Yak'ob 2
1 Tieshuwotso! mangts doonzo Iyesus Krstosn amaniruwotsitna wotiyal iko ikoniyere bogfe eton asho bogabogshk'ayere.
My friends, are you really trying to combine faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord, with discrimination?
2 Git ashuwots it kakuweyiru bewokok weetune, iko b́kishi jabots awntsi k'ubelo geddek'tsonat tah sheengo tah dek'tso gaaletska, k'osho kiimts tahidoro tahts tugretska,
Suppose a visitor should enter your synagogue, with gold rings and in grand clothes, and suppose a poor man should come in also, in shabby clothes,
3 Sheengiru tah tahdek'ts asho mangiyon «Sheeng beyokanats bede'e» it eteti. Tugretsonmó «Neyere manoke need'owe, wee ttufishiroots bede'e» it eteti,
and you show more respect to the visitor who is wearing grand clothes, and say – ‘There is a good seat for you here,’ but to the poor man – ‘You must stand; or sit down there by my footstool,’
4 Eshe, mank'oon it dagotse k'osh k'oshewonat bogabogshr angisho it angshituwok'o itsh be'eratsa?
Haven’t you made distinctions among yourselves, and used evil standards of judgement?
5 Shuneets eshuwotso! k'ewere, Ik'o amanon galetswotsi bo wotitwok'onat bín shuntswotssho b́ jangits mengsto bo naatetwok'o datsanatsi tugretswotsi marat'de'atsa?
Listen, my dear friends. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the things of this world to be rich through their faith, and to possess the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?
6 Itmó tugretswotsiye it gac'iri, itn dadaat angshi moo maants iti geetsirwots gaaletswotsiyoshna?
But you – you insult the poor man! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you? Isn’t it they who drag you into law courts?
7 It bín it s'eegeyiru sheeng shúútso c'ashiruwots bonoshna?
Isn’t it they who malign that honourable name spoken over you at your baptism?
8 «K'osh asho ntookok'o woshde'er shune» et S'ayin mas'aafotse guut'etso Ik'i mengestitsi nemo it s'eentsiyal sheenge it finiri.
If you keep the royal law which runs – “You must love your neighbour as you love yourself,” you are doing right;
9 Ash dago it boga bogshiyalmó morre it finiri, nemo it beshiruwotse iti k'oretute.
but, if you discriminate, you commit a sin, and stand convicted by that same law of being offenders against it.
10 Asho tzaziwotsitsere iko gaahr oorts jamwotsi b́ s'eentsiyal dab jamwotsi b́ gaktsok'owe taaweti.
For a person who has laid the Law, as a whole, to heart, but has failed in one particular, is accountable for breaking all its provisions.
11 «Wido amk'aye» etts doonzo mank'o «Ud'k'aye» etre, mansh wido amo nk'azal dab n ud'iyal nemo gaakrne.
He who said “You must not commit adultery” also said “You must not murder.” If, then, you commit murder but not adultery, you are still an offender against the Law.
12 S'ayin kishit nemoke angsho dek'osh fa'a ashuwotskok'o keewwere, mank'owere k'aluwere.
Therefore, speak and act as people who are to be judged by the “Law of freedom.”
13 Ik' angsho maarraw ashuwotssh mhreti woshratse, b́ wotefere mhretiyo angsho daa'ituwe.
For there will be justice without mercy for the person who has not acted mercifully. Mercy triumphs over Justice.
14 T eshúwotso! asho imnetiyo detsfe bí etal, ando aani b́ imnetiyo sheeng finon kitso b́ k'azal eebi bísh b́ k'aliti? B́ imnetiyo bín kashiyosh falituwa?
My friends, what good is it if someone claims that they have faith, but they do not prove it by actions? Can such faith save them?
15 Bo tahituwonat bo meetuwo deshaw eeshuwotsnat mishúwotsn bobeyal,
Suppose some brother or sister should be in need of clothes and of daily bread,
16 ititsere iko bo beyosh geyit keewo imaniyere «Jeenon ameree! itsh k'ec'ee! woorwere!» bí etal eebi boosh b́ k'aliti?
and one of you says to them – ‘Go, and peace be with you; keep warm and eat well!’ and yet you do not actually give them the necessities of life, what good would it be to them?
17 Mank'o sheeng fin deshaw imnetiyo k'irkee.
In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.
18 Ernmó «Nee imnetiyo detsfne, taawere sheeg fino detsfe» etetuwo b́ beyal, «N imnetiyo finalo taash kitsuwe, taawere t finon t imnetiyo kitsituwe» etetuwe.
Someone, indeed, may say – ‘You are a man of faith, and I am a man of action.’ ‘Then show me your faith,’ I reply, ‘apart from any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions.’
19 Nee «Ik Ik'o fa'ee» etaat amanirune, sheenge, amanonere Fo'erawwotswor amanirune, shatonowere k'ewirune.
It is a part of your faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought.
20 Nee dartsano! imnetiyo finalo k'awuntso b́ deshawok'o danosh geefiya?
Now do you really want to understand, fool, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?
21 Nonihi Abraham b́ naayi Yishak'i wosh t'intseyru t'arap'ezats Ik'osh wosho woshdek't b́ t'intsor kááw b́ wot b́ finonalneya?
Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was he not justified by his actions after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?
22 Eshe imnetiyo finonton ikoke b́ teshtsok'onat imnetiyo finon s'een b́ wottsok'o bek'irute?
You see how, in his case, faith and actions went together; that his faith was perfected as the result of his actions;
23 S'ayin Mas'aafotse «Abraham Ik'o bí amani, b́ imnetiyonwere kááw wotat bísh b́ taaweyi» ett aap'ets aap'o s'eenbwutsi, hank'on Ik' shun ash b́woti etiyi.
and that in this way the words of scripture came true – ‘Abraham believed God, and that was regarded by God as righteousness,’ and ‘He was called the friend of God.’
24 Eshe asho b́ kááwit imneti mec'ron b́woterawon finono dabde'er b́wotsok'o bek'etúnee.
You see, then, that a person is justified by actions, and not by faith alone.
25 Widetsu Ra'ab Isra'elitse woshetswotsi b mootse bdek'or k'osh weeron boametuwok'o bwoshor bi bfinonon kááweratsna?
Wasn’t it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was she not justified by her actions, after she had welcomed the messengers and helped them escape by another road?
26 Kashaatse k'aleets meetso k'irkee, mank'owere finatse k'aleets imnetiyo k'irkee.
Just as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.
