Yakobo 2
1 Mwalongo bango kana muibalange imani ya Ngwana witu Yesu Kristu, Ngwana wa Utukufu, kwopendelea bandu fulani.
My brothers, stop holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Glory, with partiality!
2 Kati mundu fulani ajingii mu'mikutano yinu aweti pete ya dhahabu no aweti kinanoga, kabee ajingingile maskini ywabile aweti kwaa kinoyite.
For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothes, should enter your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy rags should also enter,
3 no laya kumpala muno yolo mwene aweti ngobo inoite no baya “Chonde wenga tama pano pandu panoite” lakini mummakiye yolo maskini, “Wenga yema pano.” au “Tama pae ya magolo gango.”
and you pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit in this special seat,” but to the poor one you say, “You stand there,” or “Sit here at my footstool,”
4 Je, muhukumiana kwaa mwenga mwabene, ni kua baamuzi babile ni mawazo mabou?
have you not been separated among yourselves and become judges with malignant thoughts?
5 Mupekani, mwalongo bango mwapendilwe, je, Nnongo achawile kwaa maskini ba dunia kuapanga matajiri mu imani ni kurithi upwalume waadile babampindile?
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 loving Him?
6 Lakini mwasalawile maskini! Je matajiri kwaa kabawatesa mwenga, na bembe kabaaburuta kwaa mahakamani mwenga?
But you dishonored the poor one. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into courts?
7 Je matajiri kwaa babalitukana lina lelo linoite lyamukemilwe kwake?
Do they not blaspheme the noble name that was called upon you?
8 Hata nyoo, kati mwatiitimiza yelo saliya ya upwalume kati yaiandikilwe mu'maandiko, “upalikwa kumpenda jirani yako kati wenga wa mwene,” mwapanga vyema.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well;
9 Lakini kati mwaipendile baadhi ya bandu, mwalowa panga sambi, mwahukumu ni saliya kuwa ni watekuwa saliya.
but if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Kwanyo ywoywoti ywaifata saliya yoti, na bado akobile nukta yimo tu, abile ni hatia ya tekwana saliya yoti.
For whoever will keep the whole law, yet stumble in one point, has become guilty of all.
11 Kwamba Nnongo atebaya, “kana uzini,” nga ywembe abayite, “kana ubulage,” mana uzini kwaa, lakini wabulaga, utekwanike saliya ya Nnongo.
Because He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
12 Kwa eyo mulongele no kwiheshimu kati balo mubile karibu hukumilwa na saliya ya uhuru.
Speak and act as being those who are about to be judged by a law of liberty
13 Kwa mana hukumu uisa bila huruma kwa balo babile kwaa ni huruma. Huruma uitukuza yene nnani ya hukumu.
(the judgment will be without mercy to the one not showing mercy). That law exalts mercy over judgment.
14 Kwina uzuri gani, alongo bango, kati mundu abaya nibile ni imani, lakini abile kwaa ni makowe?
What is the advantage, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? That faith cannot save him, can it?
15 Je yelo imani yawesa kumlopwa? Kati nongo nnalome au nnwawa ni mhitaji wa ngobo au chakulya cha kila lisoba,
If a brother or sister is actually naked, and is destitute of the daily food,
16 ni yumo winu kaamakiya, “Muyende kwa imani, mukayote mwoto ni mulye kunanoga,” lakini kana muapeye mahitaji muhimu ya yega, ifaike namani?
and someone among you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you (pl) do not give them the things needed for the body, what is the benefit?
17 Imani kichake, kati yabile kwaa ni makowe, ifaike kwaa.
Thus also that faith, if it does not have works, is dead, being by itself.
18 Bado mundu fulani aweza baya, “Ubile ni imani, ni nenga nabile ni makowe.” Nilaye imani yako panga kwaa makowe, ni nenga nalowa kukulaya imani yango kwa makowe gango.
(But someone will say: “You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith by your works and I, by my works will show you my faith [what he believes].”
19 Wendaamini kuwa kwabile ni Nnongo yumo, ubile sahihi. Lakini nchela nabo batiamini nyoo ni lendema.
You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder!)
20 Je, upala yowa, ywa mundu mpumbavu, namna yolo imani bila makowe ifaike kwaa?
But you need to know, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is dead!
21 Je Tate bitu kwaa Abrahamu ywaabalangilwe haki kwa makowe gampiite mwana wake Isaka nnani ya madhabahu?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Mwabweni kuwa imani yake ipangite kazi ni makowe gake, ni kwa makowe gake, imani yake yaiyikiye kusudio lyake.
You can see that faith was acting together with his works, and the faith was made complete by the works.
23 Maandiko gatimizwa gagabaya, “Abrahamu atimwamini Nnongo, ni atibalangilwa kuwa mwene haki.”Kwa eyo Abrahamu atikemelwa rafiki ba Nnongo.
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “So Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called ‘friend of God’.
24 Mwamweni kuwa kwa makowe mundu alowa balangilwa haki, na nga imani kwaa kichake.
You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
25 Kadhalika, Je abile kwaa Rahabu yolo kahaba ywabalangilwe haki kwa matendo, ywaakaribisha ajumbe ni kuapeleka kwa ndela yenge?
Similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different way?
26 Kwa mana kati ya yega bila roho wawile, nyonyo, imani bila makowe iwile.
For just as the body without spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
