¹Hama dzangu, kutenda kwenyu kuna Ishe wedu Jesu Kristu wekubwinya ngakusava nerusarura.

¹My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.

²Nekuti kana musinagoge renyu mukapinda munhu une mhete yendarama, akapfeka nguvo dzakanaka, mukapindawo murombo wakapfeka nguvo dzakasviba,

²For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;

³mukatarira uyo wakapfeka nguvo dzinobwinya, mukati kwaari: Gara pano zvakanaka; uye muti kumurombo: Iwe mira ipapo, kana: Gara pano pasi pechitsiko chetsoka dzangu;

³and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;

⁴ko hamuna kutsaura mukati menyu mukava vatongi vendangariro dzakaipa here?

⁴Do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

⁵Inzwai, hama dzangu dzinodikamwa. Mwari haana kusarudza varombo venyika vakafuma parutendo here, nevadyi venhaka yeushe hwaakavimbisa kune vanomuda?

⁵Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

⁶Asi imwi makazvidza murombo. Ko vafumi havakutsikiririyi vachikukweverai kuzvigaro zvekutonga here?

⁶But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

⁷Ivo havanyombi zita rakanaka ramunodaidzwa naro here?

⁷Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

⁸Kana muchizadzisa murairo woushe, zvinoenderana nerugwaro runoti: Ida wokwako sezvaunozvida iwe, munoita zvakanaka.

⁸Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

⁹Asi kana mune rusarura, munoita chivi, munopwiswa nemurairo sevadariki.

⁹but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

¹⁰Nekuti ani nani unochengeta murairo wose, akagumburwa kune umwe, wava nemhosva kune yose.

¹⁰For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one [point], he is become guilty of all.

¹¹Nekuti iye wakati: Usaita upombwe, wakatiwo: Usauraya. Zvino kana usingaiti upobwe, asi uchiuraya, wava mudariki wemurairo.

¹¹For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

¹²Taurai saizvozvo, uye itai seizvozvo sevanozotongwa nemurairo werusununguko.

¹²So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.

¹³Nekuti kutonga kusina tsitsi ndekweuyo usina kuitira vamwe tsitsi; uye tsitsi dzinozvirumbidza dzichikunda kutonga.

¹³For judgment [is] without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

¹⁴Zvinobatsirei, hama dzangu, kana munhu achiti ane rutendo asi asina mabasa? Rutendo urwu rwungamuponesa here?

¹⁴What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

¹⁵Kana mukoma kana hanzvadzi yakashama, uye achishaiwa chikafu chezuva rimwe nerimwe,

¹⁵If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

¹⁶mumwe wenyu akati kwavari: Endai murugare, mudziyirwe, mugute, musingavapi zvinhu izvo zvinodikamwa nemuviri, zvinogobatsirei?

¹⁶and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?

¹⁷Saizvozvowo rutendo kana rwusina mabasa, rwakafa pacharwo.

¹⁷Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

¹⁸Asi mumwe uchati: Iwe une rutendo, neni ndine mabasa: Ndiratidze rutendo rwako rwusina mabasa, neni ndigokuratidza rutendo rwangu nemabasa angu.

¹⁸Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from [thy] works, and I by my works will show thee [my] faith.

¹⁹Iwe unotenda kuti kuna Mwari mumwe; unoita zvakanaka; madhimoni anotendawo izvozvo achidedera.

¹⁹Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

²⁰Asi unoda kuziva here iwe munhu dununu, kuti rutendo rwusina mabasa rwakafa?

²⁰But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

²¹Abhurahamu baba vedu haana kunzi wakarurama nemabasa here abayira mwanakomana wake Isaka pamusoro pearitari?

²¹Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

²²Unoona kuti rutendo rwakabata pamwe nemabasa ake, uye nemabsa rutendo rwakaperedzerwa;

²²Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect;

²³nerugwaro rukazadzisika rwunoti: Abhurahamu wakatenda Mwari, zvikaverengerwa kwaari kuti ndiko kururama; akanzi shamwari yaMwari.

²³and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

²⁴Naizvozvo munoona kuti munhu unonzi wakarurama nemabasa, uye kwete nerutendo chete.

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

²⁵Saizvozvowo Rakabhi chifeve, haana kunzi wakarurama nemabasa here agamuchira nhume, nekudziendesa neimwe nzira?

²⁵And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

²⁶Nekuti semuviri usina mweya wakafa, saizvozvo rutendo rwusina mabasa rwakafawo.

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