Yakobu 5
1 Su vinu mpikaniri mwenga walunda! Mulili na kudaya toziya ya ntabiku yayifira kuwapata.
Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon [you];
2 Lunda zyenu ziwola, na nguwu zya zyenu waziliya wameyi.
your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
3 Zahabu zyenu na mpiya ziwera kutu, na kutu ayi hayiwapitauliri, na yeni hayilii nshimba zyenu gambira motu. Mwenga mlimatira lunda mumashaka aga ga upeleru!
your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!
4 Msinda kuwalipa shibena mgongu yawatenda mahengu mumalambu genu. Mpikaniri malalamiku gawu! Kulila kwa awa yawabena malambu kusoka mumakutu ga Mtuwa yakawera na uwezu.
lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you — doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;
5 Mulikala pasipanu mumakaliru ga kulinemeliziya na ga anasa. Mulinenepeziya kala maweni kwa lishaka lya kulikitulwa.
ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
6 Muwatoziti wantu yawamfiriziya Mlungu na kuwalaga, womberi wawabeleriti ndiri mwenga!
ye did condemn — ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.
7 Su walongu wangu, muhepeleri mpaka Mtuwa pakiza. Muloli yakalima ntambu yakahepelera kwa kuhepera vimeru vyakuwi vilaviyi mabenu gagafiruwa nentu. Yomberi kahepelera kwa kuhepera kwanjira vula zya kuyalira mpaka vula zya upeleru.
Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain — early and latter;
8 Namwenga vulaa mfiruwa kuhepelera, mgoloki weri munjimiru yenu toziya lishaka lya kusoka kwakuwi Mtuwa lyapakwegera.
be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
9 Walongu wangu, namuhinginika maweni gweka namwiza kutozwa na Mlungu. Yomberi ndo mtoza yakapakwegera, kapamlayangu.
murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
10 Walongu wangu, pamufira kuwona uhepelera ntambu yawuwera muntabika, muliholi wambuyi wa Mlungu, watakuliti kwa uwezu wa Mtuwa.
An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;
11 Tuwashema womberi mbaka toziya wahepeleriti. Mpikaniriti visoweru vya uhepelera wa Ayubu, na muvimana ntambu Mtuwa yakamtenderiti muupeleru. Toziya Mtuwa kamema lusungu na manemu.
lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.
12 Walongu wangu, pa goseri aga namulirapa kumpindi ama kwa pasipanu ama kwa shintu shimonga shoseri. Mlongi “Yina” pamfira kulonga yina na “Ndala” pamfira kulonga ndala, su hapeni mtozwi na Mlungu.
And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
13 Hashi, kwana muntu yoseri pakati penu yakawera na ntabiku? Kafiruwa kamluwi Mlungu. Ama kwana muntu yakawera na nemeleru? Kimbi lwimbu lwa uzyumi.
Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;
14 Hashi, kwana mlweri pakati pamwenga? Kafiruwa kawashemi wazewi wa shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu, nawomberi hawamluwiri kwa Mlungu na kumswaga lipaki kwa litawu lya Mtuwa.
is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,
15 Nawomberi pawaluwa kwa njimiru, mlweri ulii hakaponi, toziya Mtuwa hakamuwuziliri ukomu wakuwi. Na handa kaweriti katenditi vidoda vyoseri vilii, hakalekiziwi.
and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.
16 Su muligambiri kuleka vidoda vyamtenditi maweni gweka na muliluwili kwa Mlungu maweni gweka su mpati kuponiziwa. Maluwa ga muntu muheri, gawera na makakala ga kutenda mavuwa.
Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;
17 Eliya kaweriti muntu gambira twenga. Yomberi kaluwiti kwa kugangamala vula nayitowa, na vula itowiti ndiri paisi kwa shipindi sha vinja vitatu na nusu.
Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray — not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months;
18 Shakapanu kaluwiti kayi na mpindi itowiti vula na isi imeriziya viboga vyakuwi.
and again he did pray, and the heaven did give rain, and the land did bring forth her fruit.
19 Walongu wangu, muntu yumu penu pakagamira kutali na unakaka, na muntu gwingi pakamwuziya,
Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back,
20 muvimani kuwera ulii yakamwuziya muntu yakawera na vidoda kulawa munjira ya upotuziya, hakailopoziyi rohu ya muntu ulii kulawa mukuhowa na vidoda vivuwa havilekiziwi na Mungu.
let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
