James 2
1 My brethren, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, so as to show a partiality for persons.
Ka püie, hlüngtaikia Bawi, mi Bawipa Jesuh Khritaw nami jumkia kya lü khyange a khawkpunga ami ngsuingsak cän bük lü käh jah mkhawimhnga ua.
2 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,
Bawimangki naw xüi kutcüp ja suisak kdaw suisa lü mpyenkse naw kpyawn suisa lü nami ngkhämnaka ami law vai cän ngai süm ua.
3 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;
Suisak kdaw suisaki cän leisawng lü “khung akdaw üng ngawa” ti lü mpyenkse üngta “cäa ngdüia am ani üng ka khaw kung imcia ngawa,
4 are you not partial in yourselves? and do you not judge from false principles?
acukba anita nami ksunga ngkhawingpanak namät naw pawh uki lü nami ngaihtüh aksea khana tünei lü ngthumkhyahnak nami pawhkie ni.
5 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?
Ka püie na ngai u! Pamhnam naw hin khawmdeka mpyenksee cän jah xü lü jumeinak üng bawimang u lü ani kphyanakia phäh khyütam a jah peta pe cän ka na khaie ni.
6 But you dishonor the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do they not themselves drag you to the judgment-seats?
Nang, mpyenkse am na leisawngki ni! Acune ta nang naw jah mkhuhmhlihki lü ngthumkhyah mkhawngea veia na jah kaihe cän ni. Bawimang he ta ue ni.
7 Do they not themselves revile that honorable name which is called upon you?
Nang üng ning peta ngming kdaw cän aksea pyenki cun bawimange ni.
8 If, however, you fulfill the law of highest excellence, according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.
Cangcim üng vekia, “Na im pei lo ceng cän namät na kphyanaka kba jah kphya naa” tia Khyawngpea thum cän na läklam üngta akcang ni nang naw na bilawh kawm.
9 But if you show partiality for persons, you work sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Lüpi khyange akpung da ami ngsuingsak jah bük lü na ve üngta, nang cun mkhyekatnak pawhki lü thum na lümkanki tia Thum naw ni mkatei khai ni.
10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet fail in one, is an offender against all.
Thum mat lümkan nakütki naw avan a lümkana kyaki ni.
11 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.
Mat üng a pyen ta, “Khyanga khyuca käh bäühmanak vai,” a ti be tü ta, “Khyang käh hnima,” a ti ni. Khyanga khyuca am na bäünak üngpi khyang na hnim üngta thum na lümkankia kyaki ni.
12 So speak, and so act, as those who shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Ngthumkhyah law üng thum naw a jah mhlät vai khyangea kba, vecawh jah pyensak ngsungkia ve ua.
13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, who has shown no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.
Mpyeneinak am takia khyang cun ngthumkhyah law üng Pamhnam naw am mpyenei; lüpi mpyeneinak naw ngthumkhyahnak cun näng ve.
14 What profit is there, my brethren, if any one say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?
Ka püie, nangmi üngka mat naw jumeinak ka taki ti lü pyen se, am a ngneisaknak üngta ia ngmangnak khai ni. Acuna jumeinak naw ning küikyan thei khai aw.
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Na benae ja cinae naw ami suisak vai ja ei vai am ami tak vai cun ngai süma.
16 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?
Ami phäha hlüki am jah pe xa lü, “Ak'üpawma ngsuingsa lü akhlima eiawa! Pamhnam naw dawnak ning pe se na ti cän ia pi am dawkya na khaie ni.
17 So, also, faith, if it has not works, is dead, being by itself.
Acukba kyase, jumeinak amät ve lü ngneisak am a ngpüi üngta acun hin akthi ni.
18 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.
Lüpi khyang mat naw, “Mat naw jumeinak ta ve, akce naw ngneisak kdaw ta ve,” a ti üng. “Ngneisak am ngpüi xa lü na jumeinak na mdana. Kei naw ka jumeinak cun ngneisak am ka mdan khai,” ti lü ka msang khai ni.
19 You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble.
Pamhnam mat däk veki tia na jumki aw. Daw ve! Khawyaie naw pi kyüheinak am ngkhet u lü jum ve u.
20 But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Khyang nghmawng aw! Ngneisak am ngpüi xakia jumeinak hin am mdang ni ti cun na ksing hlüki aw.
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Mi pupa Abraham cän ihawkba ni Pamhnam üng a ngsungpyun ta. A ca Isak ngkengnaka khana ta lü ngneisak üng a mdana phäha ni.
22 Do you see that faith was the moving principle in his works, and by works his faith was made perfect?
Am na hmu theiki aw. A jumeinak ja a vecawh atänga ngbilo ni lü a jumeinak cän a vecawha phäh kümceikia kyaki ni.
23 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.
Cangcim cang lü, “Abraham naw Pamhnam jumki, acuna a jumeinak cun Pamhnam naw ngsungpyunkia dokhamei petki ni,” ti lü pyenki. Acunakyase, Abraham cun Pamhnama püia ngsui lawki.
24 Do you see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only?
Büka, mi ngneisaka phäh Pamhnam am mi ngsungpyun law be lü mi jumeinak amät däka am kya ve.
25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
Nghnumi kse Rahap üng ahin cun täng ve. Ani naw Isarel msäke jah dokham lü lam kce üng ami lät vaia a jah kueia phäh ani cun a ngneisaka phäh Pamhnam üng ngsungpyunnak yahki ni.
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Pumsa cun Ngmüimkhya kaa akthia mäi ni, acuna kba vecawh am ngpüikia jumeinak cun akthi hnga ni.
