Yakobho 5
1 Bhai, nnaino mmanganyanji matajili nngutanje shililo kwa ligongo lya shilaje sha ogoya shipinga kunnjiilanga.
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.
2 Utajili gwenunji ubholile na nngubho yenunji iligwilwe na mang'ong'ota.
Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.
3 Shaabhu na ela yenunji ibhishile nkubha, na gwene nkubhago, shigunkong'ondelanje na shiguntaunanje iilu yenunji mbuti moto. Agano mobha ga kumpelo na mmanganyanji launo nnapunjilangape indu.
Your gold and silver is cankered: and the rust of them shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up to yourselves wrath against the last days.
4 Nnolanje bhandunji bhakamulangaga maengo mmigunda jenunji bhunkanakwaalipanga, ililo ya bhaunanga inapilikanika, numbe yaishile Bhakulungwa a Nnungu.
Behold the hire of the labourers, who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
5 Mobha gowe nshitamangana pa shilambolyo nkupoka na indu ya nong'a, nikwiijimbaya kwiibhika ukoto kwa lyubha lya ingwa.
You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter.
6 Nshikwaukumulanga na kwaabhulaganga bhandunji bhangali ilebho, na wala bhakakombolanga kupwata na mmanganyanji.
You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not.
7 Kwa nneyo bhaakulupalila ajangunji, mwiikakatimilanje mpaka pushibhaishe Bhakulungwa. Nnolanje mundu nkulima pa lindilila yalimile itendeshe, anakwikakatimila mpaka pushijiishe ula ja nduluko na janula.
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Nneyo peyo na nkali mmanganyanji nnapinjikwanga kutama nnikwiikakatimilanga na nnikwiishimilikanga na kwiiluma mitima jenunji, pabha Bhakulungwa bhabhandishile kuika.
Be you therefore also patient, and strengthen your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
9 Bhaakulupalila ajangunji nnainginishilane, nnaukumulwanga na a Nnungu. Nnolanje bhaukumula bhali tome na ika.
Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.
10 Bhaakulupalila ajangunji, mpingangaga kumumanya namna ja kwiipililila na mboteko, nkumbushilanje shibhaashite tendanga ashinkulondola bha a Nnungu bhalunguyenje kwa lina lya Bhakulungwa.
Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Tunabheleketa kuti, mbaya bhene bhaipilililenje bhala pabha bhapatilenje mboka. Mpilikenenje ga kwiipililila kwa a Ayubhu, na nshimanyinji shibhatendelwe na Bhakulungwa a Nnungu kumpelo, pabha bhashikola shiya sha kaje na uguja.
Behold, we account them blessed who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.
12 Kupunda gowego, bhaakulupalila ajangunji nnalumbilanje kwa a Nnungu eu kwa litaka, wala kwa shindu shina shoshowe. Ikabheje nnjangulanje, “Elo” monaga shindusho sha jangula elo, na “Nng'oope” monaga shindusho sha jangula ng'oope. Penepo nkaukumulwanga na a Nnungu.
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be, yea, yea: no, no: that you fall not under judgment.
13 Bhuli, mundu njenunji mwali nshilaje? Bhai ajuje Nnungu. Bhuli, anaangalala? Bhai ajimbe nyimbo ya lumbilila.
Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing.
14 Bhuli, mundu munkumbi gwenunji nnwele? Bhai penepo mwaashemanje bhanangulungwa bha likanisha, bhannjujilanje na kumpaka mauta kwa lina lya Bhakulungwa.
Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 Kwa nneyo ibhaga kujuga kwabhonji kwa a Nnungu ni kwa ngulupai shikunnamiye nnwele jula, numbe Bhakulungwa shibhannjinule, na monaga akwete ilebho, shibhanneshelele.
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Bhai nkolangaga ilebho nng'ungamilenanje mwashayenenji na nnjujilananje nkupinga nnamiywanje. Malomboshelo gaka mundu akwete aki gashikola mashili ga kaje numbe ganapwaa kwa kaje.
Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.
17 A Eliya pubhaaliji bhandu malinga uwe, gubhaajujile a Nnungu kwa tumbila kuti ula jinanye, gujileshile kunya kwa yaka itatu na miei shita.
Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months.
18 Gubhaajujile a Nnungu kabhili, ula gujinyele kukoposhela kunnungu, litaka gulimeshiye mitipo jakwe.
And he prayed again: and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Bhaakulupalila ajangunji, monaga mundu munkumbi gwenunji aobhiywaga na itendi yangali ya mmbone, na juna annjendelaga nikuntendebhushiya kuitendi ya mmbone kabhili,
My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert him:
20 mmumanyanje kuti jwene anshoshiye njakwe kumpanda gwa obha, shantapule nshiwo jwene mundu aobhile, na yambi yaigwinji shiileshelelwe.
He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
