¹Bratje moji, v veri našega Gospoda slave, Jezusa Kristusa, ne ozirajte se na to, kdo je kdo.

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

²Ako pride namreč v vaš zbor mož z zlatim prstanom, v sijajni obleki, pride pa tudi ubožec v umazani obleki,

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;

³in pogledate njega, ki ima sijajno obleko, in mu rečete: Ti sedi sem lepo, in ubožcu rečete: Ti stoj tam ali pa sedi sem pod podnožje moje –

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”;

⁴niste li napravili razločka med seboj in ste postali sodniki po slabih mislih?

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

⁵Čujte, bratje moji ljubljeni: Ni si li Bog izbral ubožcev pred svetom, da bodo bogati v veri in dediči kraljestva, ki ga je obljubil njim, ki ga ljubijo?

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?

⁶Vi pa ste zaničevali ubožca. Ali niso bogatini, ki vas zatirajo, in niso li oni, ki vas vlačijo pred sodbe?

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

⁷Niso li oni, ki preklinjajo slavno ime, ki je bilo klicano nad vami?

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

⁸Toda če res izpolnjujete kraljevo postavo, po pismu: „Ljubi bližnjega svojega kakor sebe“, prav delate;

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

⁹če pa gledate na zunanjost, delate greh, in postava vam izpričuje, da ste prestopniki.

⁹But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

¹⁰Kajti kdor bi izpolnjeval vso postavo, pa bi se pregrešil zoper eno zapoved, je postal kriv vseh.

¹⁰For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

¹¹On namreč, ki je rekel: „Ne prešeštvuj“, je tudi rekel: „Ne ubijaj“; če pa ne prešeštvuješ, a ubijaš, si postal prestopnik postave.

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.

¹²Tako govorite in tako ravnajte kakor ljudje, ki boste sojeni po postavi svobode.

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

¹³Kajti sodba bode neusmiljena njemu, ki ni delal usmiljenja; usmiljenje se hvali zoper sodbo.

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

¹⁴Kaj pomaga, bratje moji, če kdo pravi, da ima vero, del pa nima? More li ga ta vera rešiti?

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

¹⁵Ako je brat nag ali sestra in pogrešata vsakdanje hrane,

¹⁵And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

¹⁶pa jima kdo izmed vas reče: Pojdita v miru, ogrejta se in nasitita! A jima ne podelite, kar je potrebno telesu, kaj to pomaga?

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?

¹⁷Tako tudi vera, ako nima del, je mrtva sama ob sebi.

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

¹⁸Ali poreče kdo: Ti imaš vero, in jaz imam dela; pokaži mi vero svojo brez del, in jaz ti pokažem vero iz svojih del.

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.

¹⁹Ti veruješ, da je Bog eden; prav delaš. Tudi zli duhovi to verujejo in groza jih je.

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

²⁰Hočeš pa vedeti, človek ničemurni, da je vera brez del mrtva?

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

²¹Ali ni bil Abraham, oče naš, opravičen iz del, ko je daroval Izaka, sina svojega, na oltarju?

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

²²Vidiš torej, da je vera sodelovala z deli njegovimi, in iz del je bila vera popolna,

²²You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;

²³in izpolnilo se je pismo: „Abraham pa je veroval Bogu, in vštelo se mu je za pravičnost“ in „prijatelj Božji“ je bil imenovan.

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.

²⁴Vidite, da se iz del opravičuje človek in ne samo iz vere.

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

²⁵Istotako se li ni tudi Rahab nečistnica opravičila iz del, ko je sprejela poslanca in ju odpravila po drugi poti?Kakor je namreč telo brez duha mrtvo, tako je tudi vera brez del mrtva.

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?

²⁶Kakor je namreč telo brez duha mrtvo, tako je tudi vera brez del mrtva.

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