James 5
1 Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:
Come now, you who are rich, weep and howl over the miseries that are coming upon you.
2 Your wealth, hath rotted, and, your garments, have become, moth-eaten, —
Your riches have rotted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and silver, have rusted away, and, their rust, shall be, witness against you, and shall eat your flesh, as fire! Ye have laid up treasure in days of extremity: —
Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.
4 Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields—that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:
Behold, the wages of the workers who harvested your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5 Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;
You have lived on the earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye sentenced—ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against you?
You have condemned and murdered the righteous man; he does not resist you.
7 Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the Presence of the Lord: —Lo! the husbandman, awaiteth the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it, until it receive the early and the latter rain:
Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and latter rain.
8 Be, ye also, patient, Stablish your hearts, because, the Presence of the Lord, hath drawn near.
You also must be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord has drawn near.
9 Be not sighing, brethren, one against another, lest ye be judged, —Lo! the Judge, before the doors, is standing.
Do not complain against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
10 An example, take ye, brethren, of distress and patience, —the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord.
As an example of suffering and patience, my brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; —Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen, —that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,
Behold, we regard as blessed those who endure. You have heard of the endurance of Job. Now consider the purpose of the Lord, how he is full of compassion and mercy.
12 But, before all things, my brethren, do not swear, —either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your Yea be yea, and your Nay nay, —lest, under judgment, ye fall.
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No,” so that you will not fall into hypocrisy.
13 In distress, is any among you? Let him pray; Cheerful, is any? Let him strike the strings;
Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone of good cheer? He should sing praise.
14 Sick, is any among you? Let him call unto him the elders of the assembly, and let them pray for 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, shall save the exhausted one, and the Lord will raise him up, and, if he have committed, sins, it shall be forgiven him.
The prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other’s behalf, —that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised:
Confess your trespasses to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful and effective.
17 Elijah, was, a man, affected like us; and he earnestly prayed that there might be no moisture, and there was no moisture on the land, for three years and six months, —
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.
18 And, again, he prayed, and, the heaven, gave, rain, and, the land, shot up her fruit.
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the land produced its fruit.
19 My brethren! If one among you be led to err from the truth, and one turn him back,
Brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
20 Be ye taking note—that, he that turneth back a sinner out of the error of his way—will save his soul out of death, and hide a multitude of sins.
be assured that whoever turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
