1 PBDT Salam mulae Yakobus, palayan Hatalla umkan Tuhan Yesus Kristus, akan kadua balas suku am koyah komae ka saluruh dunia. BSB BSB: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 PBDT Kulae manyarieku, anggapja berae suti karamie jakae kolaie jatue ka lalam sagala macam pancubaan*. BSB BSB: Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
3 PBDT Sabab, kolaie inggat bahwa ujian tahadap imanmu mahasilkan katabahan BSB BSB: because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
4 PBDT Biarja katabah mamorie hasil am ponuh supaya kolaie jadi sampurna lalue baie, hontae kakurangan apa-apa. BSB BSB: Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
6 PBDT Tapie, inya mamintanya honie iman lalue hontae gaer laie urang am gaer berae galumang laut, die tiup ribut koyah kotie. 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 PBDT Urang berae iyah hinang mangirae akan manarimae sagalanya mulae Tuhan. BSB BSB: That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
8 PBDT Urang am dua hatie hontae akan ranaie lalam satiap jalan hirupnya. BSB BSB: He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 PBDT Biarja manyarie am hidup baya-bayae bangga metuh inya ditinggiekan, BSB BSB: The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
10 PBDT lalue urang sugih metuh inya digorae ka amlowa laie berae kambang rumput, inya akan hila. 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 PBDT Sabab, mataarie timul balalue hangat am tongah arie, mangolas rumput, kambangnya jatue, lalue karomisnya gin hila. Berae iyah jam, urang sugih akan hila ka tongah-tongah usahanya. 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 PBDT Di tuahkan urang am tahan lalam pancubaan, laie limah inya tahan uji, inya kan manarima upah pahirup am dijanjie akan am mangasih Inya. 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 PBDT Jakae, satiap urang dicubae metuh inya ditunnae lalue di kowat laie kahonaya kanirie. BSB BSB: But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
15 PBDT Kametuh kahonanya babuah, inya maranakan dusa lalue katikae dusae jadi mansa, inya akan mamparanakan pampatie. BSB BSB: Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 PBDT Kulae-manyarie am kukasih, hinang sosat. BSB BSB: Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 PBDT Satiap pamorie am baie umakan satiap pamorie sampurna datang mulae tinggie, turun mulae Ampoie sagala torang, mulae-Nya hontae arae barubah atauwa tatukar kamayang. 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 PBDT Tinggie kahona-Nya kanirie, Inya mangaruh dirie honie firman* kabujur supaya dirie jadi buah am sulanya mulae uras karuhan-Nya. 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 PBDT Kulae-manyarie am ku kasih, ilakanmah itie: honalah satia-tiap urang copat kan manongar, tapie lamat kan bapaner, lamat jam kan gusar. BSB BSB: My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
20 PBDT Sabab, pangusar kalunen hontae mangawie kabujur Hatalla. BSB BSB: for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
21 PBDT Laie iyah, buangkan sagala am hontaesuci umakan banyanya am jahat, lalue tarimakan honie kalomah kalowa hatie firman Hatalla am jadi tatanam ka lalam kolaie, am sanggup mangalapkan jiwamu. 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 PBDT Baie bagawiekan firman hinang cumae bayae manongar ja; jakae hontae, kolaie manipu nirie kanirie. BSB BSB: Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
23 PBDT Sabab, jakae urang manongar firman, tapie hontae manulatnya, inya berae urang am metuh mananture muhaenya kacaromin. 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 PBDT Limah mananture nirienya lalue badarie, inya laca lupae berae apae muhaenya tarie. BSB BSB: and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 PBDT Tapie, urang am manaliti hukum am sampurna, iyaham hukum am mamonang, lalue manulat ka lalamnya, inya hontae jadie panongar am palupae, tapie baie bagawie kan firman. Inya akan batuah rajakie tinggie apae am jadie dikaruhnya. 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 PBDT Jakae saurang mangira bahwa inya yaham urang am rajin baibadah, tapie inya hontae ulih manahan lilahnya, inya manipu hatienya kanirie. Am ditulatnya iyah sia-siae. BSB BSB: If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
27 PBDT Ibadah am baie umakan hontae isa kapaharap Hatalla Ompaie dirie iyaham manguang kawan-ana nule lalue kawan-balue am metuh ka oyoh pamanya, lalue mahaga arepnya kanirie supayae hontae irusak laie dunia. 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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