1 PBL Tabe ke Yakobus, pelayan Allah ali Tuhan Yesus Kristus, tong kedue belas suku ye tehambur te kawus dunia. BSB BSB: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 PBL Kawan erai butung ab, anggap nget ka ego aka ko lotu to suang bermacam pencobaan. BSB BSB: Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
3 PBL Sebab, ko ketoan nget ujian nengkawe iman ko bepekasil ketabahan. BSB BSB: because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
4 PBL Dion ketabahan ngakoi hasil ye pome dian ko jaji sempurna ali utuh, sa be kakurangan se-se. BSB BSB: Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
6 PBL Buen da kaweng ali iman ali ye bembang leka ulun ye bembang ye lah nget gelombang laut na siub enus tong duh tong den. 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 PBL Ulun nget iro ya ngekira sagar nerima se-se ke Tuhan. BSB BSB: That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
8 PBL Ulun ye sa tatap ate sa sagar ranai te kawus alan pe molum da. BSB BSB: He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 PBL Dian erai butung ye bolum biasa sa deo masam ego ke da na angkat moo. BSB BSB: The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
10 PBL Ali ulun tatau kede da na ondok te nuna suang keadaan ye wa leka nget bunge ikut, da sagar jaweh. 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 PBL Leka, mate olo maa ali layeng ye makin layeng, belalu layu ikut, bunge ye lotu, ali ke bungas ye ada jaweh, nget iro ade ulun tatau sagar jaweh ke botuk usahada. 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 PBL Naberkti ulun ye tahan suang pencobaan, leka de apu tabukti tahan uji, da sagar narima mahkota pemolum ye najanji tong da ye na kasihi. 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.
14 PBL Et, senu ulun ye na cobai kede da na jujut ali bujuk leka ke rakan da gegales. BSB BSB: But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
15 PBL Kede ke nakan ye daat na tempelor, da sagar mekus dosa ali kede dosa jaji sak, da sagar belobos pampate. BSB BSB: Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 PBL Kawan erai butung ye nakasih, ya taang, ya hakun na tipu. BSB BSB: Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 PBL Sa senu pengokoi ye buen ali sasenu pengokoi ye paruna sulet ke mo sorga, na pedolui ke Ma ye apu ngene kawan maa te langit, te Da beloh naan be ubah atawa te pe hurup ali sa sagar ngene ye sa sa ye denem. 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 PBL Leka nakan Da gegales, Da pejaji taka ali firman ye bene di taka jaji buen ye paruna. 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 PBL Teneng ihe bebuen kawan erai butung ye na asi ab, buen sa senu ulun jao keringga, et lambat bapander ali lambat dian bereket. BSB BSB: My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
20 PBL Leka meresis ye bereket sa mahan ngene pengkae ye buen bene ke Allah. BSB BSB: for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
21 PBL Leka iro, obet kawan pangkae ye daat nelang sampoi sa berasi ali bene, terima ali ate buen, patut sa sakah Firman Allah, ye apu nondo te suang ate aseng ko, ye sanggup nyelamat aseng unuk ko. 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 PBL Ware ko nampelor se ye ne ajar ene Allah ali ya je ngeringga a, aka sa ko jaji nipu unuk ko gegales. BSB BSB: Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
23 PBL Leka, aka ulun ngeringga Firman, et da sa nampelor ngene ye da nget ulun desung neneng wae da te seramin. 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 PBL Uli da neneng be buen unuk da pelortulak, uli iro sa ingat nge me ken wae da mei. BSB BSB: and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 PBL Et, ulun ye teliti hukum ye semurna, ye iro hukum ye ngebebas ali nyelamat meresia, lelang taat te suang ye, da sa je ngeringga uli kero sa ingat, et da nampelor se ye na aja ene Allah. Da sagar na berkati suang se ye na ene da. 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 PBL Aka sa senu ulun ngenanam da ulun ye taat ngunau merahati sembayang, ibadah et da sa nyaga lola ye, da nipu ate aseng da gales. Ketaatan ye iro sia-sia. BSB BSB: If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
27 PBL Ibadah ye buen, patut sempurna, murni ye setia ngunau ye ngeringga engan Allah ali ya naan deo pander te hadapan Allah ali Ma taka ye iro ngawat kan tia pelule, kawan balu ye bolum tesuang susah ali ngejaga unuk dali gegales dian ya ne rusak leka dunia ihe 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.
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