Jakubu 5
1 Rĩu ta thikĩrĩriai, inyuĩ itonga ici, rĩrai na mũgirĩke tondũ wa mathĩĩna marĩa maramũkora.
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.
2 Ũtonga wanyu nĩ ũbuthĩte, nacio nguo cianyu nĩ ndĩe nĩ memenyi.
Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.
3 Thahabu na betha cianyu nĩ irootete. Kũroota gwacio nĩ ũira wa atĩ nĩireganĩte na inyuĩ, na nĩikũrĩa mĩĩrĩ yanyu imũniine o ta mwaki. Inyuĩ mwĩigĩire mũthithũ mũingĩ wa matukũ ma kũrigĩrĩria.
Your gold and silver is cankered: and the rust of them shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up to yourselves wrath against the last days.
4 Atĩrĩrĩ! Mĩcaara ĩrĩa mwaregire kũrĩha aruti a wĩra arĩa maamũrĩmĩire mĩgũnda nĩĩramũkaĩra. Gũkaya kwa arĩa maamũgetheire irio nĩgũkinyĩire matũ ma Mwathani Mwene hinya wothe.
Behold the hire of the labourers, who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
5 Mũtũũrĩte gũkũ thĩ na mĩago na mũgĩĩkenagia. Inyuĩ mwĩnoretie nĩ ũndũ wa mũthenya wa gũthĩnjwo.
You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter.
6 Inyuĩ nĩ mũtuĩrĩire andũ ciira na mũkamooraga matarĩ na mahĩtia, o acio matarĩ ũũru na inyuĩ.
You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not.
7 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, kiragĩrĩriai, o nginya rĩrĩa Mwathani agooka. Ta rorai ũrĩa mũrĩmi etagĩrĩra mũgũnda wake ũrute irio iria irĩ bata, na agakirĩrĩria nginya ciurĩrwo nĩ mbura ya mbere o na ya keerĩ ategũthethũka.
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain.
8 O na inyuĩ-rĩ, kirĩrĩriai na mwĩhaande wega, tondũ Mwathani arĩ hakuhĩ gũũka.
Be you therefore also patient, and strengthen your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
9 Ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, tigagai gũtetania, nĩgeetha mũtikanatuĩrwo ciira. Mũtuanĩri ciira arũngiĩ o mũrango-inĩ!
Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.
10 Ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, mwĩrutei na maũndũ marĩa mooru anabii meekirwo, o acio maaragia thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Mwathani, naguo ũhoro ũcio ũtuĩke kĩonereria kĩanyu gĩa gũkirĩrĩria rĩrĩa mũkũnyamario.
Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 O ta ũrĩa mũũĩ, acio maakirĩrĩirie-rĩ, tũmatuaga arathime. Nĩmũiguĩte ũhoro wa gũkirĩrĩria kwa Ayubu, na nĩmuonete ũrĩa Mwathani eekire marigĩrĩrio-inĩ. Mwathani aiyũrĩtwo nĩ ũtugi na tha.
Behold, we account them blessed who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.
12 Ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, igũrũ rĩa maũndũ mothe-rĩ, tigagai kwĩhĩta. Mũtikanehĩte na igũrũ kana na thĩ, o na kana na kĩndũ kĩngĩ o na kĩ. Inyuĩ-rĩ, mwoiga “Ĩĩ” nĩĩtuĩke ĩĩ, na mwoiga “Aca” nĩĩtuĩke aca, nĩguo mũtikae gũtuĩrwo ciira.
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be, yea, yea: no, no: that you fall not under judgment.
13 Nĩ harĩ mũndũ thĩinĩ wanyu wonete ũũru? Ũcio nĩahooe. Nĩ harĩ mũndũ ũkenete? Ũcio nĩaine nyĩmbo cia kũgooca.
Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing.
14 Nĩ harĩ mũndũ thĩinĩ wanyu mũrũaru? Ũcio nĩete athuuri a kanitha mamũhooere na mamũhake maguta thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Mwathani.
Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 Namo mahooya mangĩhooywo na wĩtĩkio nĩ megũtũma mũndũ ũcio mũrũaru ahone; Mwathani nĩekũmwarahũra. Angĩkorwo ehĩtie-rĩ, nĩekũrekerwo mehia make.
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio umbũranagĩrai mehia manyu o mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ, na mũhooyanagĩre nĩgeetha mũhonagio. Ihooya rĩa mũndũ mũthingu nĩ rĩrĩ hinya na nĩ rĩtũmaga maũndũ manene mekĩke.
Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.
17 Elija aarĩ mũndũ o ta ithuĩ. Nake nĩahooire Ngai na kĩyo atĩ mbura ndĩkoire, nayo mbura ndĩoirire bũrũri-inĩ ũcio ihinda rĩa mĩaka ĩtatũ na nuthu.
Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months.
18 Ningĩ agĩcooka akĩhooya, nakuo matu-inĩ gũkiuma mbura, nayo thĩ ĩgĩciara maciaro mayo.
And he prayed again: and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Atĩrĩrĩ ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, mũndũ ũmwe wanyu angĩagaga oime ũhoro-inĩ wa ma nake mũndũ ũngĩ amũgarũre-rĩ,
My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert him:
20 ririkanai ũũ: Mũndũ ũrĩa wothe ũgarũraga mwĩhia kuuma njĩra-inĩ yake njũru-rĩ, nĩkũmũhonokia akaamũhonokia kuuma harĩ gĩkuũ na ahumbĩre mehia maingĩ.
He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
