Tiago 2

1 My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality. 2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue,*2:2 or, meeting and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in, 3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool" 4 haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts? 7 Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

8 However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"✝2:8 Leviticus 19:18 you do well. 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. 11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery,"✝2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18 also said, "Do not commit murder."✝2:11 Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17 Now if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as men who are to be judged by the law of freedom. 13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? 15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 16 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;" yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. 18 Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder. 20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? 21 Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected. 23 So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,"✝2:23 Genesis 15:6 and he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith. 25 In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when 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.

Whakatūpato mō te Whakaaro Kōaro

1 E ōku tēina, kaua e waiho i runga i te whakapai kanohi te whakapono ki tō tātou Ariki korōria, ki a Īhu Karaiti. 2 Ki te tomo mai hoki tētahi tangata ki tō koutou whare karakia he mōwhiti kōura nei tōna, he kākahu pai; ā, ka tomo mai anō he rawakore, he kākahu paru nei tōna; 3 ā, ka titiro atu koutou ki te tangata i te kākahu pai, ka mea ki a ia, "E noho koe ki konei, ki te wāhi pai," ā, ka mea ki te rawakore, "E tū koe ki konā, e noho rānei ki konei, ki raro i tōku tūranga waewae." 4 He teka ianei he tikanga tahatahi tā koutou, kua hē hoki ngā whakaaro o koutou, o ngā kaiwhakawā?

5 Whakarongo, e ōku tēina aroha. Kāhore anō koia te Atua i whiriwhiri i ngā rawakore o tēnei ao, kia whiwhi ki te taonga, arā ki te whakapono, kia riro hoki i a rātou te rangatiratanga kua whakaaria mai e ia mō te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia? 6 Heoi, ka whakakino nā koutou ki te rawakore. He teka ianei ko ngā tāngata taonga hei whakatupu rangatira ki a koutou, hei tōtō i a koutou ki ngā whakawākanga? 7 He teka ianei he hunga kohukohu rātou i te ingoa pai kua whakahuatia nā ki a koutou?

8 Engari, ki te rite i a koutou te ture kīngi, tō te karaipiture, "Me aroha e koe tōu hoa, ānō ko koe," ka pai tā koutou hanga. 9 Tēnā ki te whakapai kanohi koutou, e mahi ana koutou i te hara, ka mau hoki i te ture he hunga hē. 10 Ki te mau hoki te ture katoa i tētahi tangata, ā, ka kotahi anō te mea e tapepa ai ia, kua hē ia ki te katoa. 11 I tāna kīanga mai hoki, "Kaua e pūremu," i kī mai anō ia, "Kaua e patu tangata." Nā, ahakoa kāhore koe e pūremu, ki te patu tangata koe, kua takahia e koe te ture.

12 Kia rite tā koutou kōrero, tā koutou mahi, ki tā te hunga e whakawākia ā mua i runga i ngā tikanga o te ture herekore. 13 Ko te tangata hoki kāhore ōna ngākau tohu, e kore e tohungia ina whakawākia; ka whakapehapeha ia te ngākau tohu ki te whakawā.

Te Whakapono me ngā Mahi

14 He aha te pai, e ōku tēina, ki te mea tētahi he whakapono tōna, ā, kāhore āna mahi? E taea rānei ia te whakaora e taua whakapono? 15 Ki te mea e noho tahanga ana tētahi teina, tuahine rānei, ki te mea rānei kua kore he kai māna mō tēnei rā, mō tēnei rā, 16 ā, ka mea atu tētahi o koutou ki a rātou, "Haere mārie, kia mahana, kia mākona," ā, kāhore e hoatu e koutou ki a rātou ngā mea e matea ana e te tinana; he aha te pai? 17 Waihoki ko te whakapono, ki te kāhore āna mahi, he mea mate i roto anō i a ia.

18 Nā, he kī tēnei mā tētahi, "He whakapono tōu, he mahi āku." Whakakitea mai ki ahau tōu whakapono motu kē i āu mahi, ā, māku, arā mā āku mahi, e whakakite atu tōku whakapono ki a koe. 19 E whakapono ana koe kotahi tonu te Atua; he pai tāu meatanga. E whakapono ana hoki ngā rēwera, me te wiri anō.

20 Heoi, e pai ana rānei koe kia mātau, e te kūware, he mea huakore te whakapono ki te kāhore he mahi? 21 Kīhai ianei a Āperahama, tō tātou matua, i tika i ngā mahi, i a ia i whakaeke atu ai i tāna tama, i a Īhaka, ki runga ki te āta? 22 Ka kite rānei koe i mahi tahi te whakapono me āna mahi, nā ngā mahi hoki i tino rite ai te whakapono? 23 Ā, i rite anō tā te karaipiture e mea nei, "I whakapono a Āperahama ki te Atua, ā, ka whakairia ki a ia hei tika," ka huaina anō hoki ia, "Ko te hoa o te Atua." 24 Heoi, ka kite koutou kei ngā mahi he tika mō te tangata, ehara i te mea kei te whakapono anake.

25 Waihoki ko Rahapa, te wahine kairau, kīhai ianei ia i whakatikaia e ngā mahi, i a ia i whakamanuhiri ai i ngā karere, ā, tukua atu ana rāua e ia rā tētahi ara kē?

26 Ka rite hoki ki te tinana ka mate nei ki te kāhore te manawa ora, waihoki ko te whakapono, ki te kāhore he mahi, he mea mate.