Jacob 5
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on 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 corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
Miaƒe kesinɔnuwo nyunyɔ, eye agbagblaʋui ɖu miaƒe avɔ nyuiwo keŋkeŋ.
3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in 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 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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 You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a 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 you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
Miebu fɔ amewo, eye miewu ame maɖifɔ siwo metsi tsitre ɖe mia ŋu o la.
7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
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 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Alea ke wòle be miawo hã miagbɔ dzi ɖi, eye mianɔ tsitre sesĩe elabena Aƒetɔ la ƒe vava ɖo vɔ.
9 Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at 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 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke 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 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
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 above all things, my brothers, don’t swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.
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 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
Mia dometɔ aɖe le fu kpema? Nedo gbe ɖa. Mia dometɔ aɖe le dzidzɔ kpɔma? Nedzi kafukafuhawo.
14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the 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 will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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 Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
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 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth 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 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Emegbe la, egado gbe ɖa, dziƒo nu ʋu, eye tsi dza, ale be anyigba gatse eƒe kutsetsewo.
19 Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
Nɔvinye lɔlɔ̃awo, ne mia dometɔ aɖe tra tso nyateƒe la gbɔ, eye ame aɖe kplɔe gbɔe la,
20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of 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.
