James 2
1 My friends, as trusting believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, you must not show favoritism.
RI ai ko, komail poson atail Kaun Iesus Kriitus en lingan, der lipiliki aramas amen.
2 Imagine that a man comes into your synagogue wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and then a poor man comes in dressed in rags.
Pwe ma ol amen pan iang omail saraui, me kapwateki ring kold likau lingan, o pil samama amen, me a tuken likau o sakanekan pan pedelong,
3 If you pay special attention to the well-dressed man, and say, “Please sit here in a seat of honor,” while you say to the poor man, “Stand over there, or sit on the floor by my feet,”
A ma komail pan kilekilang me mi nan likau lingan, o komail pan indang i: Re kotido kaipokedi met, wasa mau, ap indang me samama: Koe en uda mo, de met impan utipa!
4 haven't you discriminated and judged with bad motives?
Iaduen komail lipilipil nan pung omail, o komail wiala saunkapung kan ni omail lamalam sued?
5 Listen, my dear friends: Didn't God choose those who the world considers poor to be rich in their trust in him, and to inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him?
Ri ai kompok kan, komail rong! Kot sota kotin piladar me samama nan sappa et, me kapwapwaki poson, o me pan sosoki wei, me a kotin inauki ong irail, me pok ong i?
6 But you've treated the poor shamefully. Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you before the courts?
A komail mamaleki me samama o. Kaidin me kapwapwa kan kin wia sued ong komail o pangalang komail mol en kadeik kan?
7 Don't they insult the honorable name of the one who called you and to whom you belong?
Irail sota kin lalaue mar isou, me komail maranekier?
8 If you really observe the royal law of Scripture: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” then you do well.
Ma komail kapwaiada kapung isou duen masan o: Koe en pok ong men imp om dueta pein uk, nan komail wia me mau.
9 But if you show favoritism, you're sinning. The law convicts you as guilty of breaking it.
A ma komail pan lipilipiliki aramas, komail kin wia dip, o kapung pan kadiarok ong komail, me komail me dipan.
10 Someone who observes everything in the law but fails in just one part is guilty of breaking it all.
Pwe meamen kapwaiada kapung pon, ap kawela kusoned eu, nan i me tiakedi karos.
11 God told you not to commit adultery, and he also told you not to kill. So if you don't commit adultery, but you do kill, you've become a law-breaker.
Pwe me kotin masanier: Koe der kamal, i me pil masanier: Koe der kamela aramas! Ari, ma koe sota kamal, a ma koe kamela aramas, nan koe me tiakedier kapung o.
12 You should speak and act as people who will be judged by the law of freedom.
Komail ari lokaia o wiawia duen irail, me pan pakadeikada ren kapung en kamaio.
13 Anyone who doesn't show mercy will be judged without mercy. Yet mercy wins out over judgment!
A me sota kin kadek, pan lodi ong kadeik apwal, a me kadek, kin suaiki kadeik o.
14 My friends, what's the good of someone saying they trust in God when they don't do what's good and right? Can such “trust” save them?
Ri ai ko, da katepan aramas amen, me pan inda, me a poson mia, ap sota a wiawia mau kan? Iaduen poson pan kak dorela i?
15 If a brother or sister doesn't have clothes, or food for the day,
Ma ri atail ol de li amen mia, me solar a likau, o solar kan ar kisin manga kaukaule,
16 and you say to them, “Blessings on you! Stay warm and have a good meal!” and you don't provide what they need to survive, what's the good of that?
A ma amen komail pan indang i: Kola popol rangerang o mangamanga! Ap sota, me komail pan ki ong i, me mau ong pali war a, da katepa?
17 By itself even your trust-based faith in God is dead and worthless if you don't actually do what's good and right.
Iduen poson, ma a kelep o sota wiawia iang, nan a melar.
18 Someone may argue, “You have your trust in God; I have my good deeds.” Well, show me your trust in God without good deeds, and I will show you my trust in God by my good deeds!
A ele amen pan inda: Om poson mia, a ai wiawia kan mia; kasale ong ia om poson, me sota wiawia kan mia, a ngai pan kasale ong uk ai poson ni ai wiawia kan.
19 You believe that God is one God? That's great—but demons believe in God too, and they're scared of him!
Koe kamelele me Kot me ta men mia, me mau, nan tewil akan pil kin kamelele ap masakada.
20 You foolish people! Don't you know that trust in God without doing what's right is worthless?
A koe aramas aklapalap, ma koe men dedeki, me poson me mal kot, ma sota wiawia kan iang?
21 Wasn't our father Abraham made right by what he did—by offering his son Isaac on the altar?
Iaduen sam atail Apraam? A sota pung kila a wiawia kan, ni a pan mairongki sapwilim a kisin putak Isaak pon pei saraui?
22 You notice that his trust in God worked together with what he did, and through what he did his trust in God was made complete.
I me koe kilang, me poson sauasa a wiawia kan, o poson unsok kilar a wiawia kan.
23 In this way scripture was fulfilled: “Abraham trusted God, and this was considered as him doing right,” and he was called the friend of God.
Ari masan o pwaidar: Apraam poson Kot, o i me a pung kilar o a maraneki: Kompoke pan Kot.
24 You see that people are made right by what they do, and not just by trusting God.
Komail ari kilanger, me aramas amen pan pung kila a wiawia kan a kaidin poson ta.
25 In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute made right by what she did when she looked after the messengers and then sent them away by a different road?
Pil dueta Raap, li sued amen, kaidin a wiawia kan, me a pung kilar, ni a kasamo men en kadar, o kadar ir ala ni apot al toror?
26 Just as the body is dead without the spirit, trust in God is dead if you don't do what's right.
Pwe duen pali war mela, ma sota ngen, iduen poson a mela, ma sota wiawia kan iang.
