Jakobe 2
1 Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, lo ka re lo ba Morena Jesu Keresete Morena wa kgalalelo jang, fa lo supa kgethololo ka go ja le bahumi fela lo lebela bahumanegi kwa tlase?
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, so as to show a partiality for persons.
2 Fa motho a tsena mo tlung ya lona ya kobamelo a apere diaparo tse di tlhwatlhwa kgolo a bile a rwele mehitshana ya gouta e e tlhwatlhwa kgolo mo menwaneng ya gagwe, mme e re fela ka nako eo go bo go tla motho yo mongwe yo o humanegileng a apere makgasa,
For if there comes into your assembly a man in splendid apparel, and with gold rings on his fingers, and there comes in also a poor man, in mean clothing,
3 mme lo bo lo amogela mohumi ka matsetseleko a magolo lo mo naya setilo se se ntle ka tlotlo mme lo bo lo raya mohumanegi lo re, “O ka ema fale fa o rata kgotsa wa nna fa fatshe mo bodilong,” jalo he,
and you show regard to him that wears the splendid apparel, and say to him, Sit here, in an honorable place; and you say to the poor man, Do you stand there, or sit here, under my footstool;
4 go leba motho ka khumo ya gagwe go supa gore lo tlhotlhelediwa ke megopolo e e bosula.
are you not partial in yourselves? and do you not judge from false principles?
5 Ntheetsang, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang: Modimo o tlhophile bahumanegi go huma mo tumelong le Bogosi jwa Legodimo ke jwa bone, gonne eo ke mpho e Modimo o e solofeditseng botlhe ba ba o ratang.
Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to those who love him?
6 Mme le fa go ntse jalo, mo batsamaing ba babedi, lo nyaditse wa mohumanegi. A ga lo lemoge gore bahumi ke bone ba ba tleng ba lo gogele kwa tshekong?
But you dishonor the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do they not themselves drag you to the judgment-seats?
7 Gape gantsi thata ke bone ba ba tshegang Jesu Keresete; yo leina la gagwe le le tlotlegang lo bidiwang ka lone.
Do they not themselves revile that honorable name which is called upon you?
8 Ee ruri, go molemo fa o obamela taolo ya Morena wa rona, e e reng, “O tshwanetse go rata le go thusa bangwe ka wena fela jaaka o ithata ebile o itlhokomela.”
If, however, you fulfill the law of highest excellence, according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.
9 Mme lo tlola molao o wa Morena wa rona fa lo rekegela bahumi fela ebile lo ba ipelela; ke boleo go dira jalo.
But if you show partiality for persons, you work sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Mme motho yo o tshegetsang molao mongwe le mongwe wa Modimo, mme a relela go le gonnye, o molato fela jaaka motho yo o tlodileng molao mongwe le mongwe o o leng teng,
For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet fail in one, is an offender against all.
11 gonne Modimo o o rileng o seka wa nyala mosadi yo o setseng a na le monna, ke one o o rileng o seka wa bolaya, jalo le fa o sa tlola melao ya lonyalo ka go dira boaka, mme o bolaile mongwe, o robile melao ya Modimo gotlhelele, mme ka go dira jalo o molato fa pele ga One.
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now, though you do not commit adultery, yet, if you kill, you are a transgresssor of law.
12 O tlaa atlholwa le fa o dira kgotsa o sa dire se Keresete o rileng o se dire. Ke gone ela tlhoko se o se dirang le se o se akanyang;
So speak, and so act, as those who shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13 gonne ga go kitla go nna le kutlwelo botlhoko mo go ba ba iseng ba ke ba supe kutlwelo botlhoko. Mme fa e le gore o ntse o le kutlwelo botlhoko, jalo kutlwelo botlhoko ya Modimo e e yang kwa go wena e tlaa fenya katlholo ya gago e e tswang kwa go One.
For he shall have judgment without mercy, who has shown no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.
14 Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, go thusang gore lo re lo na le tumelo ebile lo Bakeresete fa lo sa go supe ka go thusa ba bangwe? A tumelo e e ntseng jalo e ka boloka mongwe?
What profit is there, my brethren, if any one say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?
15 Fa o na le tsala e e tlhokang dijo le diaparo,
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 o bo o e raya o re, “Go siame, tsamaya sentle Modimo o go segofatse; o thuthafalelwe o bo o kgore,” mme o bo o sa mo fe diaparo kgotsa dijo, moo go thusang?
and any of you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, and yet give them not the things that are needful for the body, what does this profit them?
17 Jalo a o a bona, ga go a lekana fela go nna le tumelo. O tshwanetse gape go dira molemo go supa gore o na le yone tumelo. Tumelo e e sa itshupeng ka ditiro tse di molemo ga se tumelo gotlhelele, e sule ebile ga e na mosola.
So, also, faith, if it has not works, is dead, being by itself.
18 Mme kgotsa mongwe o ka nganga a re, “Wa re tsela e e yang kwa Modimong ke ka tumelo e le yosi, e sa okediwe ka sepe; go siame, nna ka re ditiro tse di molemo le tsone di botlhokwa gonne kwa ntle ga ditiro tse di molemo ga o kake wa supa gore a o na le tumelo kgotsa nnyaa; mme le fa e le mang o ka bona gore ke na le tumelo ka tsela e ke itsayang ka yone.”
But some one will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith by your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 A go santse go na le bangwe mo go lona ba ba reng, “Go dumela fela”? go lekanye? Go dumela mo Modimong o le mongwe fela? Ee, gakologelwang gore le mewa e e maswe e dumela selo se thata, mo e leng gore e roroma ka letshogo!
You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble.
20 Motho ke wena wa seeleele? O tlaa ithuta leng gore “Go dumela” ga gona mosola kwa ntle ga go dira se Modimo o batlang o se dira? Tumelo e e sa ungweng ditiro tse di molemo ga se tumelo ya boammaaruri.
But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21 A ga o gakologelwe gore le rraa rona Aberahame o ne a supiwa a le molemo ka ntlha ya se a se dirileng, jaaka a ne a ineela go obamela Modimo, le fa go ne go raya gore a ntshe morwawe Isake setlhabelo go swa mo sebesong?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 O a bona, o ne a ikanya Modimo mo e leng gore o ne a batla go dira le fa e le eng se Modimo o neng o se mmolelela; tumelo ya gagwe e ne ya felelediwa ke se a neng a se dira, ke ditiro tsa gagwe, ditiro tse di molemo.
Do you see that faith was the moving principle in his works, and by works his faith was made perfect?
23 Mme jalo ga diragala fela jaaka Dikwalo di bua, gore Aberahame o ne a ikanya Modimo, mme Morena a mo supa a le molemo mo ponong ya Modimo, le gone o ne a ba a tla a bidiwa “tsala ya Modimo.”
And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God.
24 Jalo lo a bona, gore motho o bolokwa ka se a se dirang, le se a se dumelang.
Do you see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only?
25 Rahabe, mosadi wa seaka ke sengwe sa dikai tsa se se buiwang. O ne a bolokwa ka ntlha ya se a neng a se dira ka nako e o neng a fitlha barongwa a bo a ba ngwegisa ka tsela e sele ba bolokesegile.
Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
26 Fela jaaka mmele o sule fa go sena mowa mo go one, tumelo le yone e ntse fela jalo e sule fa e le gore ke mofuta o o sa ungweng ditiro tse di molemo.
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
