James 5
1 Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!
Boyoka sik’oyo, bino bazwi: Boyoka mawa mpe bolela mpo na pasi oyo ekokweyela bino.
2 Your riches have been corrupted, and your garments have been eaten by moths.
Bomengo na bino esili kopola, mpe mpese esili kolia bilamba na bino;
3 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.
wolo mpe palata na bino esili kobeba; mpe libebi na yango ekotatola mabe na bino mpe ekolia banzoto na bino lokola moto. Bozali kobakisa se kobakisa bomengo! Boyebi te ete tokomi na mikolo ya suka?
4 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.
Bozali ata koboya kofuta basali bilanga na bino. Yoka ndenge bazali kolela! Mpe kolela na bango ekomi kino na matoyi ya Nkolo, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
5 You have feasted upon the earth, and you have nourished your hearts with luxuries, unto the day of slaughter.
Awa na mokili, bozali kobika bomoi ya bisengo mpe ya bofuluki, bozali komikomisa nzoto mafuta lokola banyama oyo babongisi mpo na koboma.
6 You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you.
Bozali kokatela bato ya sembo etumbu mpe koboma bango, nzokande batelemeli bino te.
7 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.
Bandeko, boyika mpiko kino na mokolo oyo Nkolo akoya. Botala ndenge mosali bilanga azelaka bambuma kitoko ya mabele: akangaka motema wuta tango oyo aloni elanga na ye kino na eleko ya kobuka bambuma.
8 Therefore, you too should be patient and should strengthen your hearts. For the advent of the Lord draws near.
Bino mpe, bokangaka mitema mpe boyikaka mpiko, pamba te koya ya Nkolo ekomi pene.
9 Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
Bandeko na ngai, botika kofundana bino na bino, noki te Nzambe akosambisa bino. Botala, Mosambisi azali ya kotelema liboso ya ekuke.
10 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.
Bandeko, mpo na oyo etali kokanga motema kati na pasi, bozwa ndakisa ya basakoli oyo basakolaki na Kombo ya Nkolo.
11 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.
Ndenge boyebi, tobengaka bato oyo bayikaka mpiko bato ya esengo. Boyokaki sango ya lolenge oyo Yobo akangaki motema kati na pasi, mpe boyebi malamu makambo oyo Nkolo asalaki, na suka, mpo na bolamu na ye; pamba te Nkolo atonda na boboto mpe na mawa.
12 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.
Liboso na nyonso, bandeko na ngai, bolapaka ndayi te, ezala na kombo ya Likolo, ya mokili to mpe ya eloko nini. Tika ete « iyo » na bino etikala « iyo, » mpe « te » na bino etikala « te, » mpo ete bakatela bino etumbu te.
13 Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he even-tempered? Let him sing psalms.
Soki moko kati na bino azali na pasi, tika ete abondela; soki moko azali na esengo, tika ete ayemba banzembo mpo na kokumisa Nzambe;
14 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.
soki mpe mosusu kati na bino azali kobela, tika ete abenga bakambi ya Lingomba mpo ete babondela mpo na ye mpe bapakola ye mafuta na Kombo ya Nkolo,
15 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.
pamba te libondeli oyo esalemi na kondima ekobikisa mobeli, mpe Nkolo akotelemisa ye. Soki asalaki masumu, Nzambe akolimbisa ye.
16 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.
Yango wana, tika ete moko na moko ayambola masumu na ye epai ya moninga na ye, mpe tika ete moko na moko abondela mpo na moninga na ye, mpo ete bobikisama na bokono. Libondeli ya moto ya sembo ezali na nguya makasi mpe esalaka makambo ya kokamwa.
17 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.
Eliya azalaki moto lokola biso, abondelaki na molende nyonso mpo ete mvula enoka te, mpe mvula enokaki te na mabele mibu misato na basanza motoba;
18 And he prayed again. And the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
abondelaki lisusu, mpe Likolo epesaki lisusu mvula, mpe mabele ebotaki bambuma.
19 My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone converts him,
Bandeko na ngai, soki moko kati na bino apengwi mosika ya bosolo mpe moto mosusu azongisi ye kati na yango,
20 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.
boyeba ete moto oyo azongisi mopengwi longwa na libunga abikisi ye na kufa mpe asali ete masumu ebele elimbisama.
