Jacob 2
1 My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Yeshua the Messiah with partiality.
O ry longo, toloño tsy am-pirihiañe ty fatokisa’areo am’Iesoà Norizañe Talèn-engen-tikañey.
2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in,
Aa naho mimoak’ am-pivori’ areo ao t’indaty mibange volamena, an-tsaroñe marerarera, vaho mizilik’ ao ka ty rarake rotarota,
3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”
fe ie mañisoke i misaroñe soay, ami’ty hoe: Ingo ty toe-tsoa hiambesara’o, fe amy poi’ey ty hoe: Mijohaña ey hoek’eo, ndra ty hoe: Mikopepaha an-tomboko etoa,
4 haven’t you shown partiality amongst yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
tsy fa nifampirihy hao, nanao satam-pizaka raty tsereke?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
Tsendreño ry longo sarotse: Tsy jinobon’ Añahare hao ondaty rarake am-pihaino’ ty voatse toio ho mpañaleale am-patokisañe vaho mpandova i fifeheañe nampitama’e o mikoko azeo?
6 But you have dishonoured the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
Le ndra binote’ areo i rarakey. Tsy ty mpiefoefo hao ty mamorekeke naho mikozozotse anahareo mb’an-jaka añe?
7 Don’t they blaspheme the honourable name by which you are called?
Tsy ie hao ty mañinje i tahinañe aman-kasy ikanjiañe anahareoy?
8 However, if you fulfil the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you do well.
Aa naho toe henefe’ areo i Hàm-pifeheañe amy sokitse masiñey manao ty hoe: Kokò ondatio manahake ty vata’o, le manao soa.
9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
F’ie mirihy, le mandilatse naho voa-fatse amy Hake, fa mpiola.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
Amy te ndra iaia mañambeñe ty halifora’ i Hake fe mandilatse lily raike, le voa-zaka am’iaby.
11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
I nanao ty hoe: Ko mañarapilo, ro nanao ty hoe ka, Ko mañè-doza. Fa naho tsy mañarapilo irehe, fe mamono ondaty, le mpañota Hake.
12 So speak and so do as men who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
Aa le misaontsia vaho mañaveloa hambañe amo hizakañe amy Hake mampidadaio,
13 For judgement is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement.
fa zaka tsy aman-tretrè ty ho amy tsy miferenaiñe. Toe reketen-tretrè ty zaka.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
O korahe, inoñe ty mahasoa ondaty te manao ho mpiantoke f’ie tsy mitoloñe? Haharombak’ aze hao o fiantofa’eo?
15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
Aa naho mihalo tsy aman-ko kamaeñe ty rahalahy ndra rahavave,
16 and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
fe anoa’ ty raik’ ama’ areo ty hoe: Akia, manitsiña, mangatsakatsaha naho mianjaña, fe tsy itolora’o ze paia’ i sandri’ey, inoñe ty soa azo’e?
17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
Ie amy zao, mate ty fiantofañe miereñereñe tsy mitoloñe.
18 Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
Hera eo ty hanao ty hoe, Amam-piantofan-drehe, fa fitoloñañe ty ahy. Aboaho amako i fiantofa’o tsy maha-pi-drahay, le haboako ama’o amo satakoo ty fatokisako.
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.
Iantofa’o te raike t’i Andrianañahare! Hasirìty! Manao soa, miantoke ka o kokolampao vaho mititititike.
20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
Satri’o hao, ry seretse, ty hahafohiñe te tsy vara ty fiantofañe tsy mitoloñe?
21 Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
Tsy nivantañe’ o fitoloña’eo hao t’i Abraàme raen-tikañe ie nañenga Isaka ana’e an-kitrely?
22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
Tsy oni’o hao te nifanehak’ amy fatokisa’ey o sata’eo naho nañeneke i fatokisa’ey o fitoloña’eo?
23 So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
Ie nahafonitse i sokitse masiñe manao ty hoey: Niantok’ an’ Andrianañahare t’i Abraàme le nivolilieñe ho havantañañe ama’e vaho natao rañen’Añahare.
24 You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
Inao! ampivantañe’ i fitoloña’ey t’indaty fa tsy i fiantofa’ey avao.
25 In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
Nanao izay i Rahabe ltsimirirañe, tsy nampivantàñem-pitoloñañe hao re ie nanoe’e añ’anjomba i nahitrike rey vaho nampomba’e mb’an-dalan-kafa mb’eo?
26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
Eka, hambañe amy te mihomake ty sandriñe tsy amañ’arofo; le mate ka ty fiantofañe tsy arahen-tsata.
