James 5
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
Kale, mmwe abagagga, mukaabe era mwaziirane. Mugenda kujjirwa ennaku.
2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
Eby’obugagga byammwe bivunze, n’ebyambalo byammwe biriiriddwa ennyenje.
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.
Ezaabu yammwe ne ffeeza bitalazze, era obutalagge bwabyo bwe buliba obujulirwa obulibalumiriza omusango, ne bumalawo omubiri gwammwe ng’omuliro. Mweterekera obugagga olw’ennaku ez’oluvannyuma.
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.
Laba abakozi abaakola mu nnimiro zammwe ne mulyazaamaanya empeera yaabwe, bakaaba, n’abaakungula bakungubaga, era amaloboozi g’okwaziirana kwabwe gatuuse mu matu ga Mukama ow’Eggye.
5 You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
Mwesanyusiza ku nsi ne mwejalabya mu bugagga bwammwe. Mwagezza emitima gyammwe nga muli ng’abeetegekera olunaku olw’okubaagirako ebyassava.
6 You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.
Atasobyanga mwamusalira omusango okumusinga ne mumutta, ng’ate ye talina bwe yeerwanirako.
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.
Noolwekyo abooluganda mugumiikirize, okutuusa amadda ga Mukama waffe, ng’omulimi bw’agumiikiriza ng’alindirira enkuba eya ddumbi n’eya ttoggo okukuza ebibala bye biryoke byengere.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Mugumiikirize, era mugume omwoyo, kubanga amadda ga Mukama waffe gali kumpi.
9 Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you will not be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
Temwemulugunyizagananga mwekka na mwekka, muleme okusalirwa omusango, kubanga Omulamuzi ayimiridde ku luggi.
10 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Ekyokulabirako eky’okugumiikiriza n’okubonaabona, be bannabbi abaayogeranga mu linnya lya Mukama.
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.
Laba tubayita ba mukisa abo abaagumiikiriza. Yobu yeesiga Mukama, era obulamu bwe butulaga ng’entegeka ya Mukama bwe yatuukirizibwa obulungi; kubanga Mukama wa kisa era ajjudde okusaasira.
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.
Naye okusingira ddala byonna, abooluganda, temulayiranga ggulu, oba ensi, oba ekintu kyonna ekirala. Ensonga bw’ebeeranga weewaawo, gamba weewaawo. Bw’ebeeranga si weewaawo gamba si weewaawo, mulyoke mwewale okusalirwa omusango okubasinga.
13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
Waliwo mu mmwe ali mu buzibu? Kirungi asabenga olw’obuzibu obwo. N’abo abeetaaga okwebaza, kirungi bayimbirenga Mukama bulijjo ennyimba ez’okumutendereza.
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;
Waliwo omulwadde mu mmwe? Kirungi atumye abakulembeze b’Ekkanisa, bamusabire, era bamusiige amafuta, nga bwe basaba Mukama amuwonye.
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.
Era okusaba kwabwe nga kuweereddwayo n’okukkiriza, kugenda kumuwonya, kubanga Mukama awonya. Singa obulwadde bwe bwava ku kibi kye yakola, Mukama agenda kumusonyiwa.
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.
Noolwekyo mwatulireganenga ebibi byammwe, era buli omu asabirenga munne, mulyoke muwonyezebwe. Okusaba n’omutima omumalirivu ogw’omuntu omutuukirivu, kubeera n’obuyinza bungi, era n’ebivaamu biba bya ttendo.
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.
Eriya yali muntu ddala nga ffe, naye bwe yeewaayo n’asaba enkuba ereme okutonnya, enkuba teyatonnya okumalira ddala emyaka esatu n’ekitundu!
18 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Ate n’asaba enkuba n’etonnya, omuddo n’ebisimbe byonna ne biddamu okumera.
19 Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
Abooluganda, singa omu ku mmwe akyama n’ava ku mazima, ne wabaawo amukomyawo,
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.
omuntu oyo akomyawo munne eri Katonda, aba awonyezza omwoyo gwa munne okufa era ng’amuleetedde n’okusonyiyibwa ebibi byonna.
