Jakob 5
1 Pojdite torej, vi bogataši, jokajte in tulite zaradi svojih bed, ki bodo prišle nad vas.
Go to now, you rich men! Weep aloud, howl for the miseries which are about to come upon you!
2 Vaša bogastva so pokvarjena in vaše obleke so požrte od moljev.
For your riches lie rotting, and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
3 Vaše zlato in srebro je postalo zarjavelo; in njuna rja bo priča zoper vas in bo razjedla vaše meso, kakor bi bila ogenj. Nakopičili ste skupaj zaklad za poslednje dni.
Your gold and silver are rusted. and their rust will be for a testimony against you, and it will eat your flesh. For you have been storing up fire in these last days!
4 Glejte, plačilo delavcev, ki so poželi vaša polja, ki ste si jih pridržali s sleparstvom, kriči. In kriki teh, ki so poželi, so vstopili v ušesa Gospoda nad vojskami.
Look! the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have been keeping back by fraud, are crying aloud! And the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth!
5 Na zemlji ste živeli v užitku in bili polteni; svoja srca ste redili kakor za dan zakola.
You have lived luxuriously on earth, you have taken your pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
6 Obsodili in ubili ste pravičnega; in se vam ne upira.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous man unresisting!
7 Bodite torej potrpežljivi, bratje, do Gospodovega prihoda. Glejte, poljedelec pričakuje dragocen sad zemlje in ima za to veliko potrpežljivost, dokler ne prejme zgodnjega in poznega dežja.
Be patient, then, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains.
8 Bodite tudi vi potrpežljivi. Utrdite svoja srca, kajti Gospodov prihod se približuje.
So you also must be patient. Stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand!
9 Ne godrnjajte drug proti drugemu, bratje, da ne bi bili obsojeni. Glejte, sodnik stoji pred vrati.
Do not make complaints against each other, brothers, lest you yourselves be condemned. Behold the Judge is standing before the very door!
10 Moji bratje, za zgled prenašanja stiske in potrpežljivosti vzemite preroke, ki so govorili v Gospodovem imenu.
Take, my brothers, for an example the suffering and the patience of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Glejte, mi štejemo za srečne te, ki vztrajajo. Slišali ste o Jobovi potrpežljivosti in videli Gospodov konec; da je Gospod zelo sočuten in nežno usmiljen.
Remember we count those that were stedfast happy. You have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen how the Lord is full of tenderness.
12 Toda nad vsemi stvarmi, moji bratje, ne prisegajte, niti pri nebu, niti pri zemlji, niti s kako drugo prisego. Temveč vaš »da« naj bo »da« in vaš »ne« [naj bo] »ne«, da ne zapadete v obsodbo.
Again, above all things, my brothers, swear not at all, neither by the heavens, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. Let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no," so you will not fall under condemnation.
13 Ali je kdo med vami v stiski? Naj moli. Ali je kdo vesel? Naj prepeva psalme.
Is any one of you in trouble? Let him pray.
14 Je kdo med vami bolan? Naj pokliče starešine cerkve in naj nad njim molijo ter ga v Gospodovem imenu mazilijo z oljem.
Is any in good spirits? Let him sing unto his harp. Is any one of you ill? Let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
15 In molitev vere bo rešila bolnika in Gospod ga bo vzdignil; in če je storil grehe, mu bodo odpuščeni.
and the prayer of faith will restore the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him.
16 Drug drugemu priznavajte svoje napake in molíte drug za drugega, da boste lahko ozdravljeni. Veliko koristi energična, goreča molitev pravičnega.
So confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. For the fervent prayer of a righteous man is mighty in its working.
17 Elija je bil človek, podvržen podobnim strastem, kakor smo mi in je iskreno molil, da ne bi deževalo. In na zemljo ni deževalo v obdobju treh let in šestih mesecev.
Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
18 In ponovno je molil in nebo je dalo dež in zemlja je obrodila svoj sad.
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Bratje, če kdo izmed vas zaide od resnice in ga nekdo spreobrne,
My brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth, and some one brings him back,
20 naj ta ve, da kdor je grešnika spreobrnil od zmote njegove poti, bo rešil dušo pred smrtjo in zakril množico grehov.
let him know that he who brings a sinner back from the error of his ways, saves his soul from death, and hides a multitude of sins.
