Semisi 1
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Ko au Semisi, ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻae ʻOtua, pea mo e ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, ki he faʻahinga ʻe hongofulu ma ua kuo fakahē mamaʻo, ʻofa atu.
1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2ʻE hoku kāinga, ʻoka mou ka tō ki he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kehekehe, ui ia kotoa pē ko e meʻa fakafiefia;
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3ʻO ʻilo, ko e ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻo hoʻomou tui, ʻoku ne fakatupu ʻae kātaki.
3Knowing this , that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4Kae tuku ʻae kātaki ke ngāue ki he haohaoa, koeʻuhi ke mou haohaoa mo māʻopoʻopo, ʻo taʻemasiva ʻi ha meʻa.
4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5Ka ai hamou taha ʻoku masiva ʻi he poto, ke kole ʻe ia ki he ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ne foaki lahi ki he kakai kotoa pē, pea ʻoku ʻikai valokiʻi; pea ʻe foaki ia kiate ia.
5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6Ka ʻe lelei ʻene kole ʻi he tui, ʻo taʻefakataʻetaʻetui. He ko ia ʻoku fakataʻetaʻetui ʻoku hangē ia ko e peau ʻoe tahi ʻoku fakateka mo feliliʻaki ʻe he matangi.
6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7Ke ʻoua naʻa mahalo ʻe he tangata ko ia ʻe maʻu ʻe ia ha meʻa mei he ʻEiki.
7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8Ko e tangata ʻoku lotolotoua, ʻoku taʻemaau ʻi heʻene anga kotoa pē.
8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9Ke fiefia ʻae tokoua ʻoku masiva ʻi hono hakeakiʻi:
9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10Ka ko e maʻumeʻa, ʻi hono fakaangavaivaiʻi: koeʻuhi ʻe mole atu ia ʻo hangē ko e fisi ʻoe mohuku.
10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11He ʻoku ʻalu hake ʻae laʻā mo e vela lahi, pea ne fakamae ʻae mohuku, pea ngangana ai hono fisi ʻoʻona, pea ʻauha mo e fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo hono ngaohi: ʻe pehē foki ʻae ʻauha ʻoe tangata koloaʻia mei hono hala.
11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12ʻOku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku ne kātaki ʻae ʻahiʻahi: he ʻoka ʻilo ia ʻoku lelei, ʻe maʻu ʻe ia ʻae pale ʻoe moʻui, ʻaia kuo talaʻofa ki ai ʻae ʻEiki kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻofa kiate ia.
12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
13Ke ʻoua naʻa pehē ʻe ha taha ʻoka ʻahiʻahi koviʻi ia, Kuo ʻahiʻahi koviʻi au ʻe he ʻOtua: he ʻoku ʻikai faʻa ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻae ʻOtua ʻe he kovi, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻahiʻahi koviʻi ʻe ia ha tokotaha:
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14Ka kuo ʻahiʻahi koviʻi ʻae tangata, ʻaia kuo takiekina, pea fakaoloolo, ʻe heʻene holi ʻaʻana.
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15Pea ʻoka tuituʻia ʻae holi kovi, ʻoku fanauʻi ko e angahala: pea ka kakato ʻae angahala, ʻoku fanauʻi ai ʻae mate.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
16ʻE hoku kāinga ʻofeina, ʻoua naʻa mou hē.
16Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17Ko e foaki lelei kotoa pē mo e foaki haohaoa kotoa pē ʻoku mei ʻolunga, pea ʻoku ʻalu hifo ia mei he Tamai ʻoe ngaahi maama, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha fetoʻoaki, pe ko e ʻata ʻae feliliuʻaki.
17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
18Pea ko hono finangalo pe ʻoʻona naʻa ne fakatupu ai ʻakitautolu ʻaki ʻae folofola ʻoe moʻoni, koeʻuhi ke tau hoko ko e ʻuluaki fua ʻi hono kakai.
18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19Ko ia, ko hoku kāinga ʻofeina, ke fakavave ʻae tangata kotoa pē ki he fanongo, pea fakatuotuai ki he lea, ʻo fakatotoka ki he ʻita:
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20He ʻoku ʻikai ke fakatupu ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻoe ʻOtua ʻe he ʻita ʻae tangata.
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21Ko ia mou liʻaki ʻae ʻuli kotoa pē pea mo hono lahi fau ʻoe angahala, pea tali ʻi he angavaivai ʻae folofola kuo tō, ʻaia ʻoku mālohi ke fakamoʻui homou laumālie.
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22Ka ke fai ʻekimoutolu ki he folofola, pea ʻoua naʻa ngata ʻi he fanongo, ʻo mou kākaaʻi ʻakimoutolu.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23He kapau ʻoku fanongo ʻe ha taha ki ne folofola, kae ʻikai fai, ʻoku tatau ia mo ha taha ʻoku ne fakasio ki he mata ʻo hono sino ʻi ha sioʻata:
23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24He ʻoku ne fakasio kiate ia, pea ʻalu, pea ngalo leva ʻiate ia pe ʻoku matamata fēfē ia.
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25Ka ko ia ʻoku sio fakamamaʻu ki he fono haohaoa ʻoe tauʻatāina, pea fai maʻuaipē ki ai, pea ʻoku ʻikai fanongo mo ngalo, ka ʻoku fai ʻe ia ʻae ngāue, ʻe monūʻia ʻae tangata ni ʻi heʻene ngāue.
25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein , he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26Kapau ʻoku ai ha taha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku ne mahalo ko e lotu ia, kae ʻikai taʻofi hono ʻelelo, kae kākaaʻi hono loto ʻoʻona, ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ʻae lotu ʻae tangata ko ia.
26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27Ko e lotu māʻoniʻoni mo taʻehanomele ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua ko e Tamai, ko eni ia, Ke ʻaʻahi ki he ngaahi tamai mate mo e kau fefine kuo mate honau husepāniti, ʻi heʻenau mamahi, pea ke fakaʻehiʻehi ia mei māmani ke taʻehanomele.
27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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