteny, ho malain-ko tezitra;

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

²⁰fa ny fahatezeran'ny olona tsy ahefana izay marina eo imason'Andriamanitra.

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

²¹Koa ario ny fahalotoana sy ny lolompo rehetra, ary ekeo amin'ny fahalemem-panahy ny teny nambolena, izay mahavonjy ny fanahinareo.

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

²²Fa aoka ho mpankatò ny teny ianareo, fa aza mpihaino fotsiny ihany ka mamitaka ny tenanareo.

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:

²³Fa raha misy mpihaino ny teny, nefa tsy mpankatò, dia toy ny olona mizaha ny tarehiny eo amin'ny fitaratra izy;

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

²⁴fa mijery ny tenany izy, dia lasa, ary miaraka amin'izay dia hadinony ny tarehiny.

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.

²⁵Fa izay mandinika ny lalàna tanteraka, dia ny lalàn'ny fahafahana, ka maharitra amin'izany, raha tsy mpihaino manadino, fa mpanao ny asa, dia ho sambatra amin'ny asany izany olona izany.

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

²⁶Raha misy manao azy ho mpivavaka, nefa tsy mamehy ny vavany, fa mamitaka ny fony, dia zava-poana ny fivavahan'izany olona izany.Izao no fivavahana madio sady tsy misy loto eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra Ray: ny mamangy ny kamboty sy ny mpitondratena amin'ny fahoriany, sy ny miaro ny tena tsy hisy pentimpentina avy amin'izao tontolo izao.

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.

²⁷Izao no fivavahana madio sady tsy misy loto eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra Ray: ny mamangy ny kamboty sy ny mpitondratena amin'ny fahoriany, sy ny miaro ny tena tsy hisy pentimpentina avy amin'izao tontolo izao.