Jakobho 2
1 Hama dzangu, kwete nerusarura muve nerutendo rwaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu wekubwinya.
My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.
2 Nokuti kana muungano yenyu mukapinda murume ane mhete yegoridhe nenguvo inopenya, mukapindawo murombo ane nguvo yakasviba,
For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,
3 imwi ndokutarira uyo wakapfeka nguvo inopenya; ndokuti kwaari: Iwe gara pano zvakanaka; ndokuti kumurombo: Iwe mira ipapo; kana: Gara pano pasi pechitsiko chetsoka dzangu;
And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;
4 hamunawo kusarura mukati menyu pachenyu mukavawo vatongi vendangariro dzakaipa here?
Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Inzwai, hama dzangu dzinodikanwa. Mwari haana here kusarudza varombo venyika ino, vakafuma parutendo, nevadyi venhaka yeushe hwaakavimbisa kune vanomuda?
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
6 Asi imwi makazvidza murombo. Vafumi havakutsikiririi here, uye ndivo vanokukweverai kumatare?
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
7 Ivo havanyombi zita rakanaka rakadanwa pamuri here?
Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?
8 Kana zvirokwazvo muchizadzisa murairo weushe, zvinoenderana nerugwaro rwunoti: Ida wekwako sezvaunozvidaiwe, munoita zvakanaka;
But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
9 asi kana mune rusarura, munoita chivi, munopwiswa nemurairo sevadariki.
But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
10 Nokuti ani nani anochengeta murairo wese, asi akagumburwa pane umwe, anova nemhosva kune yese.
For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.
11 Nokuti iye wakati: Usaita upombwe; wakatiwo: Usauraya; zvino kana usingaiti upombwe, asi uchiuraya, wava mudariki wemurairo.
For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken.
12 Taurai saizvozvo uye itai saizvozvo, sevachazotongwa nemurairo werusununguko.
Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.
13 Nokuti kutonga kusina tsitsi ndekweasina kuita tsitsi; uye tsitsi dzinozvirumbidza pakukutonga.
For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.
14 Zvinobatsirei, hama dzangu, kana munhu achiti ane rutendo, asi asina mabasa? Rutendo urwu rwunogona kumuponesa here?
What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
15 Zvino kana hamarume kana hamakadzi yakashama uye achishaiwa kudya kwezuva rimwe nerimwe,
If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
16 umwe wenyu ndokuti kwavari: Ibvai murugare, mudziyirwe uye mugute; asi musingavapi zvinhu zvinodikanwa nemuviri, izvo zvinobatsirei?
And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?
17 Saizvozvowo rutendo, kana rwusina mabasa, rwakafa pacharwo.
Even so faith without works is dead.
18 Asi umwe achati: Iwe une rutendo, neni ndine mabasa; ndiratidze rutendo rwako kunze kwemabasa, neni pamabasa angu ndichakuratidza rutendo rwangu.
But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.
19 Iwe unotenda kuti kuna Mwari umwe; unoita zvakanaka; nemadhimoni anotenda uye anodedera.
You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.
20 Asi unoda kuziva here, haiwa dununu, kuti rutendo rwusina mabasa rwakafa?
Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?
21 Abhurahama baba vedu havana kunzi vakarurama kubva pamabasa here, vabaira mwanakomana wavo Isaka pamusoro pearitari?
Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Unoona kuti rutendo rwakabata pamwe nemabasa ake, uye kubva pamabasa rutendo rwakaperedzerwa here?
You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;
23 Nerugwaro rukazadzisika rwunoti: NaAbhurahama wakatenda kuna Mwari, zvikaverengerwawo kwaari kuti ndiko kururama, akanziwo shamwari yaMwari.
And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.
24 Naizvozvo munoona kuti munhu anonzi wakarurama kubva pamabasa, uye kwete kubva parutendo chete.
You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.
25 Saizvozvowo naRakabhi chifeve haana kunzi wakarurama kubva pamabasa here, agamuchira vatumwa, nekuvabudisa neimwe nzira?
And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?
26 Nokuti semuviri pasina mweya wakafa, saizvozvowo rutendo rwusina mabasa rwakafa.
For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.
