James 2
1 My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
我的朋友们，作为一名信徒，相信我们荣耀的主耶稣基督，就不应该以貌取人。
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.
如果某人手戴金戒指、身穿华服走进你们的会堂；然后一个衣衫褴褛的穷人也走进去了。
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,”
如果你特别关注华服之人，说：“请坐上座。”然后对穷人说：“你站在那里。”或说：“坐在我的脚下方的地上。”
4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
你不是再用恶意歧视和判断别人吗？
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?
我亲爱的朋友们，听我说：上帝不是选择了那些在世上被视为贫穷的人吗继承上帝承诺赐给爱他之人的天国？
6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
但你们却侮辱穷人。那些欺压你们、拉你们上法庭的难道不是富人吗？
7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
难道不是他们亵渎那个人的荣耀名字吗？是那个人向你们发出召唤，你们也属于他。
8 If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
如果你们遵守经书的尊贵法律：“要爱邻如己”，你们就做对了。
9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
如果你们显示出偏向之心，那就是犯罪，律法就会裁定你们犯法。
10 Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
如果一个人遵守了律法的所有要求，但却违背了其中一条，就等于违反所有律法。
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.
上帝告诉你们不可奸淫，也告诉你们不可杀人；如果你不奸淫但却杀人，那就还是犯法。
12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
你们的语言和行为，应该像那些受自由律法审判之人。
13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
任何人如果没有怜悯之心，审判他的时候也就不会有怜悯；但怜悯胜过审判。
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
我的朋友们，如果一个人说他有信心，却没有行动，有什么益处呢？这“信心”能救他吗？
15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
如果你的兄弟姐妹缺衣少食，
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?
你对他们说：“祝福你们！愿你们吃得饱穿得暖！”，但却不给他们活下去所需要的，那有什么用处呢？
17 So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
如果你事实上没有做良善正确的事情，你对上帝信的本身也是死的，毫无价值的。。
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.
有人会驳斥：“你有对上帝的信心，我做我的善行。”那么，请显示你对上帝有信心却没有善行，我会借着我的善行，将我的信心显示给你看。
19 You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
你相信只有一个上帝？非常好，但魔鬼也相信上帝，但他们却害怕上帝。
20 O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
愚昧的人哪！你难道不知道，相信上帝却不做正义良善之事，并没有什么用处吗？
21 Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
我们的祖先亚伯拉罕将其子以撒献在祭坛上，不是因其行为而被视为正确吗？
22 You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.
你看，他对上帝的信心与他的行为一致，他的信心因其行为而变得完整。
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.
正如经文所说：“亚伯拉罕相信上帝，这被视为他做出正义良善之事。”他也被称为上帝的朋友。
24 As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.
因此一个人被称为正直良善，是因其行为，而非单纯因为对上帝的信。
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?
同样，妓女喇合照顾信使，从另一条路把他们送走，她难道不会因这一行为而被称为正义良善吗？
26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
身体没有灵即死；同样，信心没有行为也为死。
