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

¹Ay atmaten, ur xeddmet ara lxilaf ger watmaten, d ayen ur nlaq ara ad yili ɣer wid yețțamnen s Ssid-nneɣ ameqqran, Ɛisa Lmasiḥ.

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;

²Yezmer lḥal a d-kecmen ɣer tejmaɛt-nwen sin yemdanen, yiwen d ameṛkanti yelsa llebsa ifazen yeqqen taxatemt n ddheb, wayeḍ d igellil llebsa-ines tcerreg ;

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”;

³ma yella tuzzlem ɣer umeṛkanti-nni yelsan llebsa ifazen tefkam-as lqima tennam-as : eyya-d aț-țeqqimeḍ dagi, d amkan n lɛali ; ma d igellil-nni tennam-as : kečč bedd kan dagi neɣ qqim-ed dagi ɣer iḍaṛṛen-nneɣ.

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

⁴Ma yella akka, atan txeddmem lxilaf wway gar-awen, eɛni mačči d lbaṭel i d itekken seg yir ixemmimen-nwen ?

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?

⁵Ay atmaten-iw eɛzizen, ḥesset-ed : Sidi Ṛebbi yextaṛ igellilen n ddunit agi iwakken a ten-yerr d imeṛkantiyen di liman, yerna ad weṛten tagelda i gweɛɛed i wid akk i t-iḥemmlen.

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

⁶Ma d kunwi tḥeqṛem igellil ! Tqudṛem imeṛkantiyen, wid i kkun yeṭṭalamen i kkun-yeẓẓuɣuṛen ɣer yexxamen n ccṛeɛ.

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

⁷D nutni daɣen i greggmen isem eɛzizen s wayes i tneddhem ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi.

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

⁸Ma yella txeddmem ayen i d-tenna ccariɛa n Sidi Ṛebbi : ?emmel wiyaḍ am yiman-ik, d ayen yelhan i txedmem.

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

⁹Meɛna ma yella txeddmem lxilaf ger yemdanen, tdenbem yerna ccariɛa n Sidi Ṛebbi teḥkem fell-awen axaṭer tɛuṣam-ț.

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

¹⁰Ma yella win i gteddun deg webrid n ccariɛa, ixulef ulamma d yiwen si lumuṛat-is, ihi yerẓa akk lumuṛat n ccariɛa.

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.

¹¹Win i d-yennan : Ur zennu ara, yenna-d daɣen : Ur tneqqeḍ ara tamgeṛṭ. Ihi ma yella ur tezniḍ ara meɛna tenɣiḍ tamgerṭ, atan teṛẓiḍ ccariɛa n Sidi Ṛebbi.

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

¹²Ilaq aț-țeẓrem belli Sidi Ṛebbi a kkun-iḥaseb s ccariɛa-ines yețțaken tilelli ɣef kra n wayen i tețmeslayem d wayen i txeddmem ;

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

¹³Sidi Ṛebbi ur yețḥunnu ara ɣef win ur nețḥunnu ɣef wiyaḍ meɛna win yețḥunnun ɣef wiyaḍ, ur yețțagad ara ass n lḥisab.

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

¹⁴Ay atmaten, d acu n lfayda ara yesɛu wemdan ma yenna-d umneɣ s Ṛebbi, m'ur t-id-isbeggen ara s lecɣal-is ? Eɛni liman am wagi a t-isellek ?

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

¹⁵Yezmer lḥal ad yili yiwen seg watmaten neɣ si tyessetmatin xuṣṣen di llebsa, lluẓen ur sɛin ara ayen ara ččen ;

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?

¹⁶ma yella yiwen deg-wen yenna-yasen kan : « qqimet di lehna, sseḥmut teččem aț-țeṛwum » yili nețța ur sen-yefki ara ayen ḥwaǧen, d acu n lfayda yellan deg imeslayen-agi ?

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

¹⁷Liman ɣer Ṛebbi akka i gella : ma yella ur t-id-sbeggnen ara lecɣal nwen, liman-agi yemmut

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.

¹⁸Meɛna ma yenna walebɛaḍ : kečč tesɛiḍ liman ma d nekk xeddmeɣ lecɣal ; nekk a s-rreɣ i wagi : sken-iyi-d liman-inek mbla lecɣal, nekk a k-ed ssekneɣ liman-iw s lecɣal-iw yelhan.

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

¹⁹Tumneḍ belli yiwen n Ṛebbi kan i gellan ? d ayen yelhan ; ula d ccwaṭen umnen yis yerna țergigin seg-s.

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

²⁰Teggumam aț-țfehmem ay imdanen ! Ilaq aț-țeẓrem belli liman mbla lecɣal n lɛali, ur infiɛ ara.

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

²¹Mmektit-ed Ibṛahim baba-tneɣ yețwaḥesben d aḥeqqi ɣef ddemma n lecɣal-is m'akken i d-iddem mmi-s Isḥaq a t-yezlu d asfel i Sidi Ṛebbi.

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

²²Twalam belli liman-is d lecɣal is ddukklen, s lecɣal-is i gennekmal liman-is.

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.

²³Akka i gedṛa wayen d-nnant tira iqedsen fell-as : Ibṛahim yesɛa liman di Ṛebbi, daymi yenneḥsab d aḥeqqi ; yețțusemma d aḥbib n Ṛebbi.

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

²⁴Twalam ihi ! Amdan yețban-ed d aḥeqqi zdat Sidi Ṛebbi s lecɣal yelhan mačči kan s liman-is.

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?

²⁵Ula d Raḥab yellan d yir tameṭṭut, tețwaḥseb ț-țaḥeqqit zdat Sidi Ṛebbi ɣef ddemma n ccɣel-nni n lɛali i texdem asm'akken i tesṭerḥeb s yemceggɛen n at Isṛail mi sen-temla abrid nniḍen ara yawin iwakken ad ṛuḥen.

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

²⁶Lǧețța ur nesɛi ara Ṛṛuḥ, temmut, akken daɣen, liman ur nesɛi ara lecɣal yelhan yemmut.