James 2
1 My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
Valongo vangu, chemukumsadika BAMBU Yesu Kilisitu, BAMBU wa ukulu, mkoto kuvabagula vandu kwa kuvalola pamihu.
2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in,
Tijova mundu mmonga mweawalili pete ya mashonga gamahele na nyula yabwina iyingila mngonganu winu, na bahapo iyingila mundu mngangu mwawalili nyula yeyihakili.
3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”
Ngati mkumtopesa mundu yula mwawalili nyula zabwina na kumjovela “Tama penapa pabwina,” Na kumjovela mngangu yula, “Veve, yima ukwo,” Amala “Tama pahi apa,”
4 haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
Wu, wenewu lepi ubagula pagati yinu? Wu, hamula yeniyo yihumila lepi mumaholo ginu gahakau?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t 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?
Myuwanila! Valongo vangu vaganu, Chapanga avahagwili vandu vangangu pamulima apa muni ahotola kuvamotisa neju musadika na kupokela unkosi wevitalalila vala vevamganili.
6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
Nambu nyenye mkuvavevesa vangangu! Wu, vana vindu vyamahele ndi vevakuvahindalila na kuvatakila mu libanji la mihalu?
7 Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
Wu, lepi avo vevakuliliga liina lila labwina la Yesu Kilisitu, ndi nyenye vandu vaki?
8 However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
Ngati chakaka muhenga lihengu malagizu gakulu muunkosi wa Chapanga, chegayandikwi mu Mayandiku Gamsopi, “Mgana myaku ngati cheukujigana wamwene,” Yati mwikita chabwina neju.
9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
Nambu mkavabagula vandu, kwa kuvalola pamihu ndi mukumbudila Chapanga na yati mwihamuliwa na malagizu kuvya mbudili.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
Mundu mweangayidakila mhilu umonga pagati ya malagizu goha ya Chapanga, mundu uyo yati ibuda kudenya lilagizu loha.
11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
Muni yulayula mweijova, “Ukoto kukita ugoni,” Ajovili mewa “Koto kukoma.” Ndava yeniyo hati ngati wangakita ugoni nambu ukomili veve wangakamula malagizu.
12 So speak and so do as men who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
Hinu, mjova na kuhenga ngati vandu vevihamuliwa kwa malagizu gegilekekesa vandu.
13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Muni Chapanga ilangisa lepi lipyana peakumuhamula mundu angali lipyana. Nambu vandu vevavi na lipyana yati viyogopa lepi kuhamuliwa na Chapanga.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
Valongo vangu, kuvi chiyonjokesu choki mundu kujova avi na sadika, nambu nakulangisa kwa kuhenga? Wu sadika yeniyo yihotola kumsangula?
15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
Ukamlola mlongo waku mweisadika mhaja amala mlumbu avi lepi na nyula amala chakulya.
16 and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
Ngati veve ukamjovela, “Uhamba bwina ukayota motu na kuyukuta.” Changali kuvapela chindu chochoha. Wu, chikumtangatila kyani?
17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
Mewawa sadika yene changali matendu yifwili.
18 Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
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.”
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.
Wu, veve usadika kuvya avi Chapanga mmonga? Chabwina! Nambu hati mzuka gisadika chenicho na kuvagaya kwa wogohi.
20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
Myimu veve! Wu, wigana kulangiswa kuvya mundu mweijova nikumsadika Chapanga kuni ilangisa lepi matendu, sadika ya mundu mwenuyo yifwili?
21 Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
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.
22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
Hinu, wilola, kuvya sadika yaki na matendu gaki vihengili lihengu pamonga, na sadika yaki yitimiliki kwa matendu gaki.
23 So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
Ndi gatimili Mayandiku Gamsopi chegijova, “Ibulahimu amsadiki Chapanga, na kwa sadika yaki ayidakiliwi kuvya mundu mbwina.” Palongolo yaki ndi Ibulahimu akemiwi nkozi wa Chapanga.
24 You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
Mlola hinu, kuvya mundu iyidakiliwa kuvya mbwina palongolo ya Chapanga kwa matendu gaki, na lepi kwa sadika yene ndu.
25 In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
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.
26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
Hinu ndi kujova, higa changali mpungu yifwili, mewawa sadika changali matendu yifwili.
