James 2
1 My fellow believers, [because] you trust our Lord Jesus Christ, the one who is glorious/wonderful, stop honoring some people more than others.
Mga igsoon ko, ayaw sunda ang pagtuo sa atong Ginoong Jesu-Cristo, ang Ginoo sa himaya, pinaagi sa pagdapig sa usa ka tawo.
2 [For example], suppose that a person who wears gold rings and fine clothes enters your meeting place. Then suppose that a poor person who wears shabby/ragged clothes also comes in.
Kung adunay mosulod nga usa ka tawo sa inyong panagtigom nga nakasul-ob ug bulawan nga mga singsing ug maayong mga bisti, ug aduna usab mosulod nga usa ka kabos nga tawo nga may hugaw nga bisti,
3 And [suppose] that you (show special attention to/treat better) the one who is dressed in fine clothes by saying, “Sit here in this good seat!” and you say to the poor one, “Stand there or sit on the floor [MTY]!”
ug inyong tagdon pag-ayo ang dato nga tawo nga nagsuot sa maayo nga mga bisti, ug mag-ingon, “Palihog lingkod dinhi sa nindot nga dapit,” apan mag-ingon kamo ngadto sa kabos nga tawo, “Magtindog ka didtong dapita,” o, “Lingkod sa akong tiilan,”
4 Then you have obviously [RHQ] caused divisions in the congregation (OR, you are clearly treating one better than the others, and you are using evil [motives/reasons] to ([evaluate people/decide whether people are important or not])).
wala ba kamo maghukom sa inyong mga kaugalingon, ug nahimo nga maghuhukom nga may daotang hunahuna?
5 Listen [to me], my fellow believers whom I love: God has chosen [RHQ] poor people whom [unbelievers consider to] possess nothing of value, [so that he might bless them] greatly [because] they trust [in him], and in order that they will enter the place where [he] will rule [MET] [forever]. That is what he has promised to those who love him.
Paminaw, akong hinigugma nga mga kaigsoonan, dili ba ang Dios man nagpili sa mga kabos dinhi sa kalibotan aron madato sa pagtuo ug makapanunod sa gingharian nga iyang gisaad niadtong nahigugma kaniya?
6 But you dishonor the poor people. Think about it! (It is rich people, [not poor people], who are causing you to suffer!/Isn’t it rich people, [not poor people], who are oppressing you?) [RHQ] (It is [the rich people] who forcibly take you to court [to accuse you in front of judges]!/Is it not [the rich people] who forcibly take you to court [to accuse you in front of judges]?) [RHQ]
Apan gipakaulawan ninyo ang mga kabos! Dili ba ang mga dato man ang nagdaogdaog kaninyo, ug dili ba sila man ang nagguyod kaninyo ngadto sa hukmanan?
7 (And they are the ones who say evil things about Jesus Christ, the one who is worthy [of praise], to whom you belong!/Are they not the ones who say evil things about Jesus Christ, the one who is worthy [of praise], to whom you belong?) [RHQ]
Dili ba ang mga dato man ang nagpasipala sa maayong ngalan nga maoy gigamit sa pagtawag kaninyo?
8 In the Scriptures [God has commanded] each of you to love other people like you love yourself. That commandment was [also given] by [Jesus our] King [MTY]. If you [are loving others], you are doing what is right.
Apan, kung inyong tumanon ang harianon nga balaod, ingon nga nahisulat sa kasulatan, “Kinahanglan nga higugmaon ninyo ang inyong silingan sama sa inyong kaugalingon,” nagbuhat kamo ug maayo.
9 But if you honor some people more than others, you are (doing wrong/sinning). And because you [do not do what God commanded us to do], he condemns you [PRS] because you disobey his laws.
Apan kung kamo nagdapig sa usa ka tawo, nakasala kamo, hinukman pinaagi sa balaod ingon nga mga nakasupak sa balaod.
10 Do not forget that those who disobey only one of God’s laws, even if they obey all [his other] laws, [God considers them] to be [as guilty as anyone who has disobeyed] all [of] God’s [laws].
Kay si bisan kinsa ang nagtuman sa tibuok balaod, apan sa gihapon napandol sa usa lamang ka bahin, nahimo siyang sad-an sa pagsupak sa tibuok balaod!
11 For example, [God] said, “Do not commit adultery,” but he also said, “Do not murder anyone.” [So] if you [(sg)] do not commit adultery but you [(sg)] murder someone, you [(sg)] have become a person who disobeys [God’s] laws.
Kay ang Dios nga misulti, “Ayaw pagpanapaw”, misulti usab, “Ayaw pagpatay.” Kung ikaw wala manapaw, apan nakapatay ka, gisupak nimo ang balaod sa Dios.
12 Continually speak and act [toward others] as people should who will be judged {whom [God] will judge} by the law that frees us [from being punished] {[God punishing us]} [for our sins].
Busa pagsulti ug pagtuman ingon niadtong mga hinukman pinaagi sa balaod sa kagawasan.
13 [Speak and act like that], because when [God] judges us, he will not act mercifully toward those who do not act mercifully toward others. But when we [are] merciful [to others, we can rejoice], because [our being] merciful [shows] that [we are acting like people whom God] has mercifully saved from being judged (OR, [we can rejoice] because [God] will judge us mercifully).
Kay ang paghukom miabot nga walay kaluoy niadtong wala nagmaloloy-on. Ang kaluoy magmadaugon labaw sa paghukom!
14 My fellow believers, [there are some people who say], “I believe [in the Lord Jesus Christ],” but they do not do good things [for other people]. (Their saying that will certainly not do them any good!/What good will their saying that do for them?) [RHQ] [God] will certainly not save [people like that who say that they believe, but do not do good things]! [RHQ]
Unsa kini kamaayo, akong mga kaigsoonan, kung ang usa moingon nga siya adunay pagtuo, apan wala siyay buhat? Kana ba nga pagtuo makaluwas kaniya?
15 [To illustrate], suppose that fellow believers, either men or women, don’t have enough clothing or food for each day.
Kung ang usa ka igsoon nga lalaki o babaye nagkinahanglan ug mga bisti ug sa inadlaw nga pagkaon,
16 And suppose that one of you says to them, “May [God] bless you and supply the clothing and food that you need!” but you [(sg)] do not give them the things that they need. (That would be no help [to them]!/What help is that [to them]?) [RHQ]
ug ang usa kaninyo magsulti ngadto kanila, “Lakaw diha sa kalinaw, pagmainiton ug kaon ug maayo,” apan wala kamo maghatag kanila sa mga butang nga gikinahanglan alang sa lawas, unsa kana kamaayo?
17 Similarly, [those who do] not do good things [to help others, what they have said about] their believing [in Christ] is [as useless] [MET] [as] a dead person [is useless]. They do not [really believe in Christ].
Sa samang pamaagi ang pagtuo, kung kini walay mga buhat, patay.
18 But someone may say [to me], “[God saves] some people only [because] they trust [in him], and [he saves] others [because] they do good deeds [to people].” [I would answer that person], “[You(sg) cannot] prove to me that people truly trust [in God if] they do not do good things [for others]. But by doing good things [for others] I will prove to you that I truly trust [in God”]
Apan kung adunay mosulti, “Ikaw adunay pagtuo, ug ako adunay mga buhat.” Ipakita kanako ang inyong pagtuo nga walay mga buhat, ug ipakita ko kaninyo ang akong pagtuo pinaagi sa akong mga buhat.
19 [Think about it]! You believe that there is only one God, and you are right [to believe that]. But the demons also believe that, but they tremble [with fear because they know that God is going to punish them].
Nagatuo kamo nga adunay usa ka Dios; husto kamo. Apan ang mga demonyo nagtuo usab niana ug nangurog.
20 Also, you foolish person, I will [RHQ] prove to you [(sg)] that [if someone says], “I trust [in God],” but he does not do good things, [what that person says] will not benefit him.
Buot ka ba masayod, buang-buang nga tawo, nga ang pagtuo walay pulos kung walay mga buhat?
21 (It was certainly [because of] what our [revered] ancestor Abraham did, when he [prepared to] sacrifice his son Isaac, that he was considered [by God] {that [God] considered him} to be a righteous, [obedient] person./Was it not [because of] what our [revered] ancestor Abraham did, when he [prepared to] sacrifice his son Isaac, that he was considered [by God] {that [God] considered him} to be a righteous, [obedient] person?) [RHQ]
Dili ba si Abraham nga atong patriarka gipakamatarong pinaagi sa iyang binuhatan sa dihang gihalad niya si Isaac ang iyang anak nga lalaki ngadto sa ibabaw sa halaran?
22 You [(sg)] can realize that he was not only trusting [in God], but he was also doing [what God told him to do], and [you(sg) can realize] that he was able to trust [in God more] completely because of having done [what God told him to do].
Makita ninyo nga ang iyang pagtuo namuhat pinaagi sa iyang mga binuhatan, ug pinaagi sa mga buhat ang iyang pagtuo nagkab-ot sa katuyoan niini.
23 And [so it happened as it is written in the] Scriptures: “Because Abraham truly trusted in God, he was considered [by God] to be {[God] considered that he was} righteous.” And [God also] said [about Abraham], “He is my friend.”
Ang kasulatan natuman nga nag-ingon, “Si Abraham mituo sa Dios, ug giisip siya nga matarong.” Busa gitawag si Abraham nga usa ka higala sa Dios.
24 [From the example of Abraham], you can realize that it is because people do good things that [God] considers them to be righteous, and not only because they trust [in him].
Nakita ninyo nga gipakamatarong ang usa ka tawo pinaagi sa mga buhat, ug dili lamang pinaagi sa pagtuo.
25 Similarly, it was certainly [RHQ] [because of] what Rahab did, that [God] considered her to be a righteous, [obedient] person. Rahab was [previously] a prostitute, but she cared for the Israelite men who came [to] ([spy out the land/see what that area was like]) and she [helped them to escape by] sending them home on a different road [from the one that they came on].
Sa sama nga paagi usab dili ba si Rahab nga babaye nga gabaligya sa iyang kaugalingon gipakamatarong pinaagi sa mga buhat, sa dihang gidawat niya ang mga mensahero ug gipadala sila sa lain nga dalan?
26 Remember that when our spirits [permanently leave our] bodies, [our bodies] are dead [and useless]. Similarly [SIM], [if someone says], “I trust [in God],” but does not do [things to help others, what that person says about trusting in God] is useless.
Kay kung ang lawas ibulag sa espiritu patay man, ang pagtuo usab nga walay mga buhat patay usab.
