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.
Kontondiroo
1 Nte Yankuba, meŋ mu Alla niŋ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu* la dookuulaa ti, m be alitolu lasili taŋ niŋ fuloo kontoŋ na, alitolu mennu be janjandiŋ manee.
Bataa kuwolu niŋ kotoboroolu
2 M baadiŋolu*, niŋ bataa kuu siifaa jamaa ka laa ali kaŋ, ali si ì bee muta seewoo kuwo ti, 3 kaatu ali ye a loŋ ne ko, ali la lannoo kotoboroo le ka wakiiloo dii ali la. 4 Ali la wakiiloo si yiriwaa ka bo wo siloo la fo ali si ke moolu ti, mennu menta, aduŋ ì timmata. Wo to le ali te dasa la feŋ na. 5 Niŋ moo dasata ñaameŋo la ali kono, wo maarii si Alla daani, aduŋ a be ñaameŋo dii la a la le. Ate le ka diiroo ke moolu bee la a ñaama, jalayiribaliyaa kono. 6 Bari a ñanta daaniroo ke la lannoo le kono. A kana sika feŋ-wo-feŋ na, kaatu moo meŋ ka sika, wo maarii be le ko jiibaliŋo, foñoo ka meŋ ñori ka a fayi jaŋ waraŋ jana. 7 Moo meŋ ka sika wo ñaama, a kana a miira ko, a be feŋ soto la Maariyo bulu le. 8 Wo maarii mu hakilifulatiyo le ti, a maŋ bambaŋ a la sila-wo-sila kaŋ.
9 Baadiŋ fuwaaroo meŋ na kuwo dooyaata, wo si seewoo fanka tooñaa la, meŋ be a ye. 10 Baadiŋ fankamaa si seewoo, niŋ Alla ye a la makaamoo jindi, kaatu fankamaalu la kuwo be daŋ na le ko ñaama firoo. 11 Kaatu tiloo niŋ foño kandoo le ka wuli, meŋ ka ñaamoo jandi, a firoo ye joloŋ, a la ñiiñaa ye yeemaŋ. Fankamaa fanaa la kuwo be wo le ñaama: A faŋo be yeemaŋ na le, aduŋ a la kuwolu bee be daŋ na jaŋ ne.
12 Barakoo be moo le ye, meŋ ka wakiili kotoboroo la, kaatu wo koolaa a maarii be baluwo kañeerinaafoo soto la le, Alla ye meŋ laahidi moolu ye, mennu ye a kanu. 13 Niŋ marisa kuwo laata moo-wo-moo kaŋ, wo maarii kana a fo ko, “Alla le ye nte marisa!” kaatu Alla buka moo-wo-moo le marisa, aduŋ a faŋo buka marisa. 14 Bari moo ka marisa ka bo niŋ a fansuŋ hame kuu jawoo la neeneeroo le la. 15 Ñiŋ hame kuu jawoo be le ko fiifeŋ kesoo, aduŋ niŋ a ye kenoo soto ka faliŋ, a ka junuboo le wuluu. Aduŋ niŋ junuboo falinta fo a menta, a ka saayaa le diŋ.
16 M baadiŋ kanuntewolu, ali kana soŋ, ì ye ali neenee! 17 Soorifeŋ-wo-soorifeŋ meŋ beteyaata aniŋ meŋ timmata, ì bota naŋ m̀ Faamaa le yaa, meŋ ye malafeŋolu daa. A buka faliŋ, aduŋ a maloo te ke noo la niiniyo ti. 18 A faŋo la lafoo le kaŋ, a ye ǹ wuluu ñiŋ baluu kutoo to, ka bo niŋ tooñaa kumoo la. A ye ǹ tomboŋ ka ke foloo ti a la daaroo bee kono.
Kumoo moyoo niŋ a baaroo
19 M baadiŋ kanuntewolu, ali ñiŋ loŋ ko, ali moo-wo-moo ñanta tariyaa la le ka lamoyiroo ke, bari ali si naafa ka diyaamu. Ali jusoo kana sutiyaa, 20 kaatu hadamadiŋo la kamfaa buka kuu saabu, meŋ tilinta Alla ñaatiliŋo la. 21 Wo kamma la, ali fata kuu nooriŋolu bee la, aniŋ kuruŋyaa siifaa bee. Ali soŋ Alla la kumoo ma, sooneeyaa bee kono. Wo mu kumoo le ti, meŋ fiita ali sondomoolu kono, aniŋ meŋ si ali kiisandi noo. 22 Ali kana ke kumoo moyilaalu doroŋ ti, meŋ mu faŋ neenewo ti, bari ali si ke a baaralaalu ti. 23 Kaatu niŋ moo-wo-moo ka kumoo moyi, bari a buka baara a la, a la kuwo be le ko moo, meŋ ka a ñaadaa juubee famfelendaŋo kono. 24 A ye a faŋo je, bari niŋ a taata, wo loo niŋ baroo teema, a ñinata a faŋo muluŋo la. 25 Bari a maŋ tara wo ñaama moo fee, meŋ ñaa be looriŋ luwaa timmariŋo kaŋ, baawo a ka luwaa le koroosi, meŋ ka firiŋo dii, aduŋ a ka wakiili a mutoo la le. Barakoo be wo maarii le ye, a la kebaaroolu bee to, baawo a maŋ ke kumoo moyilaa doroŋ ti, meŋ hakiloo buka tu a kaŋ, bari a mu a baaralaa le ti.
26 Niŋ moo-wo-moo ye a faŋo muta diina moo ti, bari a buka a neŋo mara noo, a ka a faŋo le neenee, aduŋ a la Alla batoo maŋ jari feŋ na. 27 Alla batu senuŋo meŋ maŋ sootaaroo soto m̀ Faamaa Alla ñaatiliŋo la, wo mu ka aliyatiimoolu niŋ furuyaamusu bataariŋolu topatoo ì la suuloolu kono, aniŋ ka fata ñiŋ duniyaa kosoo la.
