James 5
1 Go, now, you rich! Weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on [you];
Basi sikilizeni, ninyi matajiri, lieni na kuomboleza kwa ajili ya hali mbaya sana inayowajia.
2 your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
Utajiri wenu umeoza na mavazi yenu yameliwa na nondo.
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!
Dhahabu yenu na fedha yenu vimeliwa na kutu. Kutu yake itashuhudia dhidi yenu nayo itaila miili yenu kama vile moto. Mmejiwekea hazina kwa ajili ya siku za mwisho.
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;
Angalieni! Ule ujira wa vibarua waliolima mashamba yenu mliouzuia kwa hila unapiga kelele dhidi yenu na vilio vya wavunaji vimefika masikioni mwa Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
5 you lived in luxury on the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
Mmeishi duniani kwa anasa na kwa starehe, mmejinenepesha tayari kwa siku ya kuchinjwa.
6 you condemned—you murdered the righteous; he does not resist you.
Mmewahukumu na kuwaua watu wenye haki, waliokuwa hawapingani nanyi.
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;
Kwa hiyo, ndugu zangu, vumilieni hadi kuja kwake Bwana. Angalieni jinsi mkulima angojavyo ardhi itoe mavuno yake yaliyo ya thamani na jinsi anavyovumilia kwa ajili ya kupata mvua za kwanza na za mwisho.
8 you also be patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the LORD has drawn near;
Ninyi nanyi vumilieni, tena simameni imara, kwa sababu kuja kwa Bwana kumekaribia.
9 do not murmur against one another, brothers, that you may not be condemned; behold, the Judge has stood before the door.
Ndugu zangu, msinungʼunikiane msije mkahukumiwa. Hakimu amesimama mlangoni!
10 Brothers, [as] an example of the suffering of evil and of patience, take the prophets who spoke in the Name of the LORD;
Ndugu zangu, waangalieni manabii walionena kwa Jina la Bwana, ili kuwa mfano wa uvumilivu katika kukabiliana na mateso.
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.
Kama mnavyojua, tunawahesabu kuwa wabarikiwa wale waliovumilia. Mmesikia habari za uvumilivu wake Ayubu na mmeona kile ambacho hatimaye Bwana alimtendea. Bwana ni mwingi wa huruma, na amejaa rehema.
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.
Zaidi ya yote, ndugu zangu, msiape, iwe kwa mbingu au kwa dunia, au kwa kitu kingine chochote. “Ndiyo” yenu na iwe ndiyo, na “Hapana” yenu iwe hapana, la sivyo mtahukumiwa.
13 Does anyone suffer evil among you? Let him pray; is anyone of good cheer? Let him sing psalms;
Je, mtu yeyote miongoni mwenu amepatwa na taabu? Basi inampasa aombe. Je, kuna yeyote mwenye furaha? Basi na aimbe nyimbo za kusifu.
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,
Je, kuna yeyote miongoni mwenu aliye mgonjwa? Basi inampasa awaite wazee wa kanisa wamwombee na kumpaka mafuta kwa Jina la Bwana.
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.
Kule kuomba kwa imani kutamwokoa huyo mgonjwa, naye Bwana atamwinua na kama ametenda dhambi, atasamehewa.
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;
Kwa hiyo ungamianeni dhambi zenu ninyi kwa ninyi na kuombeana ili mpate kuponywa. Maombi ya mwenye haki yana nguvu tena yanafaa sana.
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;
Eliya alikuwa mwanadamu kama sisi. Akaomba kwa bidii kwamba mvua isinyeshe, nayo haikunyesha juu ya nchi kwa muda wa miaka mitatu na miezi sita.
18 and again he prayed, and the sky gave rain, and the land brought forth her fruit.
Kisha akaomba tena, nazo mbingu zikatoa mvua nayo ardhi ikatoa mazao yake.
19 Brothers, if anyone among you may go astray from the truth, and anyone may turn him back,
Ndugu zangu, yeyote miongoni mwenu akipotoka na kuicha kweli, naye akarejezwa na mtu mwingine,
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.
hamna budi kujua kwamba yeyote amrejezaye mwenye dhambi kutoka upotovu wake, ataiokoa roho ya huyo mwenye dhambi kutoka mauti na kusitiri wingi wa dhambi.
