Jēkaba Vēstule 2
1 Mani brāļi, ticību uz Jēzu Kristu, mūsu godājamo Kungu, turēdami neuzlūkojiet cilvēka vaigu.
My friends, are you really trying to combine faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord, with discrimination?
2 Jo ja kāds vīrs nāktu jūsu baznīcā ar zelta gredzenu pirkstā un ar krāšņām drēbēm, un tur arīdzan nāktu kāds nabags ar rupjām drēbēm,
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 Un jūs uzlūkotu to, kam krāšņas drēbes, un uz to sacītu: sēdies tu še labā vietā; un sacītu uz to nabagu: stāvi tu tur, vai sēdies apakš manu kāju pamesla, -
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 Vai tad jūs pie sev pašiem neesat starpību darījuši un neesat tapuši tiesneši pēc ļaunām domām spriezdami?
Haven’t you made distinctions among yourselves, and used evil standards of judgement?
5 Klausiet, mani mīļie brāļi: vai Dievs nav izredzējis tos šās pasaules nabagus, kas ticībā ir bagāti un tās valstības mantinieki, ko Viņš ir apsolījis tiem, kas Viņu mīļo?
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 Bet jūs tiem nabagiem negodu esat darījuši. Vai tie bagātie nav tie, kas jūs apspiež un jūs velk pie tiesām?
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 Vai tie nezaimo to labo vārdu, kas pār jums ir saukts?
Isn’t it they who malign that honourable name spoken over you at your baptism?
8 Ja tad jūs to ķēniņa bauslību piepildāt pēc tā raksta: tev būs savu tuvāko mīlēt kā sevi pašu, - tad jūs darāt labi.
If you keep the royal law which runs – “You must love your neighbour as you love yourself,” you are doing right;
9 Bet ja jūs cilvēka vaigu uzlūkojiet, tad jūs grēku darāt un topat no bauslības pārliecināti kā pārkāpēji.
but, if you discriminate, you commit a sin, and stand convicted by that same law of being offenders against it.
10 Jo kas visus baušļus tur un vienā klūp, tas ir noziedzies pie visiem.
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 Jo kas ir sacījis: tev nebūs laulību pārkāpt, - Tas arī sacījis: tev nebūs nokaut. Ja tu nu laulību nepārkāpi, bet nokauji, tad tu esi palicis par bauslības pārkāpēju.
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 Runājiet tā un dariet tā, kā tādi, kas caur svabadības bauslību taps tiesāti.
Therefore, speak and act as people who are to be judged by the “Law of freedom.”
13 Jo tam, kas apžēlošanu nav parādījis, uzies sodība bez apžēlošanas, bet apžēlošana lielās pret sodību.
For there will be justice without mercy for the person who has not acted mercifully. Mercy triumphs over Justice.
14 Ko tas palīdz, mani brāļi, ja kas saka, ka viņam ir ticība, bet darbu nav? Vai tā ticība viņu var izglābt?
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 Ja kāds brālis vai māsa pliki būtu un tiem trūktu dienišķas pārtikšanas,
Suppose some brother or sister should be in need of clothes and of daily bread,
16 Un ja kāds no jums uz tiem sacītu: ejiet ar mieru, sildieties un paēdiet; bet jūs tiem nedotu kas miesai vajadzīgs, - ko tas palīdz?
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 Tāpat arīdzan ticība, ja tai darbu nav, pati par sevi tā nedzīva.
In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.
18 Bet kāds varētu sacīt: tev ir ticība, un man ir darbi! Rādi man tavu ticību bez darbiem un es tev rādīšu no maniem darbiem ticību.
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 Tu tici, ka ir viens vienīgs Dievs, un dari labi. Velni arīdzan tic un dreb.
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 Bet vai tu gribi zināt, tu nelietīgais cilvēks, ka ticība bez darbiem ir nedzīva?
Now do you really want to understand, fool, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?
21 Vai mūsu tēvs Ābrahāms nav taisnots no darbiem, savu dēlu Īzaku par upuri atnesdams uz altāri?
Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was he not justified by his actions after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?
22 Tad tu redzi, ka ticība ar savu spēku ir bijusi pie viņa darbiem, un ticība ir tapusi pilnīga caur darbiem.
You see how, in his case, faith and actions went together; that his faith was perfected as the result of his actions;
23 Un tas raksts ir piepildīts, kas saka: Ābrahāms Dievam ir ticējis un tas viņam ir pielīdzināts par taisnību, un viņš nosaukts Dieva draugs.
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 Tad nu jūs redzat, ka cilvēks top taisnots no darbiem un ne no ticības vien.
You see, then, that a person is justified by actions, and not by faith alone.
25 Vai arī tā mauka Rahaba nav tāpat taisnota no darbiem, kad tā tos sūtītos ir uzņēmusi un pa citu ceļu izlaidusi?
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 Jo tā kā miesa bez gara ir nedzīva, tāpat arīdzan ticība bez darbiem ir nedzīva.
Just as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.
