James 5
1 Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Come now, you rich, howl as you weep over your distresses that are coming upon you!
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Your wealth has decayed and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.
Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire—you stored it up for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Look, the wages of the workers who cut your fields, that were unjustly held back by you, cry out, and the loud cries of the reapers have entered the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
5 Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
You have lived on the earth in self-indulgence and luxury, you fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one]; he doth not resist you.
You condemned, you murdered the righteous—he offers you no resistance.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.
Therefore, brothers, be patient until the coming of the Lord. Consider, 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; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
You also be patient. Keep your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord has approached.
9 Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
Do not groan against one another, brothers, lest you be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at your doors!
10 Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.
Brothers, take as an example the patient bearing of hardship and the steadfastness of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Behold, we call them blessed which endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
Indeed we count as blessed those who endure—you have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the final outcome given by the Lord, that He is very compassionate and merciful.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the 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 judgment.
But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or any other oath. Let your “Yes” be “Yes”, and your “No”, “No”, lest you fall into pretense.
13 Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
14 Is any among you sick? let him call for 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? Let him call for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.
And the prayer of faith will deliver the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sin, it will be forgiven him.
16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
Confess your transgressions to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous one, being operative, is very powerful.
17 Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.
19 My brethren, if any among you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
Brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth, and someone should turn him back,
20 let him know, that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
let him know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will deliver a soul from death and will remove from sight a multitude of sins.
