Jame 2
1 Ka manuca rhoek, mamih kah thangpomnah Boeipa Jesuh Khrih tangnah te maelhmai sawtnah khueh uh boeh.
My brethren, haue not the faith of our glorious Lord Iesus Christ in respect of persons.
2 Nangmih kah tunim khuikah hlang pakhat te sui kubuen, himbai a cim thik la kun coeng. Te vaengah khodaeng khaw himbai a savawk la a kun van atah,
For if there come into your company a man with a golde ring, and in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment,
3 na paelki tih himbai a cim thik aka bai te, “Nang tah hela balh ngol van,” na ti nah. Khodaeng te, “Nang tah soei pai lamtah ka khotloeng hmuiah ngol,” na ti nah.
And ye haue a respect to him that weareth the gaie clothing; and say vnto him, Sit thou here in a goodly place, and say vnto the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my footestoole,
4 Namah khuiah na boelhkhoeh uh neh, kopoek thae kah laitloekkung la na coeng uh pawt nim?
Are yee not partiall in your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoughts?
5 Ka manuca thintlo hnatun uh lah. Diklai khodaeng rhoek te tangnah dongah Pathen loh a kuirhang sak ham neh a lungnah rhoek ham a kam pah ram kah rhopangkung la a tuek moenih a?
Hearken my beloued brethren, hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, that they should be rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he promised to them that loue him?
6 Tedae, nangmih loh khodaeng te yah na bai uh. Kuirhang rhoek loh nangmih m'phaep moenih a? Amih loh nangmih te dumlai khuila m'mawt ta.
But ye haue despised the poore. Doe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates?
7 Amih loh nangmih te ming then m'phoei thil uh tih ng'soehsal uh moenih a?
Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be named?
8 Boei olkhueng te cacim vanbangla na soep sak atah na imben te namah bangla lungnah lamtah buelh saii.
But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.
9 Tedae maelhmai na sawt uh atah tholhnah na saii tih olkhueng loh boekoekkung la n'toeltham.
But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.
10 Anih loh olkhueng te boeih a tuem dae pakhat dongah a tongtah atah boeih a yook kuekluek coeng.
For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all.
11 Aka thui loh, “Samphaih boeh, hlang ngawn boeh,” a ti. Tedae na samphaih, hlang na ngawn tih olkhueng kah boekoekkung la na om uh moenih a?
For he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.
12 Te dongah poenghalnah olkhueng neh laitloek ham aka caai loh na thui bangla saii van saw.
So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shall be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.
13 Laitloeknah te mawth tih rhennah khueh pawt cakhaw rhennah loh laitloeknah te a koevoei tak.
For there shalbe condemnation merciles to him that sheweth not mercie, and mercie reioyceth against condemnation.
14 Balae aka hoeikhang, ka manuca rhoek? Khat khat loh tangnah a khueh te a thui dae a khoboe neh a rhoih pawt atah, tangnah loh anih khang thai mahnim?
What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?
15 Paca boeina neh tanu takhong loh a tlingyal la om tih vuenhlaem buh vawtthoek mai ni.
For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,
16 Nangmih khuikah khat khat loh amih te, “Ngaimong la cet, a baetue neh a hah la ne,” a ti nah. Tedae amih pum kah a ngoe ngaih te na paek uh pawt atah balae a hoeikhang eh?
And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithstading ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?
17 Te dongah tangnah long khaw khoboe a khueh pawt atah amah te aka duek la om.
Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.
18 Tedae khat khat loh, “Nang loh tangnah na khueh, kai tah khoboe ka khueh. Khoboe muehla na tangnah te kai n'tueng lah. Kai loh nang te ka khoboe lamloh tangnah kan tueng eh?,” a ti ni.
But some man might say, Thou hast the faith, and I haue woorkes: shewe me thy faith out of thy woorkes, and I will shewe thee my faith by my woorkes.
19 Nang loh Pathen tah pakhat ni tila na tangnah tih buelh na saii ngawn. Rhaithae rhoek long pataeng a tangnah uh tih a maehma uh ta.
Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble.
20 Olhong hlang aw, ming ham na ngaih dae a? Tangnah loh bisai a khueh pawt atah palyal lamni a poeh.
But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?
21 A pa Abraham tah a bisai neh a tang moenih a? A capa Isaak te hmueihtuk dongah a nawn ta.
Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?
22 Tangnah loh a bisai neh a bongyong daengah ni a bisai dongah tangnah a soep te na hmu uh.
Seest thou not that the faith wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made perfect.
23 Te dongah Cacim loh a thui te soep coeng. Abraham loh Pathen te a tangnah vaengah anih te duengnah dongah a tae thil tih Pathen kah paya la a khue.
And the Scripture was fulfilled which sayeth, Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse: and hee was called the friende of God.
24 Hlang tah tangnah bueng nen pawt tih bisai lamloh a tang te na ming uh.
Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.
25 Rahab hlanghalh khaw a bisai lamloh a tang moenih a? Puencawn rhoi te a doe tih a tloe long a tueih ta.
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued ye messengers, and sent them out another way?
26 Mueihla aka tal pum tah aka duek la a om vanbangla bisai aka tal tangnah khaw a duek la om van.
For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.
