Yakobo 5
1 Njoni sasa, enyi mlio matajiri, lieni kwa sauti ya juu kwa sababu ya taabu inayokuja juu yenu.
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
2 Utajiri wenu umeharibiwa na mavazi yenu yametafunwa na wadudu waharibifu.
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are 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 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 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 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 Armies.
5 Mmeishi kwa anasa duniani na kujifurahisha ninyi wenyewe. Mmejinenepesha mioyo yenu kwa siku ya machinjo.
You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Mmemhukumu na kumuua mwenye haki asiyeweza kuwapinga.
You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist 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 over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
8 Pia ninyi muwe wavumilivu; kazeni mioyo yenu, kwa sababu kuja kwake Bwana ni karibu.
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
9 Ndugu, msinung'unikiane ninyi kwa ninyi, kusudi msije mkahukumiwa. Tazama, hakimu anasimama mlangoni.
Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you will not be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
10 Kwa mfano, ndugu, angalieni mateso na uvumilivu wa manabii walionena katika jina la Bwana.
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, 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 call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
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, do not swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you do not fall into hypocrisy.
13 Kuna yeyote miongoni mwenu ana mateso? Lazima aombe. Je, mtu yeyote ni mwenye kuchangamka? Na aimbe sifa.
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
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 among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with 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 heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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 your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
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 with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not 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.
He prayed again, and the sky 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 among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
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 turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
