Yakobo 5
1 Njoni sasa, enyi mlio matajiri, lieni kwa sauti ya juu kwa sababu ya taabu inayokuja juu yenu.
Come now, you rich, howl as you weep over your distresses that are coming upon you!
2 Utajiri wenu umeharibiwa na mavazi yenu yametafunwa na wadudu waharibifu.
Your wealth has decayed and your clothes 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 silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire—you stored it up for 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.
Look, the wages of the workers who cut your fields, that were unjustly held back by you, cry out, and the loud cries of the reapers have entered the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
5 Mmeishi kwa anasa duniani na kujifurahisha ninyi wenyewe. Mmejinenepesha mioyo yenu kwa siku ya machinjo.
You have lived on the earth in self-indulgence and luxury, you fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 Mmemhukumu na kumuua mwenye haki asiyeweza kuwapinga.
You condemned, you murdered the righteous—he offers you no resistance.
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.
Therefore, brothers, be patient until the coming of the Lord. Consider, 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. Keep your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord has approached.
9 Ndugu, msinung'unikiane ninyi kwa ninyi, kusudi msije mkahukumiwa. Tazama, hakimu anasimama mlangoni.
Do not groan against one another, brothers, lest you be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at your doors!
10 Kwa mfano, ndugu, angalieni mateso na uvumilivu wa manabii walionena katika jina la Bwana.
Brothers, take as an example the patient bearing of hardship and the steadfastness of 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.
Indeed we count as blessed those who endure—you have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the final outcome given by 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, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or any other oath. Let your “Yes” be “Yes”, and your “No”, “No”, lest you fall into pretense.
13 Kuna yeyote miongoni mwenu ana mateso? Lazima aombe. Je, mtu yeyote ni mwenye kuchangamka? Na aimbe sifa.
Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone 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 anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the congregation, 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 deliver the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sin, it 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 your transgressions to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous one, being operative, 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 with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain; and it did not rain on the land 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 anyone among you should wander away from the truth, and someone should turn 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 the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will deliver a soul from death and will remove from sight a multitude of sins.
