James 5
1 Ẹ wá nísinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin ọlọ́rọ̀, ẹ máa sọkún kí ẹ sì máa pohùnréré ẹkún nítorí òsì tí ó ń bọ̀ wá ta yín.
Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:
2 Ọrọ̀ yín díbàjẹ́, kòkòrò sì ti jẹ aṣọ yín.
Your wealth, hath rotted, and, your garments, have become, moth-eaten, —
3 Wúrà òun fàdákà yín díbàjẹ́; ìbàjẹ́ wọn ni yóò sì ṣe ẹlẹ́rìí sí yín, tí yóò sì jẹ ẹran-ara yín bí iná. Ẹ̀yin tí kó ìṣúra jọ de ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn.
Your gold and silver, have rusted away, and, their rust, shall be, witness against you, and shall eat your flesh, as fire! Ye have laid up treasure in days of extremity: —
4 Kíyèsi i, ọ̀yà àwọn alágbàṣe tí wọ́n ti ṣe ìkórè oko yín, èyí tí ẹ kò san, ń ké rara; àti igbe àwọn tí ó ṣe ìkórè sì ti wọ inú etí Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun.
Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields—that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:
5 Ẹ̀yin ti jẹ adùn ní ayé, ẹ̀yin sì ti fi ara yín fún ayé jíjẹ; ẹ̀yin ti mú ara yín sanra de ọjọ́ pípa.
Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;
6 Ẹ̀yin ti dá ẹ̀bi fún olódodo, ẹ sì ti pa á; ẹni tí kò kọ ojú ìjà sí yín.
Ye sentenced—ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against you?
7 Nítorí náà ará, ẹ mú sùúrù títí di ìpadà wá Olúwa. Kíyèsi i, àgbẹ̀ a máa retí èso iyebíye ti ilẹ̀, a sì mú sùúrù dè é, títí di ìgbà àkọ́rọ̀ àti àrọ̀kúrò òjò.
Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the Presence of the Lord: —Lo! the husbandman, awaiteth the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it, until it receive the early and the latter rain:
8 Ẹ̀yin pẹ̀lú, ẹ mú sùúrù; ẹ fi ọkàn yín balẹ̀, nítorí ìpadà wá Olúwa kù sí dẹ̀dẹ̀.
Be, ye also, patient, Stablish your hearts, because, the Presence of the Lord, hath drawn near.
9 Ẹ má ṣe kùn sí ọmọnìkejì yín, ará, kí a má ba à dá a yín lẹ́bi: kíyèsi i, onídàájọ́ dúró ní ẹnu ìlẹ̀kùn.
Be not sighing, brethren, one against another, lest ye be judged, —Lo! the Judge, before the doors, is standing.
10 Ará mi, ẹ fi àwọn wòlíì tí ó ti ń sọ̀rọ̀ ní orúkọ Olúwa ṣe àpẹẹrẹ ìyà jíjẹ, àti sùúrù.
An example, take ye, brethren, of distress and patience, —the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord.
11 Sá à wò ó, àwa a máa ka àwọn tí ó fi ara dà ìyà sí ẹni ìbùkún. Ẹ̀yin ti gbọ́ ti sùúrù Jobu, ẹ̀yin sì rí ìgbẹ̀yìn tí Olúwa ṣe; pé Olúwa kún fún ìyọ́nú, ó sì ní àánú.
Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; —Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen, —that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,
12 Ṣùgbọ́n ju ohun gbogbo lọ, ará mi, ẹ má ṣe ìbúra, ìbá à ṣe fífi ọ̀run búra, tàbí ilẹ̀, tàbí ìbúra-kíbúra mìíràn. Ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni” yín jẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni; àti “Bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́” yín jẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́; kí ẹ má ba à bọ́ sínú ẹ̀bi.
But, before all things, my brethren, do not swear, —either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your Yea be yea, and your Nay nay, —lest, under judgment, ye fall.
13 Inú ẹnikẹ́ni ha bàjẹ́ nínú yín bí? Jẹ́ kí ó gbàdúrà. Inú ẹnikẹ́ni ha dùn? Jẹ́ kí ó kọrin mímọ́.
In distress, is any among you? Let him pray; Cheerful, is any? Let him strike the strings;
14 Ẹnikẹ́ni ha ṣe àìsàn nínú yín bí? Kí ó pe àwọn àgbà ìjọ, kí wọ́n sì gbàdúrà sórí rẹ̀, kí wọn fi òróró kùn ún ní orúkọ Olúwa.
Sick, is any among you? Let him call unto him the elders of the assembly, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name [of the Lord]; —
15 Àdúrà ìgbàgbọ́ yóò sì gba aláìsàn náà là, Olúwa yóò sì gbé e dìde; bí ó bá sì ṣe pé ó ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀, a ó dáríjì í.
And, the prayer of faith, shall save the exhausted one, and the Lord will raise him up, and, if he have committed, sins, it shall be forgiven him.
16 Ẹ jẹ́wọ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín fún ara yín, kí ẹ sì máa gbàdúrà fún ara yín, kí a lè mú yín láradá. Iṣẹ́ tí àdúrà olódodo ń ṣe ní agbára púpọ̀.
Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other’s behalf, —that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised:
17 Ènìyàn bí àwa ni Elijah, ó gbàdúrà gidigidi pé kí òjò kí ó má ṣe rọ̀, òjò kò sì rọ̀ sórí ilẹ̀ fún ọdún mẹ́ta òun oṣù mẹ́fà.
Elijah, was, a man, affected like us; and he earnestly prayed that there might be no moisture, and there was no moisture on the land, for three years and six months, —
18 Ó sì tún gbàdúrà, ọ̀run sì tún rọ̀jò, ilẹ̀ sì so èso rẹ̀ jáde.
And, again, he prayed, and, the heaven, gave, rain, and, the land, shot up her fruit.
19 Ará, bí ẹnikẹ́ni nínú yín bá ṣìnà kúrò nínú òtítọ́, tí ẹni kan sì yí i padà;
My brethren! If one among you be led to err from the truth, and one turn him back,
20 jẹ́ kí ó mọ̀ pé, ẹni tí ó bá yí ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀ kan padà kúrò nínú ìṣìnà rẹ̀, yóò gba ọkàn kan là kúrò lọ́wọ́ ikú, yóò sì bo ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mọ́lẹ̀.
Be ye taking note—that, he that turneth back a sinner out of the error of his way—will save his soul out of death, and hide a multitude of sins.
