James 5
1 Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:
Njoni sasa, enyi mlio matajiri, lieni kwa sauti ya juu kwa sababu ya taabu inayokuja juu yenu.
2 Your wealth, hath rotted, and, your garments, have become, moth-eaten, —
Utajiri wenu umeharibiwa na mavazi yenu yametafunwa na wadudu waharibifu.
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: —
Dhahabu zenu na fedha zenu zimekosa thamani, na uharibifu wake utashuhudia dhidi yenu na kuangamiza miili yenu kama moto. Mmejiwekea hazina yenu katika siku za mwisho.
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:
Tazameni, malipo ya watendakazi-wale ambao hamjawalipa kwa kuvuna katika mashamba yenu- wanalia! Na kilio cha wale waliovuna mazao yenu kimeyafikia masikio ya Bwana wa Majeshi.
5 Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;
Mmeishi kwa anasa duniani na kujifurahisha ninyi wenyewe. Mmejinenepesha mioyo yenu kwa siku ya machinjo.
6 Ye sentenced—ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against you?
Mmemhukumu na kumuua mwenye haki asiyeweza kuwapinga.
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:
Kwa hiyo vumilieni, ndugu, mpaka ujio wa Bwana, kama mkulima husubiri mavuno ya thamani toka katika nchi, akisubiri kwa uvumilivu kwa ajili yake, mpaka mvua za kwanza na zile za mwisho zikinyesha.
8 Be, ye also, patient, Stablish your hearts, because, the Presence of the Lord, hath drawn near.
Pia ninyi muwe wavumilivu; kazeni mioyo yenu, kwa sababu kuja kwake Bwana ni karibu.
9 Be not sighing, brethren, one against another, lest ye be judged, —Lo! the Judge, before the doors, is standing.
Ndugu, msinung'unikiane ninyi kwa ninyi, kusudi msije mkahukumiwa. Tazama, hakimu anasimama mlangoni.
10 An example, take ye, brethren, of distress and patience, —the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord.
Kwa mfano, ndugu, angalieni mateso na uvumilivu wa manabii walionena katika jina la Bwana.
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,
Tazama, twawaita wale wanaovumilia, “heri.” Mmesikia uvumilivu wa Ayubu, na mnalijua kusudi la Bwana kwa ajili ya Ayubu, ni kwa jinsi gani Bwana amejaa huruma na rehema.
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.
Zaidi ya yote, ndugu zangu, msiape, aidha kwa mbingu ama kwa nchi, au kwa kiapo cha aina nyingine. Bali hebu “ndiyo” yenu na imaanishe “ndiyo” na “hapana” yenu na imaanishe “hapana,” ili kwamba msije kuangukia chini ya hukumu.
13 In distress, is any among you? Let him pray; Cheerful, is any? Let him strike the strings;
Kuna yeyote miongoni mwenu ana mateso? Lazima aombe. Je, mtu yeyote ni mwenye kuchangamka? Na aimbe sifa.
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]; —
Je, kuna yeyote miongoni mwenu aliye mgonjwa? Na awaite wazee wa kanisa, nao wazee wa kanisa waombe juu yake, wakimpaka mafuta katika jina la Bwana,
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.
na maombi ya imani yatamponya mgonjwa, na Bwana atamwinua. Na kama atakuwa ametenda dhambi, Mungu atamsamehe.
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:
Kwa hiyo ungameni dhambi zenu ninyi kwa ninyi, na kuombeana kila mmoja na mwenzake, ili muweze kuponywa. Maombi ya mwenye haki huzaa matokeo makubwa.
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, —
Eliya alikuwa mtu mwenye hisia kama zetu, aliomba kwa juhudi kwamba mvua isinyeshe, na haikunyesha katika nchi kwa muda wa miaka mitatu na miezi sita.
18 And, again, he prayed, and, the heaven, gave, rain, and, the land, shot up her fruit.
Na Eliya aliomba tena, na mbingu zilimwaga mvua juu ya nchi na nchi ikatoa mavuno.
19 My brethren! If one among you be led to err from the truth, and one turn him back,
Ndugu zangu, kama yeyote miongoni mwenu anapotoka kutoka kwenye ukweli, lakini mtu mwingine akamrejesha,
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.
hebu na ajue kuwa yeyote amwongozaye mwenye dhambi kuondoka katika njia yake ya ukosaji ataponya nafsi yake kutoka katika mauti na atafunika wingi wa dhambi.
