¹ Ay, Yakuba, ay ya Irikoy da Rabbi Yesu Almasihu bannya no. Ay go ga tira wo hantum dumi way cindi hinka se kaŋ yaŋ go say-sayante ndunnya ra. Ay go g'araŋ fo.

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

² Ay nya-izey, waati kaŋ taabi waani-waani du araŋ, araŋ m'a lasaabu farhã toonante,

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,

³ zama araŋ ga bay kaŋ araŋ cimbeero gosiyaŋ ga kande suuru.

³knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

⁴ Wa naŋ suuro ma nga goyo toonandi mo, zama araŋ ma bara toonante yaŋ da timmante yaŋ, kaŋ si jaŋ hay kulu.

⁴Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

⁵ Amma d'araŋ ra boro fo jaŋ laakal, a ma ŋwaaray Irikoy gaa, kaŋ ga boro kulu no da baayaŋ, kaŋ si deeni mo. A g'a no bora se.

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.

⁶ Amma a ma ŋwaaray da cimbeeri, a ma si sikka baa kayna. Zama sikkante wo ga hima teeku bonday kaŋ haw goono ga faaru k'a tunkufa.

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.

⁷ Bora din dumi ma si tammahã hala nga ga du hay fo Rabbi do,

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

⁸ za kaŋ bine-hinka-koy no, kaŋ si kay nga fondey kulu ra.

⁸He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

⁹ Nya-ize talka ma farhã nga beera ra.

⁹But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

¹⁰ Amma nya-ize arzakante ma farhã nga kaynandiyaŋo ra, zama a ga bisa sanda subu boosi cine.

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

¹¹ Zama wayna ga fun da nga haw konna ka subo koogandi, a booso ga kaŋ, a booriyaŋo mo ga halaci. Yaadin mo no arzakante ga daray d'a nga muraadey ra.

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.

¹² Albarkante no boro kaŋ ga suuru taabi ra, zama waati kaŋ a ciya yaddante, a ga du fundi boŋtobay kaŋ Irikoy n'a alkawli sambu ka ne nga ga no borey kaŋ yaŋ ga ba nga se.

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.

¹³ Waati kaŋ boro du siyaŋ, boro ma si ne: «Irikoy do no ay siyaŋo fun.» Zama i si hin ka Irikoy si da hari laalo, nga bumbo mo si boro kulu si.

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.

¹⁴ Amma boro ga du siyaŋ waati kaŋ ni ibaay laaley ga ni candi ka te ni se kumsay.

¹⁴But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

¹⁵ Waati din gaa no ni ibaay laaley ga te gunde ka zunubi hay. Zunubi mo, d'a beeri ka zaada, a ga kande buuyaŋ.

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

¹⁶ Ay nya-izey, ay baakoy, wa si araŋ boŋ darandi.

¹⁶Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.

¹⁷ Nooyaŋ hanno nda nooyaŋ toonante kulu, beene no i ga fun, Irikoy kaŋ ti kaari kulu Baabo do, kaŋ do bareyaŋ si no wala bareyaŋ biya.

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.

¹⁸ Nga bumbo miila do no a n'iri hay hayyaŋ taji cimi sanno do, zama iri ma bara danga nga takaharey boŋ-jina.

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.

¹⁹ Wa fongu woone gaa, ay nya-izey, ay baakoy. Boro kulu ma waasu ka maa, day a ma si waasu sanni ciyaŋ gaa, a bine ma si waasu ka tun mo.

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

²⁰ Zama boro bine tunyaŋ si Irikoy adilitaray goyo te.

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

²¹ Woodin sabbay se mo araŋ ma ziibi kulu nda laala kaŋ baa kulu kaa. Lalabu ra araŋ ma yadda nda sanni kaŋ i duma araŋ ra, kaŋ gonda dabari k'araŋ fundey faaba.

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. .

²² Amma araŋ ma bara _Irikoy|_ sanno ganakoyaŋ, manti a maakoyaŋ hinne bo, zama nda yaadin no, araŋ goono g'araŋ boŋ halli.

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

²³ Zama boro kulu kaŋ ga maa _Irikoy|_ sanno, nga no bora mana ciya a ganako, a ga hima danga boro kaŋ goono ga nga moyduma alhaalo guna diji ra.

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;

²⁴ A ma nga boŋ guna ka dira, amma sahãadin-sahãadin no a ga dinya nga moyduma alhaalo gaa.

²⁴for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

²⁵ Amma bora kaŋ goono ga mo sinji asariya toonanta gaa, asariya kaŋ ga burcinandi, a ga soobay ka woodin te mo, bora din wo manti maako no kaŋ goono ga dinya, amma teeko no kaŋ goono ga goy. Nga wo ga ciya albarkante nga goyo ra.

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.

²⁶ Boro kulu kaŋ ga tammahã nga ya diina ganako no, nga no bora si hin ka nga meyo gaay, amma a goono ga nga boŋ halli, bora din diina ya yaamo no.

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.

²⁷ Diina hanno kaŋ sinda ziibi Baaba Irikoy jine no ga ti: boro ma alatuumey da wayborey kaŋ kurnyey bu kunfa ngey kankamey ra, a ma nga boŋ gaay mo hal a ma si furo ndunnya ziibi ra.

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.