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

¹[Ny tsy mahamety ny fizahan-tavan'olona] Ry rahalahiko, aoka tsy hasiana fizahan-tavan'olona ny finoanareo ny Tompontsika, dia Jesosy Kristy, Tompon'ny voninahitra.

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;

²Fa raha misy olona miditra eo amin'ny synagoganareo misy peratra volamena amin'ny rantsan-tànany sady miakanjo tsara, ary mba miditra kosa izay olona malahelo miakanjo ratsy,

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”;

³koa mijery ilay miakanjo tsara ianareo ka manao hoe: Mipetraha eto amin'ny fitoerana aloha ianao; ary manao amin'ilay malahelo kosa hoe: Mitoera eroa ianao, na: Mipetraha etsy amin'ny fitoeran-tongotro,-

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

⁴moa tsy miangatra va ianareo amin'izany ka efa mpitsara manan-kevi-dratsy? [ Na: miahanahana]

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?

⁵Mihainoa, ry rahalahy malalako: Tsy efa nofidin'Andriamanitra va ny malahelo amin'izao fiainana izao ho mpanankarena amin'ny finoana sy ho mpandova ny fanjakana nolazainy homena izay tia Azy?

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

⁶Fa ianareo efa nanala-baraka ny malahelo. Moa tsy ny mpanankarena va no mampahory anareo? Ary tsy izy va no mitarika anareo ho eo amin'ny fitsarana?

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

⁷Tsy izy koa va no miteny ratsy ny anarana tsara izay niantsoana anareo? [ Gr. manao blasfemia; izahao Mat.9.3]

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

⁸Kanefa raha mankatò ilay didy ambony indrindra ianareo, araka ny Soratra Masina hoe: "Tiava ny namanao tahaka ny tenanao" (Lev. 29.18), dia manao tsara ianareo. [ Gr. andriana]

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

⁹Fa raha mizaha tavan'olona kosa ianareo, dia manota ka helohin'ny lalàna ho mpanota.

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

¹⁰Fa na iza na iza mitandrina ny lalàna rehetra, nefa diso amin'ny iray loha dia meloka amin'izy rehetra.

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.

¹¹Fa Ilay nanao hoe: "Aza mijangajanga" no nanao hoe koa: "Aza mamono olona" (Eks. 20.13, 14). Fa raha tahìny tsy mijangajanga ianao, kanefa mamono olona ihany, dia mpandika ny lalàna ianao.

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

¹²Aoka ianareo hiteny sy hanao araka izay mahamendrika anareo, izay olona hotsarain'ny lalàn'ny fahafahana.

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

¹³Fa fitsarana tsy misy famindram-po no ho anjaran'izay tsy mamindra fo; ary ny famindram-po kosa dia faly, fa tsy mba matahotra ny fitsarana.

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

¹⁴[Ny fahafoanan'ny finoana tsy misy asa] Inona moa no soa azo, ry rahalahiko, raha misy milaza fa manam-pinoana izy, nefa tsy manana asa? Ny finoana va mahavonjy azy?

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

¹⁵Raha misy rahalahy na anabavy tsy manan-kitafy sady tsy manan-kohanina isan'andro,

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?

¹⁶ka misy aminareo manao aminy hoe: Mandehana amin'ny fiadanana, mamindroa, mivokisa, kanefa tsy omenareo azy tsinona izay tandrifiny ho an'ny tenany, inona moa no soa azo amin'izany?

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

¹⁷Ary mba toy izany koa ny finoana, raha tsy misy asa, dia maty mihitsy.

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.

¹⁸Fa angamba hisy hanao hoe: Hianao manam-pinoana, ary izaho manana asa; asehoy amiko tsy amin'ny asa ny finoanao, ary izaho kosa haneho aminao ny finoako amin'ny asako.

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

¹⁹Hianao manao fa iray ihany no Andriamanitra; koa tsara izany ataonao izany,- ny demonia koa mba mino izany ka dia mangovitra.

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

²⁰Moa tsy fantatrao va, ry olom-poana, fa tsy vanona ny finoana tsy misy asa?

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

²¹Tsy nohamarinina tamin'ny asa va Abrahama razantsika tamin'ny nanaterany an'isaka zanany teo ambonin'ny alitara?

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

²²Hitanao fa niara-niasa tamin'ny finoana ny asany, ary ny finoana dia notanterahina tamin'ny asa;

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.

²³ary tanteraka ny Soratra Masina manao hoe: "Ary Abrahama nino an'Andriamanitra, ka nisaina ho fahamarinany izany" (Gen. 25.6), ary natao hoe "Sakaizan'Andriamanitra" izy (Isa. 41.8).

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

²⁴Koa dia hitanareo fa hamarinina amin'ny asa ny olona, fa tsy amin'ny finoana ihany.

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?

²⁵Ary toy izany koa Rahaba janga, tsy nohamarinina tamin'ny asa va izy tamin'ny nandraisany ireny iraka ireny sy ny nampandehanany azy tamin'ny lalan-kafa?Fa maty ny tena, raha tsy misy fanahy, ary maty toy izany koa ny finoana, raha tsy misy asa.

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

²⁶Fa maty ny tena, raha tsy misy fanahy, ary maty toy izany koa ny finoana, raha tsy misy asa.