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

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 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,

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

³knowing that the testing of your faith produces 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.

⁴Let endurance have its perfect work, that you 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 of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will 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, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

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 that man not think that he will 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.

⁸He 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 in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

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 that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, 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 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.

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 when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

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

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.

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

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

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

¹⁶Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.

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 is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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. .

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

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

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

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;

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

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 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.

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 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.

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.