James 2
1 My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory.
Hama dzangu, kwete nerusarura muve nerutendo rwaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu wekubwinya.
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, —
Nokuti kana muungano yenyu mukapinda murume ane mhete yegoridhe nenguvo inopenya, mukapindawo murombo ane nguvo yakasviba,
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,
imwi ndokutarira uyo wakapfeka nguvo inopenya; ndokuti kwaari: Iwe gara pano zvakanaka; ndokuti kumurombo: Iwe mira ipapo; kana: Gara pano pasi pechitsiko chetsoka dzangu;
4 Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings?
hamunawo kusarura mukati menyu pachenyu mukavawo vatongi vendangariro dzakaipa here?
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?
Inzwai, hama dzangu dzinodikanwa. Mwari haana here kusarudza varombo venyika ino, vakafuma parutendo, nevadyi venhaka yeushe hwaakavimbisa kune vanomuda?
6 Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?
Asi imwi makazvidza murombo. Vafumi havakutsikiririi here, uye ndivo vanokukweverai kumatare?
7 Do not, they, defame the noble name which hath been invoked upon you?
Ivo havanyombi zita rakanaka rakadanwa pamuri here?
8 If ye are, indeed, fulfilling, a royal law, according to the scripture—Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, nobly, are ye doing;
Kana zvirokwazvo muchizadzisa murairo weushe, zvinoenderana nerugwaro rwunoti: Ida wekwako sezvaunozvidaiwe, munoita zvakanaka;
9 But, if ye are shewing respect of persons, sin, are ye working, being convicted by the law as transgressors!
asi kana mune rusarura, munoita chivi, munopwiswa nemurairo sevadariki.
10 For, a man who shall keep, the whole law, but shall stumble in one thing, hath become, for all things, liable, —
Nokuti ani nani anochengeta murairo wese, asi akagumburwa pane umwe, anova nemhosva kune yese.
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.
Nokuti iye wakati: Usaita upombwe; wakatiwo: Usauraya; zvino kana usingaiti upombwe, asi uchiuraya, wava mudariki wemurairo.
12 So, be speaking, and, so, doing, as they who, through means of a law of freedom, are about to be judged;
Taurai saizvozvo uye itai saizvozvo, sevachazotongwa nemurairo werusununguko.
13 For, the judgment, [will be] without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.
Nokuti kutonga kusina tsitsi ndekweasina kuita tsitsi; uye tsitsi dzinozvirumbidza pakukutonga.
14 What profit, my brethren, —if one should be saying he hath, faith, but hath not, works; can his faith save him?
Zvinobatsirei, hama dzangu, kana munhu achiti ane rutendo, asi asina mabasa? Rutendo urwu rwunogona kumuponesa here?
15 If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food,
Zvino kana hamarume kana hamakadzi yakashama uye achishaiwa kudya kwezuva rimwe nerimwe,
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?
umwe wenyu ndokuti kwavari: Ibvai murugare, mudziyirwe uye mugute; asi musingavapi zvinhu zvinodikanwa nemuviri, izvo zvinobatsirei?
17 So, also, faith, if it have not works, is dead, by itself.
Saizvozvowo rutendo, kana rwusina mabasa, rwakafa pacharwo.
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.
Asi umwe achati: Iwe une rutendo, neni ndine mabasa; ndiratidze rutendo rwako kunze kwemabasa, neni pamabasa angu ndichakuratidza rutendo rwangu.
19 Thou believest that God is, one: thou doest, well—Even the demons believe, and shudder!
Iwe unotenda kuti kuna Mwari umwe; unoita zvakanaka; nemadhimoni anotenda uye anodedera.
20 But art thou willing to learn, O empty man! that, faith, apart from works, is, idle?
Asi unoda kuziva here, haiwa dununu, kuti rutendo rwusina mabasa rwakafa?
21 Abraham our father, was it not, by works, he was declared righteous—when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Abhurahama baba vedu havana kunzi vakarurama kubva pamabasa here, vabaira mwanakomana wavo Isaka pamusoro pearitari?
22 Thou seest that, his faith, had been working together with his works, and by his works did his faith become full-grown, —
Unoona kuti rutendo rwakabata pamwe nemabasa ake, uye kubva pamabasa rutendo rwakaperedzerwa here?
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:
Nerugwaro rukazadzisika rwunoti: NaAbhurahama wakatenda kuna Mwari, zvikaverengerwawo kwaari kuti ndiko kururama, akanziwo shamwari yaMwari.
24 Ye see that—by works, a man is declared righteous, and not by faith alone.
Naizvozvo munoona kuti munhu anonzi wakarurama kubva pamabasa, uye kwete kubva parutendo chete.
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?
Saizvozvowo naRakabhi chifeve haana kunzi wakarurama kubva pamabasa here, agamuchira vatumwa, nekuvabudisa neimwe nzira?
26 Just as, the body, apart from spirit, is dead, so, our faith also, apart from works, is dead.
Nokuti semuviri pasina mweya wakafa, saizvozvowo rutendo rwusina mabasa rwakafa.
