¹My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ በክብር ጌታ በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ያለውን እምነት ለሰው ፊት በማድላት አትያዙ።

²for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

²የወርቅ ቀለበት ያደረገና የጌጥ ልብስ የለበሰ ሰው ወደ ጉባኤአችሁ ቢገባ፥ እድፍ ልብስም የለበሰ ድሀ ሰው ደግሞ ቢገባ፥

³and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou — sit thou here well,` and to the poor man may say, `Thou — stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,` —

³የጌጥ ልብስም የለበሰውን ተመልክታችሁ። አንተስ በዚህ በመልካም ስፍራ ተቀመጥ ብትሉት፥ ድሀውንም። አንተስ ወደዚያ ቁም ወይም ከእግሬ መረገጫ በታች ተቀመጥ ብትሉት፥ ራሳችሁን መለያየታችሁ አይደለምን?

⁴ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

⁴ክፉ አሳብ ያላቸውም ዳኞች መሆናችሁ አይደለምን?

⁵Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

⁵የተወደዳችሁ ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ ስሙ፤ እግዚአብሔር በእምነት ባለ ጠጎች እንዲሆኑ ለሚወዱትም ተስፋ ስለ እርሱ የሰጣቸውን መንግሥት እንዲወርሱ የዚህን ዓለም ድሆች አልመረጠምን?

⁶and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

⁶እናንተ ግን ድሆችን አዋረዳችሁ። ባለ ጠጎቹ የሚያስጨንቁአችሁ አይደሉምን? ወደ ፍርድ ቤትም የሚጎትቱአችሁ እነርሱ አይደሉምን?

⁷do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?

⁷የተጠራችሁበትን መልካሙን ስም የሚሰድቡ እነርሱ አይደሉምን?

⁸If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,` — ye do well;

⁸ነገር ግን መጽሐፍ። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ራስህ ውደድ እንደሚል የንጉሥን ሕግ ብትፈጽሙ መልካም ታደርጋላችሁ፤

⁹and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;

⁹ለሰው ፊት ግን ብታደሉ ኃጢአትን ትሠራላችሁ፥ ሕግም እንደ ተላላፊዎች ይወቅሳችኋል።

¹⁰for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one [point], he hath become guilty of all;

¹⁰ሕግን ሁሉ የሚጠብቅ፥ ነገር ግን በአንዱ የሚሰናከል ማንም ቢኖር በሁሉ በደለኛ ይሆናል፤ አታመንዝር ያለው ደግሞ። አትግደል ብሎአልና፤

¹¹for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,` said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;` and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law;

¹¹ባታመነዝርም፥ ነገር ግን ብትገድል፥ ሕግን ተላላፊ ሆነሃል።

¹²so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,

¹²በነጻነት ሕግ ፍርድን ይቀበሉ ዘንድ እንዳላቸው ሰዎች እንዲህ ተናገሩ፥ እንዲህም አድርጉ።

¹³for the judgment without kindness [is] to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.

¹³ምሕረትን ለማያደርግ ምሕረት የሌለበት ፍርድ ይሆናልና፤ ምሕረትም በፍርድ ላይ ይመካል።

¹⁴What [is] the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?

¹⁴ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ እምነት አለኝ የሚል፥ ሥራ ግን የሌለው ሰው ቢኖር ምን ይጠቅመዋል? እምነቱስ ሊያድነው ይችላልን?

¹⁵and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

¹⁵ወንድም ወይም እኅት ራቁታቸውን ቢሆኑ የዕለት ምግብንም ቢያጡ፥

¹⁶and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,` and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit?

¹⁶ከእናንተ አንዱም። በደኅና ሂዱ፥ እሳት ሙቁ፥ ጥገቡም ቢላቸው ለሰውነት ግን የሚያስፈልጉትን ባትሰጡአቸው ምን ይጠቅማቸዋል?

¹⁷so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

¹⁷እንደዚሁም ሥራ የሌለው እምነት ቢኖር በራሱ የሞተ ነው።

¹⁸But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

¹⁸ነገር ግን አንድ ሰው። አንተ እምነት አለህ እኔም ሥራ አለኝ፤ እምነትህን ከሥራህ ለይተህ አሳየኝ፥ እኔም እምነቴን በሥራዬ አሳይሃለሁ ይላል።

¹⁹thou — thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

¹⁹እግዚአብሔር አንድ እንደ ሆነ አንተ ታምናለህ፤ መልካም ታደርጋለህ፤ አጋንንት ደግሞ ያምናሉ ይንቀጠቀጡማል።

²⁰And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

²⁰አንተ ከንቱ ሰው፥ እምነት ከሥራ ተለይቶ የሞተ መሆኑን ልታውቅ ትወዳለህን?

²¹Abraham our father — was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

²¹አባታችን አብርሃም ልጁን ይስሐቅን በመሠዊያው ባቀረበ ጊዜ በሥራ የጸደቀ አልነበረምን?

²²dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

²²እምነት ከሥራው ጋር አብሮ ያደርግ እንደ ነበረ፥ በሥራም እምነት እንደ ተፈጸመ ትመለከታለህን?

²³and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;` and, `Friend of God` he was called.

²³መጽሐፍም። አብርሃምም እግዚአብሔርን አመነ ጽድቅም ሆኖ ተቈጠረለት ያለው ተፈጸመ፤ የእግዚአብሔርም ወዳጅ ተባለ።

²⁴Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

²⁴ሰው በእምነት ብቻ ሳይሆን በሥራ እንዲጸድቅ ታያላችሁ።

²⁵and in like manner also Rahab the harlot — was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth?

²⁵እንደዚሁም ጋለሞታይቱ ረዓብ ደግሞ መልእክተኞቹን ተቀብላ በሌላ መንገድ በሰደደቻቸው ጊዜ በሥራ አልጸደቀችምን?

²⁶for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

²⁶ከነፍስ የተለየ ሥጋ የሞተ እንደ ሆነ እንዲሁ ደግሞ ከሥራ የተለየ እምነት የሞተ ነው።