James 2
1 My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory.
N kpiiba, yinba yabi n daani ti yonbidaano jesu kilisito yua n pia ti kpiagdi yen, la ke ŋani yin ya tiendi n gagdima bi niba siigan nni.
2 For, if there enter into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings in gay clothing, and there enter a destitute man also, in soiled clothing, —
Min bani yaali tie: ne o nilo ya cua ke kua li nintigilin, ke pili wula biagi bii i ligi mɔni biaga, ke gɔa yie ya tiadi n pia ti kpiagidi, ke o luodo mɔ kua ki yie akpalcala.
3 And ye eye him that hath on the gay clothing, and say, Thou, be sitting here, pleasantly, —and, unto the destitute man, say—Thou, stand, or sit there under my footstool,
I yi jigndi yua yie ti tiakpiagidi yen, ke yedo: “kali ne tijigdi ya kalkaanu po, Ama ke nan yedi o luodo “fini n ya se lan kani bii fin wani n kali tinga nni t taana po.
4 Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings?
Nani yii tiendi m gagdima i yanma nni ke gɔa yi i yula buud danma yeni i maal biidi kaaa?
5 Hearken! my brethren beloved: —Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
N kpibuadiba, cengi mani, nani u tienu ke gandi yaabi n tie a luoda ŋanduna nuni po ke ban tua piada li dandanli nni kaaa? Ke gɔa baa wan nian ke ba puba yabi n bua'og kuli o diema nnii?
6 Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?
Ama yinba, n fali a luoda. Nani a piada ka mabndi ii, ke caa yeni bi buudanba kani.
7 Do not, they, defame the noble name which hath been invoked upon you?
Bani ka biidi ya yeŋanli n ye i nni.
8 If ye are, indeed, fulfilling, a royal law, according to the scripture—Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, nobly, are ye doing;
Li ya tie k a kubi u tienu diema bali maama, nani lan diani maami yeni. Li yedi: ŋan ya bua a lielo nani ŋan bua ayuli maama yeni.”
9 But, if ye are shewing respect of persons, sin, are ye working, being convicted by the law as transgressors!
Ama yin ya tiendi m gagdima bi niba siiga nni, i tiendi tuonbiidi, li bali maama mɔ buni ke cuo i, kelima yi ke miado.
10 For, a man who shall keep, the whole law, but shall stumble in one thing, hath become, for all things, liable, —
Yua tuo ke kubi li bali maama, ke nan gɔa miindi ba maayenma bibe, o pia i talgi li kuli po.
11 For, he that hath said—Do not commit adultery, hath also said—Do not commit murder, —now, if thou dost not commit adultery, but dost commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law.
Kelima u tienu yedi: “ŋan da conmi” wani gɔa maadi: “ŋan da kpaa nilo” lan wani ya conmi, bii ke kpaa nilo, a biidi u tienu maama yeni.
12 So, be speaking, and, so, doing, as they who, through means of a law of freedom, are about to be judged;
Lani, yin maadi ke gɔa tiendi yal kuli, yin bani k u tienu ba jia i buudi ke ŋaa.
13 For, the judgment, [will be] without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.
Kelima u tienu n ba jia ti buudi ya yognu yeni, o kan jie mi ninñima yua den cagni o lielo po
14 What profit, my brethren, —if one should be saying he hath, faith, but hath not, works; can his faith save him?
N kpiiba, i li ke li baa ŋani o nilo n yedi ko pia li dandanli ke na ke suani tuonli li po, li pia be ya todima, o dandanli ba fidi ke tindo o?
15 If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food,
I kpiilo ja bii pua ya luo ti tiayiekaadi, ke gɔa luo daali kuli li bonjekaali.
16 And one from among you should say unto them—Withdraw in peace, be getting warmed and fed, but should not give them the things needful for the body, What the profit?
Ke i siigan yendo yedi o, ya kuni yeni mi yanduama, ke ban tongi o mu ke di ke guo, ama ke nan ke pun'o yal n tie tilad o yema po, li pia i laa fuoma?
17 So, also, faith, if it have not works, is dead, by itself.
Li dandanli mɔ tie yene, li yaa pia atuona li tie yali n kpe.
18 But one will say, —Thou, hast faith, and, I, have works, show me thy faith apart from thy works, and, I, unto thee, will shew, by my works, my faith.
Ama, o nilo ya yedi: “fini a pia li dandanli, n mɔ pia a yuona n ba yedi'o; waan nni, a dandanli yali n ke pia tuona, n mɔ ba waan na n dandanli kelima a tuona po.
19 Thou believest that God is, one: thou doest, well—Even the demons believe, and shudder!
A daani k u tienu ye ke tie yendo beba, a tiendi ke liŋani. Ba a cicilibiada mɔ daani yene, ama bi jie ke digidi( jegli).
20 But art thou willing to learn, O empty man! that, faith, apart from works, is, idle?
Fini, o yanluodaano ne, ŋaabani ke ya dandanli ke pia tuona tie fanfami.
21 Abraham our father, was it not, by works, he was declared righteous—when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Nani ti yaja Abalaham tuonŋana po i n cedi ke bi den yi'og o niteginka? Nani wan den tuo ke ba yidi o bijua Isak sala li padibinbindli po yen ka cedi ko tiegi i?
22 Thou seest that, his faith, had been working together with his works, and by his works did his faith become full-grown, —
A la ko dandanli den taani ke yegi yeni o tuona, ko tuona yen mɔ den cedi ko dandanli ŋani ke dagdi cai i n.
23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith—And Abraham believed God, And it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and, God’s friend, was he called:
Yeni ke diani yedi yaali n tieni: Abalaham den daani u tienu, ko u tienu nuali o po lan ya bonli ke li tie teginma, lan ya po ke bi yi'ug u tienu dɔnli.
24 Ye see that—by works, a man is declared righteous, and not by faith alone.
I la o nilo tiegi kelima o tuona po i. la ke tie li dandanli beba po ka.
25 And, in like manner also, Rahab the harlot, Was it not, by works, she was declared righteous, when she gave welcome unto the messengers, and, by another way, urged them forth?
Li gɔa tie yeni, liu poconconli Lahabi, o tuona po i ko tie niteginka kelima o den gaa bi tondikaaba cangu ke cedi ke bi tɔgni san tianu ke kuni.
26 Just as, the body, apart from spirit, is dead, so, our faith also, apart from works, is dead.
nani ya gbannandi ke pia naano n kpe maama, li tie yeni ke ya dandanli ke yegi yeni a tuona mɔ kpe.
