Jakovo 5
1 Mwize inwe mu fumite, mulile, mubokolole cha kunyanda kwenu ku kezite.
Come, you rich men, weep aloud and howl for your sorrows which will soon be upon you.
2 Chifumu chenu chi bolete, ni zizabalo zenu zi lilwe mafele.
Your treasures have rotted, and your piles of clothing are moth-eaten;
3 Igauda yenu ni silivera yenu zina mafume, mafume azo kaabe bupaki bumi sumina indaba. Imi kazi mane inyama zenu ubu mulilo. Mukunganye chifumu mu mazuba a mamanimani.
your gold and your silver have become covered with rust, and the rust on them will give evidence against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded up wealth in these last days.
4 Mubone, intuwelo za ba tendi be mitendo yaku ku sinza mu mawa enu balila kakuti muba ba lili mali abo, mi chililo cha ba sinzi chiba ka siki mu matwi a Simwine wa bantu bonse.
I tell you that the pay of the labourers who have gathered in your crops--pay which you are keeping back--is calling out against you; and the outcries of those who have been your reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of the armies of Heaven.
5 Mubahali hansi cha kulikola zi nunite. Muba nunisi inkulo zenu che zuba lya kwihaya.
Here on earth you have lived self-indulgent and profligate lives. You have stupefied yourselves with gross feeding; but a day of slaughter has come.
6 Muba nyazi nikwi haya muntu yo lukite, mi kana aba kani.
You have condemned--you have murdered-- the righteous man: he offers no resistance.
7 Mulindize, bakwangu, hesi Simwine hete neze, mubone mulimi ha lindila lukau lu zwa mwibu. Ulikoza kulindila, kuti a tambule invula ye ntanzi ni ya mamanimani.
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the Coming of the Lord. Notice how eagerly a farmer waits for a valuable crop! He is patient over it till it has received the early and the later rain.
8 Mi mulikoze mwi nkulo zenu, kakuti kwiza kwa Simwine chi kwina hafwihi.
So you also must be patient: keeping up your courage; for the Coming of the Lord is now close at hand.
9 Kanji mubileli, bakwangu chaku bona bamwi mulandu, mubone, inkatulo izimene ha mulyango.
Do not cry out in condemnation of one another, brethren, lest you come under judgement. I tell you that the Judge is standing at the door.
10 Muhinde mutala, bakwangu, kuzwa ku manyando aba Profita baba likozi baba wambi mwi izina lya Simwine,
In illustration, brethren, of persecution patiently endured take the Prophets who have spoken as messengers from the Lord.
11 mubone, tuba wambila kuti bena imbuyoti baba woli ku likoza. Muba zuwi kaza Jobo zakusa benga kwakwe, mi muba boni mamanimani akwe, mi mwizi ibaka lya Simwine, kakuti wizwile chisemo nense.
Remember that we call those blessed who endured what they did. You have also heard of Job's patient endurance, and have seen the issue of the Lord's dealings with him--how full of tenderness and pity the Lord is.
12 Muzintu zonse, bakwetu, kanji mukonki che wulu ni ku konka che nkanda kamba ka mukonkelo, uhi no uhi, mukuti muleke chimu “suna” cibe chimu “suni”, chimu “sasuni” cibe cimu “sasuni,” kuti kanji mu wili munkatulo.
But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, either by Heaven or by the earth, or with any other oath. Let your 'yes' be simply 'yes,' and your 'no' be simply 'no;' that you may not come under condemnation.
13 Kana kwenu kwina yo nyandite? Mumusiye a lapele. Kana kwina yo tabite? Mumu leke a zimbe inzimbo.
Is one of you suffering? Let him pray. Is any one in good spirits? Let him sing a psalm.
14 Heba kwenu kwina yo lwala? Mumu leke a sumpe bakulwana be nkeleke, zebamu lapelele niku musinga oili mwi zina lya Simwine.
Is any one ill? Let him send for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 Intapelo ye ntumelo ihoza muntu yo lwala. Heba aba tendete chibi, Ireeza kamu swalele.
And the prayer of faith will restore the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up to health; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven.
16 Muliwambe zibi zenu kuzumwi ni zumwi, mimu lilapelele kuti muhole. Intapelo za muntu yo lukite zina ziho mu misebezi.
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. The heartfelt supplication of a righteous man exerts a mighty influence.
17 Elija abali mukwame sina njeswe. Aba lapeli kuti invula kanji isoki, imi kana iba soki mwi nkanda cha zilimo zo tatwe, ne myezi ina iyanza ni wonke.
Elijah was a man with a nature similar to ours, and he earnestly prayed that there might be no rain: and no rain fell on the land for three years and six months.
18 Mi Elija aba lapeli hape. Iwulu cilya leta invula, mi inkanda chiya leta zichelo.
Again he prayed, and the sky gave rain and the land yielded its crops.
19 Ba kwangu, heba zumwi kwenu kezi buniti, imi zumwi umu boza,
My brethren, if one of you strays from the truth and some one brings him back,
20 heba kuti muntu u ku sanduka mueza libi mwi nzila yakwe ifosahele, uhaza buhalo bwakwe kwifu, no ku fupika zibi cha bungi.
let him know that he who brings a sinner back from his evil ways will save the man's soul from death and throw a veil over a multitude of sins.
