ᏥᎻ ᎤᏬᏪᎳᏅᎯ 2
1 ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᎡᏦᏳᏒ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎢᎦᏤᎵ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᏔᎵ ᏳᏛᏕᏍᏗ ᏗᏓᎸᏉᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
My friends, are you really trying to combine faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord, with discrimination?
2 ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏳᏴᎵᎸ ᏕᏥᎳᏫᎥᎢ ᎠᏕᎸ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎤᎵᏰᏑᏍᏙᎩ ᏧᏬᏚᎯ ᏧᏄᏩᎢ, ᎾᏍᏉᏃ ᏳᏴᎵᎸ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏛᎾᏕᎩ ᏗᎦᏓᎭ ᏧᏄᏩᎢ;
Suppose a visitor should enter your synagogue, with gold rings and in grand clothes, and suppose a poor man should come in also, in shabby clothes,
3 ᏰᏥᎸᏉᏔᏅᏃ ᏧᏬᏚᎯ ᏧᏄᏩᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᏱᏁᏥᏪᏎᎸ, ᎠᏂ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎯᎲᎦ, ᎤᏲᏃ ᎢᏳᏛᎿᎭᏕᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏱᏁᏥᏪᏎᎸ, ᎾᎿᎭᎾ ᎯᏙᎨᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂ ᎯᎲᎦ ᎯᏆᎳᏏᏗᏱ ᎠᎩᏍᎩᎸ ᎭᏫᏂᏗᏢ;
and you show more respect to the visitor who is wearing grand clothes, and say – ‘There is a good seat for you here,’ but to the poor man – ‘You must stand; or sit down there by my footstool,’
4 ᏞᏍᏗ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏕᏣᏓᏅᏛ ᏱᏗᏣᏓᎸᏉᏗᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᏝᏍᎪ ᏗᏧᎪᏗᏍᎩ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏣᏓᏅᏖᏍᎩ ᏱᏂᏣᎵᏍᏔᏅ?
Haven’t you made distinctions among yourselves, and used evil standards of judgement?
5 ᎢᏣᏛᎬᎦ ᎢᏨᎨᏳᎢ ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᏝᏍᎪ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏱᏚᏑᏰᏒ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᎿᎭᏕᎩ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᎤᏁᎿᎭᎢᏳ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏙᎵᎦ ᎤᏤᎵᎪᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏚᎢᏍᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᏥᎩ ᎬᏩᎨᏳᎯ?
Listen, my dear friends. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the things of this world to be rich through their faith, and to possess the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?
6 ᏂᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎥᏝ ᏰᏥᎦᏌᏯᏍᏔᏅ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏛᎿᎭᏕᎩ. ᏝᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎿᎭᎢ ᎤᏲ ᏱᏂᎨᏨᎿᎭᏕᎪᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏱᏗᎨᏣᏘᏃᎯᎰ ᏗᎫᎪᏙᏗᏱ?
But you – you insult the poor man! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you? Isn’t it they who drag you into law courts?
7 ᏝᏍᎪ ᏯᏂᏐᏢᎢᏍᏗᏍᎪ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏕᎤᏙᎥ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎯ ᏤᏦᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ?
Isn’t it they who malign that honourable name spoken over you at your baptism?
8 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᏥᎧᎵᎢᎮᏍᏗ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏂᎬᏅ ᎪᏪᎸᎢ, “ᏨᏒ ᏥᏂᏣᏓᎨᏳᎭ ᏂᎨᏳᏎᏍᏗ ᎾᎥ ᎢᏗᏍᏓᏓᎳ,” ᏣᏗᎭ, ᎣᏏᏳ ᏱᏂᏣᏛᎦ.
If you keep the royal law which runs – “You must love your neighbour as you love yourself,” you are doing right;
9 ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂᏃ ᏙᏣᏓᎸᏉᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗᏉ, ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏅᎨᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᎧᎾᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏕᏧᎪᏓᏁᎮᏍᏗ ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏅᏨᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ.
but, if you discriminate, you commit a sin, and stand convicted by that same law of being offenders against it.
10 ᎩᎶᏰᏃ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏱᏓᎧᎿᎭᏩᏕᎦ, ᏑᏓᎴᎩᏉᏃ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏯᏲᏍᏗᎭ, ᏂᎦᏛ ᏚᏲᏍᏔᏃᎢ.
For a person who has laid the Law, as a whole, to heart, but has failed in one particular, is accountable for breaking all its provisions.
11 ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᎢᏳᏪᏛ ᏥᎩ, “ᏞᏍᏗ ᏣᏓᏲᏁᎸᎩ,” ᎾᏍᏉ ᎯᎠ ᎢᏳᏪᏛ ᎢᎩ, “ᏞᏍᏗ ᏣᏓᎸᎩ;” ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᏣᏓᏲᏁᎸᎾ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏱᏣᏓᎸ, ᎿᎭᏉ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎯᏲᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ.
He who said “You must not commit adultery” also said “You must not murder.” If, then, you commit murder but not adultery, you are still an offender against the Law.
12 ᎢᏥᏁᎬᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏕᏥᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᏂᏁᎢᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏗᎨᎫᎪᏓᏁᏗ ᏥᎩ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎬᏓᎧᎲᏍᎩ ᎨᎬᏓᏁᏗ ᏥᎩ.
Therefore, speak and act as people who are to be judged by the “Law of freedom.”
13 ᎾᏥᏙᎵᎬᎾᏰᏃ ᏣᎫᎪᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏄᏓᏙᎵᏨᎯ; ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏃ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏓᎵᏁᏗᏕᎭ ᏗᎫᎪᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
For there will be justice without mercy for the person who has not acted mercifully. Mercy triumphs over Justice.
14 ᎦᏙ ᎬᏙᏗ, ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎠᏉᎯᏳᎭ ᏯᏗᎭ, ᏂᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎾᏃ ᏱᎩ? ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏒᏍᎪ ᏰᎵᏉ ᏳᏍᏕᎸ?
My friends, what good is it if someone claims that they have faith, but they do not prove it by actions? Can such faith save them?
15 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎢᎩᏅᏟ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎩᏙ ᏧᏂᏰᎸᎭ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏳᏂᏂᎬᎦ ᏂᏚᎩᏨᏂᏒ ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ,
Suppose some brother or sister should be in need of clothes and of daily bread,
16 ᎩᎶᏃ ᏂᎯ ᎢᏣᏓᏡᎬ ᎯᎠ ᏱᏂᏚᏪᏎᎸ; ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ ᏥᏤᎾ, ᎢᏥᎦᎾᏬᏒᎯ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏦᎸᏒᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ; ᏂᏗᏥᏁᎲᎾᏃ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎤᎵᏍᏕᎸᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎦᏙ ᎬᏙᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ?
and one of you says to them – ‘Go, and peace be with you; keep warm and eat well!’ and yet you do not actually give them the necessities of life, what good would it be to them?
17 ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᏔᎵ ᏄᏛᏛᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎤᎵᏬᏨᎯ, ᎤᏩᏒᏉ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ.
In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.
18 ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᎩᎶ ᎯᎠ ᏱᏅᎦᏫ, ᏂᎯ ᏦᎯᏳᎭ, ᎠᏴᏃ ᏓᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎭ; ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᏍᏋᏂᏏ ᏦᎯᏳᏒ ᏕᏣᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᏅᏗᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᏴᏃ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏅᏓᎬᏴᏁᎵ ᎠᏉᎯᏳᏒ ᏓᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎬᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
Someone, indeed, may say – ‘You are a man of faith, and I am a man of action.’ ‘Then show me your faith,’ I reply, ‘apart from any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions.’
19 ᏂᎯ ᎰᎯᏳᎲᏍᎦ ᎠᏏᏴᏫ ᎡᎲ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ. ᎣᏏᏳ ᎿᎭᏛᏁᎭ. ᎠᏂᏍᎩᎾ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏃᎯᏳᎲᏍᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᏂᎾᏫᎭ.
It is a part of your faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought.
20 ᏣᏚᎵᏍᎪᏃ ᏣᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗᏱ, ᏂᏣᏓᏅᏛᎾ ᎯᏍᎦᏯ, ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎵᏬᏨᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏔᎵ ᏄᏛᏛᎾ ᏱᎩ?
Now do you really want to understand, fool, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?
21 ᏝᏍᎪ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᎢᎩᏙᏓ ᏳᏚᏓᎴᏍᏔᏁ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ, ᎤᎵᏍᎪᎸᏔᏅ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎡᏏᎩ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎨᎳᏍᏗᏱ?
Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was he not justified by his actions after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?
22 ᎯᎪᏩᏘᎭ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏍᏕᎸᎲ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸ ᎤᏩᏔᏅ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎧᎵᎸᎢ.
You see how, in his case, faith and actions went together; that his faith was perfected as the result of his actions;
23 ᎪᏪᎸᏃ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏁᎢ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎦᏪᎭ; “ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏅᎩ ᎤᏁᎸᏅᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏠᏱ ᎠᏥᏰᎸᎾᏁᎸᎩ.” ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎾᎵᎢ ᎠᎪᏎᎲᎩ.
and that in this way the words of scripture came true – ‘Abraham believed God, and that was regarded by God as righteousness,’ and ‘He was called the friend of God.’
24 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏥᎪᏩᏘᎭ ᏴᏫ ᏕᎤᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎠᏚᏓᎴᏍᏗᏍᎬᎢ, ᎥᏝᏃ ᎪᎯᏳᏗᏉ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏩᏒ.
You see, then, that a person is justified by actions, and not by faith alone.
25 ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎴᎭᏫ ᎤᏁᎫᏥᏛ ᏝᏍᎪ ᏕᎤᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᏳᏚᏓᎴᏍᏔᏁᎢ ᏚᏓᏂᎸᏨ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏅᏓᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ ᎠᎴ ᏚᏅᏫᏍᏔᏅ ᎤᏣᏘᏂ ᎢᏗᏢ ᏭᏂᎶᎯᏍᏗᏱ?
Wasn’t it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was she not justified by her actions, after she had welcomed the messengers and helped them escape by another road?
26 ᎠᏰᎸᏰᏃ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏄᏪᎲᎾ ᏱᎩ ᎤᏓᏬᏨᎯ ᏥᎨᏐᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯᏉ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏔᎵ ᏄᏛᏛᎾ ᏱᎩ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎤᎵᏬᏨᎯ ᎨᏐᎢ.
Just as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.
