1 Mu vennad, pidage usku meie au Issandasse Jeesusesse Kristusesse, sõltumata isikute lugupidamisest.
2 Sest kui teie koosolekule tuleb mees, kuldsõrmus sõrmes ja uhkes rüüs, ent tuleb ka vaene räpases rüüs,
3 ja te vaatate sellele, kes kannab uhket rüüd ning ütlete temale: „Sina istu siia mugavasse kohta!", ja ütlete vaesele: „Sina seisa seal!" või: „Istu siia mu jalajäri ette!",
4 kas te siis ei ole valesti otsustanud ja saanud halbade juhtmõtetega kohtumõistjaiks?
5 Kuulge, mu armsad vennad, kas ei ole Jumal valinud selle maailma vaesed saama rikkaiks usus ja Kuningriigi pärijaiks, mille Ta on tõotanud neile, kes Teda armastavad?
6 Teie aga olete vaest halvaks pannud. Eks tarvita just rikkad vägivalda teie vastu ja vea teid kohtukodadesse?
7 Eks nemad pilka seda kallist nime, mis on nimetatud teie üle?
8 Kui te tõesti täidate kuninglikku käsku Kirja sõna järgi: „Armasta oma ligimest nagu iseennast!", siis te teete hästi;
9 aga kui te peate ühest rohkem lugu kui teisest, siis te teete pattu ja käsk tunnistab teid üleastujaiks.
10 Sest kes kogu käsuõpetust peab ja eksib ühe vastu, on saanud süüdlaseks kõigi vastu.
11 Sest See, Kes on öelnud: „Sa ei tohi abielu rikkuda!", on ka öelnud: „Sa ei tohi tappa!" Kui sa nüüd ei riku abielu, aga tapad, siis oled saanud käsust üleastujaks.
12 Nõnda rääkige ja nõnda toimige kui need, kellele tuleb kohut mõista vabaduse käsu järgi.
13 Sest kohus on halastuseta sellele, kes ei ole osutanud halastust; kuid halastus võib võidurõõmutseda kohtu üle!
14 Mis kasu on sellest, mu vennad, kui keegi ütleb enesel usku olevat, aga tegusid temal ei ole? Ega usk või teda õndsaks teha?
15 Kui vend või õde on alasti ja neil puudub igapäevane toidus,
16 ja keegi teie seast ütleb neile: „Minge rahuga, soojendage endid ja sööge kõhud täis!", aga te ei anna neile ihu tarbeid, mis on sellest kasu?
17 Nõnda ka usk, kui tal ei ole tegusid, on iseenesest surnud.
18 Aga mõni ehk ütleb: „Sinul on usk ja minul on teod!" Näita mulle oma usku lahus tegudest, küll mina näitan sulle usku oma tegudega!
19 Sina usud, et Jumal on ainus. Sa teed hästi! Ka kurjad vaimud usuvad seda ja värisevad.
20 Ent kas tahad teada, oh tühine inimene, et usk lahus tegudest on tõhutu?
21 Eks Aabraham, meie isa, mõistetud õigeks tegudest, kui ta oma poja Iisaki viis ohvrialtarile?
22 Sa näed, et usk töötas ühes tema tegudega ja et tegudest sai usk täiuslikuks
23 ja täitus Kiri, mis ütleb: „Aabraham uskus Jumalat ja see arvati temale õiguseks ning ta nimetati Jumala sõbraks."
24 Te näete, et inimene mõistetakse õigeks tegudest ja mitte ükspäinis usust.
25 Ja eks nõndasamuti ka hoor Raahab mõistetud õigeks tegudest, kui ta vastu võttis käskjalad ja nad ära saatis teist teed?
26 Sest samuti nagu ihu ilma vaimuta on surnud, nõnda ka usk ilma tegudeta on surnud.
1 My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.
2 For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,
3 And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;
4 Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
6 But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
7 Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?
8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
9 But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
10 For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.
11 For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken.
12 Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.
13 For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.
14 What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
15 If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
16 And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?
17 Even so faith without works is dead.
18 But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.
19 You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.
20 Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?
21 Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?
22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;
23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.
24 You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.
25 And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.