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

¹Ka unaute aw, I Toupa Jesu Kris, Thupina Toupa gingta kawmin, mi khentuam neikei un,

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;

²Na kikhopna in uah mi dangkaeng zungbuh bun, puan hoih tak silh honglut leh, huan, mi genthei puan se tak silh honglut samta leh;

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”;

³huchiin, puan hoih tak silhmi tuh na limsak ua, a kiangah, Nang hiai mun hoih ah tuin, na chi ua, mi genthei kiang abel, Nang jaw huaiah ding inla, a hih keileh, ka khe ngakna nuaiah tuin, na chih uleh,

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

⁴na lungsim uah khentuam neia ngaihtuahna gilou pu, gense mite na hong hi kei ding ua hia?

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?

⁵Ka unau deihtakte aw, Pathianin hiai khovela gentheite ginnaa hau ding leh, amah itte kianga achiam gam luah ding khawng bangin a chi kei ahia?

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

⁶Nou bel migentheite bang na zahlaksak zota ua. Mihaute hilou uhia nou honnuaisiah? Mihaute hilou uhia vaihawmna ina nou honkailut?

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

⁷Amaute hilou uhia min manpha na put uh gensete?

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

⁸Himahleh laisiangthouin, Nangmah na kiit bangin na vengte na it ding ahi, chih kumpi dan na zop uleh, na hih hoih uh;

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

⁹Himahleh mi khentuam na neih uleh, na hih khial uhi, danin talekte na hih uh a honthei sak ngala.

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

¹⁰Kuapeuhin dan jui kim mahleh, munkhata a hihkhelh ngalin tuh, a vekah siamlouhtangin a om khinta ahi.

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.

¹¹Angkawm ken, chipan, Tualthat ken, a chi laingala. Huchiin angkawm keimah lechin tual na thah ngalin tuh, dana talekpa na hita himhim ahi.

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

¹²Huaijiakin noplenna dana vaihawm sakdingte bangin thugen unla, thil hih belap un.

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

¹³Mi tunga chitna neilou tuh chitna pang louin vaihawm a zou nak ahi.

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

¹⁴Ka unauate aw, min ginna ka nei chimahleh, thil hih aneihkei leh, bang a phatuam dia? Huchibang ginna in amah a hondam thei ding hia?

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

¹⁵Unaupa hiam, unau nu hiam, vuaktanga om in a niteng annek tasam le uh,

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?

¹⁶Huchiin nalak ua kuahiam in a kiang ah, khamuang takin pai unla, lum tak leh vahtak in awm un chi unla, asa a ding a thil kiphamawh pe tuankei le uchin bang a phatuam dia?

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

¹⁷Huchibangmahin ginna leng thilhih neiloua amah kiaa a om leh a si ahi.

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.

¹⁸Ahi, mi kuahiamin, Nang ginna na neia, ken thilhih ka nei ahi; na ginna tuh na thilhih panglouin hon ensak in huan ken ka thilhihin ka ginna ka hon ensak ding,

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

¹⁹Pathian tuh khat ahi, na gingta maw? Na hih hoih e: dawiten leng a gingta ua, a ling zel uhi, a chi ding.

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

²⁰Mi thulimlou aw, thilhih panglou a ginna lel bangmah ahi kei chih na thei nuam hia?

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

²¹I pu Abrahamin a tapa Isaak maitam tung a alat laiin thilhih ziaka siamtang ahika hia?

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

²²Ginna in a thilhih toh a sem khawm khawma, huan, thilhih ziakin ginna uh akimta chih I thei hi.

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.

²³Huan, Abrahamin Pathian a gingtaa, huai ginna tuh a diktatna a sim ahi, chih Laisiangthou hihkim in a om a; huchiin mah tuh Pathian lawm chih in a om hi.

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

²⁴Ginna ziak maimah hilou in, thilhih ziak zaw in, min siam a tang jel uh chih natheita uhi.

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?

²⁵Huchibangmah in, Rahab kizuaknun leng sawltakte a nakipahpih a lam tuama a pai sak laiin, thilhih ziakin siam a tang ahi kei maw?Kha panglou in sa tuh si ahi, huchibangmahin thilhihte panglou in ginna leng si ahi.

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

²⁶Kha panglou in sa tuh si ahi, huchibangmahin thilhihte panglou in ginna leng si ahi.