< James 2 >

1 My fellow believers, [because] you trust our Lord Jesus Christ, the one who is glorious/wonderful, stop honoring some people more than others.
Mine brør! Lat ikkje dykkar tru på vår Herre Jesus Kristus, den herleggjorde, hava det med seg, at de gjer skil på folk!
2 [For example], suppose that a person who wears gold rings and fine clothes enters your meeting place. Then suppose that a poor person who wears shabby/ragged clothes also comes in.
For um det kjem ein mann inn i dykkar samling med gullring på fingeren og i skinande klæde, men det og kjem ein fatigmann i skitne klæde,
3 And [suppose] that you (show special attention to/treat better) the one who is dressed in fine clothes by saying, “Sit here in this good seat!” and you say to the poor one, “Stand there or sit on the floor [MTY]!”
og de ser på honom som hev den skinande klædnaden, og segjer til honom: «Set du deg her i god sess!» og de segjer til den fatige: «Statt du der, eller set deg nedfor fotskammelen min!» -
4 Then you have obviously [RHQ] caused divisions in the congregation (OR, you are clearly treating one better than the others, and you are using evil [motives/reasons] to ([evaluate people/decide whether people are important or not])).
gjer de ikkje då skilnad hjå dykk sjølve og dømer etter vonde tankar?
5 Listen [to me], my fellow believers whom I love: God has chosen [RHQ] poor people whom [unbelievers consider to] possess nothing of value, [so that he might bless them] greatly [because] they trust [in him], and in order that they will enter the place where [he] will rule [MET] [forever]. That is what he has promised to those who love him.
Høyr no, mine kjære brør! Hev ikkje Gud valt ut dei fatige i denne verdi til å vera rike i tru og ervingar til det riket han hev lova deim som honom elskar?
6 But you dishonor the poor people. Think about it! (It is rich people, [not poor people], who are causing you to suffer!/Isn’t it rich people, [not poor people], who are oppressing you?) [RHQ] (It is [the rich people] who forcibly take you to court [to accuse you in front of judges]!/Is it not [the rich people] who forcibly take you to court [to accuse you in front of judges]?) [RHQ]
Men de hev vanæra den fatige. Er det ikkje dei rike som trælkar dykk, og som dreg dykk fram for domstolarne?
7 (And they are the ones who say evil things about Jesus Christ, the one who is worthy [of praise], to whom you belong!/Are they not the ones who say evil things about Jesus Christ, the one who is worthy [of praise], to whom you belong?) [RHQ]
Spottar ikkje dei det gode namnet som de er kalla med?
8 In the Scriptures [God has commanded] each of you to love other people like you love yourself. That commandment was [also given] by [Jesus our] King [MTY]. If you [are loving others], you are doing what is right.
I sanning, um de uppfyller den kongelege lov etter skrifti: «Du skal elska din næste som deg sjølv, » so gjer de vel;
9 But if you honor some people more than others, you are (doing wrong/sinning). And because you [do not do what God commanded us to do], he condemns you [PRS] because you disobey his laws.
men gjer de skil på folk, so gjer de synd, og lovi refser dykk som lovbrjotarar.
10 Do not forget that those who disobey only one of God’s laws, even if they obey all [his other] laws, [God considers them] to be [as guilty as anyone who has disobeyed] all [of] God’s [laws].
For den som held heile lovi, men snåvar i ein ting, han hev vorte saka i alt.
11 For example, [God] said, “Do not commit adultery,” but he also said, “Do not murder anyone.” [So] if you [(sg)] do not commit adultery but you [(sg)] murder someone, you [(sg)] have become a person who disobeys [God’s] laws.
For han som sagde: «Du skal ikkje driva hor, » han sagde og: «Du skal ikkje slå i hel.» Um du då ikkje driv hor, men slær i hel, so hev du vorte ein lovbrjotar.
12 Continually speak and act [toward others] as people should who will be judged {whom [God] will judge} by the law that frees us [from being punished] {[God punishing us]} [for our sins].
Tala so og gjer so som dei som skal verta dømde etter fridoms lov!
13 [Speak and act like that], because when [God] judges us, he will not act mercifully toward those who do not act mercifully toward others. But when we [are] merciful [to others, we can rejoice], because [our being] merciful [shows] that [we are acting like people whom God] has mercifully saved from being judged (OR, [we can rejoice] because [God] will judge us mercifully).
For domen skal vera miskunnlaus yver den som ikkje hev gjort miskunn; men miskunn rosar seg mot domen.
14 My fellow believers, [there are some people who say], “I believe [in the Lord Jesus Christ],” but they do not do good things [for other people]. (Their saying that will certainly not do them any good!/What good will their saying that do for them?) [RHQ] [God] will certainly not save [people like that who say that they believe, but do not do good things]! [RHQ]
Kva gagnar det, mine brør, um nokon segjer at han hev tru, når han ikkje hev gjerningar? Kann vel trui frelsa honom?
15 [To illustrate], suppose that fellow believers, either men or women, don’t have enough clothing or food for each day.
Um ein bror eller ei syster er nakne og vantar føda for dagen,
16 And suppose that one of you says to them, “May [God] bless you and supply the clothing and food that you need!” but you [(sg)] do not give them the things that they need. (That would be no help [to them]!/What help is that [to them]?) [RHQ]
og ein av dykk segjer til deim: «Gakk i fred, verm dykk og et dykk mette!» men de ikkje gjev deim det som likamen treng, kva gagnar so det?
17 Similarly, [those who do] not do good things [to help others, what they have said about] their believing [in Christ] is [as useless] [MET] [as] a dead person [is useless]. They do not [really believe in Christ].
Soleis og med trui: hev ho ikkje gjerningar, so er ho daud i seg sjølv.
18 But someone may say [to me], “[God saves] some people only [because] they trust [in him], and [he saves] others [because] they do good deeds [to people].” [I would answer that person], “[You(sg) cannot] prove to me that people truly trust [in God if] they do not do good things [for others]. But by doing good things [for others] I will prove to you that I truly trust [in God”]
Men ein kann segja: «Du hev tru, og eg hev gjerningar. Syn meg di tru utan gjerningar, og eg skal syna deg mi tru av mine gjerningar!
19 [Think about it]! You believe that there is only one God, and you are right [to believe that]. But the demons also believe that, but they tremble [with fear because they know that God is going to punish them].
Du trur at Gud er ein; du gjer rett. Djevlarne trur og det og skjelv.»
20 Also, you foolish person, I will [RHQ] prove to you [(sg)] that [if someone says], “I trust [in God],” but he does not do good things, [what that person says] will not benefit him.
Og vil du vita det, du dårlege menneskje, at trui er nyttelaus utan gjerningar?
21 (It was certainly [because of] what our [revered] ancestor Abraham did, when he [prepared to] sacrifice his son Isaac, that he was considered [by God] {that [God] considered him} to be a righteous, [obedient] person./Was it not [because of] what our [revered] ancestor Abraham did, when he [prepared to] sacrifice his son Isaac, that he was considered [by God] {that [God] considered him} to be a righteous, [obedient] person?) [RHQ]
Abraham, vår far, vart ikkje han rettferdiggjord ved gjerningar, då han ofra Isak, son sin, på altaret?
22 You [(sg)] can realize that he was not only trusting [in God], but he was also doing [what God told him to do], and [you(sg) can realize] that he was able to trust [in God more] completely because of having done [what God told him to do].
Du ser at trui verka saman med hans gjerningar, og at trui vart fullkomi ved gjerningarne,
23 And [so it happened as it is written in the] Scriptures: “Because Abraham truly trusted in God, he was considered [by God] to be {[God] considered that he was} righteous.” And [God also] said [about Abraham], “He is my friend.”
og skrifti vart uppfyllt, som segjer: «Men Abraham trudde Gud, og det vart rekna honom til rettferd, » og han vart kalla Guds ven.
24 [From the example of Abraham], you can realize that it is because people do good things that [God] considers them to be righteous, and not only because they trust [in him].
De ser då, at eit menneskje vert rettferdiggjort ved gjerningar og ikkje berre ved tru.
25 Similarly, it was certainly [RHQ] [because of] what Rahab did, that [God] considered her to be a righteous, [obedient] person. Rahab was [previously] a prostitute, but she cared for the Israelite men who came [to] ([spy out the land/see what that area was like]) and she [helped them to escape by] sending them home on a different road [from the one that they came on].
Like eins og med skjøkja Rahab: vart ho ikkje rettferdiggjord ved gjerningar, då ho tok imot sendemennerne og slepte deim ut ein annan veg?
26 Remember that when our spirits [permanently leave our] bodies, [our bodies] are dead [and useless]. Similarly [SIM], [if someone says], “I trust [in God],” but does not do [things to help others, what that person says about trusting in God] is useless.
For liksom likamen er daud utan ånd, so er og trui daud utan gjerningar.

< James 2 >