JAKOBO 2

Go tlhaola batho ga go a siama

1 Ba ga etsho, lo se ka lwa kopanya tumelo ya go dumela mo go Morena wa rona Jesu Keresete wa kgalalelo le go gobelelela batho.t 2 Gonne fa mo phuthegong ya lona go ka tsena motho wa dipalamonwana tsa gouta, a apere seaparo se sentle, mme go be go tsena mohumanegi wa seaparo se se maswe, 3 mme fa lo tlhokomela yo o apereng seaparo se sentle lo re: “Wena nna fa bonnong jo bontle,” mme lo raya mohumanegi lo re: “Wena ema foo, gongwe o nne fa fatshe fa sebeong sa me sa dinao,”

4 a foo ga lo a dira pharologanyo mo go lona, lwa nna baatlhodi ba megopolo e e bosula?
5 Reetsang, ba ga etsho ba ba rategang: A Modimo ga o a itlhophela ba e leng bahumanegi mo lefatsheng go nna bahumi mo tumelong le barua-boswa ba puso e o e solofeditseng ba ba o ratang?t 6 Mme lona lo tlotlolotse mohumanegi. A ga se bahumi ba ba lo patikang, ba ba lo gogelang kwa makgotleng a tsheko?

7 A ga se bone ba ba kgalang leina le lentle le lo biditsweng ka lone?
8 Kana fa lo dirafatsa tlhogo ya molao ka fa Lokwalong e e reng: “Rata mongwe-ka-wena jaaka o ithata,” lo tla bo lo dira sentle.t 9 Mme fa lo gobelelela batho, lo dira boleo, lo supediwa ke molao gore lo batlodi.t 10 Gonne le fa motho a ka tshegetsa molao otlhe, mme a tlola taolo e le nngwe fela, o molato mo go ona otlhe.t 11 Gonne ene yo o buileng a re: “O se ka wa dira boaka,” e bile o rile: “O se ka wa bolaya.” Jaanong fa o sa dire boaka, mme o bolaya, o motlodi wa molao.t 12 Buang lo bo lo dire jaaka lo le ba ba tla atlholwang ka molao wa kgololesego.t

13 Gonne katlholo ga e nke e nna le kutlwelo-botlhoko mo go ene yo o neng a se na kutlwelo-botlhoko; mme kutlwelo-botlhoko e fenya tshekiso.t

Bosenang-thuso jwa tumelo e e se nang ditiro

17 Tumelo le yona jalo, fa e le yosi, e se na ditiro, e sule.
18 Jaanong motho o ka re: “Wena o na le tumelo, nna ke na le ditiro.” Mpontshe tumelo ya gago e e se nang ditiro, mme nna ke tla go bontsha tumelo ka ditiro tsa me.t 19 Wena o dumela gore go na le Modimo o le mongwe fela; o dira sentle. Le medemone e dumela jalo, mme e a roroma. 20 Motho yo o bosilo ke wena. A o rata go itse gore tumelo e e se nang ditiro ga e ungwe? 21 Aborahame rraetsho a ga a a siamisiwa ka ditiro, fa a baya Isaka morwawe mo aletareng go nna setlhabelo?t 22 Foo o ka bona gore tumelo e dirile mmogo le ditiro tsa gagwe, mme tumelo ya tlala ka ditiro. 23 Mme Lokwalo lwa dirafala lo lo reng: “Aborahame o ne a dumela Modimo, mme tumelo eo ya kaiwa tshiamo ya gagwe,” a ba a bidiwa tsala ya Modimo.t

24 Lo ka bona ka tseo gore motho o siamisiwa ka ditiro, e seng ka tumelo fela.

25 Fela jalo le ene Rahabe wa seaka, a ga a a siamisiwa ka ditiro, ka a ne a tshola barongwi, a ba tshabisa ka tsela e sele?t
26 Tumelo e sule, fa e se na ditiro, jaaka mmele o sule, fa o se na mowa.

James 2

1 My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.2 For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;3 and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;4 Do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?6 But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?7 Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?8 Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:9 but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.12 So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.13 For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.14 What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?15 If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,16 and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?17 Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.18 Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.19 Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?22 Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect;23 and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.24 Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.25 And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.