Jakubu 5
1 Rĩu ta thikĩrĩriai, inyuĩ itonga ici, rĩrai na mũgirĩke tondũ wa mathĩĩna marĩa maramũkora.
Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:
2 Ũtonga wanyu nĩ ũbuthĩte, nacio nguo cianyu nĩ ndĩe nĩ memenyi.
Your wealth, hath rotted, and, your garments, have become, moth-eaten, —
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, have rusted away, and, their rust, shall be, witness against you, and shall eat your flesh, as fire! Ye have laid up treasure in days of extremity: —
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.
Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields—that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:
5 Mũtũũrĩte gũkũ thĩ na mĩago na mũgĩĩkenagia. Inyuĩ mwĩnoretie nĩ ũndũ wa mũthenya wa gũthĩnjwo.
Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;
6 Inyuĩ nĩ mũtuĩrĩire andũ ciira na mũkamooraga matarĩ na mahĩtia, o acio matarĩ ũũru na inyuĩ.
Ye sentenced—ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against 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.
Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the Presence of the Lord: —Lo! the husbandman, awaiteth the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it, until it receive the early and the latter rain:
8 O na inyuĩ-rĩ, kirĩrĩriai na mwĩhaande wega, tondũ Mwathani arĩ hakuhĩ gũũka.
Be, ye also, patient, Stablish your hearts, because, the Presence of the Lord, hath drawn near.
9 Ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, tigagai gũtetania, nĩgeetha mũtikanatuĩrwo ciira. Mũtuanĩri ciira arũngiĩ o mũrango-inĩ!
Be not sighing, brethren, one against another, lest ye be judged, —Lo! the Judge, before the doors, is standing.
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.
An example, take ye, brethren, of distress and patience, —the prophets who have spoken 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.
Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; —Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen, —that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,
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, before all things, my brethren, do not swear, —either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your Yea be yea, and your Nay nay, —lest, under judgment, ye fall.
13 Nĩ harĩ mũndũ thĩinĩ wanyu wonete ũũru? Ũcio nĩahooe. Nĩ harĩ mũndũ ũkenete? Ũcio nĩaine nyĩmbo cia kũgooca.
In distress, is any among you? Let him pray; Cheerful, is any? Let him strike the strings;
14 Nĩ harĩ mũndũ thĩinĩ wanyu mũrũaru? Ũcio nĩete athuuri a kanitha mamũhooere na mamũhake maguta thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Mwathani.
Sick, is any among you? Let him call unto him the elders of the assembly, and let them pray for 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 exhausted one, and the Lord will raise him up, and, if he have committed, sins, it 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.
Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other’s behalf, —that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised:
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.
Elijah, was, a man, affected like us; and he earnestly prayed that there might be no moisture, and there was no moisture 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, shot up 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 one among you be led to err from the truth, and 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.
Be ye taking note—that, he that turneth back a sinner out of the error of his way—will save his soul out of death, and hide a multitude of sins.
