James 5
1 Come now, you rich, howl as you weep over your distresses that are coming upon you!
he dhanavantaḥ, yūyam idānīṁ śṛṇuta yuṣmābhirāgamiṣyatkleśahetoḥ krandyatāṁ vilapyatāñca|
2 Your wealth has decayed and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
yuṣmākaṁ draviṇaṁ jīrṇaṁ kīṭabhuktāḥ sucelakāḥ|
3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire—you stored it up for the last days.
kanakaṁ rajatañcāpi vikṛtiṁ pragamiṣyati, tatkalaṅkaśca yuṣmākaṁ pāpaṁ pramāṇayiṣyati, hutāśavacca yuṣmākaṁ piśitaṁ khādayiṣyati| ittham antimaghasreṣu yuṣmābhiḥ sañcitaṁ dhanaṁ|
4 Look, the wages of the workers who cut your fields, that were unjustly held back by you, cry out, and the loud cries of the reapers have entered the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
paśyata yaiḥ kṛṣīvalai ryuṣmākaṁ śasyāni chinnāni tebhyo yuṣmābhi ryad vetanaṁ chinnaṁ tad uccai rdhvaniṁ karoti teṣāṁ śasyacchedakānām ārttarāvaḥ senāpateḥ parameśvarasya karṇakuharaṁ praviṣṭaḥ|
5 You have lived on the earth in self-indulgence and luxury, you fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
yūyaṁ pṛthivyāṁ sukhabhogaṁ kāmukatāñcāritavantaḥ, mahābhojasya dina iva nijāntaḥkaraṇāni paritarpitavantaśca|
6 You condemned, you murdered the righteous—he offers you no resistance.
aparañca yuṣmābhi rdhārmmikasya daṇḍājñā hatyā cākāri tathāpi sa yuṣmān na pratiruddhavān|
7 Therefore, brothers, be patient until the coming of the Lord. Consider, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and late rain.
he bhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ prabhorāgamanaṁ yāvad dhairyyamālambadhvaṁ| paśyata kṛṣivalo bhūme rbahumūlyaṁ phalaṁ pratīkṣamāṇo yāvat prathamam antimañca vṛṣṭijalaṁ na prāpnoti tāvad dhairyyam ālambate|
8 You also be patient. Keep your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord has approached.
yūyamapi dhairyyamālambya svāntaḥkaraṇāni sthirīkuruta, yataḥ prabhorupasthitiḥ samīpavarttinyabhavat|
9 Do not groan against one another, brothers, lest you be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at your doors!
he bhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ yad daṇḍyā na bhaveta tadarthaṁ parasparaṁ na glāyata, paśyata vicārayitā dvārasamīpe tiṣṭhati|
10 Brothers, take as an example the patient bearing of hardship and the steadfastness of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
he mama bhrātaraḥ, ye bhaviṣyadvādinaḥ prabho rnāmnā bhāṣitavantastān yūyaṁ duḥkhasahanasya dhairyyasya ca dṛṣṭāntān jānīta|
11 Indeed we count as blessed those who endure—you have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the final outcome given by the Lord, that He is very compassionate and merciful.
paśyata dhairyyaśīlā asmābhi rdhanyā ucyante| āyūbo dhairyyaṁ yuṣmābhiraśrāvi prabhoḥ pariṇāmaścādarśi yataḥ prabhu rbahukṛpaḥ sakaruṇaścāsti|
12 But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or any other oath. Let your “Yes” be “Yes”, and your “No”, “No”, lest you fall into pretense.
he bhrātaraḥ viśeṣata idaṁ vadāmi svargasya vā pṛthivyā vānyavastuno nāma gṛhītvā yuṣmābhiḥ ko'pi śapatho na kriyatāṁ, kintu yathā daṇḍyā na bhavata tadarthaṁ yuṣmākaṁ tathaiva tannahi cetivākyaṁ yatheṣṭaṁ bhavatu|
13 Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
yuṣmākaṁ kaścid duḥkhī bhavati? sa prārthanāṁ karotu| kaścid vānandito bhavati? sa gītaṁ gāyatu|
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
yuṣmākaṁ kaścit pīḍito 'sti? sa samiteḥ prācīnān āhvātu te ca pabho rnāmnā taṁ tailenābhiṣicya tasya kṛte prārthanāṁ kurvvantu|
15 And the prayer of faith will deliver the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sin, it will be forgiven him.
tasmād viśvāsajātaprārthanayā sa rogī rakṣāṁ yāsyati prabhuśca tam utthāpayiṣyati yadi ca kṛtapāpo bhavet tarhi sa taṁ kṣamiṣyate|
16 Confess your transgressions to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous one, being operative, is very powerful.
yūyaṁ parasparam aparādhān aṅgīkurudhvam ārogyaprāptyarthañcaikajano 'nyasya kṛte prārthanāṁ karotu dhārmmikasya sayatnā prārthanā bahuśaktiviśiṣṭā bhavati|
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
ya eliyo vayamiva sukhaduḥkhabhogī marttya āsīt sa prārthanayānāvṛṣṭiṁ yācitavān tena deśe sārddhavatsaratrayaṁ yāvad vṛṣṭi rna babhūva|
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.
paścāt tena punaḥ prārthanāyāṁ kṛtāyām ākāśastoyānyavarṣīt pṛthivī ca svaphalāni prārohayat|
19 Brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth, and someone should turn him back,
he bhrātaraḥ, yuṣmākaṁ kasmiṁścit satyamatād bhraṣṭe yadi kaścit taṁ parāvarttayati
20 let him know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will deliver a soul from death and will remove from sight a multitude of sins.
tarhi yo janaḥ pāpinaṁ vipathabhramaṇāt parāvarttayati sa tasyātmānaṁ mṛtyuta uddhariṣyati bahupāpānyāvariṣyati ceti jānātu|
