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, ye rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that are coming upon 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 become 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 silver is rusted, and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire; ye have heaped up 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.
Behold, the hire of the laborers who reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, crieth 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.
Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and have been given to pleasure; ye have pampered 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.
Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just man; he doth 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, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and is patient about it, until it hath received the early and latter rain.
8 Ee nnang, pelotelele. Lo bo lo kgothale, gonne go tla ga Morena go gaufi.
Be ye also patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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.
Murmur not against each other, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the Judge standeth before the door.
10 Mo dikaing tsa bopelotelele mo dipogisegong, tsayang malebela mo baporofiting ba Morena.
Take, brethren, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, for an example of affliction, and of patience.
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.
Behold, we count those happy who have endured. Ye have heard of the patience of Job; behold also the end of the Lord, that he is very pitiful, and of tender 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 brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under condemnation.
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 any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
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 any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the church, and let them 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 sick, and the Lord will raise him up; even if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.
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.
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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 man of like nature with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth 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.
and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Bagaetsho, ha mongwe mo go lona a timeletswe ke boammaruri, mme mongwe a mo sokolola;
Brethren, if any one among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him,
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 converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
