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.