Jak 5
1 Koulye a, nou menm moun rich yo, se pou nou m'ap pale: Nou mèt konmanse kriye, konmanse pouse rèl pou malè ki pral tonbe sou nou yo.
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
2 Richès nou yo fin pouri. Vèmin fin manje rad nou yo.
Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.
3 Lò nou ak lajan nou yo fin wouye. Lawouj la pral kanpe pou kondannen nou, li va devore vyann nou tankou dife. Nou te ranmase kont lajan nou nan dènye tan sa a.
Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.
4 Gade! Nou pa t' peye lajan nou te dwe peye travayè yo ki t'ap travay pou nou nan jaden. Tande jan y'ap rele! Travayè ki te ranmase rekòt pou nou yo ap plede rele! Rèl yo rive jouk nan zòrèy Bondye, Mèt ki gen tout pouvwa a.
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
5 Nou viv sou latè nan plezi ak nan jwisans. Nou manje jouk nou gra tankou bèt ki pare pou labatwa.
You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.
6 Nou kondannen moun ki inonsan, nou fè touye yo. Yo menm, yo pa fè fòs ak nou.
You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.
7 Se poutèt sa, frè m' yo, annou pran pasyans jouk jou Seyè a va vini. Gade jan kiltivatè a gen pasyans. Li gen pou l' rete tann anvan pou tè a ba li yon bèl rekòt. Li pran pasyans, li rete tann lapli premye sezon an jouk lapli dènye sezon an.
Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.
8 Nou menm tou, pran pasyans. Bay kè nou kouraj, paske Mèt la pa lontan vini.
Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.
9 Frè m' yo, pa plenyen yonn sou do lòt pou nou pa tonbe anba jijman Bondye. Men jij la la nan papòt la.
Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
10 Frè m' yo, chonje pwofèt yo ki te pale nan non Mèt la. Pran egzanp sou yo, pou jan yo te gen pasyans lè yo t'ap soufri.
Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.
11 Paske yo te soufri ak pasyans, nou di yo se moun Bondye beni. Nou tande ki jan Jòb te gen pasyans, nou wè bout pou bout sa Bondye te fè pou li, paske Bondye gen bon kè, li gen kè sansib.
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
12 Anvan tout lòt bagay, frè m' yo, men sa ki pi enpòtan: piga nou fè sèman sou syèl la, ni sou latè a, ni sou ankenn lòt bagay. Lè nou di wi, se wi, non, se non. Konsa, nou p'ap tonbe anba jijman Bondye.
But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
13 Si yon moun nan nou ap soufri, se pou li lapriyè. Si yon moun nan nou gen kè kontan, se pou l' chante kantik.
Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.
14 Si yon moun nan nou malad, se pou l' rele chèf reskonsab yo nan legliz la. Y'a lapriyè pou li, y'a pase lwil sou li nan non Seyè a.
Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.
15 Lè lapriyè a fèt ak konfyans, li va delivre malad la. Seyè a va fè l' leve gaya. Si li te fè kèk peche, Bondye va padonnen li.
And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.
16 Se pou nou konfese peche nou yo yonn bay lòt. Se pou yonn lapriyè pou lòt, pou nou kapab geri. Lè yon moun ap viv dwat devan Bondye, lapriyè moun sa a gen anpil pouvwa.
So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.
17 Pwofèt Eli te yon moun menm jan ak nou. Li te lapriyè rèd pou lapli pa t' tonbe. Konsa vre, lapli pa tonbe pandan twazan sis mwa.
Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.
18 Apre sa, li lapriyè ankò. Lè sa a, syèl la louvri, lapli tonbe, latè bay bèl rekòt.
And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.
19 Frè m' yo, si yonn nan nou pèdi chemen laverite a, epi yon lòt frè mennen l' tounen ankò,
My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,
20 konnen sa byen: lè yon moun pèdi chemen l' poutèt peche li yo, si yon lòt mennen l' tounen, se yon nanm li rache anba lanmò. Anmenmtan, li jwenn padon pou anpil peche.
Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.
