1  ✡ 1:1: Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3; JGuys 15:13; Gal 1:19Aloha! Dis me, James, da guy dat work fo God an fo Jesus Christ, Da One In Charge. I stay write dis letta fo God peopo from da twelve Jew ohana, dat stay scatta all ova da world.

2 My braddahs an sistahs! Bumbye you guys goin feel jalike you get hard time fo do wat God like you guys do. But wen you do um, you goin feel real good inside! 3 Cuz you know, afta you guys go thru all dat real hard time, an you guys still yet trus God, den dat goin make you guys hang in dea mo betta. 4 Wen you guys go all out fo hang in dea, dat goin make you guys grow up an come mo strong inside, jalike you suppose to, so dat you guys no need notting moa.

5 If one a you guys donno wat fo do, aks God fo help you, fo give you da smarts you need! He no goin give you guys hard time. He goin help you guys. God give plenny to erybody, you know. 6 But if you goin aks him fo do someting, you gotta trus him. No ack jalike you no can make up yoa mind. Da guy dat no stay shua, he jalike one wave inside da ocean dat da wind stay blow all ova da place. 7-8 Da buggah ack jalike he get two brains, you know. He erytime no can make up his mind da way he tink fo do tings. Dat buggah betta not tink he goin get someting from Da One In Charge, cuz he not.

9 Da braddah dat no mo notting, he can feel good inside, cuz he know dat wit God, he importan. 10  ✡ 1:10: Isa 40:6-7Da rich braddah, he can feel good inside too, cuz he know dat da rich kine stuffs he get no goin stay foeva, an he goin mahke too, jalike da wild flowa dry up. 11 Da sun come up an come real hot, an make da plant dry up. Den da flowa fall down, an da plant no look nice no moa. Same ting fo da rich braddah—he stay work fo make his money, but jalike da flowa, he goin mahke.

12 Wen one guy hang in dea, no matta he get presha fo do someting bad, he can stay good inside. He goin get da kine life dat God wen promise to da peopo dat get love an aloha fo him. Dass jalike God give him da prize, cuz he wen fight da bad kine stuff, an win! 13 Wen you get presha fo do someting bad, an you tink, “Eh, I like do dat!” no go tell, “God da One stay make me do dat.” No mo nobody can make God do bad kine stuff, an even moa, he no goin make nobody do bad kine stuff. 14 Az oua fault wen we start fo tink, “Eh, I like do bad kine stuff!” Cuz da bad kine tinking pull us all ova. We come jalike da fish dat go afta da bait. 15 Cuz firs we tink, “Eh, I like do um,” an den we go do um. Jalike da hapai wahine too, she no can stop da bebe wen ready fo come. Same ting, us still yet do da bad kine stuff. An dass wat goin cut us off from God.

16 Eh, my good frenz! No let nobody bulai you guys. 17 Erytime somebody give you someting nice an spesho, all dat come from yoa Faddah up dea inside da sky. He wen make all da lights inside da sky—da sun, an moon, an stars. But God no change jalike da tings inside da sky change. 18 God wen plan dis fo us: He tell us guys wass true. Az how he give us his kine life. From all da tings he wen make hea inside da world, he make us guys spesho kine, jalike us da bestes fruits, da kine dat da farma guy pick firs fo make present to God.

19 Eh, my good frenz! No foget dis: You guys know dis stuff awready. Weneva you hear somebody talk, erybody gotta lissen real good firs befo dey talk. Az how dey no get all huhu real fas. 20 Cuz wen you come all huhu, dat no help you fo do da right kine stuff God tell you suppose to do. 21 So den, clean up yoa life! Throw out all da bad kine stuff dat stay all ova da place! No get big head. Mo betta lissen wat God tell. He wen put da tings he tell inside you guys head awready, an dass strong enuff fo get you guys outa da bad kine stuff you stay in.

22 An no ony lissen da tings God tell. You guys gotta do um! Cuz if you ony lissen an no do notting, you ony stay bulai you. 23 Da guy dat ony like hear, an no like do notting, he jalike one guy dat check out his face inside da mirror. 24 An wen da guy go way, awready he no can no foget wat kine face he get. 25 But eryting God tell his peopo dey gotta do, dass perfeck, cuz dass wat can hemo you from all da bad kine stuff. So den, if you go check out real good da Rules from God, an no foget wat you wen hear, an stay do um, eh! you goin feel real good inside cuz you stay do um.

26 If one guy tink he erytime do wat God like, but no hold back his mout, his religion wase time, cuz he stay fooling ony him! 27 God oua Faddah, he figga lidis: Da guy dat stay religious fo real kine, an no do notting pilau, he da one goin kokua da peopo dat get hard time—da kids dat no mo faddah o muddah, an da wahines dat no mo husban fo take kea dem. Dat kine guy, he no goin let da peopo inside da world make him do bad kine stuff.