ያዕቆብ 2 – NASV & NIVUK

New Amharic Standard Version

ያዕቆብ 2:1-26

አድልዎ ማድረግ አይገባም

1ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፤ ክቡር በሆነው በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የምታምኑ እንደ መሆናችሁ አድልዎ አታድርጉ። 2የወርቅ ቀለበት ያደረገና ያማረ ልብስ የለበሰ ሰው ወደ ጉባኤአችሁ ቢመጣ እንዲሁም ያደፈ ልብስ የለበሰ ድኻ ሰው ቢገባ፣ 3ያማረ ልብስ ለለበሰው የተለየ አክብሮት በማሳየት፣ “ለአንተ የሚሆን መልካም ስፍራ ይኸውልህ” ብትሉትና ድኻውን ሰው ግን፣ “አንተ በዚያ ቁም” ወይም “ከእግሬ በታች በወለሉ ላይ ተቀመጥ” ብትሉት፣ 4በመካከላችሁ አድልዎ ማድረጋችሁ አይደለምን? ደግሞስ በክፉ ሐሳብ የተያዛችሁ ፈራጆች መሆናችሁ አይደለምን?

5የተወደዳችሁ ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፤ ስሙ፤ እግዚአብሔር በእምነት ባለጠጋ እንዲሆኑና እርሱን ለሚወድዱም ተስፋ የተሰጣቸውን መንግሥት እንዲወርሱ የዚህን ዓለም ድኾች አልመረጠምን? 6እናንተ ግን ድኾችን አዋረዳችሁ፤ እናንተን የሚያስጨንቋችሁ ሀብታሞች አይደሉምን? ወደ ፍርድ ቤት የሚጐትቷችሁስ እነርሱ አይደሉምን? 7በእናንተ የተጠራውን ክቡር የሆነውን ስም የሚሳደቡ እነርሱ አይደሉምን?

8በመጽሐፍ፣ “ባልንጀራህን እንደ ራስህ አድርገህ ውደድ” ተብሎ የተጻፈውን ክቡር ሕግ ብትፈጽሙ፣ መልካም እያደረጋችሁ ነው። 9አድልዎ ብታደርጉ ግን ኀጢአት መሥራታችሁ ነው፤ በሕግም ፊት እንደ ሕግ ተላላፊዎች ትቈጠራላችሁ፤ 10ምክንያቱም ሕግን ሁሉ የሚፈጽም ነገር ግን በአንዱ የሚሰናከል ቢኖር፣ ሁሉን እንደ ተላለፈ ይቈጠራል። 11“አታመንዝር” ያለ እርሱ ራሱ “አትግደልም” ብሏልና። ባታመነዝር፣ ነገር ግን ብትገድል፣ ሕግ ተላላፊ ሆነሃል።

12ስትናገሩም ሆነ ስታደርጉ ነጻነት በሚሰጠው ሕግ እንደሚፈረድባቸው ሰዎች ሁኑ፤ 13ምክንያቱም ምሕረት ያላደረገ ሁሉ ያለ ምሕረት ይፈረድበታል፤ ምሕረት በፍርድ ላይ ያይላል።

እምነትና ሥራ

14ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፤ አንድ ሰው እምነት አለኝ ቢል፣ ሥራ ግን ባይኖረው ምን ይጠቅመዋል? እንዲህ ያለው እምነት ሊያድነው ይችላልን? 15አንድ ወንድም ወይም አንዲት እኅት የሚለብሱት ልብስም ሆነ የሚመገቡት ምግብ ዐጥተው፣ 16ከእናንተ መካከል አንዱ፣ “በሰላም ሂዱ፤ አይብረዳችሁ፤ ጥገቡ” ቢላቸው፣ ለሰውነታቸው ግን የሚያስፈልጋቸውን ባይሰጣቸው፣ ምን ይጠቅማቸዋል? 17እንዲሁ ሥራ የሌለው እምነት በራሱ የሞተ ነው።

18ነገር ግን አንድ ሰው “አንተ እምነት አለህ፤ እኔ ሥራ አለኝ።”

እምነትህን ከሥራ ለይተህ አሳየኝ፤ እኔም እምነቴን በሥራዬ አሳይሃለሁ ይላል። 19አንድ እግዚአብሔር እንዳለ ታምናለህ፤ መልካም ነው፤ አጋንንትም ይህንኑ ያምናሉ፤ በፍርሀትም ይንቀጠቀጣሉ።

20አንተ ከንቱ ሰው! እምነት ያለ ሥራ ዋጋ የሌለው2፥20 አንዳንድ ጥንታዊ ያልሆኑ ቅጆች፣ ሙት ይሉታል። መሆኑን ለማወቅ ማስረጃ ትፈልጋለህን? 21አባታችን አብርሃም ልጁን ይስሐቅን በመሠዊያው ላይ ባቀረበ ጊዜ በሥራ የጸደቀ አልነበረምን? 22በዚህም፣ እምነት ከሥራው ጋር አብሮ ይሠራ እንደ ነበር ታያለህ፤ እምነትም በሥራ ፍጹም ሆነ። 23“አብርሃም በእግዚአብሔር አመነ፤ ጽድቅም ሆኖ ተቈጠረለት” የሚለው የመጽሐፍ ቃል ተፈጸመ፤ እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ወዳጅ ተባለ። 24እንግዲህ ሰው በእምነት ብቻ ሳይሆን በሥራ እንዲጸድቅ ታያላችሁ።

25እንዲሁም ጋለሞታዪቱ ረዓብ መልእክተኞቹን ተቀብላ በሌላ መንገድ በሰደደቻቸው ጊዜ በሥራ አልጸደቀችምን? 26ከመንፈስ የተለየ ሥጋ የሞተ እንደ ሆነ፣ ከሥራም የተለየ እምነት የሞተ ነው።

New International Version – UK

James 2:1-26

Favouritism forbidden

1My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favouritism. 2Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, ‘Here’s a good seat for you,’ but say to the poor man, ‘You stand there’ or ‘Sit on the floor by my feet,’ 4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6But you have dishonoured the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

8If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself,’2:8 Lev. 19:18 you are doing right. 9But if you show favouritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as law-breakers. 10For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11For he who said, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deut. 5:18 also said, ‘You shall not murder.’2:11 Exodus 20:13; Deut. 5:17 If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a law-breaker.

12Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Faith and deeds

14What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

18But someone will say, ‘You have faith; I have deeds.’

Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 19You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that – and shudder.

20You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless2:20 Some early manuscripts dead? 21Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,’2:23 Gen. 15:6 and he was called God’s friend. 24You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.