James 5
1 Goe to nowe, ye rich men: weepe, and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you.
De sada, bogataši, proplačite i zakukajte zbog nevolja koje će vas zadesiti!
2 Your riches are corrupt, and your garments are moth eaten.
Bogatstvo vam istrunu, haljine vaše postadoše hrana moljcima,
3 Your gold and siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnesse against you, and shall eate your flesh, as it were fire. Ye haue heaped vp treasure for the last dayes.
zlato vam i srebro zarđa i rđa će njihova biti svjedočanstvo protiv vas te će kao vatra izjesti tijela vaša! Zgrnuste blago u posljednje dane!
4 Behold, the hire of ye labourers, which haue reaped your fieldes (which is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth, and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of hostes.
Evo: plaća kosaca vaših njiva - koju im uskratiste - viče i vapaji žetelaca dopriješe do ušiju Gospoda nad Vojskama.
5 Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and in wantonnes. Ye haue nourished your heartes, as in a day of slaughter.
Raskošno ste na zemlji i razvratno živjeli, utoviste srca svoja za dan klanja!
6 Ye haue condemned and haue killed the iust, and he hath not resisted you.
Osudiste i ubiste pravednika: on vam se ne suprotstavlja!
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, vnto the comming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience for it, vntill he receiue the former, and the latter rayne.
Strpite se dakle, braćo, do Dolaska Gospodnjega! Evo: ratar iščekuje dragocjeni urod zemlje, strpljiv je s njime dok ne dobije kišu ranu i kasnu.
8 Be ye also patient therefore and settle your hearts: for ye comming of the Lord draweth neere.
Strpite se i vi, očvrsnite srca jer se Dolazak Gospodnji približio!
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, least ye be condemned: behold, the iudge standeth before the doore.
Ne tužite se jedni na druge da ne budete osuđeni! Evo: sudac stoji pred vratima!
10 Take, my brethren, the Prophets for an ensample of suffering aduersitie, and of long patience, which haue spoken in the Name of the Lord.
Za uzor strpljivosti i podnošenja zala uzmite, braćo, proroke koji su govorili u ime Gospodnje.
11 Beholde, we count them blessed which endure. Ye haue heard of the patience of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the Lord made. For the Lord is very pitifull and mercifull.
Eto: blaženima nazivamo one koji ustrajaše. Za postojanost Jobovu čuste i nakanu Gospodnju vidjeste jer milostiv je Gospodin i milosrdan!
12 But before all thinges, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.
Prije svega, braćo moja, ne zaklinjite se ni nebom ni zemljom, ni ikojom drugom zakletvom. Vaše “da” neka bude “da”, i “ne” - “ne”, da ne padnete pod sud.
13 Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merie? Let him sing.
Pati li tko među vama? Neka moli! Je li tko radostan? Neka pjeva hvalospjeve!
14 Is any sicke among you? Let him call for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray for him, and anoynt him with oyle in the Name of the Lord.
Boluje li tko među vama? Neka dozove starješine Crkve! Oni neka mole nad njim mažući ga uljem u ime Gospodnje
15 And the prayer of faith shall saue the sicke, and the Lord shall raise him vp: and if he haue committed sinnes, they shalbe forgiuen him.
pa će molitva vjere spasiti nemoćnika; Gospodin će ga podići, i ako je sagriješio, oprostit će mu se.
16 Acknowledge your faultes one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: for the prayer of a righteous man auaileth much, if it be feruent.
Ispovijedajte dakle jedni drugima grijehe i molite jedni za druge da ozdravite! Mnogo može žarka molitva pravednikova.
17 Helias was a man subiect to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rayne, and it rayned not on the earth for three yeeres and sixe moneths.
Ilija bijaše čovjek baš kao i mi; usrdno se pomoli da ne bude kiše i kiše nije bilo na zemlji tri godine i šest mjeseci.
18 And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, and the earth brought forth her fruite.
Zatim se ponovno pomoli te nebo dade kišu i zemlja iznese urod svoj.
19 Brethren, if any of you hath erred from the trueth, and some man hath conuerted him,
Braćo moja, odluta li tko od vas od istine pa ga tkogod vrati,
20 Let him know that he which hath conuerted the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shall hide a multitude of sinnes.
znajte: tko vrati grešnika s lutalačkog puta njegova, spasit će dušu njegovu od smrti i pokriti mnoštvo grijeha.
