¹Moji bratia, nemajte viery nášho Pána Ježiša Krista, Pána slávy, v hľadení na osobu.

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

²Lebo keby vošiel do vášho shromaždenia muž so zlatým prsteňom a v nádhernom rúchu, a keby vošiel aj chudobný v špinavom rúchu,

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 pozreli by ste na toho, ktorý má na sebe to nádherné rúcho, a povedali by ste mu: Ty si pekne sadni tuto, a chudobnému by ste povedali: Ty stoj tamto, alebo sadni si sem pod moju podnož,

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,` —

⁴či nie je tak urobený rozdiel medzi vami, a či ste sa nestali sudcami zlých myšlienok?

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

⁵Počujte, moji milovaní bratia! Či si Bôh nevyvolil chudobných tohoto sveta za bohatých vo viere a za dedičov kráľovstva, ktoré zasľúbil tým, ktorí ho milujú?

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?

⁶Ale vy ste zneuctili chudobného! Či nie sú to práve bohatí, ktorí vás potláčajú silou a ktorí vás vláčia pred súdy?

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

⁷Či nie sú to oni, ktorí sa rúhajú krásnemu a dobrému menu, ktoré bolo vzývané nad vami?

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

⁸Pravda, ak plníte kráľovský zákon podľa Písma: Milovať budeš svojho blížneho jako samého seba, dobre robíte;

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

⁹ale ak hľadíte na osobu, robíte hriech, a zákon vás kára jako priestupníkov

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

¹⁰Lebo ten, kto by zachoval celý zákon a klesol by v jednom prikázaní, previnil sa proti všetkým.

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

¹¹Lebo ten, kto povedal: Nezcudzoložíš! povedal i: Nezabiješ! ak tedy necudzoložíš, ale vraždíš, si priestupníkom zákona.

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;

¹²Tak hovorte a tak robte jako takí, ktorí máte byť súdení zákonom slobody.

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

¹³Lebo súd bude nemilosrdný tomu, kto neučinil milosrdenstva. Milosrdenstvo sa chváli proti súdu.

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

¹⁴Čo to prospeje, moji bratia, keď niekto hovorí, že má vieru, a nemá skutkov? Či ho azda tá viera môže spasiť?

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?

¹⁵A keby brat alebo sestra boli nahí a nemali by denného pokrmu,

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

¹⁶A keby im niekto z vás povedal: Iďte v pokoji, zohrejte sa a najedzte sa, a keby ste im nedali toho, čo je potrebné telu, čo to osoží?

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?

¹⁷Tak aj viera, keď nemá skutkov, je mŕtva sama v sebe.

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

¹⁸Ale niekto povie: Ty máš vieru a ja mám skutky. Ukáž mi svoju vieru bez skutkov, a ja ti ukážem svoju vieru zo svojich skutkov.

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:

¹⁹Ty že veríš, že je jeden Bôh? Dobre robíš. Aj démoni veria a trasú sa.

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

²⁰Ale či chceš zvedieť, ó, prázdny človeče, že viera bez skutkov je mŕtva?

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

²¹Či nebol Abrahám, náš otec, ospravedlnený zo skutkov donesúc obeťou svojho syna Izáka na oltár?

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

²²Tedy vidíš, že viera spoluúčinkovala s jeho skutkami a že viera bola dokonaná zo skutkov.

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

²³A naplnilo sa písmo, ktoré hovorí: Abrahám uveril Bohu, a počítalo sa mu to za spravedlivosť, a bol nazvaný priateľom Božím.

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.

²⁴Tak teda vidíte, že sa človek ospravedlňuje zo skutkov a nie samo z viery.

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

²⁵Tak podobne aj smilnica Rachab, či nebola ospravedlnená zo skutkov, keď prijala poslov a súrne ich vyslala inou cestou?

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?

²⁶Lebo jako je telo bez ducha mŕtve, tak je i viera bez skutkov mŕtva.

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