James 2
1 My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory.
Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, lo ka re lo ba Morena Jesu Keresete Morena wa kgalalelo jang, fa lo supa kgethololo ka go ja le bahumi fela lo lebela bahumanegi kwa tlase?
2 For, if there enter into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings in gay clothing, and there enter a destitute man also, in soiled clothing, —
Fa motho a tsena mo tlung ya lona ya kobamelo a apere diaparo tse di tlhwatlhwa kgolo a bile a rwele mehitshana ya gouta e e tlhwatlhwa kgolo mo menwaneng ya gagwe, mme e re fela ka nako eo go bo go tla motho yo mongwe yo o humanegileng a apere makgasa,
3 And ye eye him that hath on the gay clothing, and say, Thou, be sitting here, pleasantly, —and, unto the destitute man, say—Thou, stand, or sit there under my footstool,
mme lo bo lo amogela mohumi ka matsetseleko a magolo lo mo naya setilo se se ntle ka tlotlo mme lo bo lo raya mohumanegi lo re, “O ka ema fale fa o rata kgotsa wa nna fa fatshe mo bodilong,” jalo he,
4 Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings?
go leba motho ka khumo ya gagwe go supa gore lo tlhotlhelediwa ke megopolo e e bosula.
5 Hearken! my brethren beloved: —Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Ntheetsang, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang: Modimo o tlhophile bahumanegi go huma mo tumelong le Bogosi jwa Legodimo ke jwa bone, gonne eo ke mpho e Modimo o e solofeditseng botlhe ba ba o ratang.
6 Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?
Mme le fa go ntse jalo, mo batsamaing ba babedi, lo nyaditse wa mohumanegi. A ga lo lemoge gore bahumi ke bone ba ba tleng ba lo gogele kwa tshekong?
7 Do not, they, defame the noble name which hath been invoked upon you?
Gape gantsi thata ke bone ba ba tshegang Jesu Keresete; yo leina la gagwe le le tlotlegang lo bidiwang ka lone.
8 If ye are, indeed, fulfilling, a royal law, according to the scripture—Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, nobly, are ye doing;
Ee ruri, go molemo fa o obamela taolo ya Morena wa rona, e e reng, “O tshwanetse go rata le go thusa bangwe ka wena fela jaaka o ithata ebile o itlhokomela.”
9 But, if ye are shewing respect of persons, sin, are ye working, being convicted by the law as transgressors!
Mme lo tlola molao o wa Morena wa rona fa lo rekegela bahumi fela ebile lo ba ipelela; ke boleo go dira jalo.
10 For, a man who shall keep, the whole law, but shall stumble in one thing, hath become, for all things, liable, —
Mme motho yo o tshegetsang molao mongwe le mongwe wa Modimo, mme a relela go le gonnye, o molato fela jaaka motho yo o tlodileng molao mongwe le mongwe o o leng teng,
11 For, he that hath said—Do not commit adultery, hath also said—Do not commit murder, —now, if thou dost not commit adultery, but dost commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law.
gonne Modimo o o rileng o seka wa nyala mosadi yo o setseng a na le monna, ke one o o rileng o seka wa bolaya, jalo le fa o sa tlola melao ya lonyalo ka go dira boaka, mme o bolaile mongwe, o robile melao ya Modimo gotlhelele, mme ka go dira jalo o molato fa pele ga One.
12 So, be speaking, and, so, doing, as they who, through means of a law of freedom, are about to be judged;
O tlaa atlholwa le fa o dira kgotsa o sa dire se Keresete o rileng o se dire. Ke gone ela tlhoko se o se dirang le se o se akanyang;
13 For, the judgment, [will be] without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.
gonne ga go kitla go nna le kutlwelo botlhoko mo go ba ba iseng ba ke ba supe kutlwelo botlhoko. Mme fa e le gore o ntse o le kutlwelo botlhoko, jalo kutlwelo botlhoko ya Modimo e e yang kwa go wena e tlaa fenya katlholo ya gago e e tswang kwa go One.
14 What profit, my brethren, —if one should be saying he hath, faith, but hath not, works; can his faith save him?
Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, go thusang gore lo re lo na le tumelo ebile lo Bakeresete fa lo sa go supe ka go thusa ba bangwe? A tumelo e e ntseng jalo e ka boloka mongwe?
15 If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food,
Fa o na le tsala e e tlhokang dijo le diaparo,
16 And one from among you should say unto them—Withdraw in peace, be getting warmed and fed, but should not give them the things needful for the body, What the profit?
o bo o e raya o re, “Go siame, tsamaya sentle Modimo o go segofatse; o thuthafalelwe o bo o kgore,” mme o bo o sa mo fe diaparo kgotsa dijo, moo go thusang?
17 So, also, faith, if it have not works, is dead, by itself.
Jalo a o a bona, ga go a lekana fela go nna le tumelo. O tshwanetse gape go dira molemo go supa gore o na le yone tumelo. Tumelo e e sa itshupeng ka ditiro tse di molemo ga se tumelo gotlhelele, e sule ebile ga e na mosola.
18 But one will say, —Thou, hast faith, and, I, have works, show me thy faith apart from thy works, and, I, unto thee, will shew, by my works, my faith.
Mme kgotsa mongwe o ka nganga a re, “Wa re tsela e e yang kwa Modimong ke ka tumelo e le yosi, e sa okediwe ka sepe; go siame, nna ka re ditiro tse di molemo le tsone di botlhokwa gonne kwa ntle ga ditiro tse di molemo ga o kake wa supa gore a o na le tumelo kgotsa nnyaa; mme le fa e le mang o ka bona gore ke na le tumelo ka tsela e ke itsayang ka yone.”
19 Thou believest that God is, one: thou doest, well—Even the demons believe, and shudder!
A go santse go na le bangwe mo go lona ba ba reng, “Go dumela fela”? go lekanye? Go dumela mo Modimong o le mongwe fela? Ee, gakologelwang gore le mewa e e maswe e dumela selo se thata, mo e leng gore e roroma ka letshogo!
20 But art thou willing to learn, O empty man! that, faith, apart from works, is, idle?
Motho ke wena wa seeleele? O tlaa ithuta leng gore “Go dumela” ga gona mosola kwa ntle ga go dira se Modimo o batlang o se dira? Tumelo e e sa ungweng ditiro tse di molemo ga se tumelo ya boammaaruri.
21 Abraham our father, was it not, by works, he was declared righteous—when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
A ga o gakologelwe gore le rraa rona Aberahame o ne a supiwa a le molemo ka ntlha ya se a se dirileng, jaaka a ne a ineela go obamela Modimo, le fa go ne go raya gore a ntshe morwawe Isake setlhabelo go swa mo sebesong?
22 Thou seest that, his faith, had been working together with his works, and by his works did his faith become full-grown, —
O a bona, o ne a ikanya Modimo mo e leng gore o ne a batla go dira le fa e le eng se Modimo o neng o se mmolelela; tumelo ya gagwe e ne ya felelediwa ke se a neng a se dira, ke ditiro tsa gagwe, ditiro tse di molemo.
23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith—And Abraham believed God, And it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and, God’s friend, was he called:
Mme jalo ga diragala fela jaaka Dikwalo di bua, gore Aberahame o ne a ikanya Modimo, mme Morena a mo supa a le molemo mo ponong ya Modimo, le gone o ne a ba a tla a bidiwa “tsala ya Modimo.”
24 Ye see that—by works, a man is declared righteous, and not by faith alone.
Jalo lo a bona, gore motho o bolokwa ka se a se dirang, le se a se dumelang.
25 And, in like manner also, Rahab the harlot, Was it not, by works, she was declared righteous, when she gave welcome unto the messengers, and, by another way, urged them forth?
Rahabe, mosadi wa seaka ke sengwe sa dikai tsa se se buiwang. O ne a bolokwa ka ntlha ya se a neng a se dira ka nako e o neng a fitlha barongwa a bo a ba ngwegisa ka tsela e sele ba bolokesegile.
26 Just as, the body, apart from spirit, is dead, so, our faith also, apart from works, is dead.
Fela jaaka mmele o sule fa go sena mowa mo go one, tumelo le yone e ntse fela jalo e sule fa e le gore ke mofuta o o sa ungweng ditiro tse di molemo.
