James 2
1 My brothers, do not hold to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with favoritism toward certain people.
Ka lâibungngei le sarnungei, ei Pumapa Jisua Khrista iempungei nin ni anghan, roiinpuina Pumapa mingei pêntienga ânlang dungjûiin nin mi zenuolna lamngei ha adadangin nin tho tet rang nimak.
2 Suppose that someone enters your meeting wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and there also enters a poor man in dirty clothes.
Chongkhatin nin intûpna ina han minei rângkachak kutsabi buna puon satak insilin hong senla, male mi inriengte puonchetnar insilin hong lût sa senla.
3 If you look at the person wearing fine clothes and say, “You sit here in a good place,” but you say to the poor man, “You stand over there” or “Sit at my feet,”
Puon satak insilpu kôm nin jâna nin minlang uola, a kôm, “Hi mun satak hin insung roh,” nin tia, aniatachu mi inriengte kôm han chu, “So son vân ding roh, aninônchu ka ke kôla chuonglâia hin insung roh,” nin tiin chu,
4 are you not judging among yourselves? Have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
nangni nanâkin nin lâia ateinangei nin sin sik le nin roijêknangei hah nun saloingei chunga anngam sikin theiloi nin chang ani.
5 Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
Rangâi roi, ko moroitak lâibungngei le sarnungei! Pathien'n hi rammuola mi inriengngei hih taksônna tienga nei rangin le ama lungkhamngei ta ranga ân khâmsai Rêngram ha luo rangin a thang ngei zoi ani.
6 But you have dishonored the poor! Is it not the rich who oppress you? Are they not the ones who drag you to court?
Aniatachu nangnin chu inriengngei mân tho ngâi mak chei! Tu ngei mo an zojôt nangni loa, roijêkpungei kôm nangni kainâl ngâi ha? Aneingei an ni!
7 Do they not insult the good name by which you have been called?
Riming asa nangni pêka om, arilsiet ngâi khom anni ngei hah an ni.
8 If, however, you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
Pathien lekhabua, Rêngram balam nin man, “Nangma nên lungkham anghan nu bungangei lungkham roh,” ti chong hih nin jômin chu neinun asa nin tho nîng atih.
9 But if you favor certain people, you are committing sin, and you are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
Aniatachu mi apêntienga ânlang dungjûiin nin enin chu, sietnân theiloi nin chang ani, male Balam khomin balamsietpu anghan nangni a minchang ani.
10 For whoever obeys the whole law, except that he stumbles in just a single way, has become guilty of breaking the whole law.
Tukhom Balam chongpêk inkhat a sietin chu anrêngin a siet let ani.
11 For the one who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but if you do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
“Inrê no roh,” tipu dên han, “Mi that no roh,” a ti sa sikin. Inrê tho no khom inla, mi na thatin chu balam sietpu dên no hongni.
12 So speak and act as those who will be judged by means of the law of freedom.
Mi min zalenna balama roijêka om rang mingei anghan chong ungla, sin khom tho roi.
13 For judgment comes without mercy to those who have shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Mi chunga mulungjûrpuina dônloi chu Pathien'n mulungjûrpuina minlang loiin a chunga roijêk pe a ta; aniatachu mulungjûrpuinân roijêkna chunga a mene ngâi ani.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works? Can that faith save him?
Ka lâibungngei le sarnungei, mi inkhatin taksôna ko dôn ti ungla, sinthôn nin minlang nônchu imo asatna aoma? Ma anga taksôna han nangni sanminring thei rang mo?
15 Suppose that a brother or sister is badly clothed and lacks food for the day.
Chongkhatin lâibungngei mini, sarnungei mini puonsil boiin le sâknêk hunloiin om senla ngei.
16 Suppose that one of you says to them, “Go in peace, stay warm and be filled.” If you do not give them the things necessary for the body, what good is that?
Nangnîn an kôm, “Pathien'n sat nangni vur rese! Alum-îrin om ungla khop takin sâk roi!” ti ungla, taksa ringna ranga an nângngei ha pêk no ungla, imo asatna aom ranga?
17 In the same way faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Ma angdênin taksôna hi athenin aoma: sintho akopsa nônchu athi ani.
18 Yet someone may say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
Aniatachu tumakhatin, “Mi inkhatin taksônna a dôna, mi dangin sintho a dôn,” a ti thei, keima ku thuonna chu, “Kho-angin mo mîn sintho boiin taksônna a dôn thei ni min mu roh. Keiman taksônnân ki sinthongei nang min mu ki tih.”
19 You believe that there is one God; you do well. But even the demons believe that, and they tremble.
Pathien chu inkhat vai kêng aom tih ni iem mo? Asa! ramkhoringei khomin an iema male chîn an innîk ngâi ani.
20 Do you want to know, foolish man, that faith without works is useless?
Nangma amopa! Sintho boia taksônna chu kâmnângloi ani tih mu rang nu nuom mo?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
Kho angin mo ei richibul Abraham'n Pathien kôm adik a chang? Ma ha a nâipasal Isaac mâichâm chunga a pêka a sintho sika kêng ani.
22 You see that faith worked with his works, and that by works his faith was fully developed.
A taksôna le sintho ha munkhatin sin a thoa; a taksônna hah a sinthôn ahong mikhip ani, tih nu mu loi mo?
23 The scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
Pathien lekhabu'n ati hah ahong dika, “Abraham'n Pathien a iema, a taksônna sikin Pathien'n mi diktak anghan a bê ani.” Masikin Abraham hah Pathien mal tiin koi ani zoi.
24 You see that it is by works that a man is justified, and not only by faith.
Hanchu mingeiin an taksônna atheivaiin niloiin, sintho sikin kêng Pathien kôm adik an chang ngâi tih nin mu zoi ani.
25 In the same way also, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by works, when she welcomed the messengers and sent them away by another road?
Ma angdênin Rahab notizuornu khom han Israelnâingei enrichikpungei lamdon lei thôn, lam dang tieng rotpai rangin a lei san ngeia, a sintho sikin Pathien kôm adik a chang ani.
26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
Masikin ratha boiin takpum athi ani, anghan taksônna khom sinthongei boiin chu athi ani.
