James 5
1 Come now, you rich, weep and cry aloud for your miseries that are coming on you.
De sada, bogataši, proplačite i zakukajte zbog nevolja koje će vas zadesiti!
2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
Bogatstvo vam istrunu, haljine vaše postadoše hrana moljcima,
3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
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 Look, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Evo: plaća kosaca vaših njiva - koju im uskratiste - viče i vapaji žetelaca dopriješe do ušiju Gospoda nad Vojskama.
5 You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Raskošno ste na zemlji i razvratno živjeli, utoviste srca svoja za dan klanja!
6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.
Osudiste i ubiste pravednika: on vam se ne suprotstavlja!
7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Look, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
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 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Strpite se i vi, očvrsnite srca jer se Dolazak Gospodnji približio!
9 Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door.
Ne tužite se jedni na druge da ne budete osuđeni! Evo: sudac stoji pred vratima!
10 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Za uzor strpljivosti i podnošenja zala uzmite, braćo, proroke koji su govorili u ime Gospodnje.
11 Look, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Eto: blaženima nazivamo one koji ustrajaše. Za postojanost Jobovu čuste i nakanu Gospodnju vidjeste jer milostiv je Gospodin i milosrdan!
12 But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you do not fall under judgment.
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 anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
Pati li tko među vama? Neka moli! Je li tko radostan? Neka pjeva hvalospjeve!
14 Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him, anointing him with oil 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 will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
pa će molitva vjere spasiti nemoćnika; Gospodin će ga podići, i ako je sagriješio, oprostit će mu se.
16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
Ispovijedajte dakle jedni drugima grijehe i molite jedni za druge da ozdravite! Mnogo može žarka molitva pravednikova.
17 Elijah was a human being with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
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 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
Zatim se ponovno pomoli te nebo dade kišu i zemlja iznese urod svoj.
19 My brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
Braćo moja, odluta li tko od vas od istine pa ga tkogod vrati,
20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
znajte: tko vrati grešnika s lutalačkog puta njegova, spasit će dušu njegovu od smrti i pokriti mnoštvo grijeha.
