Jemusi 2
1 Nobakwesu, mutajatilili kulusyomo mu Mwami wesu Jesu Kkilisito, iMwami wabulemu, chakulanga ibbazu limwi kuli bamwi bantu.
My brothers, do not hold to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with favoritism toward certain people.
2 Atwambe kuti umwi muntu wanjila mumuswangano wako kazweete inwenwe zyangolide azizwato ziletombe.
Suppose that someone enters your meeting wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and there also enters a poor man in dirty clothes.
3 Kuti walanga kumuntu uzwete zyakuzwata zibotu akwamba kuti, “Iwe kkala aawa abusena bubotu,” pesi kuli oyu muchete wasikuti, “Iwe kiminokiya,” nakuti, “Kkalaansi mpundilyatide,”
If you look at the person wearing fine clothes and say, “You sit here in a good place,” but you say to the poor man, “You stand over there” or “Sit at my feet,”
4 unoli toli kusalulana mukati kanu? Tewaba sikusalula amizezo mibi na?
are you not judging among yourselves? Have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Amuswilizye nobakwesu bayandika, Leza takwakasala bachete munyika kuti babe bavubi mulusyomo na alimwi kuti bazokone Bwami oobo mbwakasyomezya kuli baabo bamuyanda?
Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
6 Pesi temwabalemeka pe bachete! Tabensi bavubi na bamudyamizya? Alubo tensi mbabo na bamukwelela kunkuta?
But you have dishonored the poor! Is it not the rich who oppress you? Are they not the ones who drag you to court?
7 Tabali tukili na izina bbotu eelyo ndimwakayitwa andilyo?
Do they not insult the good name by which you have been called?
8 Zyanchonzyo, kuti mwazuzikizya mulawo wa Mwami, wabubana kukalya mbuli mumalembe, “Muyoyandana ambimuyakilene aabo mbuli mbomuliyanda lwenu,” munoli muchita kabotu.
If, however, you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
9 Pesi kuti kamusalula mbimuyanda kuchoitila kabotu, muli kuchita chibi, alimwi mulisungidwe amulawo mbuli basikuzungania.
But if you favor certain people, you are committing sin, and you are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
10 Nkambo kufumbwa muntu ulemeka mulawu, uzumina kuti udadalikila munzila yomwe biyo, ulayowa kutyola mulawu wonse.
For whoever obeys the whole law, except that he stumbles in just a single way, has become guilty of breaking the whole law.
11 Nkambo ooyo wakati, “Utemuzyi chabumambi,” alimwi wakati, “utajayi.” kuti tewachita bumambi, pesi wajaya, unooli waba simutyola mulawu.
For the one who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but if you do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
12 Nkinkaako ambula akuchita mbuli aabo batazosalwe alubeta lwanzila yamulawu walwangunuko.
So speak and act as those who will be judged by means of the law of freedom.
13 Nkambo lubeta luza kalutakwe nsoni kuli aabo batatondezyi insoni. Ilwetelelo lulalilumbayizya amulubeta.
For judgment comes without mercy to those who have shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 Nimpindunzi, nobakwesu, kuti umwi muntu wati ulijisi lusyomo, pesi katakwe milimo? Oolo lusyomo lulakonzya na kumuvuna?
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works? Can that faith save him?
15 Anikuti umwi mukwesu wachaalumi kana muchizi wachanakazi katasamide zisamo zilikabotu alimwi wabula kulya kwazuba lyonse.
Suppose that a brother or sister is badly clothed and lacks food for the day.
16 Twambe kuti umwi wenu wamba kuti, “Kamuya mulumuno, mukkale mukkasalilwe alimwi mukkute.” Kuti temwabapa zintu zyelede mubili, kuli mpindunzi?
Suppose that one of you says to them, “Go in peace, stay warm and be filled.” If you do not give them the things necessary for the body, what good is that?
17 Munzila yomwe njiyeyo ilusyomo alulikke, kuti kalutakwe milimo, lulifwide.
In the same way faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 Pesi umwi ukonzya kwamba kuti, “Uli aalusyomo, alimwi imebo ndili amilimo.” Nditondezye lusyomo lwako kakutakwe milimo, alimwi ndilakutondezya lusyomo lwangu kwinda mumilimo yangu.
Yet someone may say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 Ulasyoma kuti kuli Leza omwe; ulikuchita kabotu. Pesi awalawo madimoni alazisyoma ezyo, aboobo alayoowa akuteketa.
You believe that there is one God; you do well. But even the demons believe that, and they tremble.
20 Mulayanda na kuziba, nobaalumi bafubafuba, kuti lusyomo lutakwe milimo ndwabiyo? Amwi malembe aansiku aachi Giliki awamba kuti, Mulayanda na kuziba, nobalumi bafubafuba, kuti biyeni lusyomo lutakwe milimo lulifwide.
Do you want to know, foolish man, that faith without works is useless?
21 Abbulahamu taata wesu takalulamikwa amilimo na awo nakaba mwana wakwe Ayizeki kuchipayilo?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Mwabona kuti lusyomo lwakabeleka amilimo yakwe, alimwi kuti kwinda kumilimo yakwe lusyomo lwakwe lwakamaninina.
You see that faith worked with his works, and that by works his faith was fully developed.
23 Akazuzikizigwa malembe awamba kuti, “Abbulahamu wakali kusyoma Leza, alimwi zyakamwambya kuti uli abululami,” alimwi wakamba kuti mwenzinyina wa Leza.
The scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
24 Mwabona kuti muntu wambwidwa aamilimo yakwe, pepe alusyomo biyo.
You see that it is by works that a man is justified, and not only by faith.
25 Munzila ikozyania alimwi, Lahabbu sibumambi tembwakalulamikwa na amilimo awo mpakatambula basikutumwa alimwi wakabalayila kuti bayinke ayimbi inzila?
In the same way also, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by works, when she welcomed the messengers and sent them away by another road?
26 Nkambo mbuuli mubili kuti kawanzene amuuya ulifwide, mbombubo alwalo lusyomo kuti kalwanzene milimo lulifwide.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
