James 5
1 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!
2 Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
Your riches have been corrupted, and your garments have been eaten by moths.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be a testimony against you, and it will eat away at your flesh like fire. You have stored up wrath for yourselves unto the last days.
4 Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Consider the pay of the workers who reaped your fields: it has been misappropriated by you; it cries out. And their cry has entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
You have feasted upon the earth, and you have nourished your hearts with luxuries, unto the day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you.
7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
Therefore, be patient, brothers, until the advent of the Lord. Consider that the farmer anticipates the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently, until he receives the early and the late rains.
8 You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
Therefore, you too should be patient and should strengthen your hearts. For the advent of the Lord draws near.
9 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
10 Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
My brothers, consider the Prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of departing from evil, of labor, and of patience.
11 See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Consider that we beatify those who have endured. You have heard of the patient suffering of Job. And you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.
12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
But before all things, my brothers, do not choose to swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor in any other oath. But let your word ‘Yes’ be yes, and your word ‘No’ be no, so that you may not fall under judgment.
13 Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he even-tempered? Let him sing psalms.
14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Is anyone ill among you? Let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
And a prayer of faith will save the infirm, and the Lord will alleviate him. And if he has sins, these will be forgiven him.
16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.
17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Elijah was a mortal man like us, and in prayer he prayed that it would not rain upon the earth. And it did not rain for three years and six months.
18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
And he prayed again. And the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone converts him,
20 consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
he ought to know that whoever causes a sinner to be converted from the error of his ways will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
