James 1
1 [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].
Njame Jemusi musebenshi wa Lesa ne Mwami Yesu Klistu, ndamupanga mitende amwe mikowa likumi ne ibili yalamwaikila kubishi nabimbi.
2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, [even] when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles.
Mobanse, kondwani mwakumananga ne mapensho apusana pusana,
3 [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.
pakwinga mucinshi kwambeti na lushomo lwenu lubula kuntenkana pacindi ncomulapitinga mumapensho, nimukabe bantu beshikucikonsha kukoma.
4 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]).
Kulimbikila kwenu kwelela kupitilisha mpaka mukabe balulama cakumpwililila.
5 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].
Nsombi na muntu naumbi liya mano pakati penu welela kusenga kuli Lesa, kayi nakatambule, pakwinga Lesa ukute kupa camakasa abili kuli bonse mwakubula kulangaula milandu.
6 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].
Neco mwasenganga mwelela kushoma kwambeti nicikenshike kwakubula kutonshanya. Pakwinga uliyense latonshanyanga ulyeti mankape apamenshi ayo eshikwendeleshewa ne mukupwe.
7 Indeed, people [who doubt] should not think that the Lord [God] will do anything [that they request him to do],
Muntu wamushoboyu katayeyeti nakapewe ncalasengenga kuli Mwami Lesa.
8 [because they are] people who cannot decide [whether they will commit themselves to God, and they are] unstable/undecided in everything that they do.
Pakwinga lasenge ne myoyo ibili, kayi nkaikalikana mubintu byonse, neco nkela kutambulapo ciliconse kuli Lesa sobwe.
9 Believers who are poor should be happy [that God] considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them [spiritually]) [MTY].
Mwanse mukandu washoma, welela kukondwa na Lesa lamusumpulu.
10 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].
Kayi mubile washoma welela kukondwa na Lesa lamuwishi. Pakwinga mubile nakapwe mbuli maluba amucisuwa.
11 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].
Lisuba lyapula likute kutenta mumena ne kulasha maluba panshi. Neco buyumi bwa mubile nibukapwe kacili pakati pa micito yakendi.
12 [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.
Ukute colwe muntu ukute kali walimbikilowa elekeshewanga, pakwinga panyuma pakendi nakatambule buyumi, pakwinga ecilambo ico Lesa ncashomeshesha kupa bonse mbwasuni.
13 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.
Muntu elekeshewanga katambangeti Lesa elamwelekeshenga sobwe, Lesa nkela kwelekeshewa ne byaipa, kayi nkela kwelekesha muntu ne byaipa.
14 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].
Nomba muntu ukute kwelekeshewa nelunkumbwa lwakendi mwine, elukute kumubepa nekwimwikata nkola.
15 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.
Neco lunkumbwa lukute kusema bwipishi, nabo bwipishi bwakula mushimba bukute kusema lufu.
16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, [thinking that God does evil things].
Kamutabepwa mobanse bame.
17 [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].
Cipo ciliconse caina kayi caswepa cikute kufuma kwilu ku Bata bakute kwendelesha bintu byonse byakwilu. Nendi nkashinti mbuli mufunsha, kayi kumunika kwakendi nkakushinkililwa ne cintu ciliconse sobwe.
18 [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].
Mwakuyanda kwakendi walatupa buyumi bwa linolino kupitila mu maswi ancinencine kwambeti, afwe tubeti bisepo byakutanguna kutoma palibyo mbyalalenga.
19 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,
Mobanse bame, kamwikatishani maswi awa, uliyense ashe mano kukunyufwa, kabani muntu utafwambana kwamba, kayi utakalala bwangu.
20 because when any one [of you gets] angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God [wants] you [to do].
Pakwinga ukute kukalala bwangu nkakute kwinsa calulama ico Lesa ncalayandanga sobwe.
21 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].
Ecebo cakendi kamushiyani cinga cakwinsa byasafwana, nekwipa moyo kulikonse. Mwakubomba moyo kamwatambula maswi a Lesa ngalabyala mu myoyo yenu, pakwinga endiwo elakumupulusha.
22 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].
Kamutabowa bantu beshikunyufwa maswi a Lesa, nsombi kamubani beshi kwinsa ncalambanga maswi.
23 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].
Pakwinga muntu lanyumfungowa maswi, nsombi kabula kwinsa ncalanyumfunga, welana ne muntu lalibononga mucilola.
24 Although he looks at himself, he goes away [from the mirror] and immediately forgets what he looks like.
Acileka kulanga mucilola popelapo ukute kuluba ncabonekanga.
25 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.
Milawo ya Lesa yaswepa, kayi ikute kupa muntu kusunguluka. Neco muntu ukute kwatambula nekwakonkela cena, ukute kunyumfwa ne kutalubako, nsombi uyo ukute kwinsa, Lesa nakamupe colwe pa ncito shakendi shonse.
26 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).
Na pali muntu layeyengeti washako mano kukukambilila Lesa, nomba katekata mulomo, kukambilila kwa muntuyo nikwabulyo, kayi ukute kulibepa.
27 [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.
Kukambilila kwakubinga pamenso pa Lesa Bata nuku, kubamba cena bana bamashala, batukashi bamukalubingi mumupensho abo, kayi kulisunga cena, kutalisafwanya mubintu byamucishi capanshi.
