Jakoba 5
1 Hete! ry mpañalealeo, miroveta naho mitoreòva amo hasotriañe hivotrak’ ama’ areoo.
Listen to me, you rich men, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming upon you!
2 Fa momoke ty vara’ areo, nihanem-bararaoke o saro’ areoo.
Your riches have wasted away, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
3 Herefeñe ty volamena naho ty volafoti’ areo, toe ho sesehe’ ty harefesa’e, hampibotseke ty nofo’ areo hoe afo, ie nahaja’ areo ho amo andro honka’eo o vara’ areoo.
Your gold and silver are rusted; and the rust on them shall be evidence against you, and shall eat into your very flesh. It was fire, so to speak, that you stored up for yourselves in these last days.
4 Inao! Mitoreo ty rima’e o mpièke nanatake o tete’ areoo, ie nahaja’ areo avao. Fa nitakats’ an-dravembia’ i Talè’ i màroy ty fitoreova’ o mpanatakeo.
I tell you, the wages of the labourers who mowed your fields, which you have been fraudulently keeping back, are crying out against you, and the outcries of your reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts!
5 Ie toe niagaregañe an-tane atoy naho niaiñañoleñañe, nañavondra-troke ho amy andro fandentàñey,
You have lived on earth a life of extravagance and luxury; you have indulged your fancies in a time of bloodshed.
6 Mamàtse naho mañoho-doza amy vañoñey, ie tsy nanohetse.
You have condemned, you have murdered, the Righteous One! Must not God be opposed to you?
7 Mahaliñisa arè ry longo, ampara’ ty fitotsaha’ i Talè. Oniño ty fahaliñisa’ i mpiavay ty voka-tsoa’ i taney, ie liñisa’e ampara’ te avy i loha-orañey naho i oran-jobay.
Be patient, then, Brothers, till the Coming of the Lord. Even the farmer has to wait for the precious fruit of the earth, watching over it patiently, till it has had the spring and summer rains.
8 Mahaliñisa, mihaozara troke, fa an-titotse ty fitotsaha’ i Talè.
And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord’s Coming is near.
9 Ko mifamarahy ry longo, tsy mone ho zakaeñe. Hehe te mijohañe an-dalañe eo i Mpizakay.
Do not make complaints against one another, Brothers, or judgment will be passed upon you. The Judge is already standing at the door!
10 O koahe, rendreho o mpitoky nisaontsy amy tahina’ i Talèio ho fandrazañañe ty fahaliñisañe naho hasotriañe.
Brothers, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the Prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Ataon-tika haha ty mahafifeake. Toe jinanji’ areo ty fahaliñisa’ i Joba naho niisa’ areo ty nanoe’ i Talè, fa lifon-kalèn’ arofo naho fiferenaiñañe t’i Talè.
We count those who displayed such endurance blessed! You have heard, too, of Job’s endurance, and have seen what the Lord’s purpose was, for ‘the Lord is full of pity and compassion.’
12 Mandikoatse ie iabiy, ry longo, ko mifanta—he amy likerañey, ke ami’ty tane toy, hera am-panta ila’e, fe anò eka ty eka’ areo, naho Aiy! ty tsie’ areo, tsy mone hampihotrahan-jaka.
Above all things, my Brothers, never take an oath, either by heaven, or by earth, or by anything else. With you let ‘Yes’ suffice for yes, and ‘No’ for no, so that you may escape condemnation.
13 Ia ama’ areo ro misotry? Soa re te hihalaly. Ia ty ehake? Ehe t’ie hisabo.
If any of you is in trouble, let him pray; if any one is happy, let him sing hymns.
14 Ama’areo ao hao ty siloke? Soa re te hikanjy o bei’ i Fivoriio hihalaly ho aze, hañosoran-tavoñe amy tahina’ i Talèy,
If any one of you is ill, let him send for the Officers of the Church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 Ie mihalaly am-patokisañe ro mahajangañe i natindriy vaho hatroa’ i Talè. Ie nandilatse, le hafahañe.
The prayer offered in faith will save the man who is sick, and the Lord will raise him from his bed; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Aa le mifampiantofa tahiñe vaho mifampihalalia le ho jangañe. Mahatafetetse raha maro ty halaly toloñe’ ty vantañe.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be cured. Great is the power of a good man’s fervent prayer.
17 Ondaty nira-vintañe amantika t’i Elia, ie nihalaly ty tsy hahavian’ orañe, le tsy niavy an-tane atoy naho tsy niritse hey ty taoñe telo-tsi-enem-bolañe.
Elijah was only a man like ourselves, but, when he prayed fervently that it might not rain, no rain fell upon the land for three years and a half.
18 Ie nihalaly indraike, le nampikojojoahe’ i likerañey i orañey vaho nahatoly sabo ty tane.
And, when he prayed again, the clouds brought rain, and the land bore crops.
19 Ory longo, naho ama’ areo ty mandifik’ ami’ty hatò, vaho eo ty mampoly aze,
My Brothers, should one of you be led astray from the Truth, and someone bring him back again,
20 Le maharendreha te ze mampitolike ty mpanan-kakeo amy fandilara’e i lalañey ro handromba-piaiñe tsy hihomake vaho handembeke tahiñe maro.
be sure that he who brings a sinner back from his mistaken ways will save that man’s soul from Death, and throw a veil over countless sins.
