James 5
1 Come now, ye rich, weep mourning over your calamities which are coming on you.
Afei mo adefo nso muntie! Munsu na muntwa agyaadwo wɔ amanehunu a ɛreba mo so no ho.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments have become moth-eaten:
Mo ahonya no aporɔw na nwewee awe mo ntama.
3 your gold and your silver are cankered; and their rust shall be for a witness against you, and eat your flesh like fire. You laid up treasures in the last days.
Mo sika ne mo dwetɛ agye nkannare na saa nkannare no bedi adanse atia mo, na ahyew mo honam sɛ ogya. Moahyehyɛ agyapade wɔ nna a edi akyiri no mu.
4 Behold, the wages of the laborers having reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out: and the voices of the reapers have come into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Muntuaa nnipa a wɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ mo mfuw mu no ka enti wɔresi apini. Na wɔn apinisi no adu Onyankopɔn, Asafo Awurade no aso mu.
5 Ye flourished upon the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts in the day of slaughter.
Mo asetena wɔ asase so ha yɛ afɛfɛde ne anigye. Moadɔ srade ama okum da.
6 You condemned, you murdered the righteous; nothing antagonizes you.
Moabu nea ɔnnsɔre ntia mo no na onni fɔ no kumfɔ akum no.
7 Therefore, O brethren, suffer long, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer receives the precious fruit of the earth, waiting for it, until he may receive the former and latter rain:
Me nuanom, montɔ mo bo ase nkosi sɛ Awurade bɛba. Monhwɛ sɛnea okuafo nya boasetɔ twɛn asusow bere.
8 you also suffer long; establish your hearts; because the coming of the Lord is nigh.
Ɛsɛ sɛ mo nso motɔ mo bo ase. Momma mo anidaso mu nyɛ den, efisɛ da a Awurade bɛba no abɛn.
9 Do not complain against one another, brethren, in order that you may not be judged: behold, the judge stands before the doors.
Anuanom, munnni nseku ntia mo ho mo ho, na Onyankopɔn ammu mo atɛn. Hwɛ, Otemmufo no gyina ɔpon no ano.
10 Brethren, receive the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering evil and longsuffering.
Me nuanom, monkae adiyifo a wɔde Awurade din kasae no. Momfa wɔn sɛ nhwɛso wɔ wɔn boasetɔ ne tumi a wotumi de tenaa amanehunu mu no.
11 Behold, we pronounce them happy who have endured: you have heard the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, because the Lord is very merciful, and sympathetic.
Yɛde nidi ma wɔn, efisɛ wonyaa boasetɔ. Moate Hiob boasetɔ no na munim nea Awurade de dom no awiei no; efisɛ Awurade yɛ ɔdomfo ne mmɔborɔhunufo.
12 But, my brethren, before all, swear not, neither by heaven, or by earth, or any other oath: but let your conversation be yes yes; and no no; lest you may fall under condemnation.
Ne nyinaa akyi no, anuanom, sɛ mohyɛ bɔ a, monnka ntam nsi so. Mommfa ɔsoro anaa asase anaa biribiara nka ntam. Sɛ mopɛ sɛ moka “Yiw” a, monka “Yiw.” Sɛ nso mopɛ sɛ moka “Dabi” a, monka “Dabi” na moamma Onyankopɔn atemmu ase.
13 Who is afflicted among you? let him pray. Who is merry? let him sing psalms.
Mo mu bi wɔ ɔhaw bi mu ana? Ɛsɛ sɛ saa onipa no bɔ mpae. Mo mu bi wɔ ahotɔ mu ana? Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔto ayeyi nnwom.
14 Is any one sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Mo mu bi yare ana? Ɛsɛ sɛ saa onipa no frɛ asafo mpanyimfo na wɔde Awurade din bɔ mpae ma no na wɔsra no ngo.
15 Truly the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; if he may have committed sins, they shall be forgiven unto him.
Sɛ wɔbɔ saa mpae no gyidi mu a, ɛbɛsa ɔyarefo no yare, na Awurade bɛma no anya ahoɔden, na ne bɔne a wayɛ nyinaa, wɔde bɛkyɛ no.
16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, in order that you may be healed: the inward working prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Enti afei, monkeka mo bɔne nkyerɛ mo ho mo ho, na mommobɔ mpae mma mo ho mo ho sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛsa mo yare. Onipa trenee mpaebɔ tumi yɛ nneɛma bebree.
17 Elijah was a man of like suffering to us, and he prayed with prayer that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the earth during three years and six months;
Yɛte sɛ Elia a ɔbɔɔ mpae nokware mu sɛ osu nntɔ, na ampa ara osu antɔ wɔ asase no so mfe abiɛsa ne fa.
18 and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Ɔsan bɔɔ mpae bio maa osu tɔ maa asase nyaa nnɔbae.
19 My brethren, if any one among you may err from the truth, and one may turn him back;
Me nuanom, sɛ mo mu bi guan fi nokware ho na ɔfoforo de no ba bio a,
20 let him know, that the one having turned a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins.
monkae sɛ, nea ɔdan ɔdebɔneyɛni fi nʼakwammɔne ho no gye no nkwa fi owu mu ma wɔde ne bɔne dodow no nyinaa kyɛ no.
