Jemis 2
1 Ụmụnna m, dịka ndị kweere nʼOnyenwe anyị Jisọs Kraịst, onye dị ebube, ka unu hapụ ile mmadụ anya nʼihu.
My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah of glory with partiality.
2 Ọ bụrụ na onye ọgaranya yi uwe mara mma, yikwara mgbaaka ọlaedo na mkpịsịaka ya, abata nʼụlọ nzukọ unu, ọ bụrụkwa na nwa ogbenye abata nke yi uwe na-adịghị ọcha,
For if someone with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor person in filthy clothing also comes in;
3 ọ bụrụ na unu elee onye ọgaranya ahụ yi uwe mara mma anya sị ya, “Bịa nọdụ nʼotu oche a e debere iche nʼihi gị,” ma unu asị onye ogbenye ahụ, “Di anyị, guzo nʼebe ahụ,” maọbụ “Bịa nọdụ ala nʼakụkụ ebe a ụkwụ m dị,”
and you pay special attention to the one who wears the fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" but you tell the poor person, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool."
4 ọ bụ na unu akpabeghị oke nʼetiti onwe unu, bụrụkwa ndị ji ile anya nʼihu na obi ọjọọ na-ekpe ikpe?
Have you not discriminated among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Geenụ ntị ka m gwa unu ụmụnna m, ọ bụ na unu amataghị na Chineke ahọpụtala ndị ahụ ụwa gụrụ dịka ndị ogbenye, mee ka ha bụrụ ọgaranya site nʼokwukwe ha, ka ha ketakwa alaeze ahụ o kwere nkwa inye ndị hụrụ ya nʼanya?
Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not 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?
6 Ma gịnị ka unu na-eme? Unu na-akparị ndị ogbenye! Ọ bụghị ndị ọgaranya na-emegbu unu? Ọ bụkwaghị ha bụ ndị na-adọkpụgharị unu aga nʼụlọikpe?
But you have dishonored the poor person. Do not the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
7 Ọ bụghị ha bụ ndị na-ekwulu aha ọma ahụ nke a gụrụ unu?
Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
8 Ọ bụrụ na unu na-edebezuo iwu nke eze anyị dịka e dere ya nʼAkwụkwọ Nsọ, “Hụnụ ndị agbataobi unu nʼanya dịka unu onwe unu,” unu na-eme ihe ziri ezi.
However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You are to love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
9 Ma ọ bụrụ na unu ele mmadụ anya nʼihu, unu na-eme mmehie. Nʼebe iwu dịkwa, unu bụ ndị na-emebi iwu.
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Nʼihi na onye ọbụla nke na-edebe iwu ahụ niile ma sụọ ngọngọ nʼotu, a bụrụla onye ikpe iwu ahụ niile maara.
For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
11 Nʼihi na onye ahụ sịrị, “Akwala iko,” bụkwa onye sịrị, “Egbula mmadụ.” Ya mere, ọ bụrụ na ị kwaghị iko ma i gburu mmadụ, ị bụ onye na-emebi iwu.
For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
12 Ya mere, na-ekwunu okwu, ma na-ebikwanụ ndụ dị ka ndị a ga-ekpe ikpe site nʼiwu ahụ na-eme ka mmadụ nwere onwe ha.
So speak, and so do, as those who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
13 Nʼihi na agaghị emere onye ọbụla ebere nke na-adịghị emere onye ọzọ ebere. Nʼihi na ebere na-adị ukwuu karịa ikpe ọmụma ya.
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 Olee uru ọ bara ụmụnna m, na mmadụ sịrị, enwere m okwukwe, ma okwukwe ahụ apụtaghị ihe nʼọrụ ya? Ụdị okwukwe ahụ ọ pụrụ ịzọpụta ya?
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 Ọ bụrụ na otu nwanne anyị nwoke maọbụ nwanne anyị nwanyị yi nkịrịnka akwa, ọ bụrụkwa na o nweghị ihe oriri ga-ezuru ya nʼụbọchị,
And if a brother or sister is poorly clothed and may be lacking in daily food,
16 ma otu onye nʼime unu asị ha, “Laa nʼudo, kpuchiekwa onwe gị nke ọma, rijuokwa afọ,” nʼenyeghị ya ihe dị mkpa maka ahụ ya, uru gịnị ka ọ bara?
and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you did not give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
17 Nʼụzọ dị otu a, okwukwe naanị ya bụ ihe na-abaghị uru ma ọ bụrụ na ọrụ esoghị ya.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18 Otu onye ga-asị, “I nwere okwukwe; e nwere m ọrụ.” Gosi m okwukwe gị ma e wepụ ọrụ gị, aga m egosi gị okwukwe site nʼọrụ
But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
19 I kweere na ọ bụ naanị otu Chineke, i mere nke ọma, ọ bụladị ndị mmụọ ọjọọ kweere ma kụja.
You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
20 Gị onye nzuzu, ị na-achọ ka e gosi gị na okwukwe bụ ihe na-abaghị uru ma ọ bụrụ na ọrụ e soghị ya?
But do you want to know, foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
21 Ọ bụ na nna anyị Ebraham abụghị onye a gụrụ nʼonye ezi omume site nʼọrụ ya, mgbe o jiri otu nwa ya bụ Aịzik chụọ aja nʼebe ịchụ aja?
Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Unu ahụghị na okwukwe ya na ọrụ soro rụkọọ nʼotu, e sitekwara nʼọrụ ya mee ka okwukwe ya zuo oke.
You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
23 Ọ bụ site na nke a ka ihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ nsọ jiri mezuo, nke na asị, “Ebraham kweere na Chineke, a gụrụ nke a nye ya dị ka ezi omume,” kpọọkwa ya enyi Chineke.
and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God.
24 Unu ahụla na a na-esite nʼihe mmadụ rụrụ gụọ ya nʼonye ezi omume, ọ bụkwaghị naanị nʼokwukwe.
You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
25 Nʼotu ụzọ ahụ, agụnyeghị Rehab, nwanyị akwụna ahụ nʼonye ezi omume nʼihi ọrụ ọ rụrụ, mgbe ọ kpọbatara ndị nnyopụta ahụ ma zipụkwa ha site nʼụzọ dị iche?
In like manner was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
26 Dịka anụ ahụ na-enweghị mmụọ si bụrụ ihe nwụrụ anwụ, otu a ka ọ dịkwa okwukwe na-enweghị ọrụ.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
