Yakobu 2
1 Walongu wangu yamumjimira Mtuwa gwetu Yesu Kristu yakawera na ukwisa, namulanguziya ubagula kwa wantu.
My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah of glory with partiality.
2 Tulongi muntu yumu mweni kavala peti zya zahabu na nguwu ziherepa kingira mukuliwona kwenu, na palaa palii kingira muntu muhushu yakavaliti nguwu zidoda,
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 payiwera hammupanani ligoya nentu ulii yakavaliti nguwu zya kuherepa na kumgambira, “Gulivagi panu pahala paherepa,” na kumgambira muhushu ulii, “Gwenga, gugoloki kulii, ama gulivagi pasi.”
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 Hashi, awu uwera ndiri ubagula pakati penu? Hashi, na utoza wenu hawulawirani ndiri mumaholu madoda?
Have you not discriminated among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Walongu wangu yanuwafira, mupikaniri! Mlungu kawasyagula wantu wahushu pasipanu su wapati kuwera walunda munjimiru na kwanka ufalumi Mlungu yakawalagiriti walii yawamfira.
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 Kumbiti mwenga mwankuwabeza wantu wahushu! Hashi, walunda ndo walii ndiri yawawayonera na kuwajega kushyotera motu?
But you have dishonored the poor person. Do not the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
7 Awa ndo walaa walii yawalihigilanga litawu lilii liherepa nentu lya Mtuwa ulii mwenga ndo wantu wakuwi.
Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
8 Handa pamulitenda weri lilagaliru lilii lya shifalumi ntambu yailembitwi Mumalembu Mananagala, “Gumfiri muyagu ntambu yagulifira gumweni,” mwankutenda weri.
However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You are to love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
9 Kumbiti pamuwabagula wantu, su mwankutenda vidoda, na lilagaliru lya Mlungu liwatoza kuwera mwenga mkosa.
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Muntu yakalilema lagaliru limu Mumalagaliru ga Mlungu, hakaweri na likosa lya kugalema Malagaliru goseri.
For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
11 Toziya ulii yakalongiti “Naguhumba,” kalongiti vulaa “Nagulaga.” Su ata paguhumba ndiri kumbiti gulaga, gwenga gugalema Malagaliru goseri ga Mlungu.
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 Su mulongi na kutenda gambira wantu hawatozwi kwa malagaliru ga Mlungu yagajega ulekeru.
So speak, and so do, as those who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
13 Toziya Mlungu hapeni kaweri na lusungu pakamtoza muntu yakawera ndiri na lusungu. Kumbiti lusungu lwa Mlungu lukangi utoza.
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 Walongu wangu, kwana mota gaa handa muntu pakalonga kawera na njimiru kumbiti kalanguziya ndiri kwa matendu? Kujimira aku kuweza hashi kumlopoziya?
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 Payiwera mlongu tunga mpalu ama mdala kahera nguwu ama shiboga,
And if a brother or sister is poorly clothed and may be lacking in daily food,
16 hayiwatangi shishi kuwagambira awa, “Mgendi kwa ponga mukayoteri motu na kwikuta,” pota kuwapanana nfiru zyawu zya makaliru?
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 Ntambu iraa hayi, njimiru gweka yakuwi pota vitendu ifuwa.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18 Kumbiti muntu kaweza kulonga, “Muntu yumu kawera na njimiru na muntu gwingi kawera na matendu” Hanankuli, “Gunanguziyi vilii muntu ntambu yakaweza kuwera na njimiru pota na matendu. Neni hanukulanguziyi njimiru yangu kwa matendu.”
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 Hashi, gwenga gujimira kuwera kwana Mlungu yumu? Teratera! Kumbiti ata washamshera wajimira ali, na kulendemera kwa lyoga.
You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
20 Mzigizigi gwenga! Hashi, gufira kulanguziwa kuwera njimiru pota matendu ihowa?
But do you want to know, foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
21 Hashi, Aburahamu mbuyi gwetu kapata hashi kujimirwa kuwera mkamilika kulongolu kwa Mlungu? Kwa matendu gakuwi, shipindi pakamlaviyiti tambiku Isaka mwana gwakuwi pashitalawanda sha kutambikira.
Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Guwona kuwera njimiru yakuwi matendu gakuwi gatendikiti pamuhera, na njimiru yakuwi iweriti teratera kwa shilii shakatenditi.
You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
23 Na Malembu Mananagala gatimiya ntambu yagalonga, “Aburahamu kamjimiriti Mlungu, su kwa njimiru yakuwi yomberi kajimiritwi kuwera muheri kulongolu kwa Mlungu,” na Aburahamu kashemitwi ganja gwa Mlungu.
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 Su mwona kuwera muntu kajimirwa ndiri kuwera mkamilika kulongolu kwa Mlungu kwa njimiru yakuwi hera kumbiti kwa matendu gakuwi.
You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
25 Ntambu iraa ilii, kwa ulii mndiyandiya Rahabu, yomberi kajimiritwi na Mlungu kuwera mkamilika toziya yomberi kawashemiriti walolalola na kuwatanga wagendi zyawu kwa kupitira njira imonga.
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 Su, handa vilii nshimba pota rohu ihowa, ntambu iraa ilii njimiru pota matendu ifuwa.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
