1 PBS Pena hefe, wa Yakobus, Tata bapoke tena Yesus Kristus, kiliko teba dua belas suku, kapa likole fito upa. BSB BSB: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 PBS Jepa, lala hupala, name pung meme koko, hanara ehako ekona. BSB BSB: Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
3 PBS Elokoto, ari tefi ing, name pung meme koko tata wofa hefefa. BSB BSB: because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
4 PBS Mepepa na meme ing me narepa meru telolo, ja naura lewawa nemene kato. BSB BSB: Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
6 PBS Fefe kewawali ing, hupa pung ke kelete Yesus ke fufuf ka teba hupala nerowo ing, teanara ti toto fe kati ing kato kati kate. 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 PBS Teba hanara ing, merera Tuhan jana ung kewe lele ra tafa. BSB BSB: That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
8 PBS Teba hanara hupala tete ing hanara le jemotete jalelepa luma pe pemoto tekeng nepai tete. BSB BSB: He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 PBS Meba ne meme mepeko mepa ko ing ba pepeing meteketi ja hofea, BSB BSB: The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
10 PBS Pa teba jalelepa fitowe. Te heto jaeti kofata, hanara hepa tapa pa peja mama to. 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 PBS Hanara rang jala eti totole, ka kelekerape pa, hepa pepe ing rape i pa heto, po pepeing lete, hanaira teba ka nawo fitowe tehana hepa ing luluha to. 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 PBS Teba hefe ing ja fefe tepa ing te nafe fa terere te, hanara kefute hefe ing ke wowo fefe tekefa nekeke hana wowo fefe ing tata maa keleko koto, teba hupa pung mahkota Tata ke wofa. 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 PBS Hanara jafefe mepa, ki mewofa me pepute hi hupala meme wofa. BSB BSB: But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
15 PBS Jano pepe ing memapeko, nape pe bapale umpa, upa palewa nelepa mepepete wefa ito. BSB BSB: Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 PBS Peanya jopa lala loma fe elala ka. BSB BSB: Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 PBS Ja nopa hefe pa jalelepa hefe ing pewato hofea, wa Ai heto wa fefe lopara koka. 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 PBS Hehera taka, ja leng ra ka, Wa Tata keloa neba we kelelata piti keke (Firman) ura nebawe, ne bahu wa jalelepa kelela foa. 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 PBS Jopa lala jawe efofo neba ing le ing kokofa, nerorate pa pi ing rere ne, tete, te pa, lomo ing rere fafa. BSB BSB: My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
20 PBS Hanara teba mepe ing Tata janoke mepete pake. BSB BSB: for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
21 PBS Peanya ja nole ing mepeja tete, fefe ing meperabibipa hupapung mepepete Tata pikite te nawawa hupala meme, pea mepepute letu meme hehefa. 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 PBS Hanara teba Tata ropoke tafopa, te hoho ing teripa jano pepe teri ing. BSB BSB: Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
23 PBS Hanara teba tahapepe, pelafo eto tampaja 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 PBS Hanara tahing pefokoke, te pepefata hana ne raha pepeing. BSB BSB: and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 PBS Peanya teba haha pa api pepe tela hohofa ing, hoho bamunya teba ing telahahofa, teba ing lefa teriri kate, tepepe rakate, pe Tata pefeke pepuwa na ifa koko, tebai Tata hefeke kele kehe lipalatete. Pa Tata jakona pere eto. 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 PBS Hanara teba ing teni teba bamua, teba to teba fefe lupoja ke lulipa ele'pa'pe kekeing piti fefe fa kalaile heing pa, teba hana ing one tefa netete hupala rerafa. BSB BSB: If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
27 PBS Ibadah hefe pa neleka ing wa te tata hoke ke, pe hanara teaka wawa pa teba toto hupalatete, tetu wate ura napara teba kau pitife telala ka. 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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