Ŋen ŋəd̶ənna ëiñua
1 Fiñi Yagub ñiŋgi egəɽo ebai gə-Rəmwa na g-Eləŋ Yesu Almasiya, egeɽəd̶o led̶a ləŋəɽwa red̶ ldəməñe ləɽijan ildi ləlaldəd̶ənu alo pred̶.
Ŋen ŋəd̶wonaṯa na d̶ələŋeṯa ŋen nəsi
2 Lorldaiñ ŋəreṯr nano ndə ñagəbirnḏeinia eŋen ɽetəɽeteo, 3 ŋen ŋanṯa ñagaləŋeṯo ṯa d̶irnḏeicia d̶əd̶wonaṯa ed̶alo d̶atud̶ia d̶wonḏəṯa enare. 4 Na ŋgiṯr d̶wonḏəṯa enare ad̶əɽiñad̶aṯe ŋəmëɽria ŋəlëɽəŋu pred̶ ṯa ñaŋ ñaɽiñəd̶eini, ñerṯe ñagəfia pwa eŋen ŋənəŋ.
5 Ndə ed̶a gənəŋ eñaŋ gero gəberṯia d̶ələŋeṯa ŋen nəsi, ŋgiṯəmar aŋeɽəd̶e Rəmwa irri rələŋeṯo d̶əño na rənanaica led̶a pred̶ laŋge, ndrerṯe rəlnaica ŋen ŋeicia, na gënəŋu gid̶i aŋəneini d̶ələŋeṯa ŋen nəsi. 6 Orn ŋgiṯəmar aŋeɽəd̶e Rəmwa d̶wonaṯad̶a aŋerṯe gəɽəbəd̶ia nare, ŋen ŋanṯa ed̶a gəbəɽəd̶ia Rəmwa gəɽəbəd̶o nare, gënəŋu garno ŋawa d̶əbera d̶əpwa egalbar ṯaŋakaborṯo elo. 7 Ñerṯe ñaŋgiṯia ed̶a gakəl aŋaṯa ṯa Eləŋ Rəmwa rid̶i arəmanaice waŋge gənəŋ, 8 ŋen ŋanṯa ed̶a gerṯo nare nəɽijan gatësənia eŋen pred̶ ŋəlëɽəŋu.
Ŋen ŋəŋəbaiya na d̶waiña laŋge
9 Ŋgiṯr ed̶a gəkanisa igi gəɽo ebai gero laŋge aŋəreṯe nano ŋen ŋanṯa gid̶ənu goɽra, 10 na ŋgiṯr ed̶a gwaiña d̶wala aŋəreṯe nano ŋen ŋanṯa gid̶ənu gəta, ŋen ŋanṯa led̶a ildi lwaiña d̶wala lid̶i aləməndëd̶əni ŋen ŋarno ŋəd̶obəra ŋəŋaiña. 11 Ŋen ŋanṯa ëd̶əñina ndə yetwod̶o yibwa nimud̶i ŋaiña aŋəno na ŋəd̶obəra ŋəlëɽəŋu ṯaŋirəwuṯalo, na ŋaiyo ŋəlëɽəŋu naŋəməndëd̶əni. Nṯia com ed̶a igi gwaiña d̶wala gid̶i aŋəməndëd̶əni liga gəfo iŋəmëɽria ŋəlëɽəŋu.
Ŋen ŋəd̶irnḏeicia
12 Ed̶a gaŋəra nano d̶eṯəm igi gəɽiñaṯa ŋen id̶irnḏeicia d̶wonḏəṯad̶a, ŋen ŋanṯa ndə gënəŋu gəd̶uru alo ndəŋ id̶irnḏeinia gid̶i aŋəme ṯaj yed̶əməṯia isi Rəmwa raṯa ṯa rid̶i arənaice led̶a ildi ləbwaiya. 13 Ndə ed̶a gənəŋ giɽəṯu id̶irnḏeinia, aŋerṯe gəbaṯa, “Rəmwa rinḏeicəñi”. Ŋen ŋanṯa Rəmwa raber rəɽwad̶aṯa rəbirnḏeinia eŋen ŋeicia, na rënəŋu raber rəbirnḏeicia ed̶a gənəŋ. 14 Orn ed̶a ginḏeinu eŋen ŋeicia ndə d̶wonaṯa d̶eicia d̶ara gəlëɽəŋu d̶əmabəled̶a, nḏəmabərldid̶ini nano. 15 Nṯia d̶wonaṯa d̶əŋen ŋeicia ndə d̶onḏaico d̶aləŋa ŋen ŋeicia d̶əge, na ŋen ŋeicia ndə ŋoɽra d̶əge ŋama ŋəɽaiñ.
16 Ñerṯe ñagəbəd̶ənia ŋad̶əna, lorldaiñ ñəŋgi igəbwandiya. 17 Đənaica d̶ame pred̶ na d̶ənaica pred̶ d̶əɽiñəd̶einu d̶eṯo elo, d̶eṯo Đaṯa nano garrerre igi gəɽo gonto jaica, na gəfo eŋen ŋonto jaica na ŋen ŋero ŋənəŋ ŋəɽwad̶aṯa ŋəmid̶ia gərto təŋ. 18 Eŋen ŋəd̶wonaṯa d̶əlëɽəŋu rënəŋu raləŋəndr ŋenŋa ŋəd̶eṯəm ṯa alɽeṯr garno ŋolwa ŋananoŋ elaŋge pred̶ rid̶əlo.
Ŋen ŋəd̶ənna na d̶id̶ia ŋen
19 Lorldaiñ ñəŋgi igəbwandiya, ləŋeṯr ŋen iŋi ŋgiṯr led̶a pred̶ algərəd̶əṯi ŋen ŋəd̶ənna, na gerṯe ləɽwatad̶ata nëiñua, na alerṯe ləjeiciano taltal, 20 ŋen ŋanṯa d̶eiciano d̶əled̶a d̶aber d̶əɽwad̶aṯa d̶əbəd̶ia ŋen ŋəd̶urwaṯo iŋi Rəmwa rwonaṯa. 21 Ŋen ŋafəṯia, ŋgeicr ŋen ŋətaŋa pred̶, na ŋen ŋənəŋ ŋəṯënu ŋeicia enare, na aŋënṯr ŋen iŋi ŋəndəwed̶iniau d̶əd̶ərnaṯad̶a aralo iŋi ŋəɽwad̶aṯa ŋebəna nusila enalo.
22 Orn ɽeṯr led̶a ildi ləbəd̶ia ŋen, gerṯe led̶a ildi lənna ikərəŋ, ildi ləbəd̶ənia ŋad̶əna baɽan. 23 Ŋen ŋanṯa ndə ed̶a gənna ŋen na gəber gəbəd̶ia, gënəŋu garno ed̶a gəseid̶ia egalmandəra na ṯaŋəseicu aŋəno yilëɽəŋu, 24 gënəŋu gaseicu aŋəno ilëɽəŋu nəgabəla na nəŋaijəbeini eŋen taltal ṯa gaɽo ṯau. 25 Orn ed̶a igi gəseid̶ia igalganun yiɽiñəd̶einu yid̶ëbəria, ṯaŋəseicu, gënəŋu gerṯe gaɽo ed̶a igi gənna na nəŋaijəbeini eŋen orn gaɽo ed̶a igi gəbəd̶ia. Gënəŋu gid̶i aŋəbuŋənṯi id̶id̶ia d̶əlëɽəŋu.
26 Ndə ed̶a gənəŋ gəbaṯa ṯa gateṯa Rəmwa na nəŋerṯe gəbëndia d̶əŋəla d̶əlëɽəŋu orn gënəŋu gëbəd̶ənia ŋad̶əna bəɽan, d̶ëndia ŋen d̶əlëɽəŋu d̶apiano. 27 Fəŋen iŋi ŋətəɽe na ŋəd̶urwaṯo Đaṯa Rəmwa nëiñua, ṯa ed̶a aŋərəmoṯe ñere iñi ñero ləŋgenanda na eṯenanda, na liji əɽəlda ildi ləṯëd̶ənialo ebaŋgenanda laiyo eŋen eŋen ŋəbɽwaŋəno na ṯa gënəŋu aŋərəmoṯe etam gəlëɽəŋu gətəɽe eŋen ŋalo.
1 From James, a servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Greetings to the twelve tribes scattered all over the world.
Faith and Wisdom
2 My friends, be glad, even if you have a lot of trouble. 3 You know you learn to endure by having your faith tested. 4 But you must learn to endure everything, so you will be completely mature and not lacking in anything.
5 If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won't correct you for asking. 6 But when you ask for something, you must have faith and not doubt. Anyone who doubts is like an ocean wave tossed around in a storm. 7-8 If you are that kind of person, you can't make up your mind, and you surely can't be trusted. So don't expect the Lord to give you anything at all.
Poor People and Rich People
9 Any of God's people who are poor should be glad he thinks so highly of them. 10 But any who are rich should be glad when God makes them humble. Rich people will disappear like wild flowers 11 scorched by the burning heat of the sun. The flowers lose their blossoms, and their beauty is destroyed. This is how the rich will disappear, as they go about their business.
Trials and Temptations
12 God will bless you, if you don't give up when your faith is being tested. He will reward you with a glorious life, just as he rewards everyone who loves him.
13 Don't blame God when you are tempted! God cannot be tempted by evil, and he doesn't use evil to tempt others. 14 We are tempted by our own desires that drag us off and trap us. 15 Our desires make us sin, and when sin is finished with us, it leaves us dead.
16 Don't be fooled, my dear friends. 17 Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father who created all the lights in the heavens. He is always the same and never makes dark shadows by changing. 18 He wanted us to be his own special people, and so he sent the true message to give us new birth.
Hearing and Obeying
19 My dear friends, you should be quick to listen and slow to speak or to get angry. 20 If you are angry, you cannot do any of the good things God wants done. 21 You must stop doing anything immoral or evil. Instead be humble and accept the message planted in you to save you.
22 Obey God's message! Don't fool yourselves by just listening to it. 23 If you hear the message and don't obey it, you are like people who stare at themselves in a mirror 24 and forget what they look like as soon as they leave. 25 But you must never stop looking at the perfect law that sets you free. God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey, and don't just hear and forget.
26 If you think you are being religious, but can't control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is useless. 27 Religion that pleases God the Father must be pure and spotless. You must help needy orphans and widows and not let this world make you evil.