James 5
1 Go, now, you rich! Weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on [you];
Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:
2 your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
Your wealth, hath rotted, and, your garments, have become, moth-eaten, —
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 away, and, their rust, shall be, witness against you, and shall eat your flesh, as fire! Ye have laid up treasure in days of extremity: —
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;
Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields—that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:
5 you lived in luxury on the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;
6 you condemned—you murdered the righteous; he does not resist you.
Ye sentenced—ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against 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;
Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the Presence of the Lord: —Lo! the husbandman, awaiteth the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it, until it receive the early and the latter rain:
8 you also be patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the LORD has drawn near;
Be, ye also, patient, Stablish your hearts, because, the Presence of the Lord, hath drawn near.
9 do not murmur against one another, brothers, that you may not be condemned; behold, the Judge has stood before the door.
Be not sighing, brethren, one against another, lest ye be judged, —Lo! the Judge, before the doors, is standing.
10 Brothers, [as] an example of the suffering of evil and of patience, take the prophets who spoke in the Name of the LORD;
An example, take ye, brethren, of distress and patience, —the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord.
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.
Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; —Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen, —that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,
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 brethren, do not swear, —either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your Yea be yea, and your Nay nay, —lest, under judgment, ye fall.
13 Does anyone suffer evil among you? Let him pray; is anyone of good cheer? Let him sing psalms;
In distress, is any among you? Let him pray; Cheerful, is any? Let him strike the strings;
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,
Sick, is any among you? Let him call unto him the elders of the assembly, and let them pray for 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, the prayer of faith, shall save the exhausted one, and the Lord will raise him up, and, if he have committed, sins, it shall 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;
Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other’s behalf, —that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised:
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 man, affected like us; and he earnestly prayed that there might be no moisture, and there was no moisture on the land, for three years and six months, —
18 and again he prayed, and the sky gave rain, and the land brought forth her fruit.
And, again, he prayed, and, the heaven, gave, rain, and, the land, shot up her fruit.
19 Brothers, if anyone among you may go astray from the truth, and anyone may turn him back,
My brethren! If one among you be led to err from the truth, and one turn him back,
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.
Be ye taking note—that, he that turneth back a sinner out of the error of his way—will save his soul out of death, and hide a multitude of sins.
