Jakoba 2
1 O ry longo, toloño tsy am-pirihiañe ty fatokisa’areo am’Iesoà Norizañe Talèn-engen-tikañey.
My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.
2 Aa naho mimoak’ am-pivori’ areo ao t’indaty mibange volamena, an-tsaroñe marerarera, vaho mizilik’ ao ka ty rarake rotarota,
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 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,
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 tsy fa nifampirihy hao, nanao satam-pizaka raty tsereke?
Have you not discriminated among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 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?
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 Le ndra binote’ areo i rarakey. Tsy ty mpiefoefo hao ty mamorekeke naho mikozozotse anahareo mb’an-jaka añe?
But you have dishonored the poor person. Do not the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
7 Tsy ie hao ty mañinje i tahinañe aman-kasy ikanjiañe anahareoy?
Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
8 Aa naho toe henefe’ areo i Hàm-pifeheañe amy sokitse masiñey manao ty hoe: Kokò ondatio manahake ty vata’o, le manao soa.
However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You are to love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
9 F’ie mirihy, le mandilatse naho voa-fatse amy Hake, fa mpiola.
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Amy te ndra iaia mañambeñe ty halifora’ i Hake fe mandilatse lily raike, le voa-zaka am’iaby.
For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
11 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.
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 Aa le misaontsia vaho mañaveloa hambañe amo hizakañe amy Hake mampidadaio,
So speak, and so do, as those who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
13 fa zaka tsy aman-tretrè ty ho amy tsy miferenaiñe. Toe reketen-tretrè ty zaka.
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 O korahe, inoñe ty mahasoa ondaty te manao ho mpiantoke f’ie tsy mitoloñe? Haharombak’ aze hao o fiantofa’eo?
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 Aa naho mihalo tsy aman-ko kamaeñe ty rahalahy ndra rahavave,
And if a brother or sister is poorly clothed and may be lacking in daily food,
16 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?
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 Ie amy zao, mate ty fiantofañe miereñereñe tsy mitoloñe.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18 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.
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 Iantofa’o te raike t’i Andrianañahare! Hasirìty! Manao soa, miantoke ka o kokolampao vaho mititititike.
You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
20 Satri’o hao, ry seretse, ty hahafohiñe te tsy vara ty fiantofañe tsy mitoloñe?
But do you want to know, foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
21 Tsy nivantañe’ o fitoloña’eo hao t’i Abraàme raen-tikañe ie nañenga Isaka ana’e an-kitrely?
Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Tsy oni’o hao te nifanehak’ amy fatokisa’ey o sata’eo naho nañeneke i fatokisa’ey o fitoloña’eo?
You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
23 Ie nahafonitse i sokitse masiñe manao ty hoey: Niantok’ an’ Andrianañahare t’i Abraàme le nivolilieñe ho havantañañe ama’e vaho natao rañen’Añahare.
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 Inao! ampivantañe’ i fitoloña’ey t’indaty fa tsy i fiantofa’ey avao.
You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
25 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?
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 Eka, hambañe amy te mihomake ty sandriñe tsy amañ’arofo; le mate ka ty fiantofañe tsy arahen-tsata.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
