James 5
1 Come now, you rich, weep and cry aloud for your miseries that are coming on you.
Na sasa sikilizeni enyi matajiri! Lieni na kuomboleza kwa sababu ya taabu zitakazowajieni.
2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
Mali zenu zimeoza, na nguo zenu zimeliwa na nondo.
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.
Dhahabu yenu na fedha vimeota kutu, na kutu hiyo itakuwa ushahidi dhidi yenu, nayo itakula miili yenu kama vile moto. Ninyi mmejilundikia mali katika siku hizi za mwisho!
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.
Hamkuwalipa mishahara watumishi waliofanya kazi katika mashamba yenu. Sikilizeni malalamiko yao! Kilio cha hao wanaovuna mashamba yenu kimefika masikioni mwa Bwana, Mwenye Nguvu.
5 You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Mmeishi duniani maisha ya kujifurahisha na ya anasa. Mmejinenepesha tayari kwa siku ya kuchinjwa.
6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.
Mmemhukumu na kumwua mtu asiye na hatia, naye hakuwapigeni.
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.
Basi, ndugu zangu, muwe na subira mpaka Bwana atakapokuja. Tazameni mkulima anavyongoja kwa subira mimea yake itoe mavuno mazuri. Yeye hungojea kwa subira mvua za masika na za vuli.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Nanyi pia mnapaswa kuwa na subira; imarisheni mioyo yenu, maana siku ya kuja kwake Bwana inakaribia.
9 Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door.
Ndugu zangu, msinung'unikiane ninyi kwa ninyi msije mkahukumiwa na Mungu. Hakimu yu karibu, tayari kuingia.
10 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Ndugu, mkitaka kuona mfano wa subira na uvumilivu katika mateso, fikirini juu ya manabii ambao walinena kwa jina la Bwana.
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.
Tunawaita hao wenye heri kwa sababu walivumilia. Mmesikia habari za uvumilivu wa Yobu, na mnajua jinsi Bwana alivyomtendea mwishoni. Maana Bwana amejaa huruma na rehema.
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.
Zaidi ya hayo yote, ndugu zangu, msiape kwa mbingu, wala kwa dunia, wala kwa kitu kingine chochote. Semeni “Ndiyo” kama maana yenu ni ndiyo, na “La” kama maana yenu ni la, na hapo hamtahukumiwa na Mungu.
13 Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
Je, pana mtu yeyote miongoni mwenu aliye na shida? Anapaswa kusali. Je, yuko mwenye furaha? Anapaswa kuimba nyimbo za sifa.
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.
Je, yuko mgonjwa kati yenu? Anapaswa kuwaita wazee wa kanisa, nao watamwombea na kumpaka mafuta kwa jina la Bwana.
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.
Wakiomba kwa imani mgonjwa ataponyeshwa; Bwana atampatia nafuu, na dhambi alizotenda zitaondolewa.
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.
Basi, ungamanianeni dhambi zenu, na ombeaneni, ili mpate kuponywa. Sala ya mtu mwema ina nguvu ya kutenda mengi.
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.
Eliya alikuwa binadamu kama sisi. Aliomba kwa moyo mvua isinyeshe, nayo haikunyesha nchini kwa muda wa miaka mitatu na miezi sita.
18 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
Kisha akaomba tena, mvua ikanyesha kutoka angani na nchi ikatoa mazao yake.
19 My brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
Ndugu zangu, mmoja wenu akipotoka kuhusu ukweli, na mwingine akamrudisha,
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.
fahamuni kwamba, huyo anayemrudisha mwenye dhambi kutoka njia yake ya upotovu, ataiokoa roho yake kutoka kifo, na dhambi nyingi zitaondolewa.
