James 5
1 Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon [you];
Come now, you rich, weep and cry aloud for your miseries that are coming on you.
2 your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!
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.
4 lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you — doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;
Look, 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.
5 ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
6 ye did condemn — ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.
7 Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain — early and latter;
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Look, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
8 be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
9 murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door.
10 An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.
Look, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
12 And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you do not fall under judgment.
13 Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;
Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
14 is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,
Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
17 Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray — not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months;
Elijah was a human being with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
18 and again he did pray, and the heaven did give rain, and the land did bring forth her fruit.
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
19 Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back,
My brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
20 let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
