1 J ames, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!

Na Hemi, na te pononga a te Atua, a te Ariki hoki, a Ihu Karaiti, ki nga hapu kotahi tekau ma rua e noho marara ana; Tena koutou.

2 A ll joy count, my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

Kiia iho, e oku teina, he mea hari nui ina taka koutou ki nga whakamatautauranga maha;

3 k nowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,

E matau ana hoki koutou, ko te whakamatautauranga o to koutou whakapono hei mahi i te manawanui.

4 a nd let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire -- in nothing lacking;

Na kia puta rawa te mahi a te manawanui, kia tino tika ai koutou, kia toitu ai, te hapa i tetahi mea.

5 a nd if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

Ki te hapa tetahi o koutou i te matauranga, me inoi ia ki te Atua, e homai nui nei ki te katoa, kahore hoki ana tawai mai; a ka homai ki a ia.

6 a nd let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,

Otira me inoi whakapono ia, kaua e ruarua. Ko te tangata ruarua hoki, tona rite kei te ngaru o te moana, e puhia ana e te hau, e akina ana.

7 f or let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord --

Kaua hoki taua tangata e mea, e whiwhi ia ki tetahi mea i te Ariki.

8 a two-souled man unstable in all his ways.

E kore te tangata ngakau rua e u i ana hanga katoa.

9 A nd let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,

Ko te teina iti, kia whakamanamana ia i te mea ka whakanekehia ake ia:

10 a nd the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;

Me te tangata taonga ano, i te mea ka whakaititia: ka memeha atu hoki ia, ano he puawai tarutaru.

11 f or the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

Ko te putanga mai hoki o te ra me te hau wera ano, na, kua maroke te tarutaru, kua ngahoro tona puawai, a ngaro iho te atanga o tona ahua: ka pera ano te tangata taonga, ka memeha atu i ona haereerenga.

12 H appy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

Ka hari te tangata e u ake ana ki te whakamatautauranga: no te mea hoki ka oti ia te whakamatautau, ka whiwhi ia ki te karauna o te ora, kua whakaaria mai nei e te Ariki mo te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia.

13 L et no one say, being tempted -- `From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,

Kaua tetahi e mea ina whakamatautauria, E whakamatautauria ana ahau e te Atua: e kore hoki te Atua e taea te whakamatautau e te kino, e kore ano hoki ia e whakamatautau i tetahi:

14 a nd each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

Engari he mea whakamatautau te tangata, i a ia e kumea ana, e poaina ana e tona hiahia ake ano.

15 a fterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.

Na, i te haputanga o te hiahia, ka whanau ko te hara; a, i te otinga o te hara, ka whanau ko te mate.

16 B e not led astray, my brethren beloved;

Kei whakapohehetia koutou, e oku teina aroha.

17 e very good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

No runga nga homaitanga papai katoa, nga mea katoa e tino tika ana, he mea heke iho no te Matua o nga whakamarama, kahore nei ona putanga ketanga, kahore hoki he atarangi o te tahuri.

18 h aving counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

Na tona hiahia ake ano tatou i whanau ai, he meatanga na te kupu o te pono, kia meinga ai tatou me he matamua mo ana mea i hanga ai.

19 S o then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Kei te mohio koutou ki tenei, e oku hoa aroha, kia hohoro nga tangata katoa ki te whakarongo, kia puhoi ki te korero, kia puhoi kite riri:

20 f or the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

E kore hoki ta te Atua tika e mahia e to te tangata riri.

21 w herefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;

Heoi me whakarere katoa atu nga tikanga poke, me te hara e hua tonu nei, me tahuri marire ki te kupu kua oti te whakato iho; e taea hoki e tenei te whakaora o koutou wairua.

22 a nd become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

Hei kaimahi ano koutou i te kupu, kaua hei kaiwhakarongo anake, kei tinihangatia koutou e koutou ano.

23 b ecause, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,

Ki te mea hoki he kaiwhakarongo tetahi i te kupu, ehara nei i te kaimahi, he rite ia ki te tangata e matakitaki ana ki tona kanohi maori i roto i te whakaata:

24 f or he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;

I tona matakitakinga hoki i a ia ano, haere ana, wareware tonu ake he ahua pehea ranei tona.

25 a nd he who did look into the perfect law -- that of liberty, and did continue there, this one -- not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work -- this one shall be happy in his doing.

Tena ko te tangata e ata titiro iho ana ki te ture tino tika, ki te mea herekore, a ka u tonu, he kaiwhakarongo ano ia e kore e wareware, engari e mahi ana i te mahi, e hari ano tenei i tana mahi.

26 I f any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain the religion;

Ki te mea he ahua karakia to tetahi i roto i a koutou, ki te kore e parairetia e ia tona arero, he tinihanga hoki tana ki tona ngakau, he maumau karakia tana.

27 r eligion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.

Ko te karakia pono, ko te mea pokekore ki te aroaro o te Atua matua, ko ia tenei, Ko te tirotiro i nga pani i nga pouaru i o ratou mate, ko te tiaki i a ia ake kei poke i te ao.