James 1
1 Iames a seruant of God, and of the Lord Iesus Christ, to the twelue Tribes, which are scattered abroade, salutation.
Nye, Yakobo, Mawu kple Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo ƒe dɔla gbɔe agbalẽ sia tso, Na Mawu ƒe ame siwo kaka ɖe xexea me godoo: Mele gbe dom na mi katã.
2 My brethren, count it exceeding ioy, when ye fall into diuers tentations,
Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, ne dodokpɔ ƒomevi geɖewo tu mi la, mibui dzidzɔ sɔŋ,
3 Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,
elabena mienyae bena miaƒe xɔse ƒe dodokpɔ hea dzidodo vanɛ.
4 And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect and entier, lacking nothing.
Ele be dzidodo nawu eƒe dɔ nu, ale be miatsi, azu blibo, eye naneke mahiã mi o.
5 If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, and reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.
Ne ame aɖe hiã nunya la, nebia Mawu, ame si naa nu ame sia ame faa kple dɔmekɔkɔ, eye Mawu anae fɔbubumanɔmee.
6 But let him aske in faith, and wauer not: for hee that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the winde, and caried away.
Gake ne ebia la, ele nɛ be wòaxɔe ase ɖikeke manɔmee, elabena ame si kea ɖi la le abe ƒutsotsoe si ya ƒona yina gbɔna la ene.
7 Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord.
Ame ma megasusu be yeaxɔ naneke tso Aƒetɔ la gbɔ o,
8 A double minded man is vnstable in all his waies.
elabena enye dzi eve me susula, eye meli ke le nu siwo katã wòwɔna la me o.
9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:
Nɔvi si mele nɔƒe kɔkɔ aɖeke o la neƒo adegbe be wodo ye ɖe dzi.
10 Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.
Ke ame si si kesinɔnuwo le la neƒo adegbe be yemenye naneke o, elabena enu ava yi abe seƒoƒo si le gbedzi la ene.
11 For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.
Elabena ɣe dzena, eye ɣe la ƒe ŋusẽ nana gbe yrɔna, eye eƒe seƒoƒo duduna, ale wòbua eƒe nyonyo. Nenema ke kesinɔtɔ hã nu ava yi esime wòɖo eƒe agbe ƒe viviƒe.
12 Blessed is ye man, that endureth tentation: for when he is tried, hee shall receiue the crowne of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him.
Woayra ame si doa dzi le tetekpɔ me la, elabena ne enɔ te va se ɖe nuwuwu la, axɔ agbefiakuku si ƒe ŋugbe Mawu do na ame siwo lɔ̃nɛ la.
13 Let no man say when hee is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God can not bee tempted with euill, neither tempteth he any man.
Ne wote ame aɖe kpɔ la, megagblɔ be, “Mawu le teyem kpɔ o,” elabena womate ŋu atsɔ nu vɔ̃ɖi ate Mawu kpɔ alo eya ŋutɔ hã nate ame aɖeke kpɔ o.
14 But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised.
Ke boŋ ame sia ame ƒe didi vɔ̃woe tenɛ kpɔ, eye woblea enu hehenɛ dzonae.
15 Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth foorth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth foorth death.
Emegbe la, didi vɔ̃ la fɔa fu hedzia nu vɔ̃, eye ne nu vɔ̃ tsi nyuie la, edzia ku.
16 Erre not, my deare brethren.
Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, migana woable mi o.
17 Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning.
Nunana nyui kple nunana deblibo ɖe sia ɖe la, dziƒo wòtsona, tso dziƒokekeli ƒe Fofo la gbɔ, ame si metrɔna abe ale si vɔvɔli trɔna ene o.
18 Of his owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites of his creatures.
Enye eƒe lɔlɔ̃nu be wòadzi mí to nyateƒe ƒe nya la me, ale be míanye eƒe nuwɔwɔwo katã ƒe kutsetse gbãtɔ.
19 Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
Nɔvinye lɔlɔ̃awo, milé ŋku ɖe nu sia ŋu be: ame sia ame naɖe abla le nusese me, nanɔ blewu le nuƒoƒo kple dɔmedzoedodo me,
20 For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.
elabena ame ƒe dɔmedzoe mehea dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe agbenɔnɔ si Mawu di la vanɛ o.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.
Eya ta miɖe ŋutilãmeɖiƒoƒowo katã ɖi kple nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ si bɔ ɖe mia dome la ɖi, eye miatsɔ ɖokuibɔbɔ axɔ nya si wodo ɖe mia me, esi si ŋusẽ le be wòaɖe miaƒe luʋɔwo.
22 And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.
Miganye nya la selawo ko, ahanɔ mia ɖokuiwo blem o, ke boŋ miwɔ ɖe nu si nya la gblɔ la dzi,
23 For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.
elabena ame aɖe si se nya la, eye mewɔ ɖe edzi o la ɖi ame aɖe si kpɔ eƒe mo le ahuhɔ̃e me.
24 For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was.
Ke esi wòdzo le ahuhɔ̃ea gbɔ la, megaɖo ŋku ale si eƒe dzedzeme le la dzi o.
25 But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
Ke ame si dzroa Mawu ƒe se si de blibo si naa ablɔɖe ame la me tsitotsito ɣe sia ɣi, eye meŋlɔa nu si wòsrɔ̃ la be o, ke boŋ wòwɔa edzi la, woayrae le nu si wòwɔna la me.
26 If any man amog you seeme religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiueth his owne heart, this mans religion is vaine.
Ne ame aɖe gblɔ be yenye xɔsetɔ, ke mede ga eƒe aɖe o la, ele eɖokui blem, eye eƒe xɔse la hã nye dzodzro.
27 Pure religion and vndefiled before God, euen the Father, is this, to visite the fatherlesse, and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world.
Xɔse si mía Mawu Fofo la xɔna abe esi le dzadzɛe, eye kpɔtsɔtsɔ mele eŋu o lae nye esi be: woakpɔ tsyɔ̃eviwo kple ahosiwo dzi le woƒe xaxawo me, eye be amea maƒo ɖi eɖokui kple xexemenuwo o.
