James 2
1 My friends, as trusting believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, you must not show favoritism.
Jowetena, kaka un joma oyie kuom Ruodhwa Yesu Kristo ma en Ruodh duongʼ, kik udew wangʼ ji.
2 Imagine that a man comes into your synagogue wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and then a poor man comes in dressed in rags.
Wakaw ni ngʼato odonjo e chokruok maru korwako bangli mar dhahabu gi lewni mabeyo, to ngʼat moro modhier morwako lewni mokidhore okidhore bende odonjo kode.
3 If you pay special attention to the well-dressed man, and say, “Please sit here in a seat of honor,” while you say to the poor man, “Stand over there, or sit on the floor by my feet,”
Kapo ni ngʼat morwakore gi lewni mabeyo ema umiyo luor, kuwachone niya, “Eri, kaw kom maberni ema ibedie,” to ngʼat modhier to unyiso niya, “In chungʼ chien kucha,” kata niya, “Bedi piny e lowo e tienda ka,”
4 haven't you discriminated and judged with bad motives?
donge mano nyiso ni useketo kiewo e dieru un uwegi, ka ubedo jongʼad bura ma pachgi richo?
5 Listen, my dear friends: Didn't God choose those who the world considers poor to be rich in their trust in him, and to inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him?
Winjuru wachni jowetena mageno: Donge Nyasaye oseyiero joma piny kwano ni odhier mondo obed joma omew e yie margi kendo mondo ocham mwandu mag pinyruoth mosesingo ni joma ohere?
6 But you've treated the poor shamefully. Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you before the courts?
Un to usechayo joma odhier! Donge gin jo-mwandu ema mayou giu kendo materou e ute mag ngʼado bura mondo okumu?
7 Don't they insult the honorable name of the one who called you and to whom you belong?
Donge gin ema gijaro Nying moluor mar Jal muyie kuome?
8 If you really observe the royal law of Scripture: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” then you do well.
Ka en adier ni umako chik mondik e Muma niya, “Her wadu kaka iherori iwuon,” to utimo maber.
9 But if you show favoritism, you're sinning. The law convicts you as guilty of breaking it.
To ka udewo wangʼ ji to utimo richo kendo bura oseloyou kaka joketh chik.
10 Someone who observes everything in the law but fails in just one part is guilty of breaking it all.
Nikech ka ngʼato orito chik duto to opodho e Chik moro achiel kende to odoko jaketho mana ka gima oketho chik duto.
11 God told you not to commit adultery, and he also told you not to kill. So if you don't commit adultery, but you do kill, you've become a law-breaker.
Nikech Jal mane owacho niya, “Kik iterri,” ema nowacho bende niya, “Kik ineki.” Kaponi ok iterri to nek to ineko to isedoko jaketh chik.
12 You should speak and act as people who will be judged by the law of freedom.
Wuouru kendo timuru gik mutimo kaka joma ibiro ngʼadnigi bura gi Chik achielno mamiyo ji bedo thuolo,
13 Anyone who doesn't show mercy will be judged without mercy. Yet mercy wins out over judgment!
nikech nongʼad bura maonge kech ni ngʼato angʼata maonge kech. To kech loyo ngʼado bura.
14 My friends, what's the good of someone saying they trust in God when they don't do what's good and right? Can such “trust” save them?
Jowetena, ere konyruok ma ngʼato yudo ka owacho ni en gi yie to oonge gi tim? Bende yie machal kamano nyalo rese?
15 If a brother or sister doesn't have clothes, or food for the day,
Wakaw ane kaka ranyisi ni owadwa kata nyaminwa kuom Kristo moro wuotho duk kendo oonge gi chiemo monyalo chamo.
16 and you say to them, “Blessings on you! Stay warm and have a good meal!” and you don't provide what they need to survive, what's the good of that?
Ka ngʼato achiel kuomu nyalo wachone niya, “Dhi gi kwe, Nyasaye mondo ogwedhi, kendo koyo kik chami, kendo ichiem maber,” to ok otimo gimoro mokonyo ngʼatni, to ere berne?
17 By itself even your trust-based faith in God is dead and worthless if you don't actually do what's good and right.
Mano e kaka yie bende chalo: ka oonge gi tim to en yie motho.
18 Someone may argue, “You have your trust in God; I have my good deeds.” Well, show me your trust in God without good deeds, and I will show you my trust in God by my good deeds!
To ngʼato nyalo wacho niya, “In to in-gi yie, to an to an-gi tim.” Ngʼat ma wuoyo kamano mondo onyisa ane yie ma en-go maonge tim, mondo eka anyise yie ma an-go kuom timbe ma atimo.
19 You believe that God is one God? That's great—but demons believe in God too, and they're scared of him!
Iyie ni nitiere Nyasaye achiel. Mano ber ahinya! To ngʼe ni kata mana jochiende bende yiegino miyo gitetni ka giluor.
20 You foolish people! Don't you know that trust in God without doing what's right is worthless?
In ngʼat mofuwoni idwaro mondo omed nyisi kaka yie maonge tim en gima nono?
21 Wasn't our father Abraham made right by what he did—by offering his son Isaac on the altar?
Donge Ibrahim kwarwa ne Nyasaye okwano kaka ngʼama kare kuom gima notimo kane ochiwo wuode ma Isaka ewi kendo mar misango.
22 You notice that his trust in God worked together with what he did, and through what he did his trust in God was made complete.
Inyalo neno kaka yie mane en-go kod timne ne tiyo kaachiel, mi yiene nobedo kare chuth kuom gima notimo.
23 In this way scripture was fulfilled: “Abraham trusted God, and this was considered as him doing right,” and he was called the friend of God.
Omiyo Ndiko nochopo kare, mawacho niya, “Ibrahim noyie kuom Nyasaye, kendo mano nomiyo Nyasaye okwane kaka ngʼama kare.” Kuom mano, Ibrahim ne iluongo ni osiep Nyasaye.
24 You see that people are made right by what they do, and not just by trusting God.
Koro nenore malongʼo ni ngʼato doko ngʼat makare kuom gima otimo, to ok kuom yie kende.
25 In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute made right by what she did when she looked after the messengers and then sent them away by a different road?
Kamano bende Rahab dhako mane jachode nokwan kaka ngʼama kare kuom gima notimo kane orwako jombetre kendo okonyogi tony gi yo machielo.
26 Just as the body is dead without the spirit, trust in God is dead if you don't do what's right.
Mana kaka ringruok maonge muya otho, e kaka yie maonge tim bende otho.
