Jakubu 5
1 Rĩu ta thikĩrĩriai, inyuĩ itonga ici, rĩrai na mũgirĩke tondũ wa mathĩĩna marĩa maramũkora.
Come, now, you rich men, weep, howl, on account of your miseries, which are coming upon you.
2 Ũtonga wanyu nĩ ũbuthĩte, nacio nguo cianyu nĩ ndĩe nĩ memenyi.
Your riches are putrefied, 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 are eaten with rust, and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have heaped up treasure in 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.
Hark! the hire of the laborers who have reaped your field, which is fraudulently kept back by you, cries; and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5 Mũtũũrĩte gũkũ thĩ na mĩago na mũgĩĩkenagia. Inyuĩ mwĩnoretie nĩ ũndũ wa mũthenya wa gũthĩnjwo.
You have lived luxuriously on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts as in a day of festivity.
6 Inyuĩ nĩ mũtuĩrĩire andũ ciira na mũkamooraga matarĩ na mahĩtia, o acio matarĩ ũũru na inyuĩ.
You have condemned--you have killed the Just One--he did not resist you.
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.
Behold the husbandman, who expects the valuable fruit of the earth, waits patiently for it, till it receive the early and later rain.
8 O na inyuĩ-rĩ, kirĩrĩriai na mwĩhaande wega, tondũ Mwathani arĩ hakuhĩ gũũka.
Be you also patient--strengthen your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws nigh.
9 Ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, tigagai gũtetania, nĩgeetha mũtikanatuĩrwo ciira. Mũtuanĩri ciira arũngiĩ o mũrango-inĩ!
Repine not against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the Judge stands 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, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord: for an example of suffering evil, and of patience.
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 call them happy, who are patient. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
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 the heaven, or by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yes, be Yes, and your no, No; that you may not fall under condemnation.
13 Nĩ harĩ mũndũ thĩinĩ wanyu wonete ũũru? Ũcio nĩahooe. Nĩ harĩ mũndũ ũkenete? Ũcio nĩaine nyĩmbo cia kũgooca.
Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray: is any one cheerful? let him sing psalms.
14 Nĩ harĩ mũndũ thĩinĩ wanyu mũrũaru? Ũcio nĩete athuuri a kanitha mamũhooere na mamũhake maguta thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Mwathani.
Is any one sick, among you? let him send for the seniors of the congregation, and let them pray over him, having anointed 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 will save the sick person, and so the Lord will raise him up; and if he have committed 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 your faults, one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The inwrought prayer of the righteous man avails 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 frail and mortal like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
18 Ningĩ agĩcooka akĩhooya, nakuo matu-inĩ gũkiuma mbura, nayo thĩ ĩgĩciara maciaro mayo.
And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the land brought forth its fruit.
19 Atĩrĩrĩ ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, mũndũ ũmwe wanyu angĩagaga oime ũhoro-inĩ wa ma nake mũndũ ũngĩ amũgarũre-rĩ,
Brethren, if any one among you be seduced from the truth, and any one turn him back;
20 ririkanai ũũ: Mũndũ ũrĩa wothe ũgarũraga mwĩhia kuuma njĩra-inĩ yake njũru-rĩ, nĩkũmũhonokia akaamũhonokia kuuma harĩ gĩkuũ na ahumbĩre mehia maingĩ.
let him know what he who converts a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
