Yakobo 5
1 Afei, mo adefoɔ nso montie! Monsu na montwa agyaadwoɔ wɔ amanehunu a ɛreba mo so ho.
Come now, ye rich, weep mourning over your calamities which are coming on you.
2 Mo ahonya no aporɔ na nweweboa awe mo ntoma.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments have become moth-eaten:
3 Mo sika ne mo dwetɛ awe nnaakye na saa nnaakye no bɛdi adanseɛ atia mo, na ahye mo honam sɛ ogya. Moahyehyɛ agyapadeɛ nna a ɛdi akyire no mu.
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 Nnipa a wɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ mo mfuo mu no, montuaa wɔn ka enti wɔresi apinie. Na wɔn apinisie no aduru Onyankopɔn, Awurade Otumfoɔ no aso mu.
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 Mo asetena wɔ asase so ha yɛ afɛfɛdeɛ ne anigyeɛ. Moadodɔre sradeɛ ama okum da.
Ye flourished upon the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts in the day of slaughter.
6 Moabu deɛ ɔnni fɔ kumfɔ akum no; ɔnsi mo ɛkwan.
You condemned, you murdered the righteous; nothing antagonizes you.
7 Me nuanom, monto mo bo ase kɔsi sɛ Awurade bɛba. Monhwɛ sɛdeɛ okuafoɔ nya boasetɔ twɛn asusɔberɛ.
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 Ɛsɛ sɛ mo nso moto mo bo ase. Momma mo anidasoɔ mu nyɛ den ɛfiri sɛ, da a Awurade bɛba no abɛn.
you also suffer long; establish your hearts; because the coming of the Lord is nigh.
9 Anuanom, monnni nsekuro ntia mo ho mo ho, na Onyankopɔn ammu mo atɛn. Hwɛ, Ɔtemmufoɔ no gyina ɛpono no ano.
Do not complain against one another, brethren, in order that you may not be judged: behold, the judge stands before the doors.
10 Me nuanom, monkae adiyifoɔ a wɔde Awurade din kasaeɛ no. Momfa wɔn sɛ nhwɛsoɔ wɔ wɔn boasetɔ ne tumi a wɔtumi de tenaa amanehunu mu no.
Brethren, receive the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering evil and longsuffering.
11 Yɛde anidie ma wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnyaa boasetɔ. Moate Hiob boasetɔ no na monim deɛ Awurade de dom no awieeɛ no ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade yɛ ɔdomfoɔ ne mmɔborɔhunufoɔ.
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 Ne nyinaa akyi no, anuanom, sɛ mohyɛ bɔ a, monnka ntam nsi so. Mommfa ɔsoro anaa asase anaa biribiara nnka ntam. Sɛ mopɛ sɛ moka “Aane” a, monka “Aane”. Sɛ nso mopɛ sɛ moka “Dabi” a, monka “Dabi” na mo amma Onyankopɔn atemmuo ase.
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 Mo mu bi wɔ ɔhaw bi mu anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ saa onipa no bɔ mpaeɛ. Mo mu bi wɔ ahotɔ mu anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔto ayɛyie nnwom.
Who is afflicted among you? let him pray. Who is merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Mo mu bi yare anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ saa onipa no frɛ asafo mpanimfoɔ na wɔde Awurade din bɔ mpaeɛ ma no na wɔsra no ngo.
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 Sɛ wɔbɔ saa mpaeɛ no gyidie mu a, ɛbɛsa ɔyarefoɔ no yadeɛ, na Awurade bɛma no anya ahoɔden, na ne bɔne a wayɛ nyinaa, wɔde bɛkyɛ no.
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 Enti afei, monkeka mo bɔne nkyerɛ mo ho mo ho, na mommobɔ mpaeɛ mma mo ho mo ho sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, wɔbɛsa mo yadeɛ. Onipa tenenee mpaeɛbɔ tumi yɛ nneɛma bebree.
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 Yɛte sɛ Elia a ɔbɔɔ mpaeɛ nokorɛ mu sɛ osuo nntɔ, na ampa ara osuo antɔ asase no so mfeɛ mmiɛnsa ne fa.
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 Ɔsane bɔɔ mpaeɛ bio maa osuo tɔeɛ maa asase nyaa nnɔbaeɛ.
and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Me nuanom, sɛ mo mu bi dwane firi nokorɛ ho na ɔfoforɔ de no ba bio a,
My brethren, if any one among you may err from the truth, and one may turn him back;
20 Monkae sɛ, deɛ ɔdane ɔdebɔneyɛfoɔ firi nʼakwammɔne ho no gye no nkwa firi owuo mu ma wɔde ne bɔne dodoɔ no nyinaa kyɛ no.
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.
