James 5
1 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Uyai ikozvino imwi vafumi, rirai muridze mhere nekuda kwematambudziko enyu anokuwirai.
2 Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
Fuma yenyu yakaora, uye nguvo dzenyu dzakava dzakafusiwa.
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.
Goridhe renyu nesirivheri zvava nengura; uye urari hwazvo huchava chapupu kwamuri, uye huchadya nyama yenyu semoto. Makazvichengetera fuma pamazuva ekupedzisira.
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.
Tarira, mubairo wevaranda vakacheka minda yenyu, yakanyimwa nemwi nekunyengera, unodanidzira; nekuchema kwevacheki kwakasvika kunzeve dzaIshe wehondo.
5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
Makagara muumbozha panyika, uye makakarira zvinofadza; makakodza moyo yenyu sepazuva rekubaya.
6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
Makapa mhosva, makauraya wakarurama; haakupikisii.
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.
Naizvozvo ivai nemoyo murefu, hama, kusvikira pakuuya kwaIshe. Tarira, murimi anomirira chibereko chinokosha chevhu, anochiitira moyo murefu, kusvikira chagamuchira mvura yekutanga neyekupedzisira.
8 You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
Imwiwo ivai nemoyo murefu; simbisai moyo yenyu, nokuti kuuya kwaIshe kwaswedera.
9 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
Musanyunyutirana, hama, kuti murege kupiwa mhosva; tarira, mutongi amire pamukova.
10 Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Torai vaporofita semuenzaniso wekutambudzika, hama dzangu, newemoyo murefu, vakataura nezita raIshe.
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.
Tarira, tinoti vakaropafadzwa vanotsungirira; makanzwa zvekutsungirira kwaJobho, uye makaona kuguma kwaIshe, kuti Ishe ane moyo munyoro kwazvo uye ane tsitsi.
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.
Asi pamberi pezvese, hama dzangu, musapika, kana nedenga, kana nenyika, kana nekumwe kupika kupi; asi hongu yenyu ngaive hongu, uye kwete, kwete; kuti murege kuwira mukutongwa.
13 Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
Kune umwe anotambudzika pakati penyu here? Ngaanyengetere. Pane anofara here? Ngaaimbe mapisarema.
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.
Pane anorwara pakati penyu here? Ngaadane vatariri vekereke; uye ngavanyengetere pamusoro pake, vachimuzodza namafuta muzita raIshe;
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.
uye munyengetero werutendo uchaponesa anorwara, uye Ishe achamumutsa; zvino kana akaita zvivi, achazvikanganwirwa.
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.
Reururiranai zvivi, uye nyengetereranai, kuti muporeswe. Munyengetero wakasimba wewakarurama une simba zvikuru.
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.
Eria wakange ari munhu wemanzwiro akafanana nesu, akanyengetera nemoyo wese kuti kusanaya; ikasanaya panyika makore matatu nemwedzi mitanhatu;
18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
zvino wakanyengeterazve; denga ndokupa mvura, nyika ikabereka chibereko chayo.
19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
Hama, kana umwe pakati penyu achitsauka kubva pachokwadi, umwewo akamudzora,
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.
ngaazive kuti uyo anodzora mutadzi pakutsauka kwenzira yake, achaponesa mweya parufu nekufukidza zvivi zvizhinji.
