Yakobo 5
1 Afei, mo adefoɔ nso montie! Monsu na montwa agyaadwoɔ wɔ amanehunu a ɛreba mo so ho.
Go, now, you rich! Weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on [you];
2 Mo ahonya no aporɔ na nweweboa awe mo ntoma.
your riches have rotted, 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 silver have rotted, and the rust of them will be to you for a testimony, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have stored up treasure 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 reward of the workmen cries out, of those who in-gathered your fields, which has been fraudulently kept back by you, and the exclamations of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the LORD of Hosts;
5 Mo asetena wɔ asase so ha yɛ afɛfɛdeɛ ne anigyeɛ. Moadodɔre sradeɛ ama okum da.
you lived in luxury on the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
6 Moabu deɛ ɔnni fɔ kumfɔ akum no; ɔnsi mo ɛkwan.
you condemned—you murdered the righteous; he does not resist you.
7 Me nuanom, monto mo bo ase kɔsi sɛ Awurade bɛba. Monhwɛ sɛdeɛ okuafoɔ nya boasetɔ twɛn asusɔberɛ.
Be patient, then, brothers, until the coming of the LORD; behold, the farmer expects the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until he may receive rain—early and latter;
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 be patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the LORD has drawn near;
9 Anuanom, monnni nsekuro ntia mo ho mo ho, na Onyankopɔn ammu mo atɛn. Hwɛ, Ɔtemmufoɔ no gyina ɛpono no ano.
do not murmur against one another, brothers, that you may not be condemned; behold, the Judge has stood before the door.
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.
Brothers, [as] an example of the suffering of evil and of patience, take the prophets who spoke in the Name of the LORD;
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 call those who are enduring blessed; you heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the end from the LORD, that the LORD is very compassionate, and pitying.
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.
And before all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by Heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, but let your “Yes” be yes, and the “No,” no, that you may not fall under judgment.
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.
Does anyone suffer evil among you? Let him pray; is anyone of good cheer? 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 anyone sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed 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.
and the prayer of faith will save the distressed one, and the LORD will raise him up, and if he may have committed sins, they will be forgiven to 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.
Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that you may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;
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 similar-feeling man as us, and with prayer he prayed—not to rain, and it did not rain on the land three years and six months;
18 Ɔsane bɔɔ mpaeɛ bio maa osuo tɔeɛ maa asase nyaa nnɔbaeɛ.
and again he prayed, and the sky gave rain, and the land brought forth her fruit.
19 Me nuanom, sɛ mo mu bi dwane firi nokorɛ ho na ɔfoforɔ de no ba bio a,
Brothers, if anyone among you may go astray from the truth, and anyone 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 he who turned back a sinner from the straying of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
