Jakoba 5
1 Hete! ry mpañalealeo, miroveta naho mitoreòva amo hasotriañe hivotrak’ ama’ areoo.
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
2 Fa momoke ty vara’ areo, nihanem-bararaoke o saro’ areoo.
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are 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 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 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.
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 Hosts.
5 Ie toe niagaregañe an-tane atoy naho niaiñañoleñañe, nañavondra-troke ho amy andro fandentàñey,
You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Mamàtse naho mañoho-doza amy vañoñey, ie tsy nanohetse.
You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist 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 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 Mahaliñisa, mihaozara troke, fa an-titotse ty fitotsaha’ i Talè.
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
9 Ko mifamarahy ry longo, tsy mone ho zakaeñe. Hehe te mijohañe an-dalañe eo i Mpizakay.
Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
10 O koahe, rendreho o mpitoky nisaontsy amy tahina’ i Talèio ho fandrazañañe ty fahaliñisañe naho hasotriañe.
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, 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.
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 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.
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 Ia ama’ areo ro misotry? Soa re te hihalaly. Ia ty ehake? Ehe t’ie hisabo.
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
14 Ama’areo ao hao ty siloke? Soa re te hikanjy o bei’ i Fivoriio hihalaly ho aze, hañosoran-tavoñe amy tahina’ i Talèy,
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 Ie mihalaly am-patokisañe ro mahajangañe i natindriy vaho hatroa’ i Talè. Ie nandilatse, le hafahañe.
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 Aa le mifampiantofa tahiñe vaho mifampihalalia le ho jangañe. Mahatafetetse raha maro ty halaly toloñe’ ty vantañe.
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 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 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 Ie nihalaly indraike, le nampikojojoahe’ i likerañey i orañey vaho nahatoly sabo ty tane.
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
19 Ory longo, naho ama’ areo ty mandifik’ ami’ty hatò, vaho eo ty mampoly aze,
Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
20 Le maharendreha te ze mampitolike ty mpanan-kakeo amy fandilara’e i lalañey ro handromba-piaiñe tsy hihomake vaho handembeke tahiñe maro.
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.
