Jakovo 2
1 Vakwangu, kanzi mu wondi kwi intumelo ina kwa Simwine Jesu Kreste, Simwine we nkanya, kuketulula vantu vamwi ni kusa tenda vamwi hande.
My brothers, practice your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, without showing partiality.
2 Mukuti zumwi muntu wi njila mwikopano yenu na zwete iseka lye gauda kwi munwe ni zi zwato zilotu, mi kwiza kwi njila injevwe yo zwete zi zwato zina ikwe.
Suppose a man in fine clothing comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in.
3 Haiva no lola ko zuna muntu yo zwete zi zwato zilotu ni kuta kuti, “Wi kale mu chivaka chi lotu,” kono ku mukwame we njevwe uti, “Zimane kuna,” kapa “Wikale ha fasi a' matende angu,”
If you pay attention to the man who is wearing fine clothing and say to him, “Yoʋ sit here in a good place,” but you say to the poor man, “Yoʋ stand there, or sit here under my footstool,”
4 Kamuli atuli mukati kenu? Kachimwava muvatuli mu mihupulo yenu mivilala?
have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Muteke, vakwangu vasakahala, kena kuti Ireeza ava keti va njemwe veinu inkanda kuva va fumite mwi' tumelo ni kuva vayoli va muvuso wa va sepisi kwa vana va musaka?
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
6 Kono inwe muva nyefule va njevwe! Imi kanji vona vava mitwali ku chikota?
But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Are they not the ones who drag you into court?
7 Kahena nji vona va tuka izina ilotu limu wila kulili?
Do they not blaspheme the good name by which you are called?
8 Kono hanu, haiva wi zuziliza mulao wa chilena, ku amana ni mañolo, “Usake yo vambene naye sina moli sakila iwe umwine.” u tenda hande.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself,” you do well.
9 Kono haiva no saka vamwi vantu no ketulala vamwi, u chita chivi, imi u atulwa choku chola mulao.
But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Iye yense yo kuteka mulao, linu haiva no chola mulao umwina chi wachola milao yonse.
For whoever keeps the entire law but stumbles in one point has become guilty of it all.
11 Iye ya vati, “Kanzi ulundi vusangu,” imi linu avati, “Kanzi wihahi.” Haiva no satendi vusangu, kono haiva niwi haya, chiwa va mucholi wa mulao.
For he who said, “Yoʋ shall not commit adultery,” also said, “Yoʋ shall not murder.” Now if yoʋ do not commit adultery but do commit murder, yoʋ have become a transgressor of the law.
12 Linu u wambe sina nja va vete ni va atulwe cha mukwa wa mulao we ntukuluho.
Speak and act as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
13 Mi inkatulo ka ize ni kusena chishemo kwa vana va sana vava tondezi chi shemo. Chi shemo chizunda inkatulo.
For judgment is without mercy to anyone who has not shown mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 Linu bulotu njovihi, vakwangu, haiva zumwi uta kuti wina intumelo, linu na sena musevezi? kana iyo intumelo mwi muhaza?
What is the benefit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
15 Tute kuti unizalwa naye wa mukwame kamba wa mwankazi kazwete hande imi nasena zilyo ilyo' zuva.
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,
16 Tute kuti zumwi kwenu uta kuvali, “Muyende chenkozo, mutukutilwe mutukutilwe imi mwi kuta.” Haiva no savahi zintu zisakahala za muvili, vulotu njo vuhi?
and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them anything to address their physical needs, what is the benefit?
17 Munzila iswana intumelo chayo, Haiva intumelo kaina musevezi, musevezi, ifwile.
In the same way faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 Niha kuva vulyo zumwi uwola ku wamba, wina intumelo, ime nina misevezi.” Nitondezi intumelo yako mi ime kani kutondezi intumelo yangu cha misevezi yangu.
But someone will say, “Yoʋ have faith, and I have works.” Show me yoʋr faith by yoʋr works, and I, by my works, will show yoʋ my faith.
19 Uzumina kuti kwina Ireeza yenke; u panga nenza. Mi nanga madimona a zumina kuti, mi a chacha.
Yoʋ believe that God is one; yoʋ do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
20 Musaka kwi ziva, mukwame wa chihole, mukuti intumelo isena misevezi kaina intuso?
Do yoʋ want to be shown, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Kana kuti Abrahama ishetu, kana ava chitwa yo sheyemi ka misevezi, che nako yava viki Isaka hi aletare?
Was not our father Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 Mu mbwene kuti intumelo iva sevezi ni misevezi yakwe, mi intumelo yakwe iva kuli cha misevezi yakwe.
Do yoʋ see how faith was active along with his works, and by works his faith was brought to completion?
23 Mi kuva izuzi likizwe chiva ñoletwe mwi nzwi chata kuti, “Abrahama ava zumini kwa Ireeza, mi ava valiwa yo shiyemi.” Imi ava sumpwa mulikani wa Ireeza.
And 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.
24 Mubwene kuti che misevezi muntu ava cheniswa cha misevezi insiñi che intumelo yo nke vulyo.
You see then that a person is justified by works, and not by faith alone.
25 Cha mukwa wina vulyo, Rahaba wa mushahi, ava chitwa yo shiyemi chi misevezi, cha nako ya va tambuli va tumiwa, mi ni kuva tumina che nzila ingi.
In the same way, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
26 Sina muvili hau kauhana ku luhuho u file, mi intumelo mu ikalile haiva kaina misevezi ifwile
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.
