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

¹My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

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

²For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue or, meeting , and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;

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 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”;

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

⁴haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

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?

⁵Listen, 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?

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

⁶But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

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

⁷Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

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

⁸However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” Leviticus 19:18 you do well.

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

⁹But if you show partiality, you commit sin, 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 keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

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

¹¹For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18 also said, “Do not commit murder.” Exodus 10:13; Deuteronomy 5:17 Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

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

¹²So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

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

¹³For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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

¹⁴What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

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

¹⁵And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of 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 one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled”; and yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

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

¹⁷Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in 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.

¹⁸Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

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

¹⁹You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

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

²⁰But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

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

²¹Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

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

²²You see that faith worked with his works, and by works 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 the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; Genesis 15:6 and he was called the friend of God.

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

²⁴You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

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

²⁵In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

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

²⁶For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.