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 with partial regard 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 enter into your synagogue a man having gold rings on his fingers, and with splendid clothing, and there enter likewise a poor man, with sordid apparel;
3 u be ta kpa idi ukulon dedema nde no bubu u
and you look on him who has the splendid clothing, and say, Sit you here honorably; and to the poor man, Stand you there; or, Sit here at 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, then, partial among yourselves, and have become judges who reason wickedly?
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
Hearken, beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor of the world--rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them who love him?
6 u be kpa be ya tsiri be na toh a nde be wo yi mba o yi ya na?
Do not the rich exceedingly oppress you, and themselves drag you to the judgment seats?
7 mba mbayi mba mri yi ni idedede ma be yoa
Do not they defame that excellent name which is named on 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, now, indeed, you fulfill a royal law, 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 have respect of persons, you commit sin, being convicted by the law of transgressors.
10 u wa a hu turon wawu da kwubza ni riri a sontuma ni turon a wawu
For whoever will keep the whole law, yet fails in one point, has become guilty of 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 who said, "Do not commit adultery," has also said, "Do not kill." Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.
12 nakima be ka tre de ti na be wa mba bla ni mi turon u son tu
So speak, and so do, as those who shall be judged by a law of liberty;
13 u hukunci a ni ye ba lonsoron mba ni idi wa ana consonrona. consonron ni ijur ni mi hukunci
for judgment without mercy, will be to him who showed no mercy: but mercy exults 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 is the advantage, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but 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
For if a brother or a sister be naked, or 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 one of you say to him, Depart in peace: be warmed, and be filled; yet give him none of the things needful for the body, what is the advantage?
17 ni kon kima njaaji ni tuma idan ana tiduna a hi kuboma
So, also, faith, if it have not works, is dead, being alone.
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
Also, one may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without 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: even the demons believe and tremble.
20 u son toh u na he idi u mre na de njaaji wa ana he ni iduna a hi mege
Besides, would 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 had lifted up Isaac, his son, upon the altar?
22 u ka tohde njaji a ni tidu ni duma mba nidu u njaaji ani kpau gboru
You see that his faith co-operated with his works, and by works his faith was perfected.
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 so that 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
You see, that by works a man is justified, 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?
And in like manner, also, was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by works, having secretly received the messengers, and having sent them away by another road.
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, also, faith, without works, is dead.
