1 Ndimi Jakubo nlanda we Ndzimu ne wa She Jesu Kirisiti. Ku njudzi dzili gumi lina mbili dze Iziraela dzakaandama mu shango, ndodumilisa!
Galamoyo ne butjenjedu
2 Zwikamu zwangu, shathani ha muzwiwana muli mu ndiko dzakasiyana. 3 Ngobe moziba kuti kulikiwa kwe bugalimoyo gwenyu kozhisa kudzikitadza. 4 Muletje kudzikitadza ikoku kuwidze nshingo nge buzhalo. 5 Ha mmwe wenyu eshaka butjenjedu gwe kudzimu, ngaakumbile ku Ndzimu, ngobe unopa mmwe ne mmwe nge sununguko usingakayikanye. 6 Koga ha ekumbila agalebgwe kuti unowopiwa, asidudumwe, ngobe ha edudumwa, unonga duthu le vula ye gungwa linotutudzigwa kumwe ne kumwe nge phepo. 7-8 Nthu wakajalo, una mikumbulo mibili, unoyenda edudumwa mu mishingo iye, asialakane kuti ungaamutjila tjimwe muna She.
Fumwa ne bushayi
9 Ikamu tjisina tjatjo ngatjishathile kuti Ndzimu watjikudza. 10 Ikamu tjakafuma naitjo ngatjisihwe zogwadza ha Ndzimu atjiyisa pasi. Ngoti unoloba se luba le bushwa, 11 ngobe zhuba lobhuda nge kupisa kwalo kukulu, ngono likapisa bushwa, luba likawa, bubuya gwalo gukapela. Butjilo gwe nfumi gowolobabo nge zila yakajalobo, atjakanginikana nge fumwa iye.
Kulikiwa
12 Wakakombolegwa nthu unodzikitadza mu ndiko, nge kuti ha alikiwa kakunda, mbhayilo uwe unowobe butjilo gusingapele, Ndzimu gwawakagadzabgwe banouda. 13 Kushete unoti ha elikwa kati, “Ndolikwa nge Ndzimu.” Ngobe Ndzimu aungalikwe nge bubi naiwo awuna nthu waunolika. 14 Koga nthu mmwe ne mmwe unolikiwa ha eteyiwa kakale ewongiwa nge njemulo dzidze dzakabipa. 15 Njemulo dzoti dzatjiwanda dzikazwala tjibi, tjibi tjoti tjakula tjikazwala lufu.
16 Musitongotjebegwa zwikamu zwangu zwinodika. 17 Tjipo tjimwe ne tjimwe tjibuyanana, tjakanaka, tjodwa pezhugwi, kuna ibo Tate be tjedza tje nyenyedzi ne mwedzi ibo basingashanduke se mitutshi. 18 Nge kuda kwawo wakatibumba nge dama le malebeswa, kuti ndizo tibe iswi mitjelo yekutanga mu zwibumbiwa zwawo zose.
Kuhwa dama ne kulondolodza mishingo
19 Bhatani matama iyawa zwikamu zwinodika. Muzwidiye kuhwilila musingatjimbidzile kulebeleka kene kugwadzamoyo. 20 Ngobe kugwadzamoyo kwe nthu akutoshinga ndulamo ye Ndzimu. 21 Ndizo thubukanani ne shambgwa yose ne bubi gose gunowanda, ngono muzwiyise pasi muamutjile dama linodzwagwa nge Ndzimu, linotubula kumutjidza.
22 Koga shingani tjinolebgwa nge dama, musingazwitjengedze nge kuhwilila koga. 23 Ngobe ha kuna unohwilila dama, koga asingashinge tjalinoleba, unonga nthu unolinga tjiso tjitje mu iponi, 24 nge kuti unozwibona, ngono kayendazwe kati tjinyolotjo kakangang'wa kuti wazwibona akatini. 25 Koga iye una njele nge nlayo iwo wakapelela unosunungula bathu, ngono eutobelela, asinga kangang'we tjaahwa koga etjilondolodza, unowokombolegwa muna tjaanothama.
26 Ha kuna mmwe pakati kwenyu ezwidwa eti nnamati we Ndzimu, ngono eti elebeleka kasishale matama, unozwitjengedza mu moyo, kunamata kukwe akuna nshingo. 27 Kunamata kwakalulwama kusina shambgwa mu mesho e Ndzimu, kakale bali Tate, ndi woku: kubhatsha siyang'wa ne tjilikadzi mu kuhwa zogwadza kwabo nenge kugala kuzhe kwe shambgwa ye shango.
1 From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ:
Greetings to all God's people scattered over the whole world.
Faith and Wisdom
2 My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way, 3 for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure. 4 Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all. 6 But when you pray, you must believe and not doubt at all. Whoever doubts is like a wave in the sea that is driven and blown about by the wind. 7-8 If you are like that, unable to make up your mind and undecided in all you do, you must not think that you will receive anything from the Lord.
Poverty and Riches
9 Those Christians who are poor must be glad when God lifts them up, 10 and the rich Christians must be glad when God brings them down. For the rich will pass away like the flower of a wild plant. 11 The sun rises with its blazing heat and burns the plant; its flower falls off, and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way the rich will be destroyed while they go about their business.
Testing and Tempting
12 Happy are those who remain faithful under trials, because when they succeed in passing such a test, they will receive as their reward the life which God has promised to those who love him. 13 If we are tempted by such trials, we must not say, “This temptation comes from God.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But we are tempted when we are drawn away and trapped by our own evil desires. 15 Then our evil desires conceive and give birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 Do not be deceived, my dear friends! 17 Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause darkness by turning. 18 By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.
Hearing and Doing
19 Remember this, my dear friends! Everyone must be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to become angry. 20 Human anger does not achieve God's righteous purpose. 21 So get rid of every filthy habit and all wicked conduct. Submit to God and accept the word that he plants in your hearts, which is able to save you.
22 Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to his word; instead, put it into practice. 23 If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are. 24 They take a good look at themselves and then go away and at once forget what they look like. 25 But if you look closely into the perfect law that sets people free, and keep on paying attention to it and do not simply listen and then forget it, but put it into practice—you will be blessed by God in what you do.
26 Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourself. 27 What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.