James 5
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
Go to now, you rich men! Weep aloud, howl for the miseries which are about to come upon you!
2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
For your riches lie rotting, and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
Your gold and silver are rusted. and their rust will be for a testimony against you, and it will eat your flesh. For you have been storing up fire in these last days!
4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
Look! the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have been keeping back by fraud, are crying aloud! And the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth!
5 You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
You have lived luxuriously on earth, you have taken your pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous man unresisting!
7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
Be patient, then, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
So you also must be patient. Stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand!
9 Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you will not be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
Do not make complaints against each other, brothers, lest you yourselves be condemned. Behold the Judge is standing before the very door!
10 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Take, my brothers, for an example the suffering and the patience of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Remember we count those that were stedfast happy. You have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen how the Lord is full of tenderness.
12 But above all things, my brothers, do not swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you do not fall into hypocrisy.
Again, above all things, my brothers, swear not at all, neither by the heavens, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. Let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no," so you will not fall under condemnation.
13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
Is any one of you in trouble? Let him pray.
14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
Is any in good spirits? Let him sing unto his harp. Is any one of you ill? Let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
15 and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
and the prayer of faith will restore the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him.
16 Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
So confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. For the fervent prayer of a righteous man is mighty in its working.
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
18 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
My brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth, and some one brings him back,
20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
let him know that he who brings a sinner back from the error of his ways, saves his soul from death, and hides a multitude of sins.
