James 5
1 Come now, ye rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Come now, you rich, weep and cry aloud for your miseries that are coming on you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are become moth-eaten;
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 your gold and silver is rusted, and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire; ye have heaped up treasure in the last days!
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.
4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, crieth out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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.
5 Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and have been given to pleasure; ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter.
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just man; he doth not resist you.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and is patient about it, until it hath received the early and latter rain.
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.
8 Be ye also patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
9 Murmur not against each other, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the Judge standeth before the door.
Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door.
10 Take, brethren, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, for an example of affliction, and of patience.
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Behold, we count those happy who have endured. Ye have heard of the patience of Job; behold also the end of the Lord, that he is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
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.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under condemnation.
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.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
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.
15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; even if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.
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.
16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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.
17 Elijah was a man of like nature with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months;
Eliya 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.
18 and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
19 Brethren, if any one among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him,
My brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
20 let him know that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
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.
