Jakob 2
1 Ka koeinaakhqi, ningnih a Bawipa Jesu Khrih ak cangnaak thlangkhqi na nami awm dawngawh, thlang a mikhaai koeh toek uh.
My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Yeshua the Messiah with partiality.
2 Tinaak maiawh, nangmih pynoet na naming cun awh sui kut cabyn byn nawh suibai ak leek ing ak thoeihcam qu thlang ce law mai lah seh, cawh suibai ak che ca ak bai thlang pynoet kun law lawt lah seh.
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,
3 Suibai ak leek ing ak thoeihcam qu thlang ce mik lyl na u tiksaw, “Vawhkaw ngawihnaak leek awh ngawi,” nami tinaak coengawh khawdeng hahqah thlang a venawh, “Nang taw cena a nang dyi mai,” aw am awhtaw ka khawkung dek awh ngawi mai,” nami tinaak mantaw,
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”
4 na mimah ak khuiawh peknaak ak sai, kawpoek amak leek ak pekkung na am nami awm nawh nu?
haven’t you shown partiality amongst yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Ka lungnaak koeinaakhqi, ngai lah uh: khawmdek mik huh awh hahqah na awm hlai hy cangnaak awh ak boei nawh, amah ing lungna nawh awitaak qam pang aham ak awm thlangkhqi ce Khawsa ing am tyk hy nak ti nu?
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?
6 Cehlai nangmih ingtaw hahqah thlangkhqi the a kha na uhyk ti. Boeikhqi ing ni nangmih awi dengnaak kung na a ni sawi khqi ka ti my?
But you have dishonoured the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
7 Nangmih a nik ta khqi kung ang ming ak sang soeih ce a mingmih ing ni ak che na a mik kqawn ka ti my?
Don’t they blaspheme the honourable name by which you are called?
8 Cakciim awh ak awm anaa awi, “Namah a pum amyihna na imceng thlang ce lungna lawt,” tice nami hquut tang tang awhtaw, ik-oeih dyng ak sai thlang na awm uhyk ti.
However, if you fulfil the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you do well.
9 Cehlai thlang a mikhaai nami toek mantaw, thawlhnaak ak sai na awm u tiksaw anaa awi ing anaa awi ak hqekungkhqi na ni tak khqi nawn hawh hy.
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Ikawtih u awm anaa awi hquut boeih hlai hy. Pynoet doeng ca awm a ma sai awhtaw ak changkhqi boeih awm ak hqekung na awm hawh hy.
For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
11 Ikawtih, Koeh samphaih, ak tikung ing, Thlang koeh him, ti bai hy. Am samphaih hlai hyk ti thlang na him awhtaw, nang taw anaa awi ak hqekung na awm hyk ti.
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.
12 Loetnaak ak pekung anaa awi ing awi a deng hly kawi thlang amyihna awi kqawn unawh ik-oeih sai uh,
So speak and so do as men who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
13 kawtih qeennaak amak ta thlangkhqi taw qeennaak taak kaana awidengnaak hu lawt kaw. Qeennaak ing awidengnaak ce noeng hy!
For judgement is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement.
14 Koeinaakhqi, thlang ing cangnaak ta nyng ti hlai hy sainaak ama taak awhtaw, ikaw hawihkhangnaak a awm? Cemyih cangnaak ing ak hul hly nu?
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 Tinaak mai awh koeinaa pa awm nu awm suibai ingkaw awk a ai a taak kaana awm lah seh.
And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
16 Nangmih ak khuiawh thlang pynoet ing, Sadip na cet hlah; a awihpyt na awm nawhtaw nak phoen phyi seh nyng,” tina seitaw pumsa awh a kyk ngaihnaak ikaw awm a peek kaana a tyih mantaw ikaw hawihkhangnaak a awm kaw?
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?
17 Cemyih koep lawtna, cangnaak ce amah doeng awm hqoeng nawh, sainaak ing a mak bawng awhtaw thi hy.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18 Thlang pynoet ing, Nang ing cangnaak ta hyk ti; kai ing sainaak ta nyng,” ti lah seh. Sainaak amak awm cangnaak ce nim huh lah, cawhtaw cangnaak ce sainaak ing dang law sak lawt vang.
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.
19 Khawsa pynoet awm hy tice cangna uhyk ti. Nep hy! Qaaikhqi ingawm cangna unawh – thyn uhy.
You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.
20 Nang thlakqaw, sainaak amak awm cangnaak taw phu am tahy tice huh sak aham nak ngaih nu?
But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
21 Ningmih a pakdam Abraham ing bawkthang awh a capa Isaak a nawnnaak ak caming ni thlakdyng ang mingnaak ka ti my?
Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Ak cangnaak ingkaw a sainaak ce pynoet na ak bawng a dawngawh, ak cangnaak ce a sainaak ing soep sak hy.
You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
23 Cedawngawh, Abraham ing Khawsa cangna nawh, cawhkaw ak cangnaak ce dyngnaak na taak pehy,” tinaak cauk awi soep hy, anih ce Khawsa a pyi tinawh khy uhy.
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.
24 Cangnaak doeng kaana ik-oeih sainaak ing thlang ing dyngnaak hu hy tice hu hawh uhyk ti.
You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
25 Cemyih lawtna, a pum ak zawi nu Rahab zani lapzamkhqi ami law awh a im awh awm sak khqi nawh lap chang benna kawng a tyih tlaih a dawngawh ni a sainaak ce dyngnaak na a noet peek ka ti my?
In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
26 Myihla amak awm pum taw a thih amyihna sainaak amak awm cangnaak awm thi lawt hy.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
