James 5
1 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
O rich men, howl and weep for the miseries which are coming upon you.
2 Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
Your riches are corrupt and stink, and your vestments are eaten of the moth,
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.
and your gold and your silver rusteth, and the rust of them is for a witness against you, and is to eat your flesh. You have gathered fire for you for 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.
Lo, the hire of the labourers who have reaped your lands, which you have refused, clamoureth, and the cry of the harvests to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth hath ascended.
5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
For you have lived daintily on the earth, and have been wanton, and have nourished your bodies, as for the day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
You have condemned and have killed the just, and he hath not resisted 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.
BUT you, my brethren, prolong your spirit until the coming of the Lord; as the husbandman who expecteth the precious fruits of his lands, and prolongeth his spirit for them, until he receive the rain the early and the latter;
8 You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
so also you, prolong your spirit, and your hearts confirm; for the coming of our Lord draweth nigh.
9 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
Groan not one against another, my brethren, that you be not judged; for, behold, the Judge standeth before the door.
10 Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
The example of the prophets take to you, my brethren, to prolong your spirits in your afflictions, them who have spoken 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.
For, behold, we give blessedness to them who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Iob, and the end which the Lord wrought for him you have seen; because that merciful is the Lord 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 every thing, my brethren, swear not; by heaven nor by earth, nor with any other oath; but let your word be Yes, yes, and No, no, that you be not bound under condemnation.
13 Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
And if any of you be in affliction, let him pray; and if he rejoice, let him sing;
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.
and if he be sick, let him call for the presbyters of the church, and they will pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of our 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 shall make whole him who was sick, and our Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall 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.
But confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. For great is the power of that prayer which the righteous prayeth.
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.
Elia also was a man of suffering, as we; and he prayed that the rain should not fall upon the earth, and it fell not (for) 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 heaven gave rain, and the earth gave her fruits.
19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
my brethren, if any of you shall err from the way of truth, and one shall convert him from his error,
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 turneth a sinner from the error of his way, saveth his soul from death, and hideth the multitude of his sins.
