James 5
1 Go, now, you rich! Weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on [you];
Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!
2 your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
Your riches have been corrupted, and your garments have been eaten by moths.
3 your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them will be to you for a testimony, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days!
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.
4 Behold, the reward of the workmen cries out, of those who in-gathered your fields, which has been fraudulently kept back by you, and the exclamations of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the LORD of Hosts;
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.
5 you lived in luxury on the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
You have feasted upon the earth, and you have nourished your hearts with luxuries, unto the day of slaughter.
6 you condemned—you murdered the righteous; he does not resist you.
You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you.
7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the coming of the LORD; behold, the farmer expects the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until he may receive rain—early and latter;
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.
8 you also be patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the LORD has drawn near;
Therefore, you too should be patient and should strengthen your hearts. For the advent of the Lord draws near.
9 do not murmur against one another, brothers, that you may not be condemned; behold, the Judge has stood before the door.
Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
10 Brothers, [as] an example of the suffering of evil and of patience, take the prophets who spoke in the Name of the LORD;
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.
11 behold, we call those who are enduring blessed; you heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the end from the LORD, that the LORD is very compassionate, and pitying.
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.
12 And before all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by Heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, but let your “Yes” be yes, and the “No,” no, that you may not fall under judgment.
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.
13 Does anyone suffer evil among you? Let him pray; is anyone of good cheer? Let him sing psalms;
Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he even-tempered? Let him sing psalms.
14 is anyone sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the Name of the LORD,
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.
15 and the prayer of faith will save the distressed one, and the LORD will raise him up, and if he may have committed sins, they will be forgiven to him.
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.
16 Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that you may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;
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.
17 Elijah was a similar-feeling man as us, and with prayer he prayed—not to rain, and it did not rain on the land three years and six months;
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.
18 and again he prayed, and the sky gave rain, and the land brought forth her fruit.
And he prayed again. And the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Brothers, if anyone among you may go astray from the truth, and anyone may turn him back,
My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone converts him,
20 let him know that he who turned back a sinner from the straying of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
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.
