Jake 5
1 Boyoka sik’oyo, bino bazwi: Boyoka mawa mpe bolela mpo na pasi oyo ekokweyela bino.
Come now, you rich, weep and cry aloud for your miseries that are coming on you.
2 Bomengo na bino esili kopola, mpe mpese esili kolia bilamba na bino;
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 wolo mpe palata na bino esili kobeba; mpe libebi na yango ekotatola mabe na bino mpe ekolia banzoto na bino lokola moto. Bozali kobakisa se kobakisa bomengo! Boyebi te ete tokomi na mikolo ya suka?
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 Bozali ata koboya kofuta basali bilanga na bino. Yoka ndenge bazali kolela! Mpe kolela na bango ekomi kino na matoyi ya Nkolo, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
Look, 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 hosts.
5 Awa na mokili, bozali kobika bomoi ya bisengo mpe ya bofuluki, bozali komikomisa nzoto mafuta lokola banyama oyo babongisi mpo na koboma.
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
6 Bozali kokatela bato ya sembo etumbu mpe koboma bango, nzokande batelemeli bino te.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.
7 Bandeko, boyika mpiko kino na mokolo oyo Nkolo akoya. Botala ndenge mosali bilanga azelaka bambuma kitoko ya mabele: akangaka motema wuta tango oyo aloni elanga na ye kino na eleko ya kobuka bambuma.
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Look, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
8 Bino mpe, bokangaka mitema mpe boyikaka mpiko, pamba te koya ya Nkolo ekomi pene.
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
9 Bandeko na ngai, botika kofundana bino na bino, noki te Nzambe akosambisa bino. Botala, Mosambisi azali ya kotelema liboso ya ekuke.
Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door.
10 Bandeko, mpo na oyo etali kokanga motema kati na pasi, bozwa ndakisa ya basakoli oyo basakolaki na Kombo ya Nkolo.
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Ndenge boyebi, tobengaka bato oyo bayikaka mpiko bato ya esengo. Boyokaki sango ya lolenge oyo Yobo akangaki motema kati na pasi, mpe boyebi malamu makambo oyo Nkolo asalaki, na suka, mpo na bolamu na ye; pamba te Nkolo atonda na boboto mpe na mawa.
Look, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
12 Liboso na nyonso, bandeko na ngai, bolapaka ndayi te, ezala na kombo ya Likolo, ya mokili to mpe ya eloko nini. Tika ete « iyo » na bino etikala « iyo, » mpe « te » na bino etikala « te, » mpo ete bakatela bino etumbu te.
But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you do not fall under judgment.
13 Soki moko kati na bino azali na pasi, tika ete abondela; soki moko azali na esengo, tika ete ayemba banzembo mpo na kokumisa Nzambe;
Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
14 soki mpe mosusu kati na bino azali kobela, tika ete abenga bakambi ya Lingomba mpo ete babondela mpo na ye mpe bapakola ye mafuta na Kombo ya Nkolo,
Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 pamba te libondeli oyo esalemi na kondima ekobikisa mobeli, mpe Nkolo akotelemisa ye. Soki asalaki masumu, Nzambe akolimbisa ye.
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Yango wana, tika ete moko na moko ayambola masumu na ye epai ya moninga na ye, mpe tika ete moko na moko abondela mpo na moninga na ye, mpo ete bobikisama na bokono. Libondeli ya moto ya sembo ezali na nguya makasi mpe esalaka makambo ya kokamwa.
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
17 Eliya azalaki moto lokola biso, abondelaki na molende nyonso mpo ete mvula enoka te, mpe mvula enokaki te na mabele mibu misato na basanza motoba;
Elijah was a human being with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
18 abondelaki lisusu, mpe Likolo epesaki lisusu mvula, mpe mabele ebotaki bambuma.
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
19 Bandeko na ngai, soki moko kati na bino apengwi mosika ya bosolo mpe moto mosusu azongisi ye kati na yango,
My brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
20 boyeba ete moto oyo azongisi mopengwi longwa na libunga abikisi ye na kufa mpe asali ete masumu ebele elimbisama.
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
