1 PBA Yakobus ho,Lahtal med Lahtal ai,oname uklek, sa ada mahen ubang med lelangbar ernu faling alo ba tabitte palik mate taho aramateng. BSB BSB: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 PBA Di'ail tenang el bar, mang fede nanu utapanok honi, mang fede i'mud mong goda pate ommi. BSB BSB: Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
3 PBA fede i'aholho, panep taan fa i'udume ukalek ho, opaho,i'omtahang. BSB BSB: because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
4 PBA Sey honi i'omtahang ho onok ara, fe afeng honihe'e iriho sanok namenok nunhoni. BSB BSB: Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
6 PBA Bo, u 'dume fe puin bang, nokhoninhe'e, ha'ai faeh maeh'e, fedek nameba faeh maeh ho, mang fedek bob tangmi honi, hamoi apu hemolol hetolol. BSB BSB: But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
7 PBA Name honinho, ha'ai udume'e, nakaka'ai nudi, Lahtal e'en nene. BSB BSB: That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
8 PBA Name ba om mi'alalo ho, ofetangho etining nene. BSB BSB: He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 PBA Nok'so, di ailbar, sonok lamaho, apanok, fede omihho milafining. BSB BSB: The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
10 PBA Bo, name kafatho, omiho milamang, fedek sariho mang fedek banang bung honi. BSB BSB: But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
11 PBA mang fedek, fed madong, o buneho bunebik, banang malot, obungher, onok omanem hodi a'ai am. name kafat di suhuin orupa honi, ara ofetang ommi. BSB BSB: For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
12 PBA Nok ham med nameba, panepta'ainho usomtahang nok araham, fe sasomtahang nok, safetang onokba Lahtal upahakho samed, honin sobo, sa'ukarangfe. BSB BSB: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
13 PBA Honinbo, paneptaa'in iraham honin he'e, ha'ai ibang bite, panep ta'ainho, Lahtal mihok honi, e, fedek, Lahtalho, sahkarang e'pate nene, nok honin he'e, Sari di ename pate nene. BSB BSB: When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone. 14 PBA sobo nameba, panepta'ain arahamho, oaselho otanutso arakalufe. BSB BSB: But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
15 PBA Honinfe, tom na umaho mimeng-miap am, honi he'e dot ara, dot ho aram, okmud mi, honi he'e minso ara. BSB BSB: Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 PBA Di a'il tenangel nun, nairamateng, ha ai sesah lol'e. BSB BSB: Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 PBA Naonok Imed, nokhe Ifo'il panenho, tong lafining femi, pimangba lelmadal o'asel ho mihel, Sariho, esanok otilingem, lalaman honi nene. BSB BSB: Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
18 PBA Naho, Ei om solomi, sangso tatein oasel fampak mateng pak honie, piri di tong lafining honi, pingso ai matu honi ara natofaba Sa aten ho oknai homi. BSB BSB: He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
19 PBA Di a'il tenangel bar nun, nairi ukarang, Sari na'ong ho o ho utanutfe, fedek name nok ho, om saha noang namaeh, honinbo tamome umateng tamome ariing. BSB BSB: My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
20 PBA Fedek namenok ba ari ingho enanokden panen Lahtal engdang apongdang homi nene. BSB BSB: for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
21 PBA Honimfe, kome karok med ariing fail ernuho feu, honinokhe, pakbala bung neu fe puin fompak matengpa ho med iommi muding, Sarihoro ilaman anok fetang. BSB BSB: Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
22 PBA Honinfe ihanoang fomfak ho mipanen, ha'ai mangua lepang solo'e, fedek e honi nene, iri ibobom ira kalufe. BSB BSB: Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
23 PBA Mang fedek ainu honi, fompak ho mang u'alepang solo, epanen nene, Sari ho okraham mang fedek a'inu ukung mi sapongfa edun honi. BSB BSB: For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
24 PBA Sadai sobok edun nok he sasam, sasapongfak di sibung. BSB BSB: and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 PBA Honinfe o'ano honin horo, hukungpak ho edun noknok, fehukungpak ba name anoknok ho, Sari ho samed sommi honife, ha'ai mang ualepang, nok he sibunge, honin sobo som abul-abul puin panen, sa apanok. BSB BSB: But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
26 PBA Mang fedek nameden ho saubang bite, Sari ho nanokfe panen eh, honinbo sa ariing karang, he sasobobom sara kalufe, honin he'e opanennok ho, ofali a'ai. BSB BSB: If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
27 PBA panen aten nok, med naosah panen nene, fa Lahtal engdang apongdang mi ho, sam ekabarba, ala moang aliman, med name alofe barba ara molengbol ommi, edun omalil, nok honi he'e, taribuang, honi'e na osah ho ara'e. BSB BSB: Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.