Jemisi 2
1 Hagi nafuhete, hanavenentake masa'ane Rantimofo Jisasi Kraisimpi tamentinti nehaza vahe'motma, rezogitma mago vahekuke tamavesi onteho.
My Brothers, are you really trying to combine faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord, with the worship of rank?
2 Atru hu'nesafima mago feno ne'mo hentofa kukena erinehankreno, korire asa eri'nentanino efresnigeno, mago amunte omane ne'mo pehenage kukena huno mono'ma nehanafima efresiana,
Suppose a man should enter your Synagogue, with gold rings and in grand clothes, and suppose a poor man should come in also, in shabby clothes,
3 hentofa kukena huno ea feno ne'mofo kesga huntenka anage nehane, ama knare trate emanio nehunka, amunte omane pehenage kukena huno ea ne'ku, amure otio huge ama nagafi mopare emanio nehane.
and you are deferential to the man who is wearing grand clothes, and say — “There is a good seat for you here,” but to the poor man — “You must stand; or sit down there by my footstool,”
4 Tamagra'a amu'nontamifina vahe zamazeri havizahu naneke nehutma, kefo antahizanteti vahera refako nehazafi?
Is not that to make distinctions among yourselves, and show yourselves prejudiced judges?
5 Antahiho, knare nafuheta, Anumzamo'a ama mopafi vahe zamavufi zamunte omane vaheku' zamentintifi feno vahere huno huhampri zamanteno, Anumzamofo kuma erisanti haregahaze huno Agri'ma avesinentaza vahe huvempa huozmante'nefi?
Listen, my dear Brothers. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the things of this world to be rich through their faith, and to possess the Kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?
6 Hu'neanagi zamunte omane nagara zamazeri haviza nehaze. Feno vahe'mo'za knaza neramami'za, tmavare'za naneke hu tratera nevazafi?
But you — you insult the poor man! Is not it the rich who oppress you? Is not it they who drag you into law-courts?
7 Jisas Kraisi knare agi'ane Ne'mofo nagama mani'nazana, zamagra zamazeri haviza osu'nazafi? Izo zamagra zamazeri haviza hu'naze.
Is not it they who malign that honourable Name which has been bestowed upon you?
8 Fatgo hutma avontafepima me'nea kasegema amage'antesnutma, Tavaontamire'ma nemanisaza vahe'mokizmia tamagraguma tamavesi nentesazaza hutma rumokizmia tamavesi zamanteho, anama hanutma tamage avu'avaza hugahaze.
Yet, if you keep the royal law which runs — ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thou dost thyself,’ you are doing right;
9 Hu'neanagi rezogitma mago vahekuke tamavesi antesazana, kumi hanageno kasegemo'a tamazeri ama'hina, kasegea hantagi vahe manigahaze.
but, if you worship rank, you commit a sin, and stand convicted by that same law of being offenders against it.
10 Na'ankure, aza'o ana mika kasegema amage'nenteno, anampinti Anumzamofoma magoke kasege'a ruhantagisiana, ana mika kasege ruhantagigahie.
For a man who has laid the Law, as a whole, to heart, but has failed in one particular, is liable for breaking all its provisions.
11 Na'ankure Rumofo vene, a'ene monko'zana osiho huno hu'nea Anumzamo Vahera ahe ofriho huno hu'ne. E'ina hu'negu kagrama rumofo vene, a'ene monko'zana osugahananagi, vahe'ma ahe frisazana e'i kasege hantagi vahe manigahane hu'ne.
He who said ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery’ also said ‘Thou shalt not murder.’ If, then, you commit murder but not adultery, you are still an offender against the Law.
12 Hagi keagatamifine, tamavu'tamava hanafina, kinafinti tamavre atre'nea kasegemo refako hurantegahie hutma antahiho.
Therefore, speak and act as men who are to be judged by the ‘Law of Freedom.’
13 Na'ankure vaheku'ma kasunku huozmante vahe'moka, Anumzamo'a asunkura huogantegosie. Hianagi kagrama vahe'mofoma kasumantagintesanana, Anumzamo'a kagri'enena asuragigante'na vahe'ma refko huknarera, keaga hugante kemofona agateregahane.
For there will be justice without mercy for him who has not acted mercifully. Mercy triumphs over Justice.
14 Hagi nafuhetma, mago ne'mo'ma namentinti nehue nehuno, ana amentintima avu'avapima erinteno osaniana nankna azahu'za erigahie? E'inahu amentintimo'a aguvazigahifi? I'o.
My Brothers, what is the good of a man’s saying that he has faith, if he does not prove it by actions? Can such faith save him?
15 Magoke magoke knazupa mago negafu'o, negasaro'ma kukenaguro, ne'zankuma atupa hu'nenigenka,
Suppose some Brother or Sister should be in want of clothes and of daily bread,
16 knareki vuo nagesa antahuana Anumzamo'a knare hugantegahie nehunka, knare kukena nehunka ne'zana negamu huo hunka hunentenka, atupama hunesiazama azama osnanana, e'i kemo'a inankna huno aza hugahie?
and one of you were to say to them — “Go, and peace be with you; find warmth and food for yourselves,” and yet you were not to give them the necessaries of life, what good would it be to them?
17 Amentinti hu'zamo'enena e'inahu kna hu'ne, tamentinti nehune nehuta, avu'avapima erinteta osanunana, tamentintimo'a amne'zankna hugahie.
In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.
18 Ana hu'neanagi mago'mo'a anage hugahie, mago'amokizmi zamentinti me'geno, mago'amokizmia knare eri'zama eri zamavu'zamava me'ne. Nagra anage nehue, knare erizanka'a omnesigena, nagra kamentintia onkegosue. Hianagi nagra knare eri'za niareti kagrira, namentintini'a kaveri hugahue.
Some one, indeed, may say — “You are a man of faith, and I am a man of action.” “Then show me your faith,” I reply, “apart from any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions.”
19 Tamagra magoke Anumza mani'ne hutma tamentinti nehazana, e'i tamage, havi hankro'mo'zanena anahukna zamentinti nehu'za, kore nehu'za zamahirahi nerege'za mani'naze.
It is a part of your Faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought.
20 Kagra negi nagi vahere! Antahi ama'ma huzankura nontahino, eri'zama'a omane kamentintimo'a amnezankna hugahie.
Now do you really want to understand, you foolish man, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?
21 Nerageho Abrahamu nemofo Aisakima kresramanavu itare, Anumzamofoma ami'nea zanku'ma, fatgo nere huno hu'neana ontahi'nazafi? (Jen-Agf 22:1-14)
Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was not it the result of his actions that he was pronounced righteous after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?
22 Antahi ama huo, Abrahamu'ma amentintima hiazamofona avu'avapi erinteno, ana avu'ava higeno amentintima hu'neazana erignare hu'ne.
You see how, in his case, faith and actions went together; that his faith was perfected as the result of his actions;
23 Hagi avontafepima hu'nea kemo'a efore hu'ne, Abrahamu'a Anumzamofonte amentinti higeno, Anumzamo'a fatgo nere hunte'ne, ana hu'negu Anumzamofo rone'a mani'ne hu'za vahe'mo'za nehaze. (Jen-agf 15:6.)
and that in this way the words of Scripture came true — “Abraham believed God, and that was regarded by God as righteousness,” and “He was called the friend of God.”
24 Ana hu'negu antahiho, tagra Anumzamofo avure'ma fatgo vahe'ma manisunana, tamentinti'retikerompage, tamentintima nehuta tavutavapima erinteta hanunkeno, fatgo vahere huno hurantegahie.
You see, then, that it is as the result of his actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not of his faith only.
25 Anahukna huno, Rehapu monko a'mo'a afure vahe'ma noma'afi zamavare frakiteno, ru kampinti zamavare atrege'za vu'naza avu'avazama'amo, Anumzamofo avure fatgo ara mani'ne hu'ne. (Jos 2:1-21)
Was not it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was not it as the result of her actions that she was pronounced righteous, after she had welcomed the messengers and hastened them away by a different road?
26 Tavufafima tasimu'ma omanesiana frigahune. Hanki anahu'kna huno tamentintige nehuta, tavutavapima eriontesunkeno'a, tamentintimo'a frino amne'zankna hugahie.
Exactly as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.
