| 1:1 | James, mohlanka wa Modimo le wa Morena wa rona Jesu Kreste, ho meloko e leshome le metso e mmedi ya ba qhalaneng, litumeliso. |
| 1:2 | Bana beso, ha o wetse melekong e fapaneng, nka tsohle e le thabo, |
| 1:3 | le ntse le tseba hore ho lekwa ha tumelo ya lona ho bontsha mamello, |
| 1:4 | mme mamello e tlisa mosebetsi phethehong, e le hore le tle le be ba phethahetseng le ba phethahetseng, haelloa ke letho. |
| 1:5 | Empa haeba e mong hara lona a hloka bohlale, a kope Modimo, ya abelang bohle haholo, a se na sekgobo, mme o tla e newa. |
| 1:6 | Empa o lokela ho kopa ka tumelo, ho se belaele letho. Gonne yo o belaelang o tshwana le lekhubu mo lewatleng, e tsukutloang ke moya mme e fefole; |
| 1:7 | joale motho ha aa lokela ho nahana hore o tla amohela letho ho Morena. |
| 1:8 | Etsoe motho ea nang le maikutlo a mabeli o tsitsitse litseleng tsohle tsa hae. |
| 1:9 | Now a humble brother should glory in his exaltation, |
| 1:10 | and a rich one, in his humiliation, for he will pass away like the flower of the grass. |
| 1:11 | For the sun has risen with a scorching heat, and has dried the grass, and its flower has fallen off, and the appearance of its beauty has perished. So also will the rich one wither away, according to his paths. |
