¹Jakobho, muranda waMwari newaIshe Jesu Kristu, kumarudzi gumi nemaviri akapararira: Kwaziwai!

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

²Hama dzangu, zvitorei zvose semufaro kana muchiwira mumiidzo yakasiyana siyana;

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

³muchiziva kuti kuidzwa kwerutendo rwenyu kunobereka kutsungirira.

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

⁴Asi kutsungirira ngakuve nebasa rakapedzeredzwa, kuti muve vakaperedzera nekukwana musingashaiwi chinhu.

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

⁵Uye kana umwe wenyu achishaiwa uchenjeri ngaakumbire kuna Mwari, unopavhurira vose asingagunun'uni; uchapiwa hake.

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;

⁶Asi ngaakumbire murutendo, asingakahadziki chinhu; nekuti munhu unokahadzika wakaita sefungu regungwa rinosundwa nemhepo richidzungaidzwa.

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,

⁷Nekuti munhu uyu ngaarege kufunga kuti uchazogamuchira chinhu kubva kuna Ishe;

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

⁸munhu une moyo miviri, usina kwake panzira dzake dzose.

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

⁹Asi hama yakaderera ngaifare pakukudzwa kwake;

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

¹⁰nemufumi pakuderedzwa kwake, nekuti seruva reuswa uchapfuura.

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

¹¹Nekuti zuva rinobuda pamwe nekupisa kunopfutidza ndokuwomesa uswa; ruva rahwo rinowira pasi, nokunaka kwechimiro chahwo kwakaparara; saizvozvowo mufumi uchabvuruvara panzira dzake.

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!

¹²Wakaropafadzwa munhu unotsungirira pamuidzo; nekuti kana anzverwa, uchagamuchira korona yeupenyu Ishe yaakavimbisa avo vanomuda.

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.

¹³Kusava nemunhu unoti achiidzwa ati: Ndinoidzwa naMwari; nekuti Mwari haangaidzi nezvakaipa, naiye amene haangaidzi munhu.

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

¹⁴Asi munhu umwe neumwe unoidzwa kana achikwehwa nekukwezwa nekuchiva kwake.

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

¹⁵Zvino kuchiva kana kwakurirwa kunozvara chivi; nechivi kana chaperedzerwa, chinobereka rufu.

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

¹⁶Musanyengerwa, hama dzangu dzinodikamwa.

¹⁶Be not led astray, my brethren beloved;

¹⁷chipo chose chakanaka nechipo chose chakaperedzerwa chinobva kumusoro, chichiburuka kubva kuna Baba vezviedza, uyo usina kupinduka kana mumvuri wekushanduka.

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;

¹⁸Nekuda kwekuda kwake wakatibereka neshoko rechokwadi, kuti isu tiite sechibereko chekutanga chezvisikwa zvake.

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

¹⁹Naizvozvo, hama dzangu dzinodiwa, munhu umwe neumwe ngaave unokurumidza kunzwa, unononoka kutaura, unononoka kutsamwa;

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

²⁰Nekuti kutsamwa kwemunhu hakuiti kururama kwaMwari.

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

²¹Saka bvisai zvinyangadzo zvose nekuwanda kweunhubu, mugamuchire nemoyo munyoro shoko rakabatanidzwa pamuri, rinogona kuponesa mweya yenyu.

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

²²Asi ivai vaiti veshoko, uye kwete vanzwi voga, muchizvinyengera.

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

²³Nekuti kana ani nani ari munzwi weshoko, asiri muiti waro wakafanana nomunhu unoona chiso chake chechisikigo muchionioni.

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,

²⁴Nekuti unozviona, ndokuenda, ndokukangamwa pakarepo kuti wanga akadini.

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

²⁵Asi uyo unocherekedza murairo wakaperedzerwa wekusunungurwa, akaramba achidaro asati ari munzwi unokangamwa, asi muiti webasa, munhu uyu ucharopafadzwa pakuita kwake.

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.

²⁶Kana munhu pakati penyu achiti unotenda, asingadzori rurimi rwake, asi achinyengera moyo wake, rutendo rwemunhu uyu harwuna maturo.

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;

²⁷Rutendo rwakarurama, rwusina kusvibiswa pamberi paMwari naBaba ndirworwu, kufambira nherera nechirikadzi pakutambudzika kwavo, kuti azvichengete asina gwapa kubva kunyika.

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.