James 2

1 My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.

1 我的弟兄姊妹，你们既然信了我们荣耀的主耶稣基督，就不可以貌取人。

2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.

2 比方说，一个手戴金饰、衣着华丽的人来参加你们的聚会，一个衣衫褴褛的人也来参加，

3 If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”

3 你们就看重那衣着华丽的，对他说：“请上座。”却对那穷人说：“你站在那边。”或“坐在我的脚凳边。”

4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

4 你们这样做难道不是偏心待人，心怀恶意地判断人吗？

5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

5 我亲爱的弟兄姊妹，请听我说，上帝不是拣选了世上的穷人，使他们在信心上富足，并承受祂应许赐给那些爱祂之人的国度吗？

6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

6 你们反倒侮辱穷人。难道欺压你们、抓你们上法庭的不是那些有钱人吗？

7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?

7 不正是他们亵渎你们所敬奉的尊名吗？

8 If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

8 你们如果能切实行出圣经中“要爱邻如己” 这条至尊的律法，就对了。

9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

9 你们如果以貌取人，便是犯罪，被律法定为违法者。

10 Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

10 人遵守律法，就要全部遵守，他只要触犯律法中的一条，就等于干犯了全部，

11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

11 因为那位说“不可通奸” 的，也说过“不可杀人” 。如果你没有犯通奸罪，却杀了人，你仍违背了律法。

12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.

12 既然你们要按使人自由的律法受审判，就应该按律法行事为人。

13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

13 因为不怜悯人的会受到无情的审判，但怜悯胜过审判。

14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

14 我的弟兄姊妹，如果有人自称有信心，却没有行为，有什么用呢？这种信心能够救他吗？

15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

15 如果有弟兄姊妹缺衣少食，

16 If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

16 你们只是对他们说：“安心走吧，愿你们穿得暖，吃得饱”，却不帮助他们解决实际困难，这有什么用呢？

17 So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

17 因此，信心若没有行为，就是死的。

18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

18 必有人说：“你有信心，我有行为。”请把你没有行为的信心指给我看，我就用行为把我的信心显给你看。

19 You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

19 你相信上帝只有一位，你信得没错，鬼魔也相信，而且恐惧颤抖。

20 O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

20 愚蠢的人啊，你们不知道没有行为的信心毫无用处吗？

21 Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

21 我们的祖先亚伯拉罕把儿子以撒献在祭坛上的时候，难道不是因行为被称为义人吗？

22 You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

22 可见他的信心和行为相称，而且信心要有行为才是完全的。

23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

23 这正应验了圣经的记载：“亚伯拉罕信上帝，就被算为义人” ，并且被称为“上帝的朋友”。

24 As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.

24 可见人被称为义人是因行为，并非单因信心。

25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?

25 还有妓女喇合，她收留使者，把他们藏在家里，又送他们从别的路逃生，不也是因行为被称为义人吗？

26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

26 身体没有灵魂是死的，同样，信心没有行为也是死的。