Yakobo 5
1 Njoni sasa, enyi mlio matajiri, lieni kwa sauti ya juu kwa sababu ya taabu inayokuja juu yenu.
Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.
2 Utajiri wenu umeharibiwa na mavazi yenu yametafunwa na wadudu waharibifu.
Your wealth has decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten.
3 Dhahabu zenu na fedha zenu zimekosa thamani, na uharibifu wake utashuhudia dhidi yenu na kuangamiza miili yenu kama moto. Mmejiwekea hazina yenu katika siku za mwisho.
Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days.
4 Tazameni, malipo ya watendakazi-wale ambao hamjawalipa kwa kuvuna katika mashamba yenu- wanalia! Na kilio cha wale waliovuna mazao yenu kimeyafikia masikio ya Bwana wa Majeshi.
Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5 Mmeishi kwa anasa duniani na kujifurahisha ninyi wenyewe. Mmejinenepesha mioyo yenu kwa siku ya machinjo.
Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and were self-indulgent. Ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Mmemhukumu na kumuua mwenye haki asiyeweza kuwapinga.
Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the righteous man. He is not hostile to you.
7 Kwa hiyo vumilieni, ndugu, mpaka ujio wa Bwana, kama mkulima husubiri mavuno ya thamani toka katika nchi, akisubiri kwa uvumilivu kwa ajili yake, mpaka mvua za kwanza na zile za mwisho zikinyesha.
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and latter rain.
8 Pia ninyi muwe wavumilivu; kazeni mioyo yenu, kwa sababu kuja kwake Bwana ni karibu.
Be ye also patient. Establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has approached.
9 Ndugu, msinung'unikiane ninyi kwa ninyi, kusudi msije mkahukumiwa. Tazama, hakimu anasimama mlangoni.
Do not grumble, brothers, against each other, so that ye not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors.
10 Kwa mfano, ndugu, angalieni mateso na uvumilivu wa manabii walionena katika jina la Bwana.
Take an example, my brothers, of evil-suffering and longsuffering, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Tazama, twawaita wale wanaovumilia, “heri.” Mmesikia uvumilivu wa Ayubu, na mnalijua kusudi la Bwana kwa ajili ya Ayubu, ni kwa jinsi gani Bwana amejaa huruma na rehema.
Behold, we regard those who endured, blessed. Ye have heard of the fortitude of Job, and have seen the outcome of the Lord, that he is very compassionate and merciful.
12 Zaidi ya yote, ndugu zangu, msiape, aidha kwa mbingu ama kwa nchi, au kwa kiapo cha aina nyingine. Bali hebu “ndiyo” yenu na imaanishe “ndiyo” na “hapana” yenu na imaanishe “hapana,” ili kwamba msije kuangukia chini ya hukumu.
But above all things, my brothers, swear not. Neither by the heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and the no, no, so that ye may not fall into hypocrisy.
13 Kuna yeyote miongoni mwenu ana mateso? Lazima aombe. Je, mtu yeyote ni mwenye kuchangamka? Na aimbe sifa.
Is any man among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.
14 Je, kuna yeyote miongoni mwenu aliye mgonjwa? Na awaite wazee wa kanisa, nao wazee wa kanisa waombe juu yake, wakimpaka mafuta katika jina la Bwana,
Is any man weak among you? Let him summon the elders of the congregation, and let them pray near him, having anointed him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.
15 na maombi ya imani yatamponya mgonjwa, na Bwana atamwinua. Na kama atakuwa ametenda dhambi, Mungu atamsamehe.
And the prayer of faith will rescue him who is depressed, and the Lord will rouse him. And if he should be a man who has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.
16 Kwa hiyo ungameni dhambi zenu ninyi kwa ninyi, na kuombeana kila mmoja na mwenzake, ili muweze kuponywa. Maombi ya mwenye haki huzaa matokeo makubwa.
Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.
17 Eliya alikuwa mtu mwenye hisia kama zetu, aliomba kwa juhudi kwamba mvua isinyeshe, na haikunyesha katika nchi kwa muda wa miaka mitatu na miezi sita.
Elijah was a man of the same nature as we. And by prayer, he asked for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
18 Na Eliya aliomba tena, na mbingu zilimwaga mvua juu ya nchi na nchi ikatoa mavuno.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
19 Ndugu zangu, kama yeyote miongoni mwenu anapotoka kutoka kwenye ukweli, lakini mtu mwingine akamrejesha,
Brothers, if any man among you may be led astray from the truth, and some man converts him,
20 hebu na ajue kuwa yeyote amwongozaye mwenye dhambi kuondoka katika njia yake ya ukosaji ataponya nafsi yake kutoka katika mauti na atafunika wingi wa dhambi.
let him know that he who converts a sinful man from his wandering way, will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins.
