¹¶ E oku teina, kaua e waiho i runga i te whakapai kanohi te whakapono ki to tatou Ariki kororia, ki a Ihu Karaiti.

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

²Ki te tomo mai hoki tetahi tangata ki to koutou whare karakia he mowhiti koura nei tona, he kakahu pai; a ka tomo mai ano he rawakore, he kakahu paru nei tona;

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,

³A ka titiro atu koutou ki te tangata i te kakahu pai, ka mea ki a ia, E noho koe ki konei, ki te wahi pai; a ka mea ki te rawakore, E tu koe ki kona, E noho ranei ki konei, ki raro i toku turanga waewae:

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,` —

⁴He teka ianei he tikanga tahatahi ta koutou, kua he hoki nga whakaaro o koutou, o nga kaiwhakawa?

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

⁵Whakarongo, e oku teina aroha, Kahore ano koia te Atua i whiriwhiri i nga rawakore o tenei ao, kia whiwhi ki te taonga, ara ki te whakapono, kia riro hoki i a ratou te rangatiratanga kua whakaaria mai e ia mo te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia?

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?

⁶Heoi ka whakakino na koutou ki te rawakore. He teka ianei ko nga tangata taonga hei whakatupu rangatira ki a koutou, hei toto i a koutou ki nga whakawakanga?

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

⁷He teka ianei he hunga kohukohu ratou i te ingoa pai kua whakahuatia na ki a koutou?

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

⁸¶ Engari ki te rite i a koutou te ture kingi, to te karaipiture, Me aroha e koe tou hoa, ano ko koe, ka pai ta koutou hanga:

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

⁹Tena ki te whakapai kanohi koutou, e mahi ana koutou i te hara, ka mau hoki i te ture he hunga he.

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

¹⁰Ki te mau hoki te ture katoa i tetahi tangata, a ka kotahi ano te mea e tapepa ai ia, kua he ia ki te katoa.

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

¹¹I tana kiinga mai hoki, Kaua e puremu, i ki mai ano ia, Kaua e patu tangata. Na, ahakoa kahore koe e puremu, ki te patu tangata koe, kua takahia e koe te ture.

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;

¹²Kia rite ta koutou korero, ta koutou mahi, ki ta te hunga e whakawakia a mua i runga i nga tikanga o te ture herekore.

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

¹³Ko te tangata hoki kahore ona ngakau tohu, e kore e tohungia ina whakawakia; ka whakapehapeha ia te ngakau tohu ki te whakawa.

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

¹⁴¶ He aha te pai, e oku teina, ki te mea tetahi he whakapono tona, a kahore ana mahi? E taea ranei ia te whakaora e taua whakapono?

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?

¹⁵Ki te mea e noho tahanga ana tetahi teina, tuahine ranei, ki te mea ranei kua kore he kai mana mo tenei ra, mo tenei ra,

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

¹⁶A ka mea atu tetahi o koutou ki a ratou, Haere marie, kia mahana, kia makona; a kahore e hoatu e koutou ki a ratou nga mea e matea ana e te tinana; he aha te pai?

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?

¹⁷Waihoki ko te whakapono, ki te kahore ana mahi, he mea mate i roto ano i a ia.

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

¹⁸Na, he ki tenei ma tetahi, He whakapono tou, he mahi aku: whakakitea mai ki ahau tou whakapono motu ke i au mahi, a maku, ara ma aku mahi, e whakakite atu toku whakapono ki a koe.

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:

¹⁹E whakapono ana koe kotahi tonu te Atua; he pai tau meatanga: e whakapono ana hoki nga rewera, me te wiri ano.

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

²⁰Heoi e pai ana ranei koe kia matau, e te kuware, he mea huakore te whakapono ki te kahore he mahi?

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

²¹Kihai ianei a Aperahama, to tatou matua, i tika i nga mahi, i a ia i whakaeke atu ai i tana tama, i a Ihaka, ki runga ki te aata?

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

²²Ka kite ranei koe i mahi tahi te whakapono me ana mahi, na nga mahi hoki i tino rite ai te whakapono?

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

²³A i rite ano ta te karaipiture e mea nei, I whakapono a Aperahama ki tenei, I whakapono a Aperahama ki te Atua, a ka whakairia ki a ia hei tika: ka huaina ano hoki ia ko te hoa o te Atua.

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.

²⁴Heoi ka kite koutou kei nga mahi he tika mo te tangata, ehara i te mea kei te whakapono anake.

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

²⁵Waihoki ko Rahapa, te wahine kairau, kihai ianei ia i whakatikaia e nga mahi, i a ia i whakamanuhiri ai i nga karere, a tukua atu ana raua e ia ra tetahi ara ke?

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?

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

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