SANTIAGO 2

Sinesmenak ez du bereizkeriarik egiten

1 Ene senideok, ezin elkartuak dira Jesu Kristo gure Jaun aintzatsuagan duzuen fedea eta pertsonen arteant bereizkeria egitea. 2 Eman dezagun, esate baterako, zuen batzarrean bi gizon sartzen direla, bata aberatsa, urrezko eraztunez eta dotore jantzia, eta bestea pobrea, zarpail jantzia; 3 eta dotore jantzitakoari sekulako begiramenez esaten diozuela: «Zatoz, jar zaitez hemen, ohorezko tokian»; pobreari, berriz: «Hago hi hor zutik», edo: «Jar hadi lurrean, nire oinazpikoaren ondoan»;

4 horrela jokatuz, ez al zarete zeuen artean bereizkeriak egiten ari, eta ez al duzue irizpide okerrez epaitzen?
5 Adizue, nire senide maiteok: Ez ote ditu hautatut Jainkoak munduaren begitan pobre direnak, sinesmenez aberats izateko eta bera maite dutenei agindutako erreinua ondaretzat jasotzeko? 6 Zuek, berriz, lotsaz betetzen duzue pobrea. Ez ote dira aberatsak zuek zapaltzen eta auzitegira eramaten zaituztetenak?

7 Ez ote dira horiek zuek daramazuen izen ederrat iraintzen dutenak?
8 Liburu Santuaren arabera, hauxe da lege nagusiat: Maitatutlagun hurkoa zeure burua bezala; eta hori benetan betetzen baduzue, ondo baino hobeto. 9 Baina pertsonen artean bereizkeriarik egiten baduzue, bekatu egiten duzue, eta legeak berak salatzen zaituzte eta errudun egiten. 10 Legeko agindu bat bakarra hausten duena, agindu guztiekiko errudun egiten da.t 11 Izan ere, ez egin adulteriorikt esan duenak berak ez hil inor ere esan du. Beraz, adulteriorik egin ez arren, hilketarik egiten baduzu, legea hausten duzu. 12 Hitz egin eta joka ezazue, askatasuna ematen duen legeak epaitu behar dituenak bezala.

13 Zeren errukirik izan ez duenak, errukirik gabeko epaia izango baitu; errukitsu izan dena, ordea, garaile aterako da auzian.t

Fedea eta egintzak

19 Jainkoa bakarra dela sinesten duzula zuk? Oso ondo; baina deabruek ere sinesten dutet hori, eta ikaraz daude.
20 Burugabe hori, konturatuko al zara behingoz egintzarik gabeko fedea alferrikakoat dena? 21 Ez al zuen Jainkoak gure guraso Abrahamt zuzentzat hartu egin zuenarengatik, hau da, bere seme Isaak aldare gainean eskaintzeagatik? 22 Ikusten duzu, beraz, Abrahamen fedeak egintzak zituela lagunt, eta haren fedea egintzen bidez iritsi zela bere betera. 23 Horrela bete zen Liburu Santuak dioena: Abrahamektsinetsi egin zion Jainkoari eta, horregatik, Jainkoak zuzenetsi egin zuen, eta «Jainkoaren adiskide» deitu zitzaion. 24 Ohartu, beraz, Jainkoak egintzen bidez zuzenesten duela gizakia eta ez fede hutsezt. 25 Horrelaxe gertatu zen Rahabt emagalduarekin ere. Ez ote zuen Jainkoak zuzenetsi egin zuenagatik, hebrear ikertzaileak etxean hartu eta, gero, beste bide batetik joanarazi zituelako, alegia? 26 Beraz, arnasarik ez duen gorputza hila dagoen bezala, halaxe fedea ere: egintzarik ez badu, hila dago.

James 2

Prejudice and the Law of Love

1 My brothers and sisters,t do not show prejudicet if you possess faitht in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.t2 For if someonet comes into your assemblyt wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,3 do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,t “You sit here in a good place,”t and to the poor person, “You stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor”?t4 If so, have you not made distinctionst among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?t5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters!t Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?6 But you have dishonored the poor!t Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?t8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,t “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”s you are doing well.9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.t10 For the one who obeys the whole law but failst in one point has become guilty of all of it.t11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,”s also said, “Do not murder.”s Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.t

13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs overt judgment.

Faith and Works Together

14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters,t if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faitht save him?s15 If a brother or sistert is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs,t what good is it?17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.”t Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith byt my works.

19 You believe that God is one; well and good.t Even the demons believe that – and tremble with fear.t
20 But would you like evidence,t you empty fellow,t that faith without works is useless?s21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,”s and he was called God’s friend.s24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?

26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.