James 2
1 My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
Ka suapui te awng, minthanna i Topa, i Topa Jesus Christ upna sia, ngual doidanna taw len heak vun.
2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
Banghangziam cile na kikhop na mun uh ah mi khat sia kham khutzungbu le puan hoi mama sil in hongpai a, taciang puan sia a sil mizawng pa zong hongpai ahile;
3 If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”
Puan hoi mama sil a hongpai sia zatakna na nei a, ama kung ah, to mun pha ah to in, na ci uh hi; taciang mizawng pa kung ah, zesung ah ding in, a hibale hiak ka peang ngakna nuai ah to in, ci nu hi:
4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
Note sung ah doidanna na nei uh a, a pha ngawl ngaisutna te taw thukhen te suak siat hi ngawl nu ziam?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Kong it suapui te awng, ngai vun, hi leitung a mizawng te sia upna sung ah mihau le Ama a it te tung ah a kamciam sa ukna ngamhlua tu in Pathian in teal zo hi ngawl ziam?
6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Ahitazong note in mizawng te na thupi sim bua uh hi, mihau te in hong sikcil a, thukhenna tokhum te mai ah hong kai hi ngawl ziam?
7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
Amate in note hong ki phua minpha te sonsia hi ngawl ziam?
8 If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
Na innpam te nangma le nangma na ki it bangma in it in, a ci kumpi thukham sia na tangtungsak uh le, na pha seam na hi uh hi:
9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Ahihang note ngual na doidan uh le, mawna vawt na hi uh hi, taciang thukham paltan na hi uh hi, ci sia thukham in hong phawksak hi.
10 Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
Banghangziam cile a kuamapo in, thukham buppi a zui sawm napi, khatpo a zui bua ahile, thukham theampo tung ah maw hi.
11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
Banghangziam cile palngul mawna vawt heak in a ci sia in, tualthat heak in, zong ci hi. Tu in palngul mawna na vawt bua zong in, tual na that le, nangma sia thukham paltan pa na suak hi.
12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
Suatakna i ngeina om bang in thukhenna a thuak tu te bang in pau vun a, seam vun.
13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Banghangziam cile hesuakna a nei ngawl peuma sia hesuakna om ngawl in thukhenna thuak tu hi; taciang hesuakna in thukhenna tung ah zo in lungdam tu hi.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
Ka suapui te awng, mi khat in upna ka nei hi, ci napi sepna a nei bua ahile bang phatuam ziam? ama sia upna in ngum thei tu ziam?
15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
Suapui pa a hibale suapui nu sia pumnguak le anneak tu nei ngawl in ki nusia a,
16 If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?
Note sung pan khatpo in amate tung ah, thinnuam in om vun, na khua uh lum tahen a, na ngil uh zong va tahen; ci napi, pumpi atu a kisap nate na pia bua uh le, bang phattuamna om tu ziam?
17 So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
Tasia bangma in upna zong, sepna te om ngawl, ama nguak a om ciang, a thi a hihi.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
Hi hi, mi khatpo in, nang upna nei ni hi, taciang kei sepna te nei khi hi: na upna sia sepna te om ngawl in honglak tan, taciang kei ka upna sia ka sepna te taw konglak tu hi, ci hi.
19 You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
Pathian khatbek om hi, ci na um hi; pha mama hi: doai te in zong um uh a, huang vadil uh hi.
20 O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
Ahihang a mawmaw pa awng, sepna te om ngawl upna sia a thi a hihi, ci na he nuam ziam?
21 Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
I pu Abraham in a tapa Isaac sia biaktau tung ah a piak ciang in, sepna te hu in thutang suana nga hi ngawl ziam?
22 You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.
Upna le ama sepna te sia bangbang in seamkhawm a, taciang upna sia sepna te tungtawn in khuangkhim hi, ci na mu ziam?
23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
Abraham in Pathian um a, taciang tua a upna sia thutang suana in ceptesak hi, a ci laithiangtho tangtung zo hi: taciang ama sia Pathian i Lawmpa kici hi.
24 As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.
Mihing sia upna bek taw thutang suana nga ngawl a, sepna taw nga hi, ci na mu uh hi.
25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
Tasia bangma in pumpi zuak Rahab in thupuak te sang a, lampi dang pan in a paisak kik ciang in, a sepna te hu in thutang suana nga hi ngawl ziam?
26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
Banghangziam cile thaa om ngawl pumpi sia a thi bangma in, sepna om ngawl upna zong a thi a hihi.
