Yakobo 1
1 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.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, ne dodokpɔ ƒomevi geɖewo tu mi la, mibui dzidzɔ sɔŋ,
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
3 elabena mienyae bena miaƒe xɔse ƒe dodokpɔ hea dzidodo vanɛ.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 Ele be dzidodo nawu eƒe dɔ nu, ale be miatsi, azu blibo, eye naneke mahiã mi o.
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 Ne ame aɖe hiã nunya la, nebia Mawu, ame si naa nu ame sia ame faa kple dɔmekɔkɔ, eye Mawu anae fɔbubumanɔmee.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 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.
But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
7 Ame ma megasusu be yeaxɔ naneke tso Aƒetɔ la gbɔ o,
For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 elabena enye dzi eve me susula, eye meli ke le nu siwo katã wòwɔna la me o.
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Nɔvi si mele nɔƒe kɔkɔ aɖeke o la neƒo adegbe be wodo ye ɖe dzi.
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 Ke ame si si kesinɔnuwo le la neƒo adegbe be yemenye naneke o, elabena enu ava yi abe seƒoƒo si le gbedzi la ene.
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
11 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.
For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
12 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.
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.
13 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.
Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
14 Ke boŋ ame sia ame ƒe didi vɔ̃woe tenɛ kpɔ, eye woblea enu hehenɛ dzonae.
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
15 Emegbe la, didi vɔ̃ la fɔa fu hedzia nu vɔ̃, eye ne nu vɔ̃ tsi nyuie la, edzia ku.
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
16 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, migana woable mi o.
Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 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.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
18 Enye eƒe lɔlɔ̃nu be wòadzi mí to nyateƒe ƒe nya la me, ale be míanye eƒe nuwɔwɔwo katã ƒe kutsetse gbãtɔ.
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
19 Nɔvinye lɔlɔ̃awo, milé ŋku ɖe nu sia ŋu be: ame sia ame naɖe abla le nusese me, nanɔ blewu le nuƒoƒo kple dɔmedzoedodo me,
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 elabena ame ƒe dɔmedzoe mehea dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe agbenɔnɔ si Mawu di la vanɛ o.
for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
21 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.
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Miganye nya la selawo ko, ahanɔ mia ɖokuiwo blem o, ke boŋ miwɔ ɖe nu si nya la gblɔ la dzi,
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 elabena ame aɖe si se nya la, eye mewɔ ɖe edzi o la ɖi ame aɖe si kpɔ eƒe mo le ahuhɔ̃e me.
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
24 Ke esi wòdzo le ahuhɔ̃ea gbɔ la, megaɖo ŋku ale si eƒe dzedzeme le la dzi o.
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 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.
But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
26 Ne ame aɖe gblɔ be yenye xɔsetɔ, ke mede ga eƒe aɖe o la, ele eɖokui blem, eye eƒe xɔse la hã nye dzodzro.
If anyone amongst you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
27 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.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
