¹Sura toi ngkai aku' Yakobus, batua Alata'ala pai' batua Pue' Yesus Kristus; kupakatu hi to hampulu' rontina to Israel to pagaa' -gaa' hi humalili' dunia'. Wori' tabe!

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

²Ompi' -ku hawe'ea! Ane wori' nyala kasusaa' pai' pesori to mporumpa' -ta, neo' tapopeda' nono, agina tapokagoe' lau-wadi.

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

³Apa' ta'inca: ane tida-ta mepangala' hi Pue' hi rala kasusaa', jadi' moroho-ta mpai' mpengkatarii ba napa-napa.

³knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

⁴Toe pai' kana tari ncuu-ta duu' hi kahudua-na, bona moroho mpu'u pepangala' -ta pai' uma ria kasalaia' -na ba kakuraa' -na.

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

⁵Ane ria-ta to uma monoto nono-ta, agina taperapi' kanotoa nono ngkai Alata'ala. Bate nawai' moto-ta mpai' kanotoa nono to taperapi'. Apa' hi butu dua tauna Alata'ala mewai' ngkai kamanara-na, uma-i ria mewai' ngkahuru.

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:

⁶Aga ane merapi' -ta hi Alata'ala, kana mepangala' mpu'u-ta, uma ma'ala morara' nono-ta. Apa' tauna to morara' nono-na, hewa rauniri to nawaro ngolu' hilou tumai.

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;

⁸Apa' tauna to hewa toe morompenga nono-na, uma ria kanoo-noaa' -na hi rala katuwu' -na. Toe pai' neo' nasarumaka kanarata-na ba napa-napa ngkai Pue'.

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

⁹Ompi' hampepangalaa' -ku! Kita' to kabu, kana goe' -ta apa' nau' mpe'ahii' tuwu' -ta, napokalangko moto-ta Alata'ala.

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

¹⁰Wae wo'o kita' to mo'ua', kana goe' -ta apa' Alata'ala mpakadingki' nono-ta. Apa' manusia' topo'ua' hewa sehe kowo': hangkale'liu-wadi katuwu' -ra.

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

¹¹Apa' ane mehupa' -damo eo pai' mokara-pi, kaliliu molaju-mi kowo', alaa-na roda' -mi sehe-na, uma-ipi ncola. Wae wo'o topo'ua' -e: bate mate moto wo'o-ra-rawo bula-ra mpo'urusi-pidi ka'uaa' -ra.

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

¹²Morasi' tauna to tari hi rala kasusaa' pai' pesori. Apa' ane ntaha-ra, mporata-ra mpai' katuwua' to lompe' to najanci Alata'ala hi tauna to mpoka'ahi' -i.

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.

¹³Ane ria-ta to rasori bona mpobabehi gau' to dada'a, neo' ta'uli' hewa toi: "Pesori toi ngkai Alata'ala." Uma makono toe, apa' Alata'ala uma-i ma'ala rasori bona mpobabehi to dada'a, pai' uma wo'o-i mposori-ta bona mpobabehi-ta to dada'a.

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.

¹⁴Butu dua tauna rasori ane kahinaa nono-na moto-hawo to mpodii' -i pai' mpo'opa-i.

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

¹⁵Ane natuku' kahinaa nono-na toe, walikaa-na mpobabehi jeko' lau-imi. Pai' ane mpobabehi jeko' ncuu-i, ka'omea-na mpai' mate-i pai' -i ragaa' ngkai Alata'ala.

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

¹⁶Ompi' -ku to kupe'ahi'! Neo' -ta ma'ala rabagiu: Alata'ala uma-i-hana mposori-ta.

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

¹⁷Hawe'ea pewai' to lompe' pai' to hono' tarata ngkai Alata'ala-hana. Hi'a-mi to mpajadi' hawe'ea anu mehini hi langi'. Hawe'ea to mehini hi langi' toe, ria kabalia' -na. Aga Alata'ala, uma-hana ria kabalia' -na, pai' uma wo'o ria ka'uncua kalompea' -na.

¹⁶Do not err, my beloved brethren.

¹⁸Napohowa' -taka lolita-na to makono, pai' hante lolita-na toe napajadi' -tamo ana' -na. Nababehi toe ntuku' konoa-na moto, bona ngkai hawe'ea to napajadi', kita' jadi' pomobohea-na.

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.

¹⁹Ompi' -ku to kupe'ahi'! Penonoi lompe' -e' tohe'i: Butu dua-ta kana rodo mpe'epei, neo' haliu mololita pai' neo' jolia moroe.

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

²⁰Apa' tauna to moroe, uma-ra mpotuku' konoa Alata'ala.

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

²¹Toe pai' kana tabahaka hawe'ea gau' to babo' pai' po'ingku to dada'a to jadi' kabiasaa-ta, pai' tapakadingki' nono-ta mpe'epei lolita to nahawu' Alata'ala hi rala nono-ta. Apa' lolita-na toe-mi to mobaraka' mpobahaka-ta ngkai huku' jeko' -ta.

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

²²Jadi', kana tatuku' -mi Lolita Pue', neo' ra'epe mara-wadi. Apa' ane ta'epe mara-wadi, mpobagiu woto-ta moto-tamo.

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

²³Tauna to mpo'epe Lolita Pue' pai' uma ratuku', hira' hewa tauna to mponaa lence-na hi pampewao'.

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

²⁴Ka'oti-na nanaa lence-na pai' -i malai, uma-pi nakiwoi ba beiwa-ki lence-na.

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:

²⁵Toe pai' kana tapoinono lompe' hawa' Pue' pai' tida-ta mpotuku'. Apa' hawa' Pue', moroli' lia, pai' ria kabaraka' -na mpobahaka-ta ngkai jeko'. Jadi', neo' ta'epe mara-wadi, pai' kaliliu talipo'. Kana tatuku' hawa' -na toe. Apa' tauna to hewa toe-mi to nagane' Pue' hi hawe'ea to nababehi.

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

²⁶Ane ria tauna to mpo'uli' topo'agama-i, hiaa' uma najagai wiwi-na, mpobagiu woto-na moto-imi. Uma ria kalaua po'agama-na tetu.

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.

²⁷Ane po'ingku tauna to mo'agama mpu'u hante uma ria pebagiua-na ba kasalaia' -na hi poncilo Alata'ala to Tuama, hewa toi: mpewili' ana' ilu pai' tobalu to mpe'ahii' tuwu' -ra, pai' neo' mpotuku' gau' -ra to uma mpo'incai Alata'ala.

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

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.