Jak 5
1 Vini koulye a nou menm ki rich, kriye e rele fò akoz mizè k ap vini sou nou yo.
Weep now, ye rich men, and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
2 Richès nou yo gen tan pouri e rad nou yo gen tan manje pa mit.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten:
3 Lò ak lajan nou yo gen tan pran lawouj, e lawouj yo va yon temwen kont nou, e va manje chè nou tankou dife. Se pandan dènye jou yo ke nou te mete trezò nou nan depo a!
your gold and silver is cankered, and their rust shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh like fire: ye have been treasuring them up for these last days.
4 Veye salè a ouvriye ki te rekòlte chan nou yo ke nou te refize vèse bay, vin kriye kont nou; epi kri a ouvriye mwason sa yo gen tan rive nan zòrèy a Senyè Sabaot la.
Behold the hire of the laborers, that reaped your fields, of which they are defrauded by you, crieth out against you: and the complaints of the reapers are come into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5 Nou te viv nan richès sou tè a e mennen yon vi nan gran plezi. Nou te angrese kè nou nan yon jou labatwa.
Ye have lived upon earth delicately and luxuriously; ye fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Nou te kondane e mete a lanmò nonm jis la; li pa t reziste kont nou.
Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the just one, who resisted you not.
7 Konsa, frè m yo, se pou nou pasyan jiskaske Senyè a vini. Kiltivatè a ap tann pou pwodwi chè a sòti nan tè a. Li pasyan de sa, jiskaske li jwenn premye ak dènye lapli yo.
Wait patiently therefore, my brethren, till the coming of the Lord: behold the husbandman expecteth the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it, till he receive the former and the latter rain.
8 Nou menm tou, se pou nou pasyan. Ranfòse kè nou, paske vini a Senyè a touprè.
Be ye also patient, establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is near.
9 Pa plenyen, frè m yo, youn kont lòt, pou nou menm tou kapab pa vin jije. Gade Jij la kanpe jis devan pòt la.
Repine not, my brethren, against each other, that ye be not condemned: behold, the judge is at the door.
10 Frè m yo, pran pwofèt yo ki pale nan non Senyè a kòm egzanp de soufrans ak pasyans.
Take for an example of enduring evil and of long-suffering the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
11 Nou konte sa ki te andire yo kòm beni. Nou te konn tande de sa Job te andire a, e nou te wè jan sa te sòti e jan Senyè a te aji. Konsa nou konnen Senyè a plen konpasyon ak mizerikòd.
Behold, we account those happy, that are patient. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
12 Men, anplis de tout bagay, frè m yo pa sèmante ni pa syèl la, ni pa tè a, ni pa okenn lòt sèman. Men ke wi ou rete wi e non ou rete non, pou nou pa tonbe anba jijman.
But above all, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay nay; that ye may not fall under condemnation.
13 Èske gen moun pami nou k ap soufri? Fòk li priye. Èske gen moun ak kè kontan? Fòk li chante louwanj.
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray: is any chearful? let him sing psalms.
14 Èske gen moun pami nou ki malad? Alò, fòk li rele ansyen legliz yo. Kite yo priye sou li, e onksyone li ak lwil nan non Senyè a.
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 Konsa, priyè la ki ofri nan lafwa a va restore sila ki malad, e Senyè a va fè l leve. Si li te fè peche, yo va padone.
and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Konsa konfese peche nou yo a youn lòt e priye pou youn lòt, pou nou kapab geri. Lapriyè efikas a yon nonm ki jis kapab akonpli anpil bagay.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed: the fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17 Élie se te yon nonm avèk yon nati tankou pa nou an, e li te priye fò pou li pa t fè lapli, e li pa t fè lapli sou tè a pandan twazan si mwa.
Elias was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the land for three years and six months:
18 Answit, li te priye ankò, epi syèl la te vide lapli, e tè a te pwodwi fwi li.
and he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth put forth its fruit.
19 Frè m yo si yon moun pami nou vin egare e kite verite a, men yon lòt fè l retounen,
Brethren, if any among you be seduced from the truth, and one convert him;
20 fè li konnen ke sila ki detounen yon pechè soti de erè chemen li an, va sove nanm li de lanmò, e va kouvri yon gran kantite peche.
let him know that he, who turneth back a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
