Semisi 5
1 Vakai mai, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku koloaʻia, tangi mo fakatangiloloa koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi mamahi ʻe hoko kiate kimoutolu.
Come now, ye rich, weep mourning over your calamities which are coming on you.
2 Kuo popo ʻa hoʻomou koloa, pea kuo aneanea hoʻomou ngaahi kofu.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments have become moth-eaten:
3 Kuo ʻumeʻumea ʻa hoʻomou koula mo e siliva; pea ko hono ʻumeʻumea ʻo ia ʻe fakamoʻoni ia kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻe kai ʻe ia ʻa homou kakano ʻo hangē ko e afi. Kuo mou fokotuʻu ʻae koloa ki he ngaahi ʻaho fakamui.
your gold and your silver are cankered; and their rust shall be for a witness against you, and eat your flesh like fire. You laid up treasures in the last days.
4 Vakai, ko e totongi ʻoe kau ngāue, kuo nau tuʻusi hoʻomou ngaahi ngoue, ʻaia kuo mou taʻofia ʻi he kākā, ʻoku tangi ia: pea ko e ngaahi tangi ʻokinautolu kuo fai ʻae tuʻusi, kuo hū ki he telinga ʻoe ʻEiki ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi.
Behold, the wages of the laborers having reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out: and the voices of the reapers have come into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5 Kuo mou moʻui fakafiemālie kovi, pea holi kovi ʻi māmani; kuo mou fangapesi homou loto, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe feilaulau.
Ye flourished upon the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts in the day of slaughter.
6 Kuo mou fakahalaia mo tāmateʻi ʻae Angatonu; pea ʻoku ʻikai ke taʻofi ʻe ia kiate kimoutolu.
You condemned, you murdered the righteous; nothing antagonizes you.
7 Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, ke mou faʻa kātaki, aʻu ki he hāʻele mai ʻoe ʻEiki. Vakai, ʻoku tatali ʻae tangata tauhi ngoue ki he fua lelei ʻoe kelekele, pea ʻoku tatali fuoloa ia ki ai, kaeʻoua ke ne maʻu ʻae ʻuha muʻa mo e ʻuha mui.
Therefore, O brethren, suffer long, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer receives the precious fruit of the earth, waiting for it, until he may receive the former and latter rain:
8 Ke faʻa kātaki foki ʻakimoutolu; ke fakamālohi homou loto: he ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ʻo ofi ʻae hāʻele mai ʻoe ʻEiki.
you also suffer long; establish your hearts; because the coming of the Lord is nigh.
9 ʻE kāinga, ʻoua naʻa felāungaʻaki ʻakimoutolu, telia naʻa mou malaʻia: vakai, ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he matapā ʻae fakamaau.
Do not complain against one another, brethren, in order that you may not be judged: behold, the judge stands before the doors.
10 ʻE hoku kāinga, tokanga ki he kau palōfita, kuo nau lea ʻi he huafa ʻoe ʻEiki, ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻoe kātaki ʻoe mamahi, mo e faʻa ʻūkuma.
Brethren, receive the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering evil and longsuffering.
11 Vakai, ʻoku tau lau ʻoku monūʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku faʻa kātaki. Kuo mou fanongo ki he faʻa kātaki ʻa Siope, pea kuo mou mamata ki hono ngataʻanga mei he ʻEiki; he ʻoku ʻaloʻofa ʻaupito ʻae ʻEiki, pea manavaʻofa ongongofua.
Behold, we pronounce them happy who have endured: you have heard the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, because the Lord is very merciful, and sympathetic.
12 ʻE hoku kāinga, sino ʻoe meʻa ke ʻoua ʻe fuakava, ʻoua [ʻe fai ]ki he langi, pe ki māmani, pe ʻi ha fuakava kehe ʻe taha: ka ke “ʻIo” pe, ʻi hoʻomou “ʻIo;” mo “ʻIkai,” [ʻi hoʻomou ]“ʻIkai;” telia naʻa mou tō ki he malaʻia.
But, my brethren, before all, swear not, neither by heaven, or by earth, or any other oath: but let your conversation be yes yes; and no no; lest you may fall under condemnation.
13 ʻOku ai ha taha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku mamahi? Ke lotu ia. ʻOku ai ha taha ʻoku fiefia? Ke hiva ʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi saame.
Who is afflicted among you? let him pray. Who is merry? let him sing psalms.
14 ʻOku ai ha taha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku mahaki? Ke tala ia ki he kau mātuʻa ʻoe siasi; pea ke nau lotua ia, ʻo tākai ʻaki ia ʻae lolo ʻi he huafa ʻoe ʻEiki:
Is any one sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 Pea ko e lotu ʻi he tui, ʻe fakamoʻui ʻe ia ʻae mahaki, pea ʻe fokotuʻu ia ʻe he ʻEiki; pea kapau naʻe fai ʻe ia ha angahala, ʻe fakamolemolea ia.
Truly the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; if he may have committed sins, they shall be forgiven unto him.
16 Ke fetoutou feveteʻaki hoʻomou ngaahi angahala kiate kimoutolu, pea felotuaʻaki ʻakimoutolu, ke mou moʻui. Ko e lotu fakamātoato ʻoe tangata māʻoniʻoni ʻoku ʻaonga lahi.
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, in order that you may be healed: the inward working prayer of a righteous man avails much.
17 Ko ʻIlaisiā, ko e tangata ia naʻe anga tatau mo kitautolu, pea naʻe lotu fakamātoato ia, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻuha: pea naʻe ʻikai tō ha ʻuha ki he kelekele ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu mo e māhina ʻe ono.
Elijah was a man of like suffering to us, and he prayed with prayer that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the earth during three years and six months;
18 Pea toe lotu ia, pea naʻe tuku mai ʻe he langi ʻae ʻuha, pea tupu ai mei he kelekele ʻa hono fua.
and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 ʻE kāinga, kapau ʻe hē hamou tokotaha mei he moʻoni, pea fakafoki mai ia ʻe ha taha;
My brethren, if any one among you may err from the truth, and one may turn him back;
20 Ke ʻilo ʻe ia, ko ia ʻoku ne fakafoki mai ʻae angahala mei hono hala kehe, ʻoku ne fakamoʻui ha laumālie mei he mate, pea ʻoku ne ʻufiʻufi foki ʻae ngaahi angahala lahi.
let him know, that the one having turned a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins.
