Jakobe 5
1 Bonang, lona bahumi, jaanong ke nako ya go lela le go bokolela ka bohutsana jo bogolo ka ntlha ya go bona matshwenyego otlhe a a boitshegang a a kwa pele ga lona.
Come now, you rich, weep and cry aloud for your miseries that are coming on you.
2 Gonne khumo ya lona e setse jaanong e bola, le diaparo tsa lona tse dintle di fetoga makgasa a a jelweng ke motoutwane.
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 Tlhwatlhwa ya gouta le selefera ya lona e wela kwa tlase ka bofefo, go ntse jalo e tlaa nna e le bosupi jo bo lo tlhabantshang, e bo e e ja nama ya lona jaaka molelo. Ke sone se lo se ipeetseng go se amogela mo letsatsing leo la tshekiso.
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 Mme reetsang! Reetsang selelo sa badiri ba ba dirang mo masimong a lona ba lo ba tsieditseng ka tuelo ya bone. Selelo sa bone se tsenye mo ditsebeng tsa Morena wa Masomosomo.
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 Lo dirisitse dingwaga tsa lona mo lefatsheng lo le mo letlepung, lo itumedisa dikeletso tsotlhe tsa dipelo tsa lona, mme jaanong dipelo tsa lona tse di nonneng di siametse polao.
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
6 Lo atlhotshe ebile lo bolaile batho ba ba molemo ba ba neng ba sena nonofo go itshireletsa mo go lona.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.
7 Ke lona bagaetsho, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ba lo letetseng go bowa ga Morena, nnang pelotelele, jaaka molemi yo o letelang go fitlhelela letlhabula fa thobo ya gagwe ya botlhokwa e butswa.
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 Ee nnang, pelotelele. Lo bo lo kgothale, gonne go tla ga Morena go gaufi.
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
9 Lo se ka lwa ngongoregela bakaulengwe. A lona ka bolona lo setse lo fetile go nyadiwa? Gonne bonang! Moatlhodi yo mogolo o e tla. O setse a le gaufi mo leseng e nne ene yo o tshwayang diphoso tsotlhe tse di tshwanetseng go supiwa.
Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door.
10 Mo dikaing tsa bopelotelele mo dipogisegong, tsayang malebela mo baporofiting ba Morena.
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Re itse ka fa ba itumelang ka teng jaanong gonne ba ne ba le boammaruri mo go ene ka nako eo, le fa ba ne ba go bogela thata. Jobe ke sesupo sa motho yo o neng a tsweletse a ikanya Morena mo matshwenyegong; mo maitemogelong a gagwe re bona ka fa leano la Modimo le neng la felela ka bomolemo ka teng, gonne Morena o tletse bopelotlhomogi le kutlwelo-botlhoko.
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 Mme mo godimo ga dilo tsotlhe, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, se ikaneng ka legodimo kgotsa ka lefatshe kgotsa le fa e le ka eng; lo re “ee” kgotsa “nnyaa” fela, gore lo seka lwa leofa lwa tloga lwa welwa ke phutso ya Modimo.
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 A mongwe mo go lona o tlhokofetse? A a nne a tswelele a rapele ka gone. Mme ba ba nang le lobaka lwa go leboga ba tshwanetse go tswelela ba opelela Morena dipako.
Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
14 A mongwe o a lwala? O tshwanetse go bitsa bagolwane ba phuthego mme ba mo rapelele ba bo ba mo tshele lookwane ba kope Morena go mo fodisa.
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 Mme thapelo ya bone, fa e dirwa ka tumelo, e tlaa mo fodisa, gonne o tlaa mo kakatlolola mme fa e le gore bolwetse jwa gagwe bo ne bo dirwa ke sebe sengwe, Morena o tlaa mo itshwarela.
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 Ipolelaneng ditlolo mme lo rapelelane gore lo tle lo fodisiwe. Thapelo ya mosiami e e tlhomameng e na le nonofo e kgolo le maungo a mantle.
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 Elija e ne e le motho fela jaaka rona, mme le fa go ntse jalo e ne ya re a rapela ka tlhoafalo gore pula e seka ya na ya se ka ya na mo dingwageng tse tharo le dikgwedi tse thataro tse di latelang!
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 Mme a rapela gape, gore jaanong e ne, mme ya simolola go na mme bojang jwa nna botala le masingwana a simolola go ungwa gape.
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
19 Bagaetsho, ha mongwe mo go lona a timeletswe ke boammaruri, mme mongwe a mo sokolola;
My brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
20 a a itse ha yo o sokololang moleofi mo timelong ya tsela ya gagwe, a tlaa golola mowa mo losong, mme a ba a bipa bontsi jwa dibe.
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.
