Jacob 1
1 Hiche lekhathot hi Pathen le Pakai Yeshua Christa soh, Jacob a kon ahi. keiman Judah mi atahsan ho Israel phungsom le ni gamtina kithecheh ho henga dinga kajih ahi. Chibai!
[I], James, am a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ. [I am writing this letter] to [all] the Jewish people [who trust in Christ] (OR, to all God’s people) who are scattered throughout the world. [I send my] greetings to [you all].
2 Sopi deitahteho, nangho hahsatna hon nahinphah tenguleh, hichu hachangpa kipana dinga chanpha changin kingaitouvin.
My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
3 Ajehchu natahsanu chu akipatep tengleh, natahsan chu khanglen ding ahi ti naheuve.
[God sometimes allows you to experience difficulties in order to] test whether or not you will continue to trust [him. Whenever that happens, you need to] realize more and more that [if you continue to trust him], you will be able to bravely/patiently endure difficulties.
4 Hijehchun khansah un, ajeh chu nathoh hatnau chu ahung khan'a abulhin tengleh nangho nabulhinuva chule nachamkim uva, imacha kiphahsamna neilou nahi dingu ahi.
Keep on enduring difficulties [bravely/patiently by trusting God more and more firmly] [PRS], in order that you may become all that he intends you to be [DOU] (OR, [spiritually] mature and complete), not lacking (any [good quality/anything you need to conduct your lives as God wants you to]).
5 Nanghon chihna na-ngaichat uva ahileh, hongphaltah IPathen'u koma chun thum'un, chutileh Aman napeh dingu ahi. Nathum jeh uva chu Aman nahouset louhel dingu ahi.
If anyone of you does not know how to act wisely [in order to endure difficulties/trials well], he should ask God [to show him what he should do, because] God wholeheartedly/gladly helps all people [who ask] and does not scold [anyone for asking. Those who ask], God will give them wisdom to know [what they should do].
6 Hinlah Ama koma nathum tenguleh Pathen bou natahsan chu kicheh hen. Lunglinglau hih un, ajeh chu atahsan detlou mi chu twikhanglen kinong le detna neilou huimut lon le tobang hiding ahi.
But [when you] ask [God], you should firmly trust him. You should not doubt [that he wants to help you always], because people who keep doubting God are [unstable/changeable] [SIM] like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind {that goes back and forth when the wind blows} [DOU, SIM].
7 Hitobang mi chun Pakaiya kona imacha muding kinepna neihih hen.
Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
8 Amaho kiphaldohna chu Pathen le vannoiya kihom khen'ah ahiuvin, chule abol jouseu chu detna neilou ahiuve.
[because they are] people who cannot decide [whether they will commit themselves to God, and they are] unstable/undecided in everything that they do.
9 Tahsan cha avaicha hon kisonna ding khat chu aneiyuve, ajeh chu Pathen in amaho ajabol ahitai.
Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
10 Chule mihao ho chu Pathen in asuhnemu chu kithang-atnan neijou hen. Amaho chu loujaova pahcha neocha tobanga mola ahitauve.
And [believers] who are rich should be happy [that] they have humbled themselves [in order to trust in Jesus Christ] (OR, but rich people [can only] take pride [in the fact that God] will humble them [when he judges everyone] [IRO]), because they [and their riches] [MTY] will pass away, just like wild flowers [wither] [SIM].
11 Nisa sat chu ahungsa cheh cheh in hampa chu asang gop in: Pahcha neocha chu apul in chule ahoina jong amollha jitai. Hitobang a chu, mihaoho jong athilbol doh jouseu toh mollha jeng diu ahiuve.
When the sun rises, the scorching hot wind dries plants, and their flowers fall and are no longer beautiful. Similarly, rich people will die [MET] while they are busy working, [leaving behind their riches].
12 Patepna le lhepna a thoh hattah'a pang ho chu Pathen in phatthei aboh ding ahi: Chujoutah chule Pathen in Ama ngailuho athutep hinna lallukhuh chu amahon asan dingu ahi.
[God] is pleased with people who bravely/patiently endure difficulties. And when, [by bravely enduring difficulties], they have proved [that they truly trust him], he will give them [eternal] life. That is the reward [MET] that he has promised to give to those who love him.
13 Chule nanghon lhepna nato tenguleh geldoh un, “Pathen in eilhep patep ahi” tin hinsei hih beh un. Pathen chu thil dihlou bol dingin akilhem patep khapoi chule Ama chun koima alhem khapoi.
If people are tempted to do something that is evil, they should not think that it is God who is tempting them, because [God is totally/completely good]. He never tempts anyone [to do what is evil], nor can he ever be tempted to [do anything] evil.
14 Lhep patepna hi eima ho lung ngaichatna a hung kipanjia hichun eidoha boljiuva chule eipui mang jiu ahi.
But people strongly desire to do evil [PRS] things, [and as a result] they are tempted by those desires {those desires stimulate them} to do something evil [PRS, DOU].
15 Hiche lung ngaichatna ho hin chonset natoh ahin sodohji ahi. Chule chonset chu akhangtou dia akiphal teng leh, hichun thina ahin sohdoh ji ahi.
Then, [because] they have desired [MET] to do evil [PRS] things, they begin to [MET] do [PRS] them. And when they have become ones who [habitually] do what is evil [MET], [if they do not turn away from their sinful behavior], they will be separated from God forever.
16 Hijeh chun sopite, puimang theiyin umhih'un.
My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
17 Ipi hileh apha le achamkim chu I-Pau Pathena hungkon ahi, Ama chun van hoa vah jouse asem ahi. Ama akichonle theile banga kikhel jing ahipoi.
[The truth is that God], our heavenly Father [MTY], does only good [DOU] things [for us, in order to help us become] all that he intends us to be. He is not like all the things [in the sky] that he created to give light, [because they] change; [that is, they do not shine the same all the time]. But God never changes. [He is always good].
18 Ama chun eiho dinga Athutah chu eipeh tah jeh uva pengthah dia eilhendoh u ahi. Chule eiho hi athilsem jouse lah a agou manlu tah chu ihung hiu ahitai.
[And because] he wanted [to help us], he gave us [spiritual] life as a result of our [trusting in his] true message. So now we have become the first ones of [all the people] [MET] that he created [to] ([be totally dedicated to/completely belong to]) [him].
19 Kasopi deitahteho, hiche hi heuvin, nangho thungaina lama gang uvin lang, thuseiyin kino hih un.
My fellow believers whom I love, you know (OR, I want you to now) that every one of you should be eager to pay attention to [God’s true message]. Don’t speak [without thinking], nor get angry easily,
20 Mihem lung hanna hin Pathen ngaichat chonphatna ahin lhutpoi.
because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
21 Hijeh chun, anen anamse chule na hinkhouva aphalou jouse chu paidoh un, chule Pathen in nalunguva akhum Thu chu kisanun, ajeh chu hichun na lhagaovu ahuhhing thei ahi.
So stop doing all kinds of evil [DOU] things, and humbly obey (OR, submit to) the message that [God] put in your (inner beings/hearts), [because] he is able to save you [SYN] [if you accept his message].
22 Pathen Thu chu moh ngaitho hih un. Pathen Thun asei chu bolteiyun. Achuti louva ahileh nang le nang ki-ngolbol nahi ding ahitai.
Do [what God commands in] his message. Do not only listen [to it, because people who only listen to it and do not obey it] are wrong when they think [that God will save them].
23 Ajeh chu nangman Thu chu nangaiya chule najui louva ahileh, phatvet a namai vea tobang nahi ding ahi.
Some people hear God’s message but do not do [what it says] [MET]. They are like someone who looks at his face in a mirror [SIM].
24 Nangma le nangma nakivet jouva nache mang tengleh, itobang lim pua nahi nasumil jitai.
Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 Hinlah nangman nachamlhat sahthei achamkim kei dan chu chingthei tah'a navet a, chule hichun ipi asei nasuh mil louva najui leh, Pathen in hichu nabol jeh a phatthei naboh ding ahi.
But other people look closely at [God’s] message, which is perfect and which sets people free [to voluntarily do what God wants them to do]. And if they continue [to examine God’s message] and do not just hear it and then forget it, but do [what God tells them to do], God will bless them because of what they do.
26 Nangma hou ngaisah a nakigel a ahia nakam nathunun louva ahileh, nangma tah kingol bol nahin, na Pathen hou chu pannabei hiya ahi.
Some people think that they worship God in the right way, but they habitually say evil things [MTY]. Those people are wrong in thinking [SYN] [that they worship God rightly]. The fact is [that they] worship God (in vain/uselessly).
27 Pa Pathen mitmua hou thengsel le adihtah chu–meithai ho chule nuneilou le pa neilou ho alunglhah nauva gakhotoa chule vannoiyin suhboh ding jahnom lou hiya ahi.
[One of the things that God has told us to do] is to take care of orphans and widows who suffer hardship. [Those who do that and] who do not think or act immorally like those who do not obey God [MTY] truly [DOU] worship God, [who is our] Father, and God approves of them.
