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

¹Nekk Yeɛqub aqeddac n Sidi Ṛebbi akk-d Sidna Ɛisa Lmasiḥ, sslam-iw i tnac leɛṛac n wegdud n Sidi Ṛebbi yenwezzaɛen di ddunit meṛṛa !

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,

²Ay atmaten, feṛḥet m'ara țɛeddayent fell-awen teswiɛin ujeṛṛeb,

³knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

³axaṭer teẓram belli ajeṛṛeb n liman nwen yețțawi-d ṣṣbeṛ.

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

⁴Meɛna ilaq ṣṣbeṛ-nwen a kkun issiweḍ aț-țxedmem lecɣal yelhan iwakken aț-țilim d wid yennekmalen, aț-țǧehdem ur kkun-yețxaṣṣa ula d acemma.

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.

⁵Ma yella yiwen deg-wen ixuṣṣ di lefhama, a ț-yessuter i Sidi Ṛebbi i d-yețțaken i yemdanen meṛṛa mbla cceḥḥa d ulummu, a s-ț-id-yefk.

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.

⁶Lameɛna Ilaq a ț-yessuter s liman mbla ccekk ; axaṭer win yețcukkun icuba ɣer lemwaji n lebḥeṛ i greffed yesrusu waḍu.

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

⁷Amdan am wagi ɣas ur iṭṭamaɛ ara di Sidi Ṛebbi a s-d-yefk kra,

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

⁸axaṭer d amdan ur nesɛi ara yiwen n ṛṛay, lecɣal-is ur seḥḥan ara.

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

⁹Lameɛna igellil ilaq ad ifṛeḥ imi i t-irfed Sidi Ṛebbi ;

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

¹⁰ma d ameṛkanti ad ifṛeḥ imi t-id-issers Sidi Ṛebbi axaṭer ad ifnu akken ifennu ujeǧǧig n lexla.

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.

¹¹ M'ara d-yali yiṭij s leḥmu-ines yesseṛɣayen, imɣi ad iqqaṛ, ajeǧǧig-is ad iɣli, ccbaḥa-ines a s-tṛuḥ. Akka ara tedṛu d umeṛkanti , ad iṛuḥ a d-yeǧǧ deffir-es wayen akk yesɛa.

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.

¹²D aseɛdi wemdan i gteṭṭfen deg ujeṛṛeb ur iɣelli ara ; axaṭer m'ara iɛeddi seg ujeṛṛeb, a s-d-tețțunefk tɛeṣṣabt n tudert i gewɛed Sidi Ṛebbi i wid i t-iḥemmlen.

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.

¹³M'ara tețwaɣuṛṛem, ɣuṛ-wat aț-ținim : d Ṛebbi i ɣ-iɣuṛṛen axaṭer Ṛebbi ur yezmir ara a t-iɣuṛṛ wemcum yerna Nețța s yiman-is ur yețɣuṛṛu ula yiwen.

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

¹⁴Lameɛna yal yiwen deg-nneɣ yețɛedday deg ujeṛṛeb axaṭer d ccehwat n tnefsit-nneɣ i ɣ-ițɣuṛṛun.

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

¹⁵Lebɣi n tnefsit yețțawi-d ddnub, ddnub mi gețwaxdem, yețțawi-d lmut.

¹⁶Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.

¹⁶Ay atmaten-iw eɛzizen ur ɣellṭet ara deg wayagi :

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.

¹⁷kra n tikci yelhan tețțas-ed seg igenwan, s ɣuṛ baba Ṛebbi i d-ixelqen tafat n igenwan, win akken ur nețbeddil, ur nețɣab am yiṭij iwakken a d-yeǧǧ ṭṭlam.

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.

¹⁸Yehwa-yas a ɣ-d-yefk tudert s wawal-is n tideț, iwakken a nili d imezwura deg wayen akk i d-yexleq.

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

¹⁹Ay atmaten-iw eɛzizen, teẓram belli yal yiwen deg-wen ilaq ad yesmeḥsis, ur ilaq ara ad ireffu neɣ ad yețḥawal ameslay ;

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

²⁰axaṭer amdan ireffun ur ixeddem ara ayen yellan d lḥeqq ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi.

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. .

²¹Daymi i glaq aț-țḍeggṛem seg ulawen-nwen ayen akk ur nzeddig ara, d wayen yellan d cceṛ deg-wen ; meɛna qeblet s wannuz awal i geẓẓan deg-wen i gzemren ad isellek lerwaḥ nwen.

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

²²Mačči d asmeḥses kan n wawal n Sidi Ṛebbi i ɣer tella, lameɛna sbeggnet-ț-id di lecɣal-nwen ; neɣ m'ulac ț-țikellax kan i tețkellixem iman-nwen.

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;

²³Axaṭer win yesmeḥsisen i wawal n Sidi Ṛebbi ur t-yexdim ara, icuba ɣer wemdan yețwalin udem-is di lemri akken yella.

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

²⁴Mi gwala iman-is, iṛuḥ, yețțu imiren kan amek akken i gella.

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.

²⁵Ma d win yețmeyyizen akken ilaq ccariɛa iṣeḥḥan, ccariɛa i d yețțaken tilelli, iteṭṭfen deg-s mačči s usmeḥses kan ad yuɣal a ț-yețțu, meɛna ixeddem ayen i d-tenna, wagi ad yili d aseɛdi di lecɣal-is meṛṛa.

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.

²⁶Ma yella win iḥesben iman-is yetbeɛ abrid n Sidi Ṛebbi yili ur yețțaṭṭaf ara iles-is, yesseɣlaḍ deg iman-is, abrid-agi i gewwi ur iṣeḥḥa ara.

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.

²⁷Atan webrid iṣeḥḥan yellan ț-țideț zdat Sidi Ṛebbi baba-tneɣ : d m'ara terzum ɣef igujilen ț-țuǧǧal m'ara ilin di lmeḥna, d uḥader n yiman-nwen ɣef wayen n diri ara d-yekken si ddunit.