UJames 1:1 UJakobe, inceku kaNkulunkulu leNkosi uJesu Kristu, kwabalitshumi lambili izizwe ezihlakazekileyo, ngiyabingelela. 1:2 Bazalwane bami, nxa nehlelwa yizilingo ngezilingo, anothi kuyinjabulo yodwa; 1:3 nazi lokhu, ukuthi ukuvivinywa kokholo lwenu kuveza ukubekezela. 1:4 Kodwa ake ukubekezela kube nomsebenzi wakho ophelele, ukuze nibe ngabaphelele futhi ngokuphelele, engafuni lutho. 1:5 Uma noma ubani kini entula ukuhlakanipha, makacele kuNkulunkulu, opha bonke ngokukhululekile, engasoli; njalo uzakuphiwa. 1:6 Kodwa makacele ekholweni, engangabazi lutho. Ngokuba ongabazayo ufana igagasi lolwandle eliqhutshwa umoya linyakaziswa. 1:7 Ngoba makangacabangi ukuthi lowo muntu uyokwamukela utho eNkosini. 1:8 Umuntu onhliziyombili uyaguquguquka kuzo zonke izindlela zakhe. 1:9 Umzalwane ophansi makathokoze ngokuphakanyiswa kwakhe; 1:10 Kodwa ocebile, ekuthotshisweni kwakhe, ngoba njengembali yotshani uzodlula. 1:11 Ngoba ilanga liyaphuma ngokushisa okushisayo, kodwa liyabuna utshani, nembali yabo iyawa, nobuhle besimo sayo kuyashabalala: kanjalo nesicebi siyonyamalala ezindleleni zaso. 1:12 Ubusisiwe umuntu okhuthazela ekulingweni; bayakwemukeliswa umqhele wokuphila iNkosi eyabathembisa wona abamthandayo. 1:13 Umuntu oyengwayo makangasho ukuthi: “Ngiyengwa nguNkulunkulu,” ngokuba uNkulunkulu angekwazi ulingwe ngokubi, futhi yena akalingi muntu; 1:14 Kodwa yilowo nalowo uyengwa lapho edonswa inkanuko yakhe siqu, futhi eyengeka. 1:15 Khona lapho inkanuko isithathile, ibeletha isono; sekuphelile, kuveza ukufa. 1:16 Ningaduki, bazalwane bami abathandekayo. 1:17 Zonke izipho ezinhle nazo zonke izipho eziphelele zivela phezulu, futhi zehla kuYise wokukhanya okungekho kuye ukuguquka nasithunzi yokuphenduka. 1:18 Ngokuthanda kwakhe wasizala ngezwi leqiniso, ukuze sibe a uhlobo lokuqala lwezidalwa zakhe. 1:19 Ngakho-ke, bazalwane bami abathandekayo, wonke umuntu makasheshe ukuzwa, ephuze ukuzwa. khuluma, wephuze ukuthukuthela; 1:20 Ngoba intukuthelo yomuntu ayisebenzi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu. 1:21 Ngakho lahlani konke ukungcola nokuchichima kobubi, futhi namukele ngobumnene izwi elibetheliwe, elinamandla okusindisa nina imiphefumulo. 1:22 Kodwa yibani ngabenzi bezwi, futhi ningabi abalizwayo kuphela, nikhohlisa abenu ngokwabo. 1:23 Ngokuba uma umuntu engolizwayo izwi, engeyena umenzi, ufana nom indoda ebuka ubuso bayo bemvelo engilazini: 1:24 Ngoba uyazibuka, futhi ahambe, futhi ngokushesha akhohlwe ubengumuntu onjani. 1:25 Kodwa lowo obheka emthethweni ophelele wenkululeko, futhi aqhubeke kuwo, engesiye ozwayo okhohlwayo, kodwa umenzi womsebenzi, lokhu umuntu uyakubusiswa ngesenzo sakhe. 1:26 Uma noma ubani phakathi kwenu ethi unokholo, futhi engalubambi ulimi lwakhe njengetomu, kepha ukhohlisa inhliziyo yakhe, ukukholwa kwalo muntu kuyize. 1:27 Inkolo ehlanzekile futhi engangcolile phambi kukaNkulunkulu uBaba yile, ukuvakashela izintandane nabafelokazi osizini lwabo nokuzigcina elingenabala emhlabeni.