Yakobo 5
1 Afei mo adefo nso muntie! Munsu na muntwa agyaadwo wɔ amanehunu a ɛreba mo so no ho.
Go to now, you rich men! Weep aloud, howl for the miseries which are about to come upon you!
2 Mo ahonya no aporɔw na nwewee awe mo ntama.
For your riches lie rotting, and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
3 Mo sika ne mo dwetɛ agye nkannare na saa nkannare no bedi adanse atia mo, na ahyew mo honam sɛ ogya. Moahyehyɛ agyapade wɔ nna a edi akyiri no mu.
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 Muntuaa nnipa a wɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ mo mfuw mu no ka enti wɔresi apini. Na wɔn apinisi no adu Onyankopɔn, Asafo Awurade no aso mu.
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 Mo asetena wɔ asase so ha yɛ afɛfɛde ne anigye. Moadɔ srade ama okum da.
You have lived luxuriously on earth, you have taken your pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
6 Moabu nea ɔnnsɔre ntia mo no na onni fɔ no kumfɔ akum no.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous man unresisting!
7 Me nuanom, montɔ mo bo ase nkosi sɛ Awurade bɛba. Monhwɛ sɛnea okuafo nya boasetɔ twɛn asusow bere.
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 Ɛsɛ sɛ mo nso motɔ mo bo ase. Momma mo anidaso mu nyɛ den, efisɛ da a Awurade bɛba no abɛn.
So you also must be patient. Stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand!
9 Anuanom, munnni nseku ntia mo ho mo ho, na Onyankopɔn ammu mo atɛn. Hwɛ, Otemmufo no gyina ɔpon no ano.
Do not make complaints against each other, brothers, lest you yourselves be condemned. Behold the Judge is standing before the very door!
10 Me nuanom, monkae adiyifo a wɔde Awurade din kasae no. Momfa wɔn sɛ nhwɛso wɔ wɔn boasetɔ ne tumi a wotumi de tenaa amanehunu mu no.
Take, my brothers, for an example the suffering and the patience of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Yɛde nidi ma wɔn, efisɛ wonyaa boasetɔ. Moate Hiob boasetɔ no na munim nea Awurade de dom no awiei no; efisɛ Awurade yɛ ɔdomfo ne mmɔborɔhunufo.
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 Ne nyinaa akyi no, anuanom, sɛ mohyɛ bɔ a, monnka ntam nsi so. Mommfa ɔsoro anaa asase anaa biribiara nka ntam. Sɛ mopɛ sɛ moka “Yiw” a, monka “Yiw.” Sɛ nso mopɛ sɛ moka “Dabi” a, monka “Dabi” na moamma Onyankopɔn atemmu ase.
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 Mo mu bi wɔ ɔhaw bi mu ana? Ɛsɛ sɛ saa onipa no bɔ mpae. Mo mu bi wɔ ahotɔ mu ana? Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔto ayeyi nnwom.
Is any one of you in trouble? Let him pray.
14 Mo mu bi yare ana? Ɛsɛ sɛ saa onipa no frɛ asafo mpanyimfo na wɔde Awurade din bɔ mpae ma no na wɔsra no ngo.
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 Sɛ wɔbɔ saa mpae no gyidi mu a, ɛbɛsa ɔyarefo no yare, na Awurade bɛma no anya ahoɔden, na ne bɔne a wayɛ nyinaa, wɔde bɛkyɛ no.
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 Enti afei, monkeka mo bɔne nkyerɛ mo ho mo ho, na mommobɔ mpae mma mo ho mo ho sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛsa mo yare. Onipa trenee mpaebɔ tumi yɛ nneɛma bebree.
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 Yɛte sɛ Elia a ɔbɔɔ mpae nokware mu sɛ osu nntɔ, na ampa ara osu antɔ wɔ asase no so mfe abiɛsa ne fa.
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 Ɔsan bɔɔ mpae bio maa osu tɔ maa asase nyaa nnɔbae.
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Me nuanom, sɛ mo mu bi guan fi nokware ho na ɔfoforo de no ba bio a,
My brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth, and some one brings him back,
20 monkae sɛ, nea ɔdan ɔdebɔneyɛni fi nʼakwammɔne ho no gye no nkwa fi owu mu ma wɔde ne bɔne dodow no nyinaa kyɛ no.
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.
