Leta blo James
2 Olketa brata blo mi, hao, iufala showimaot faith lo nambawan Lord blo iumi Jesus Christ, and lo semtaem tu iufala fevarem samfala winim olketa narawan?+ 2 Bikos tingim sapos tufala man kam lo meeting blo iufala, wanfala hem werem olketa gold ring lo finger blo hem and werem spesol kaleko, bat narawan hem man wea poor and kaleko blo hem dirty tumas, 3 waswe, iufala tinghae lo man wea werem spesol kaleko and sei lo hem, “Iu sidaon lo gudfala ples hia,” bat iufala sei lo man wea poor, “Iu standap lo there firstaem,” or, “Iu sidaon lo floor”?+ 4 Sapos iufala duim olsem, iufala fevarem nao wanfala grup winim nara grup,+ and hao iufala judgem pipol hem no stret nao ia, iaman?+
5 Olketa brata wea mi lovem, lisin kam lo mi. God chusim olketa wea lo tingting blo disfala world olketa poor, for mekem olketa rich lo faith+ and for olketa kasem datfala Kingdom wea hem promisim for olketa wea lovem hem.+ 6 Bat iufala nating respectim olketa wea poor. Hao, hem no olketa wea rich nao spoelem iufala+ and tekem iufala lo kot? 7 Hao, hem no olketa nao tok spoelem nambawan nem blo man wea iufala nao olketa pipol blo hem? 8 Sapos iufala obeyim datfala law blo king followim wanem scripture talem wea sei: “Iufala mas lovem neiba blo iufala olsem iufala lovem iufala seleva,”+ iufala duim gud samting. 9 Bat sapos iufala gohed for fevarem narawan,+ then iufala duim sin nao, and law nao showimaot dat iufala pipol wea brekem law.+
10 Bikos sapos eniwan hem brekem wanfala Law nomata hem obeyim evri nara Law, hem kamap man wea brekem full Law nao.+ 11 Bikos datfala God wea sei, “Iufala mas no duim adultery,”+ hem sei tu, “Iufala mas no murder.”+ So sapos iufala no duim adultery bat iufala murder, iufala kamap man wea brekem law nao. 12 Gohed for talem and duim samting lo wei wea showimaot iufala luksavve God bae judgem iufala followim nao datfala law wea mekem pipol free.*+ 13 Man wea no showim mercy lo narawan bae God no showim mercy lo hem taem hem judgem hem.+ For showim mercy lo man hem winim nao judgment.
14 Olketa brata blo mi, sapos wanfala man sei hem garem faith bat hem no duim eni waka, hao, datwan savve helpem hem?+ Datfala faith no savve sevem hem, iaman?+ 15 Tingim sapos eniwan lo olketa brata or olketa sista hem short lo kaleko and hem no garem inaf kaikai for datfala day, 16 then wanfala lo iufala sei lo olketa, “Iufala go and no wari, bae iufala stap warm and garem kaikai,” bat iufala nating givim wanem olketa needim, datwan no savve helpem olketa, iaman?+ 17 So, faith hem olsem tu. Sapos man no duim eni waka for showimaot hem garem faith, datfala faith hem dae finis.+
18 Nomata olsem, samwan bae sei: “Iu garem faith, and mi duim waka. Showim mi faith blo iu wea no garem waka for go witim, and mi bae showim iu faith blo mi lo waka wea mi duim.” 19 Iu bilivim wanfala God nomoa hem stap, iaman? Datwan hem gud tumas. Olketa demon tu bilivim datwan and olketa fraet fogud.+ 20 Bat iu man wea no minim samting, hao, iu no laek savve dat faith wea no duim eni waka hem iusles nomoa? 21 Tingim dadi blo iumi Abraham. Hem duim samting for offerim son blo hem Isaac lo altar, bihaen datwan nao God ting lo hem olsem hem raeteous, iaman?+ 22 So iu lukim, faith blo hem showaot lo olketa waka wea hem duim and faith blo hem barava fit nao bikos lo olketa waka wea hem duim,+ 23 and disfala scripture hem kamap tru, wea sei: “Abraham garem faith lo Jehovah,* and bikos lo datwan God ting lo hem olsem hem raeteous,”+ and Jehovah* sei Abraham hem fren blo hem.+
24 So iufala lukim, hem no faith nomoa wea mekem man hem raeteous, bat olketa waka wea man hem duim tu. 25 Olsem tu, God ting lo Rahab datfala prostitute olsem hem raeteous bikos lo olketa waka wea hem duim. Hem welkamim tufala spae and hem talem tufala for go followim difren road.+ 26 Tru nao, lo sem wei wea body wea no garem laef* hem dae finis,+ faith blo man wea no duim olketa waka hem dae tu.+