James 2
1 My Brothers, are you really trying to combine faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord, with the worship of rank?
मेरा भाइहरू हो, केही मानिसहरूप्रति पक्षपात गर्दै महिमाका प्रभु हाम्रा प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्टमा तिमीहरूले विश्वास नगर ।
2 Suppose a man should enter your Synagogue, with gold rings and in grand clothes, and suppose a poor man should come in also, in shabby clothes,
विचार गर कि कोही मानिस तिमीहरूको सभामा सुनका औँठीहरू र राम्रा-राम्रा लुगाहरू लगाएर प्रवेश गर्यो र त्यहाँ एउटा गरिब मानिस पनि फोहोर पहिरनमा आयो ।
3 and you are deferential to the man 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,”
यदि तिमीहरूले त्यस राम्रा-राम्रा लुगा लगाएको मानिसतर्फ हेर्छौ र “कृपया यहाँ यस राम्रो स्थानमा बस्नुहोस्” भनेर भन्छौ, तर तिमीहरूले त्यस गरिब मानिसलाई “तँ यहीँ उभी” वा “मेरो पाउनेर बस्” भनेर भन्छौ भने,
4 Is not that to make distinctions among yourselves, and show yourselves prejudiced judges?
के तिमीहरूले आफैँबिच न्याय गरिरहेका छैनौ र? के तिमीहरू दुष्ट विचारहरू भएका न्यायकर्ताहरू बनेनौ र?
5 Listen, my dear Brothers. 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?
मेरा प्रिय भाइहरू हो, सुन, के परमेश्वरले संसारका गरिबहरूलाई विश्वासमा धनी हुनको निम्ति र उहाँलाई प्रेम गर्नेहरूका निम्ति उहाँले प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको राज्यको उत्तराधिकारीहरू हुनलाई चुन्नुभएन र?
6 But you — you insult the poor man! Is not it the rich who oppress you? Is not it they who drag you into law-courts?
तर तिमीहरूले गरिबहरूलाई अनादर गरेका छौ । के तिमीहरूमाथि दमन गर्ने धनीहरू नै होइनन् र? र तिमीहरूलाई अदालतमा तानेर लैजाने तिनीहरू नै होइनन् र?
7 Is not it they who malign that honourable Name which has been bestowed upon you?
तिमीहरू जसका हौ, उहाँको सुनामलाई तिनीहरूले नै अपमान गर्दैनन् र?
8 Yet, if you keep the royal law which runs — ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thou dost thyself,’ you are doing right;
तथापि, यदि तिमीहरूले “आफ्ना छिमेकीलाई आफूलाई झैँ प्रेम गर” भन्ने धर्मशास्त्रको राजकीय व्यवस्थालाई पुरा गर्दछौ भने, तिमीहरूले असलै गर्दछौ ।
9 but, if you worship rank, you commit a sin, and stand convicted by that same law of being offenders against it.
तर यदि तिमीहरूले कोही मानिसहरूप्रति भेदभाव देखायौ भने, तिमीहरूले पाप गरेका हुन्छौ, र तिमीहरू व्यवस्थाद्वारा व्यवस्थाको उल्लङ्घन गर्नेहरू भनी दोषी ठहरिन्छौ ।
10 For a man who has laid the Law, as a whole, to heart, but has failed in one particular, is liable for breaking all its provisions.
किनकि जसले सम्पूर्ण व्यवस्था पालन गर्दछ, तर एउटै कुरामा मात्र ठक्कर खान्छ भने, त्यो सम्पूर्ण व्यवस्थाको उल्लङ्घन गरेकोमा दोषी ठहरिन्छ ।
11 He who said ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery’ also said ‘Thou shalt not murder.’ If, then, you commit murder but not adultery, you are still an offender against the Law.
किनभने जसले “व्यभिचार नगर” भनेर भन्नुभयो उहाँले “हत्या नगर” पनि भन्नुभयो । यदि तिमीहरूले व्यभिचार गर्दैनौ, तर हत्या गर्छौ भने तिमीहरूले व्यवस्थाको उल्लङ्घन गर्छौ ।
12 Therefore, speak and act as men who are to be judged by the ‘Law of Freedom.’
यसकारण, स्वतन्त्रताको व्यवस्थाद्वारा न्याय हुनेहरूझैँ गरी बोल र व्यवहार गर ।
13 For there will be justice without mercy for him who has not acted mercifully. Mercy triumphs over Justice.
किनकि कृपा नदेखाउनेहरूमाथि कृपाविना नै न्याय आउँदछ । कृपा न्यायमाथि विजयी हुन्छ ।
14 My Brothers, what is the good of a man’s saying that he has faith, if he does not prove it by actions? Can such faith save him?
मेरा भाइहरू हो, यदि कोही मानिसले उसित विश्वास छ भनी भन्दछ तर उसले कुनै काम गर्दैन भने, त्यसबाट के लाभ? के त्यस विश्वासले उसलाई बचाउन सक्छ र?
15 Suppose some Brother or Sister should be in want of clothes and of daily bread,
विचार गर, कि कोही भाइ वा बहिनीको पहिरन राम्रो छैन र उसको निम्ति दैनिक भोजनको अभाव छ ।
16 and one of you were to say to them — “Go, and peace be with you; find warmth and food for yourselves,” and yet you were not to give them the necessaries of life, what good would it be to them?
विचार गर, कि तिमीहरूमध्ये कसैले उसलाई “शान्तिसँग जाऊ, न्यानो गरी बस र पेटभरि खाऊ” भनेर भन्छौ । यदि तिमीहरूले शरीरलाई आवश्यक पर्ने कुराहरूचाहिँ तिनीहरूलाई दिँदैनौ भने, त्यसबाट के लाभ भयो र?
17 In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.
यसै गरी, विश्वासले पनि काम गर्दैन भने त्यो मरेतुल्य हुन्छ ।
18 Some one, 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.”
तर पनि कसैले यसो भन्ला, “तिमीहरूसँग विश्वास छ, र मसँग कामहरू छन् ।” कामविना तिमीहरूको विश्वास मलाई देखाऊ र मैले मेरा कामहरूद्वारा आफ्नो विश्वास तिमीहरूलाई देखाउनेछु ।
19 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.
परमेश्वर एउटै हुनुहुन्छ भनेर तिमीहरू विश्वास गर्दछौ; तिमीहरूले त्यो असल गर्दछौ । तर भूतात्माहरूले पनि विश्वास गर्दछन्, र तिनीहरू थरथर काम्छन् ।
20 Now do you really want to understand, you foolish man, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?
मूर्ख मानिस हो, के तिमी यो जान्न चाहन्छौ, कि कामविनाको विश्वास व्यर्थ हुन्छ?
21 Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was not it the result of his actions that he was pronounced righteous after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?
जब हाम्रा पुर्खा अब्राहामले वेदीमा आफ्ना पुत्र इसहाकलाई अर्पण गरे, के उनी कामद्वारा नै धर्मी ठहरिएका थिएनन् र?
22 You see how, in his case, faith and actions went together; that his faith was perfected as the result of his actions;
तिमीहरू देख्दछौ, कि उनका कामहरूसँगै विश्वासले कार्य गर्यो, र कामहरूद्वारा नै उनको विश्वास पूर्ण भयो ।
23 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.”
धर्मशास्त्रको यस्तो भन्ने वचन पुरा भयो, “अब्राहामले परमेश्वरमा विश्वास गरे, र त्यो उनको निम्ति धार्मिकता गनियो ।” र उनि परमेश्वरको मित्र कहलिए ।
24 You see, then, that it is as the result of his actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not of his faith only.
तिमीहरू देख्दछौ, कि कामद्वारा मानिस धर्मी ठहरिन्छ, विश्वासद्वारा मात्र होइन ।
25 Was not it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was not it as the result of her actions that she was pronounced righteous, after she had welcomed the messengers and hastened them away by a different road?
त्यसै गरी, राहाब वेश्याले पनि गुप्तचरहरूलाई स्वागत गरेर अर्कै बाटोबाट पठाइदिँदा, के तिनी कामद्वारा नै धर्मी ठहरिएकी होइनन् र?
26 Exactly as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.
जसरी आत्मादेखि अलग हुँदा शरीर मर्दछ, त्यसै गरी कामबाट अलग हुँदा विश्वास पनि मर्दछ ।
