Yayqooba 1
1 Xoossaanne Godaa Yesuus Kiristtoosa aylley, Yayqoobi, biitta ubban laalettida tammanne nam77u sheeshatas kiittida kiita. Saro, ay mela de7eetii?
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 Ta ishato, hinttena dumma dumma paacey gakkiya wode hintte lo77obaa demmidaada kumetha ufayssan ekkite.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
3 Hintte ammanuwa paacetethay dandda7a hinttew immeyssa ereeta.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 Hintte wurssethi gakkanaw dandda7ikko aybi pacey baynna polonne kumethi gideta.
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 Hinttefe oodeskka cinccatethi dhayikko Xoossaa woosso. Iyaw imettana. Xoossay oonakka boronna ubbaas keehatethan immiya Xoosse.
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 Shin I woossiya wode sidhonna ammanon Xoossaa woosso. Sidhiya oonikka carkkoy sugin qaaxxiya abbaa zule mela.
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 Nam77u qofi de7eynne ba ogiyan eqqonna oonikka Godaappe aykkoka demmana gidi qoppofo.
For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Ammaniya manqo asati, Xoossay enttana dhoqqu oothiya wode ufaytto.
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 Qassi ammaniyaa dure asati Xoossay enttana ziqqi oothiya wode ufaytto. Dure asati ciishshada dhayana.
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
11 Away ba mishaara keyidi maataa melisin, ciishshay serees; iya lo77otethayka dhayees. Hessadakka, dure asati bantta oosuwan daaburishe dhayana.
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 Metuwa xoonidi aadhdhidaappe guye, Xoossay bana siiqeyssatas immana gidi qaala gelida de7o kallachcha ekkana gisho, meton gencciya asi anjjettidayssa.
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 Oonikka paacettiya wode, “Tana Xoossay paaces” gooppo. Xoossay iitan paacettenna; qassi I oonakka paaccenna.
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 Shin issi issi asi ba iita amuwaan gooshettiya wodenne cimettiya wode paacettees.
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
15 Hessafe guye, amotethi qanthattidi nagara yelees; qassi nagari diccidi hayqo yelees.
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
16 Ta siiqo ishato, cimettofite.
Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Lo77o imoynne kumetha anjjo ubbay saloppenne saluwa poo7uwa medhdhida Xoossaa aawappe yees. Xoossay kuyada ubba wode laamettenna.
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 Nuuni, iya medhetethaas koyro gidana mela nuna tuma qaalan ba shenen yelis.
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 Ta siiqo ishato, hayssa akeekite. Asi ubbay si7anaw elleso, shin odettanawunne hanqettanaw ellesoppo.
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
20 Asa hanqoy Xoossay koyaa xillotethaa ehenna.
for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
21 Hessa gisho, tuna hanotanne iitatetha ubbaa diggidi, Xoossay hintte wozanan tokkida hintte shemppuwa ashshanaw dandda7iya qaala aadatethan ekkite.
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 Shin Xoossaa qaala ooson peeshshiteppe attin sissa xalaalan hinttena cimmofite.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 Qaalaa si7idi oothonna asi, I ba som77uwa masttoten be7iya asa mela.
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 I ba som77uwa be7idi bees, shin I ay daaniyakko ellesi dogees.
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 Shin oonikka aylletethafe kessiya polo higgiya akeekan be7idi, kaallidi naagey, si7idayssa dogonna ooson peeshshiya uray, ba ooso ubban anjjettana.
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 Ba inxarssaa naagonna ammanays giya uray bana cimmees; iya ammanoy hada.
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 Xoossaa Aawa sinthan borey baynna geeshsha ammanoy hayssa: aaya aawu baynna naytanne am77eta maadonne alamiya tunaappe bana naago.
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.
