Yakobo 2
1 Valongo vangu, chemukumsadika BAMBU Yesu Kilisitu, BAMBU wa ukulu, mkoto kuvabagula vandu kwa kuvalola pamihu.
My brothers, practice your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, without showing partiality.
2 Tijova mundu mmonga mweawalili pete ya mashonga gamahele na nyula yabwina iyingila mngonganu winu, na bahapo iyingila mundu mngangu mwawalili nyula yeyihakili.
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 Ngati mkumtopesa mundu yula mwawalili nyula zabwina na kumjovela “Tama penapa pabwina,” Na kumjovela mngangu yula, “Veve, yima ukwo,” Amala “Tama pahi apa,”
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 Wu, wenewu lepi ubagula pagati yinu? Wu, hamula yeniyo yihumila lepi mumaholo ginu gahakau?
have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Myuwanila! Valongo vangu vaganu, Chapanga avahagwili vandu vangangu pamulima apa muni ahotola kuvamotisa neju musadika na kupokela unkosi wevitalalila vala vevamganili.
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 Nambu nyenye mkuvavevesa vangangu! Wu, vana vindu vyamahele ndi vevakuvahindalila na kuvatakila mu libanji la mihalu?
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 Wu, lepi avo vevakuliliga liina lila labwina la Yesu Kilisitu, ndi nyenye vandu vaki?
Do they not blaspheme the good name by which you are called?
8 Ngati chakaka muhenga lihengu malagizu gakulu muunkosi wa Chapanga, chegayandikwi mu Mayandiku Gamsopi, “Mgana myaku ngati cheukujigana wamwene,” Yati mwikita chabwina neju.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself,” you do well.
9 Nambu mkavabagula vandu, kwa kuvalola pamihu ndi mukumbudila Chapanga na yati mwihamuliwa na malagizu kuvya mbudili.
But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Mundu mweangayidakila mhilu umonga pagati ya malagizu goha ya Chapanga, mundu uyo yati ibuda kudenya lilagizu loha.
For whoever keeps the entire law but stumbles in one point has become guilty of it all.
11 Muni yulayula mweijova, “Ukoto kukita ugoni,” Ajovili mewa “Koto kukoma.” Ndava yeniyo hati ngati wangakita ugoni nambu ukomili veve wangakamula malagizu.
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 Hinu, mjova na kuhenga ngati vandu vevihamuliwa kwa malagizu gegilekekesa vandu.
Speak and act as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
13 Muni Chapanga ilangisa lepi lipyana peakumuhamula mundu angali lipyana. Nambu vandu vevavi na lipyana yati viyogopa lepi kuhamuliwa na Chapanga.
For judgment is without mercy to anyone who has not shown mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 Valongo vangu, kuvi chiyonjokesu choki mundu kujova avi na sadika, nambu nakulangisa kwa kuhenga? Wu sadika yeniyo yihotola kumsangula?
What is the benefit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
15 Ukamlola mlongo waku mweisadika mhaja amala mlumbu avi lepi na nyula amala chakulya.
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,
16 Ngati veve ukamjovela, “Uhamba bwina ukayota motu na kuyukuta.” Changali kuvapela chindu chochoha. Wu, chikumtangatila kyani?
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 Mewawa sadika yene changali matendu yifwili.
In the same way faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 Nambu mundu ihotola kujova, “Veve uvi na sadika, nene nivi na matendu!” Hinu nilasa mundu chaihotola kuvya na sadika changali matendu, na “Nene yati nimyangula sadika yangu kwa matendu gangu.”
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 Wu, veve usadika kuvya avi Chapanga mmonga? Chabwina! Nambu hati mzuka gisadika chenicho na kuvagaya kwa wogohi.
Yoʋ believe that God is one; yoʋ do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
20 Myimu veve! Wu, wigana kulangiswa kuvya mundu mweijova nikumsadika Chapanga kuni ilangisa lepi matendu, sadika ya mundu mwenuyo yifwili?
Do yoʋ want to be shown, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Wu, Ibulahimu gogo witu ayidakiliwi wuli kuvya mbwina palongolo ya Chapanga? Ndi kwa matendu gaki, peamuwusili mwana waki Izaki avya luteta pa lusanja lwa luteta.
Was not our father Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 Hinu, wilola, kuvya sadika yaki na matendu gaki vihengili lihengu pamonga, na sadika yaki yitimiliki kwa matendu gaki.
Do yoʋ see how faith was active along with his works, and by works his faith was brought to completion?
23 Ndi gatimili Mayandiku Gamsopi chegijova, “Ibulahimu amsadiki Chapanga, na kwa sadika yaki ayidakiliwi kuvya mundu mbwina.” Palongolo yaki ndi Ibulahimu akemiwi nkozi wa Chapanga.
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 Mlola hinu, kuvya mundu iyidakiliwa kuvya mbwina palongolo ya Chapanga kwa matendu gaki, na lepi kwa sadika yene ndu.
You see then that a person is justified by works, and not by faith alone.
25 Mewawa yavi kwa yula mkemi mweikemiwa Lahabu, mwene ayidakiliwi kuvya mbwina palongolo ya Chapanga ndava ya kuvapokela vamang'omesi na kuvatangatila vatila kwa kupitila njila yingi.
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 Hinu ndi kujova, higa changali mpungu yifwili, mewawa sadika changali matendu yifwili.
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.
