James 5
1 O rich men, howl and weep for the miseries which are coming upon you.
Azɔ la, mi kesinɔtɔwo, miɖo to nyuie, mido ɣli, eye mifa avi le fukpekpe si gbɔna mia dzi va ge la ta.
2 Your riches are corrupt and stink, and your vestments are eaten of the moth,
Miaƒe kesinɔnuwo nyunyɔ, eye agbagblaʋui ɖu miaƒe avɔ nyuiwo keŋkeŋ.
3 and your gold and your silver rusteth, and the rust of them is for a witness against you, and is to eat your flesh. You have gathered fire for you for the last days!
Miaƒe sika kple klosalowo lé ɣebia, eye woƒe ɣebialéle sia nye ɖaseɖiɖi si tsi tsitre ɖe mia ŋu hele miaƒe ŋutilã ɖum abe dzo ene. Mieha kesinɔnuwo dzra ɖo fũu le ŋkeke mamlɛawo me.
4 Lo, the hire of the labourers who have reaped your lands, which you have refused, clamoureth, and the cry of the harvests to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth hath ascended.
Mikpɔ ɖa, dɔwɔla siwo ŋlɔ miaƒe agblewo me, eye miegbe fexexe na wo la le avi fam ɖe mia ŋuti. Nenema ke, ame siwo xa nu na mi le agble me la ƒe ɣlidodo va ɖo to me na Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ.
5 For you have lived daintily on the earth, and have been wanton, and have nourished your bodies, as for the day of slaughter.
Mienɔ xexea me le agbeɖuɖu blibo me, eye mietsɔ mia ɖokuiwo de vivisese geɖe me. Mienyi mia ɖokuiwo heda ami le wuwuŋkeke la lalam.
6 You have condemned and have killed the just, and he hath not resisted you.
Miebu fɔ amewo, eye miewu ame maɖifɔ siwo metsi tsitre ɖe mia ŋu o la.
7 BUT you, my brethren, prolong your spirit until the coming of the Lord; as the husbandman who expecteth the precious fruits of his lands, and prolongeth his spirit for them, until he receive the rain the early and the latter;
Eya ta nɔvinyewo, migbɔ dzi ɖi blewu va se ɖe Aƒetɔ la ƒe vava. Mienya ale si agbledela lalana na eƒe agblemenukuwo be woatse ku, eye wògbɔa dzi ɖi na adametsi kple kelemetsi.
8 so also you, prolong your spirit, and your hearts confirm; for the coming of our Lord draweth nigh.
Alea ke wòle be miawo hã miagbɔ dzi ɖi, eye mianɔ tsitre sesĩe elabena Aƒetɔ la ƒe vava ɖo vɔ.
9 Groan not one against another, my brethren, that you be not judged; for, behold, the Judge standeth before the door.
Nɔviwo, migalĩ liʋĩliʋĩ le mia nɔewo ŋu o, ne menye nenema o la, woadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu mi. Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la la ƒe afɔ le ʋɔtru la nu.
10 The example of the prophets take to you, my brethren, to prolong your spirits in your afflictions, them who have spoken in the name of the Lord.
Nɔviwo, mina nyagblɔɖila siwo gblɔ Mawu ƒe nya na amewo le Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋkɔ me la nanye kpɔɖeŋu na mi le fukpekpewo me.
11 For, behold, we give blessedness to them who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Iob, and the end which the Lord wrought for him you have seen; because that merciful is the Lord and compassionate.
Abe ale si wòle nyanya me na mi ene la, míebua ame siwo do dzi le xaxawo me la be wonye yayramewo. Miese Hiob ƒe dzidodo le fukpekpe me ƒe nyawo, eye mienya ale si Aƒetɔ la wɔ nɛ le nuwuwu. Aƒetɔ la nye dɔmenyotɔ kple nublanuikpɔla gã aɖe.
12 But before every thing, my brethren, swear not; by heaven nor by earth, nor with any other oath; but let your word be Yes, yes, and No, no, that you be not bound under condemnation.
Gawu la, nɔvinyewo, migata nu o, eɖanye anyigba alo dziƒo alo nu bubu aɖe o. Miaƒe ɛ̃ nanye ɛ̃, eye miaƒe o nanye o; ne menye nenema o la, miadze na ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃.
13 And if any of you be in affliction, let him pray; and if he rejoice, let him sing;
Mia dometɔ aɖe le fu kpema? Nedo gbe ɖa. Mia dometɔ aɖe le dzidzɔ kpɔma? Nedzi kafukafuhawo.
14 and if he be sick, let him call for the presbyters of the church, and they will pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of our Lord.
Ame aɖe le dɔ lém le mia domea? Neyɔ hanunɔlawo ne woado gbe ɖa ɖe eta, eye woasi ami nɛ le Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋkɔ me.
15 And the prayer of faith shall make whole him who was sick, and our Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Eye gbe si wodo ɖa le xɔse me la ana be amea ƒe lãme nasẽ, eye Aƒetɔ la afɔe ɖe tsitre. Ne ewɔ nu vɔ̃ hã la, woatsɔe akee.
16 But confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. For great is the power of that prayer which the righteous prayeth.
Eya ta miʋu miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo me na mia nɔewo, eye miado gbe ɖa ɖe mia nɔewo ta be miaƒe lãme nasẽ. Ame dzɔdzɔe ƒe gbedodoɖa nu sẽna, eye wòwɔa dɔ.
17 Elia also was a man of suffering, as we; and he prayed that the rain should not fall upon the earth, and it fell not (for) three years and six months.
Eliya nye amegbetɔ abe míawo ke ene. Edo gbe ɖa vevie be tsi megadza o, eye tsi medza ɖe anyigba dzi o ƒe etɔ̃ kple afã sɔŋ.
18 And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth gave her fruits.
Emegbe la, egado gbe ɖa, dziƒo nu ʋu, eye tsi dza, ale be anyigba gatse eƒe kutsetsewo.
19 my brethren, if any of you shall err from the way of truth, and one shall convert him from his error,
Nɔvinye lɔlɔ̃awo, ne mia dometɔ aɖe tra tso nyateƒe la gbɔ, eye ame aɖe kplɔe gbɔe la,
20 let him know, that he who turneth a sinner from the error of his way, saveth his soul from death, and hideth the multitude of his sins.
kakaɖedzi nenɔ mia si be ame sia ame si na nu vɔ̃ wɔla trɔ tso eƒe mɔ vɔ̃ dzi la aɖe vɔ̃wɔla la tso ku me, eye woatsɔ eƒe nu vɔ̃ gbogboawo akee.
