2:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἀδελφοί μου , μὴ ἐν προσωπολημψίαις ἔχετε τὴν πίστιν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῆς δόξης .
Fratres mei , nolite in personarum acceptione habere fidem Domini nostri Jesu Christi gloriae .
አኀዊነ ኢትኩን ለገጸ ሰብእ ሃይማኖትክሙ እንተ በእግዚአነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ዘሎቱ ስብሐት ።
My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
2:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐὰν γὰρ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς συναγωγὴν ὑμῶν ἀνὴρ χρυσοδακτύλιος ἐν ἐσθῆτι λαμπρᾷ , εἰσέλθῃ δὲ καὶ πτωχὸς ἐν ῥυπαρᾷ ἐσθῆτι ,
Etenim si introierit in conventum vestrum vir aureum annulum habens in veste candida , introierit autem et pauper in sordido habitu ,
ከመ እመ ቦአ ውስተ ማኅበርክሙ ብእሲ ዘሕልቀተ ወርቅ ወዘአልባስ ንጹሕ ወቦአ ነዳይ በአልባስ ርሱሕ ።
For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in,
2:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἐπιβλέψητε ἐπὶ τὸν φοροῦντα τὴν ἐσθῆτα τὴν λαμπρὰν καὶ εἴπητε , σὺ κάθου ὧδε καλῶς , καὶ τῷ πτωχῷ εἴπητε , σὺ στῆθι ἐκεῖ ἢ κάθου ὑπὸ τὸ ὑποπόδιόν μου ,
et intendatis in eum qui indutus est veste praeclara , et dixeritis ei : Tu sede hic bene : pauperi autem dicatis : Tu sta illic ; aut sede sub scabello pedum meorum :
ወትኔጽርዎ ለዘይለብስ ንጹሐ ወትብልዎ አንተሰ ንበር ዝየ ውስተ ምሥናይ ወለነዳይሰ ትብልዎ ቁም ከሃከ አንተሰ ወእመ አኮ ንበር ታሕተ መከየደ እገሪነ ።
and 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”
2:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὐ διεκρίθητε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ἐγένεσθε κριταὶ διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν ;
nonne judicatis apud vosmetipsos , et facti estis judices cogitationum iniquarum ?
አኮኑ እንከ አድሎክሙ ለሊክሙ ወኮንክሙ መደልዋነ ለኅሊና እኩይ ።
haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
2:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἀκούσατε , ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί . οὐχ ὁ θεὸς ἐξελέξατο τοὺς πτωχοὺς τῷ κόσμῳ πλουσίους ἐν πίστει καὶ κληρονόμους τῆς βασιλείας ἧς ἐπηγγείλατο τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν ;
Audite , fratres mei dilectissimi : nonne Deus elegit pauperes in hoc mundo , divites in fide , et haeredes regni , quod repromisit Deus diligentibus se ?
ስምዑ አኀዊነ ፍቁራን አኮኑ እግዚአብሔር ኀረዮሙ ለነዳያነዝ ዓለም ወአብዕልትሰ ከመ በሃይማኖቶሙ ይወርስዋ ለመንግሥት እንተ አሰፈዎሙ ለእለ ያፈቅርዎ ።
Listen, 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?
2:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠτιμάσατε τὸν πτωχόν . οὐχ οἱ πλούσιοι καταδυναστεύουσιν ὑμᾶς , καὶ αὐτοὶ ἕλκουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς κριτήρια ;
vos autem exhonorastis pauperem . Nonne divites per potentiam opprimunt vos , et ipsi trahunt vos ad judicia ?
ወአንትሙሰ አስተሐቀርክምዎሙ ለነዳያን አኮኑ እሙንቱ አብዕልት እለ ይትዔገሉክሙ ወይስሕቡክሙ ውስተ ተስናናት ወአዕዋዳት ።
But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
2:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὐκ αὐτοὶ βλασφημοῦσιν τὸ καλὸν ὄνομα τὸ ἐπικληθὲν ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς ;
nonne ipsi blasphemant bonum nomen , quod invocatum est super vos ?
ወእሙንቱ ይጸርፉ ላዕለ ስሙ ዐቢይ ዘተሰምየ ላዕሌክሙ ።
Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
2:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν κατὰ τὴν γραφήν , ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν , καλῶς ποιεῖτε ·
Si tamen legem perficitis regalem secundum Scripturas : Diliges proximum tuum sicut teipsum : bene facitis :
ወእመሰ ትፌጽሙ ሕገ በከመ ይብል መጽሐፍ «አፍቅር ቢጸከ ከመ ነፍስከ » ሠናየ ትገብሩ ።
However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
2:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἰ δὲ προσωπολημπτεῖτε , ἁμαρτίαν ἐργάζεσθε , ἐλεγχόμενοι ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου ὡς παραβάται .
si autem personas accipitis , peccatum operamini , redarguti a lege quasi transgressores .
ወእመሰ ገጸ ትነሥኡ ኀጢአተ ትገብሩ ወይዛለፈክሙ ሕግ ከመ ከሓዲ ።
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
2:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὅστις γὰρ ὅλον τὸν νόμον τηρήσῃ , πταίσῃ δὲ ἐν ἑνί , γέγονεν πάντων ἔνοχος .
Quicumque autem totam legem servaverit , offendat autem in uno , factus est omnium reus .
ወዘሰ ይገብሮ ለኵሉ ሕግ ወይስሕት በአሐቲ ኮነ መአብሰ በኵሉ ።
For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
2:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁ γὰρ εἰπών , μὴ μοιχεύσῃς , εἶπεν καί , μὴ φονεύσῃς · εἰ δὲ οὐ μοιχεύεις , φονεύεις δέ , γέγονας παραβάτης νόμου .
Qui enim dixit : Non moechaberis , dixit et : Non occides . Quod si non moechaberis , occides autem , factus es transgressor legis .
እስመ ዘይቤ «ኢትሑር ኀበ ብእሲተ ብእሲ ይቤ ኢትቅትል ነፍሰ » ወእመሰ ኢተሐውር ኀበ ብእሲተ ብእሲ ወባሕቱ ትቀትል ነፍሰ ኮንከ ውፁአ እምሕግ ።
For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
2:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὗτως λαλεῖτε καὶ οὕτως ποιεῖτε ὡς διὰ νόμου ἐλευθερίας μέλλοντες κρίνεσθαι .
Sic loquimini , et sic facite sicut per legem libertatis incipientes judicari .
ከመዝ ንግሩ ወከመዝ ግበሩ ከመ ዘበሕገ ግዕዛን ሀለወክሙ ትትኰነኑ ።
So speak and so do as men who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
2:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἡ γὰρ κρίσις ἀνέλεος τῷ μὴ ποιήσαντι ἔλεος · κατακαυχᾶται ἔλεος κρίσεως .
Judicium enim sine misericordia illi qui non fecit misericordiam : superexaltat autem misericordia judicium .
እስመ በደይንሰ አልቦ ምሒር ለዘኢገብረ ምሕረተ ወይትሜካሕ ባሕቱ በዕለተ ደይን ዘገብረ ምሕረተ ።
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
2:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ Τί τὸ ὄφελος , ἀδελφοί μου , ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις ἔχειν , ἔργα δὲ μὴ ἔχῃ ; μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν ;
Quid proderit , fratres mei , si fidem quis dicat se habere , opera autem non habeat ? numquid poterit fides salvare eum ?
ምንት ይበቍዕ አኀዊነ ለእመ ቦ ዘይብል ሃይማኖት ብየ ወምግባረ ሠናይ አልብየ ቦኑ ትክል ሃይማኖቱ አድኅኖቶ ።
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
2:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐὰν ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἀδελφὴ γυμνοὶ ὑπάρχωσιν καὶ λειπόμενοι τῆς ἐφημέρου τροφῆς ,
Si autem frater et soror nudi sint , et indigeant victu quotidiano ,
ለእመ ቦ እምአኀዊነ አው እምአኃቲነ እለ ዕሩቃን እሙንቱ አው ኅጡኣን ለሲሳየ ዕለቶሙ ።
And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
2:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἴπῃ δέ τις αὐτοῖς ἐξ ὑμῶν , ὑπάγετε ἐν εἰρήνῃ , θερμαίνεσθε καὶ χορτάζεσθε , μὴ δῶτε δὲ αὐτοῖς τὰ ἐπιτήδεια τοῦ σώματος , τί τὸ ὄφελος ;
dicat autem aliquis ex vobis illis : Ite in pace , calefacimini et saturamini : non dederitis autem eis quae necessaria sunt corpori , quid proderit ?
ወቦ ዘይቤሎሙ እምኔክሙ ሑሩ በሰላም ሰሐኑ ፥ ወትጸግቡ ወኢወሀቦሙ ዘይፈቅዱ ለተጽናሶሙ ምንተ ይበቍዖሙ ።
and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
2:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις , ἐὰν μὴ ἔχῃ ἔργα , νεκρά ἐστιν καθ’ ἑαυτήν .
Sic et fides , si non habeat opera , mortua est in semetipsa .
ከማሁ ሃይማኖትኒ እንተ አልባቲ ምግባረ ሠናይ ምውት ይእቲ ለሊሃ ።
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
2:18 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀλλ’ ἐρεῖ τις , σὺ πίστιν ἔχεις κἀγὼ ἔργα ἔχω . δεῖξόν μοι τὴν πίστιν σου χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων , κἀγώ σοι δείξω ἐκ τῶν ἔργων μου τὴν πίστιν .
Sed dicet quis : Tu fidem habes , et ego opera habeo : ostende mihi fidem tuam sine operibus : et ego ostendam tibi ex operibus fidem meam .
እመቦ ዘይቤለከ አንተ ሃይማኖት ብከ ወአነ ምግባረ ሠናይ ብየ አርእየኒኬ ሃይማኖተከ ዘእንበለ ምግባሪከ ወአንሰ አርእየከ እምነ ምግባርየ ሃይማኖትየ ።
Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
2:19 ⧉ ⤴︎ σὺ πιστεύεις ὅτι εἷς ἐστιν ὁ θεός ; καλῶς ποιεῖς · καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια πιστεύουσιν καὶ φρίσσουσιν .
Tu credis quoniam unus est Deus : bene facis : et daemones credunt , et contremiscunt .
አንተሰ ተአምን ከመ አሐዱ ውእቱ እግዚአብሔር ሠናየ ትገብር ከማሁሰ አጋንንትኒ የአምኑ ወይደነግፁ ።
You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.
2:20 ⧉ ⤴︎ θέλεις δὲ γνῶναι , ὦ ἄνθρωπε κενέ , ὅτι ἡ πίστις χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων ἀργή ἐστιν ;
Vis autem scire , o homo inanis , quoniam fides sine operibus mortua est ?
ትፈቅድኑ ታእምር ኦ ! ብእሲ አብድ ከመ ሃይማኖት ዘእንበለ ምግባር ምውት ይእቲ ።
But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
2:21 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἀβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη , ἀνενέγκας Ἰσαὰκ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ;
Abraham pater noster nonne ex operibus justificatus est , offerens Isaac filium suum super altare ?
አኮኑ አብርሃም አቡነ በምግባሩ ጸድቀ ሶበ አዕረጎ ለይስሐቅ ወልዱ ውስተ ምሥዋዕ ።
Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
2:22 ⧉ ⤴︎ βλέπεις ὅτι ἡ πίστις συνήργει τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἔργων ἡ πίστις ἐτελειώθη ,
Vides quoniam fides cooperabatur operibus illius : et ex operibus fides consummata est ?
ትሬኢኑ ከመ ሃይማኖት ትረድኦ ለገቢር ወበምግባሩ መልአት ወፍጽምተ ኮነት ሃይማኖቱ ።
You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
2:23 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἐπληρώθη ἡ γραφὴ ἡ λέγουσα · ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ , καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην , καὶ φίλος θεοῦ ἐκλήθη .
Et suppleta est Scriptura , dicens : Credidit Abraham Deo , et reputatum est illi ad justitiam , et amicus Dei appellatus est .
ወተፈጸመ ዘይብል መጽሐፍ «አምነ አብርሃም በእግዚአብሔር ወተኈለቆ ጽድቀ ወፍቁረ እግዚአብሔር ተሰምየ ።»
So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
2:24 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁρᾶτε ὅτι ἐξ ἔργων δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος καὶ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως μόνον .
Videtis quoniam ex operibus justificatur homo , et non ex fide tantum ?
ትሬኢኑ ከመ በምግባሩ ይጸድቅ ሰብእ ወአኮ በሃይማኖቱ ባሕቲታ ።
You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
2:25 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ῥαὰβ ἡ πόρνη οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη , ὑποδεξαμένη τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ ἑτέρᾳ ὁδῷ ἐκβαλοῦσα ;
Similiter et Rahab meretrix , nonne ex operibus justificata est , suscipiens nuntios , et alia via ejiciens ?
ወከማሁ ረአብኒ ዘማ በምግባሪሃ ጸድቀት ሶበ ተቀበለቶሙ ለሰብአ ዐይን ወእንተ ካልእት ፍኖት አውፅአቶሙ ።
In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
2:26 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν , οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις χωρὶς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστιν .
Sicut enim corpus sine spiritu mortuum est , ita et fides sine operibus mortua est .
በከመ ሥጋ ዘአልቦ መንፈስ ምዉት ውእቱ ከማሁ ሃይማኖትኒ እንተ አልባቲ ምግባረ ሠናይ ምውት ይእቲ ።
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.