Iacobi 5
1 Agite nunc divites, plorate ululantes in miseriis vestris, quæ advenient vobis.
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
2 Divitiæ vestræ putrefactæ sunt: et vestimenta vestra a tineis comesta sunt.
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 Aurum, et argentum vestrum æruginavit: et ærugo eorum in testimonium vobis erit, et manducabit carnes vestras sicut ignis. Thesaurizastis vobis iram in novissimis diebus.
Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
4 Ecce merces operariorum, qui messuerunt regiones vestras, quæ fraudata est a vobis, clamat: et clamor eorum in aures Domini sabbaoth introivit.
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
5 Epulati estis super terram, et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis.
You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Addixistis, et occidistis Iustum, et non resistit vobis.
You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
7 Patientes igitur estote fratres usque ad adventum Domini. Ecce agricola expectat pretiosum fructum terræ, patienter ferens donec accipiat temporaneum, et serotinum.
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
8 Patientes igitur estote et vos, et confirmate corda vestra: quoniam adventus Domini appropinquavit.
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
9 Nolite ingemiscere fratres in alterutrum, ut non iudicemini. Ecce iudex ante ianuam assistit.
Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
10 Exemplum accipite, fratres, exitus mali, laboris, et patientiæ, Prophetas: qui locuti sunt in nomine Domini.
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Ecce beatificamus eos, qui sustinuerunt. Sufferentiam Iob audistis. Et finem Domini vidistis, quoniam misericors Dominus est, et miserator.
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
12 Ante omnia autem fratres mei nolite iurare, neque per cælum, neque per terram, neque aliud quodcumque iuramentum. Sit autem sermo vester: Est, est: Non, non: ut non sub iudicio decidatis.
But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.
13 Tristatur aliquis vestrum? Oret. Æquo animo est? Psallat.
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
14 Infirmatur quis in vobis? Inducat presbyteros Ecclesiæ, et orent super eum, ungentes eum oleo in nomine Domini:
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
15 et oratio fidei salvabit infirmum, et alleviabit eum Dominus: et si in peccatis sit, remittentur ei.
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Confitemini ergo alterutrum peccata vestra, et orate pro invicem ut salvemini: multum enim valet deprecatio iusti assidua.
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
17 Elias homo erat similis nobis passibilis: et oratione oravit ut non pluret super terram, et non pluit annos tres, et menses sex.
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.
18 Et rursum oravit: et cælum dedit pluviam, et terra dedit fructum suum.
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
19 Fratres mei, si quis ex vobis erraverit a veritate, et converterit quis eum:
Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
20 scire debet quoniam qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore viæ suæ, salvabit animam eius a morte, et operiet multitudinem peccatorum.
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
