James 5
1 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Go, now, you rich! Weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on [you];
2 Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
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 rotted, and the rust of them will be to you for a testimony, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have stored up treasure in 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.
Behold, the reward of the workmen cries out, of those who in-gathered your fields, which has been fraudulently kept back by you, and the exclamations of those who reaped have 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 lived in luxury on the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
you condemned—you murdered the righteous; he does 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.
Be patient, then, brothers, until the coming of the LORD; behold, the farmer expects the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until he may receive rain—early and latter;
8 You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
you also be patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the LORD has drawn near;
9 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
do not murmur against one another, brothers, that you may not be condemned; behold, the Judge has stood before the door.
10 Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Brothers, [as] an example of the suffering of evil and of patience, take the prophets who spoke in the Name of the LORD;
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.
behold, we call those who are enduring blessed; you heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the end from the LORD, that the LORD is very compassionate, and pitying.
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.
And before all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by Heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, but let your “Yes” be yes, and the “No,” no, that you may not fall under judgment.
13 Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
Does anyone suffer evil among you? Let him pray; is anyone of good cheer? 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 sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed 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 the prayer of faith will save the distressed one, and the LORD will raise him up, and if he may have committed sins, they will be forgiven to 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.
Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that you may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;
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 similar-feeling man as us, and with prayer he prayed—not to rain, and it did not rain on the land three years and six months;
18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
and again he prayed, and the sky gave rain, and the land brought forth her fruit.
19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
Brothers, if anyone among you may go astray from the truth, and anyone may turn him back,
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.
let him know that he who turned back a sinner from the straying of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
