James 5
1 Listen to me, you rich men, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming upon you!
A KOMAIL kapwapwa kan, janejanki o weriwereki, kampamail pan lel on komail!
2 Your riches have wasted away, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
Omail kapwa kan olar, o man en mot kanalar omail likau kan.
3 Your gold and silver are rusted; and the rust on them shall be evidence against you, and shall eat into your very flesh. It was fire, so to speak, that you stored up for yourselves in these last days.
Omail kold o jilper mirelar, ari, ar mir me pan kadede on komail, o pan war pajan uduk omail due kijiniai. Nan komail nakier kapwa ni imwin ran akan.
4 I tell you, the wages of the labourers who mowed your fields, which you have been fraudulently keeping back, are crying out against you, and the outcries of your reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts!
Komail war, pwain en toun dodok, me kop penaer dipijou en jap omail, me komail kulia janer, kin weriwer; o likwir en jaundolun akan lel on karona en Kaun Jepaot.
5 You have lived on earth a life of extravagance and luxury; you have indulged your fancies in a time of bloodshed.
Komail ipuepuarok kier me jued nin jappa, dender on, komail kamue matier monion omail rajon man wi, me pan kamela.
6 You have condemned, you have murdered, the Righteous One! Must not God be opposed to you?
Komail kadeikada o kamela me pun o, a a jota palian komail er.
7 Be patient, then, Brothers, till the Coming of the Lord. Even the farmer has to wait for the precious fruit of the earth, watching over it patiently, till it has had the spring and summer rains.
Ari ri ai ko, komail kononama lao lel en atail Kaun a pan kotin pwarado. Kilan, jaumat amen kin auiaui wa mau en jap o, o a kin kanonama lao katau en maj o mur moredier.
8 And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord’s Coming is near.
Komail ari pil kanonama eta, katene monion omail, pwe en atail Kaun a pwarado me korendor.
9 Do not make complaints against one another, Brothers, or judgment will be passed upon you. The Judge is already standing at the door!
Ri ai ko, komail der pilipil en pan moli ki amen amen, pwe komail ender pakadeikada. Kilan, jaunkadeik o mi pan wanim.
10 Brothers, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the Prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Ri ai ko, ni omail kalokoloko kanonama komail alale jan jaukop akan, me kokopeki ni mar en Kaun o.
11 We count those who displayed such endurance blessed! You have heard, too, of Job’s endurance, and have seen what the Lord’s purpose was, for ‘the Lord is full of pity and compassion.’
Kilan, kitail kin kapina me dadauratar. Komail roner duen kanonama en lop, o kilaner imwin Kaun O, pwe Kaun o kin kupukupura o kapunlol kaualap.
12 Above all things, my Brothers, never take an oath, either by heaven, or by earth, or by anything else. With you let ‘Yes’ suffice for yes, and ‘No’ for no, so that you may escape condemnation.
Ri ai ko, komail kalaka, pwe komail der kaula; der kaukila lan de jappa, o der wia eu jon en kaula; a omail japen en ei ta, o omail jo en jo, pwe komail de lodi on kadeik o.
13 If any of you is in trouble, let him pray; if any one is happy, let him sing hymns.
Ma amen re omail kamekam, a en kapakap, a ma amen injenemau, a en kauleki pjalm.
14 If any one of you is ill, let him send for the Officers of the Church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Ma amen mi re omail me jomau, en ukado jaunkoa en momodijou kan, pwe irail en kapakapa kin i, murin ar keie kin i le ni mar en Kaun o.
15 The prayer offered in faith will save the man who is sick, and the Lord will raise him from his bed; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Ari, kapakap pojon pan kamaureda me jomau o, o Kaun o pan kakelada i, o ma a wiaer dip kai, re pan japedokalar jan.
16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be cured. Great is the power of a good man’s fervent prayer.
I me komail en weok pena dip omail o kapakapaki amen amen, pwe komail en kelail la. Kapakap melel en me pun amen kin kareda me toto.
17 Elijah was only a man like ourselves, but, when he prayed fervently that it might not rain, no rain fell upon the land for three years and a half.
Eliaj aramaj amen dueta kitail, a kapakapaki katau ender moredi, ari jolar katau moredi on jappa ni par jilu o jaunipon wonu.
18 And, when he prayed again, the clouds brought rain, and the land bore crops.
O a kotin pur on kapakap, nanlan ap kamoredier katau, o jap kapareda wa kan.
19 My Brothers, should one of you be led astray from the Truth, and someone bring him back again,
Ri ai ko, meamen mi re omail, me jalonala ni melel, o amen kajapaledo i,
20 be sure that he who brings a sinner back from his mistaken ways will save that man’s soul from Death, and throw a veil over countless sins.
I en aja, me kajapaledo me dipan amen jan ni a jalonala, a kamaureda jan mela nen eu, me a pan pwain kidi dip toto.
