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.
Bakhomba baama, beno lunzingilanga bu lueti wilukila Pfumu Yesu Klisto, Pfumu yi nkembo, lubika ba thalu yi zizi.
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.
Zimbukila mutu kotidi mu nzo eno yi lukutukunu, vueti pheti yi noloayi minledi milembo lezama. Bosi muna yawu thangu buela mona mutu wunkakawusukama, wiza kota ayi vueti minledi mimvindu.
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]!”
Vayi bu lumueni mutu vueti minledi minlezama ayi lunkembi: “Yiza vuandi vava, va buangu ki luzitu” vayi lukembi kuidi nsukami: “Yenda telama kuna” voti “yiza vuandi va tsi, vava ndieti tula malu mama”.
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])).
Buna luisi tula luviakunu ko ayi, kituka mazuzi momo madimayindu mambimbi ko e?
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.
Luwa bakhomba ziama zi luzolo: a buevi, Nzambi kasia sobula kominsukami va nza muingi mikituka zimvuama mu minu ayi mintambula kipfumu kioki kavanina tsila kuidi batu boso beti kunzola e?
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]
Vayi beno lueti lenza nsukami. Luisi zaba ko ti zimvuama bawu beti lumonisa phasi ayi bawu beti kulufunda kuidi mazuzi mu zitilibinadu e?
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]
Bosi, keti bawu beti vueza dizina di kitoko diluvana Nzambi e?
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.
Muaki enati lulembo kinzika Muina wu kipfumu ki Nzambi boso buididi mu masonoko ti: wela zola ndiaku banga bu weti kizodila ngeyo veka; buna dimbotilulembo vangi.
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.
Vayi enati lulembo tudi luviakunu mu batu, buna lulembo vodi masumu ayi Muina wulembo kulubedisa bila lukadi kuwukinzika.
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].
Bila woso mutu weti kinzika Mina mioso vayi bundudi Muina wumosi kaka buna Mina mioso miawu kabundudi.
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.
Bila mutu wowo wukamba ti: wulendi vanga kitsuza ko, wubuela tuba diaka: wulendi vonda ko. Enati wukadi vanga kitsuza vayi vondidi mutu buna Mina mioso miawu bundudi.
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].
Bika lutubanga ayi luvanganga banga batu bafueti sambusu kuidi Mina mimvananga kiphuanza.
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).
Nzambi wela sambisa, mu kambu kiadi, mutu wowo wela kambu moninabankaka kiadi vayi kiadi kieti nunga tsambusulu.
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]
Bakhomba baama, mutu mbi kalenda baka mu tuba ti minu kidi yandi enati kakadi monisa kiawu mu mavanga mandi e? Minu ki phila yoyi kilendakumvukisa e?
15 [To illustrate], suppose that fellow believers, either men or women, don’t have enough clothing or food for each day.
Enati khomba yi bakala voti yi nketo kasi ko minledi ayi bidia bi kadika lumbu;
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]
Vayi wumosi mu beno wuba kembi “A bakundi, yendanu mu ndembama; luyota mbazu ayi ludia bumboti” mu kambu ku bavana bima biobi bavuidi mfunu mu zinitu ziawu; buna mfunu mbi e?
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].
Yidi phila yimosi mu diambu di minu. Enati minu kikadi monika mu mavanga buna kidi kifua.
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”]
Vayi mutu wulenda tuba: “Ngeyo minu kidi yaku, minu mavanga madi yama.” Bika wumbonisa minu kiaku kikambulu mavanga bosi minu ndiekakumonisa minu kiama kidi ayi mavanga.
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].
Ngeyo weti wilukila ti Nzambi yimosi kaka yidi. Bomboti kuandi; vayi ziphevi zimbimbi zieti wilukila ti Nzambi yimosi kaka yidi ayi zieti tita.
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.
Tala ngeyo wukadi yindula! Tidi zaba ti minu kikambulu mavanga kidi kifua e?
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]
Abalahami, nkulu eto, kasia kitulu ko mutu wusonga mu diambu di mavanga mandi bu katambika muanꞌandi Isaki banga dikaba va diziku e?
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].
Wummona, minu kiandi ayi mavanga mandi binsala va kimosi. Minu kiandi kimonika minu kifuana mu diambu di mavanga mandi.
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.”
Buawu bobo budedikinina masonama mu minkanda mu diambu diandi: Abalahami wuwilukila Nzambi, ayi diawu katangulu mutu wusonga ayi wutedolo nkundi wu Nzambi.
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].
Lumueni buabu ti mutu weti kitulu wusonga va meso ma Nzambimu diambu di mavanga mandi vayi bika sia ti mu diambu di minu kiandi kaka.
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].
Lahabi, ndumba leta, kasia monika wusonga ko va meso ma Nzambi mu diambu di mavanga mandi bu kayakula bumboti bamvuala ayi bu kaba tinisina mu nzila yinkaka e?
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.
Banga nitu yikambulu Pheve yidi yifua. Minu kikambulu mavanga kidi kifua.
