James 2
1 be yi mrivayi be ta ji kponji u tibu yesu Almasihu irji u gbirasan be kan tsoro kanka ni bru idi na
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, so as to show a partiality for persons.
2 u idiri nita ye ni yi ni mi shubi u bi nda suru zobban zinariya ni ikulon dedema udiri a ye nda suru gbajan kolon
For if there comes into your assembly a man in splendid apparel, and with gold rings on his fingers, and there comes in also a poor man, in mean clothing,
3 u be ta kpa idi ukulon dedema nde no bubu u
and you show regard to him that wears the splendid apparel, and say to him, Sit here, in an honorable place; and you say to the poor man, Do you stand there, or sit here, under my footstool;
4 kuson dedema u idi uya anita ye u be hla du kukri ghugbamu n yi ko juma be kahla wu du kuson ni meme ni koshishi u be na toh ade be si yo latre ni kpabina u be hi be turon ni meme sonron na?
are you not partial in yourselves? and do you not judge from false principles?
5 wori imrivayi mubeyi be na toh ade irji a chu be ya ni mi gbuugblu du mba he be wo ni mi njaaji nda he be wa mba kpa nkon wa yonyu ni be wa mba son wu
Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to those who love him?
6 u be kpa be ya tsiri be na toh a nde be wo yi mba o yi ya na?
But you dishonor the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do they not themselves drag you to the judgment-seats?
7 mba mbayi mba mri yi ni idedede ma be yoa
Do they not themselves revile that honorable name which is called upon you?
8 ko ni he u tta cika ituron be chu na wa vuvu a tre a u ka sonvayime na wa u sontume u ti dede ma
If, however, you fulfill the law of highest excellence, according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.
9 amma u be ta tsoro kankan ni mi bi be kpaturon tsiri
But if you show partiality for persons, you work sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 u wa a hu turon wawu da kwubza ni riri a sontuma ni turon a wawu
For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet fail in one, is an offender against all.
11 udiri ni ta tre na ti ta na nde la tre na wu na u ta na ti fa na u ta wu u he idi u kpa turon tsiri
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now, though you do not commit adultery, yet, if you kill, you are a transgresssor of law.
12 nakima be ka tre de ti na be wa mba bla ni mi turon u son tu
So speak, and so act, as those who shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13 u hukunci a ni ye ba lonsoron mba ni idi wa ana consonrona. consonron ni ijur ni mi hukunci
For he shall have judgment without mercy, who has shown no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.
14 dedema a hi ge imrivayimu idan idiri ni ta tre de wa wu he ni njaaji da na ti idu ba na? u njaaji kima ana kpchuwona ko ani ya?
What profit is there, my brethren, if any one say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?
15 misali idan vayime lilo ko vayi me vrewa ana suru ikolo meme ma da wa ila hama u cha chuki
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 misali du irirbi du hla ni mba hi ni si sonron son ni hruhu ni hwt u tana no mba kpi wa ikpamba ni sona na u demema a hige?
and any of you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, and yet give them not the things that are needful for the body, what does this profit them?
17 ni kon kima njaaji ni tuma idan ana tiduna a hi kuboma
So, also, faith, if it has not works, is dead, being by itself.
18 e idri ani tre u he ni kpouji ti du na tsoro me kpohji me wa ana he ni iduana u me mi tsoro ikpohji mu ni idum
But some one will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith by your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 u ka kpakyeme ande irji a hi riri u ti bi u ko ibrji me mba kpakyemi ni mi sisiri
You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble.
20 u son toh u na he idi u mre na de njaaji wa ana he ni iduna a hi mege
But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21 ana hi itibu Ibrahim wa mba giri ni duma wa a ban ivrema Ishaku no ni bagadi irji na?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 u ka tohde njaji a ni tidu ni duma mba nidu u njaaji ani kpau gboru
Do you see that faith was the moving principle in his works, and by works his faith was made perfect?
23 u vuvu a kle tre de Ibrahim a kpakyeme ni irji u a bla yo ni be tsatsara u mba ka yo de ikpa irji
And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God.
24 be toh ade a he ni tu idu mba gbiradisa ana ni kpakyeme na
Do you see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only?
25 ni ko kma me Rahab ghughu wa mba gbirasa ni tu du wa a kpa be tsiri da tsoro mba ikorikha na?
Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
26 na ikpa wa ana he ni ibrji na a hi ikobuma kpoji wa ana he ni du na a hi kobon ma.
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
