Jemis 5
1 Ugbu a geenụ ntị unu ndị ọgaranya, oge eruola mgbe unu kwesiri ịkwa akwa na ịsụ ude nʼihi nsogbu na-akwado ịbịakwasị unu.
Weep now, ye rich men, and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
2 Akụnụba unu ebidola ịta nchara, mkpu eripịakwala uwe unu.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten:
3 Ọlaọcha na ọlaedo unu agbaala nchara. Nchara a ga-abụkwa ama megide unu, ọ ga-erepịa anụ ahụ unu dịka ọkụ. Unu akpakọtala akụ nʼụbọchị ikpeazụ ndị 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 Geenụ ntị! Ụzụ akwa ndị ọrụ unu, ndị unu jụrụ ịkwụ ụgwọ ọrụ ha dị ka o kwesiri na-agbago imegide unu. Ụzụ akwa ndị ọrụ unu, ndị unu ghọgburu, eruola ntị Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
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 Unu ebiela ndụ nke oke oriri na oke ọṅụṅụ nʼelu ụwa, na ndụ inye anụ ahụ unu ihe ọbụla na-akpa ya mkpa. Ma ugbu a, anụ ahụ unu ahụ gbara abụba ejikerela na-eche ụbọchị mgburi ya.
Ye have lived upon earth delicately and luxuriously; ye fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Unu amala ndị aka ha dị ọcha ikpe, gbukwaa ha, ọ bụladị mgbe ha na-egbochighị unu.
Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the just one, who resisted you not.
7 Nweenụ ntachiobi, ụmụnna m, cherenụ ọbịbịa Onyenwe anyị. Lee otu onye ọrụ ubi si eji ndidi na-eche mkpụrụ ọ kụrụ nʼala ubi ka ọ mịa. O ji ndidi na-eche ka mmiri ozuzo nke mbụ na nke ikpeazụ zokwasị ubi ya.
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 Unu onwe unu kwesikwara inwe ndidi guzosiekwa ike nʼihi na ọbịbịa Onyenwe anyị dị nso.
Be ye also patient, establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is near.
9 Ụmụnna m, unu atamula ntamu megide ibe unu, ka a hapụ ikpe unu ikpe! Lee, onye ikpe ahụ guzo nʼọnụ ụzọ.
Repine not, my brethren, against each other, that ye be not condemned: behold, the judge is at the door.
10 Ụmụnna m, dị ka ihe ilere anya banyere inwe ndidi na ahụhụ, mụtanụ ihe site nʼaka ndị amụma bụ ndị kwuru okwu nʼaha Onyenwe anyị.
Take for an example of enduring evil and of long-suffering the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
11 Anyị na-agụ ha ugbu a dịka ndị a gọziri agọzi nʼihi iguzosike ha. Unu anụla maka ogologo ntachiobi nke Job nwere, unu ahụkwala nzube Onyenwe anyị nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị jupụtara nʼebere na ọmịiko.
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 Karịsịa ụmụnna m, unu aṅụla iyi. Unu aṅụkwala iyi mgbe ọbụla, ọ bụladị iji eluigwe maọbụ ụwa, maọbụ ihe ọbụla ọzọ ṅụọ iyi. Kama ka “E” unu bụrụ “E.” Ka “E e,” unu bụrụkwa “E e.” Ka unu hapụ isite nʼụzọ dị otu a mehie ma wetakwara onwe unu ikpe ọmụma.
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 Ọ dị onye ọbụla nʼetiti unu nọ na nsogbu? Ka onye dị otu ahụ kpee ekpere. Ọ dị onye na-aṅụrị ọṅụ? Ya bụọ abụ otuto.
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray: is any chearful? let him sing psalms.
14 Ọ dị onye nọ nʼetiti unu ahụ na-esighị ike? Ya kpọọ ndị okenye chọọchị ka ha kpeere ya ekpere, ka ha wụkwasịkwa ya mmanụ otite nʼisi kpọkuokwa aha Onyenwe anyị.
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 Ekpere nke okwukwe ga-azọpụta onye ọrịa ahụ. Onyenwe anyị ga-ekulite ya, ọ bụrụkwa na o mehiere, a ga-agbaghara ya.
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 Ya mere kwupụtaranụ ibe unu mmehie unu. Kpeekwaranụ ibe unu ekpere ka e nwe ike gwọọ unu. Ekpere onye ezi omume dị ike dịkwa ire.
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 Ịlaịja bụ mmadụ dị ka anyị, ma o kpere ekpere rịọ ka mmiri hapụ izo, mmiri ezokwaghị nʼala ahụ ruo afọ atọ na ọnwa isii.
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 Emesịa, o kpekwara ekpere ọzọ, eluigwe nyere mmiri ozuzo, meekwa ka ala pupụta ihe oriri.
and he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth put forth its fruit.
19 Ụmụnna m, ọ bụrụ na onye ọbụla nʼetiti unu esite nʼeziokwu ahụ jehie, ma otu onye nʼime unu akpọghachi ya azụ,
Brethren, if any among you be seduced from the truth, and one convert him;
20 chetanụ nke a na onye ọbụla kpọghachitere onye mmehie azụ site na njehie ya, ga-azọpụta ha nʼaka ọnwụ ma kpuchiekwa ọtụtụ mmehie.
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.
