James 5
1 Come now, ye rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail because of the miseries coming on you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Your riches have rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and silver is rusted; and its rust shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped up treasure for the last days.
Your gold and your silver have become tarnished and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up your treasure for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped your fields, which is by you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Look, the pay of the laborers is crying out—the pay that you have withheld from those who harvested your fields, and the cries of the harvesters have gone into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
You have lived in luxury on the earth and indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
You have condemned and killed the righteous person. He does not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receiveth the early and the latter rain.
So be patient, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See, the farmer awaits the valuable harvest from the ground. He is patiently waiting for it, until it receives the early and late rains.
8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth near.
You, too, be patient. Make your hearts strong, because the Lord's coming is near.
9 Murmur not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Do not complain, brothers, against one another, so that you will be not judged. See, the judge is standing at the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
Take an example, brothers, from the suffering and patience of the prophets, those who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Behold, we count them happy who endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
See, we regard those who endured as blessed. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you know the purpose of the Lord, how he is very compassionate and merciful.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by the earth, or by any other oath. Instead, let your “Yes” mean “Yes” and your “No” mean “No,” so you do not fall under judgment.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing psalms.
Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
14 Is any sick among you? 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 church, and let them pray over him. Let them anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he hath committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
The prayer of faith will heal the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, God will forgive him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much.
So confess your sins to one another, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very strong in its working.
17 Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain in the land for three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
Then Elijah prayed again. The heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
19 Brethren, if any one of you should err from the truth, and one should convert him;
My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone brings him back,
20 Let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
that person should know that whoever turns a sinner from his wandering way will save him from death, and will cover over a great number of sins.
