1 Come now the rich ones, weep you crying aloud over the miseries of you those coming.
2 The wealth of you has decayed, and the garments of you motheaten have become;
3 the gold of you and the silver have become rusty, and the rust of them for a witness to you will be, and will eat the bodies of you as fire; you laid up treasure in last days.
4 Lo, the reward of the laborers of those having reaped the fields of you, that having been withheld by you, cries out; and the loud cries of the reapers into the ears of Lord of armies have entered.
5 You lived luxuriously on the earth, and were wanton; you nourished the hearts of you as in a day of slaughter.
6 You condemned, you murdered the just ones; not he opposes you.
7 Be you patient then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord. Lo, the husbandmen expects the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it till he may receive rain early and latter;
8 be patient also you, establish the hearts of you, because the presence of the Lord has approached.
9 Not murmur you against each other, brethren, so that not you may be judged; lo, the judge before the doors has been standing.
10 An example take you, brethren of me, of the suffering evil and of the patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of Lord.
11 Lo, we call happy those patiently enduring; the patience of Job you heard, and the end of Lord you saw, because very compassionate is the Lord and merciful.
12 Above all things but, brethren of me, not do you swear neither the heaven, nor the earth, nor other any oath; let be but of you the yes, yes, and the no, no; so that not under judgment you may fall.
13 Suffers evil any one among you, let him pray, is cheerful any one, let him sing.
14 Is sick any one among you, let him call for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer of the faith shall save the one being sick, and will raise him the Lord; and if sins may be having been done, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess you to each other the faults, and pray you on behalf of each other, so that you may be healed; greatly prevails a prayer of a just being operative.
17 Elias a man was of like infirmities with us, and a prayer he prayed of the not to rain; and not it rained on the earth years three and months six;
18 and again he prayed, and the heaven rain gave, and the earth put forth the fruit of herself.
19 Brethren, if any one among you may wander from the truth, and may turn back any one him, let him know, that the one having turned a sinner out of wandering way of him, will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins.
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and your silver are rusted. Their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up your treasure in the last days.
4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.
5 You lived in luxury on the earth, and take your pleasure; you nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned, and you have killed the righteous one. He does not resist you.
7 Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains.
8 You also be patient. Make your hearts firm, for the coming of the Lord is near.
9 Do not complain utter a deep sigh against one another, that you not be judged. Behold, the judge is standing at the door.
10 Brothers, accept the example of suffering and patience by the prophets who spoke in the name of God.
11 As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience perseveranceendurance of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)
12 Above all things, my brothers do not swear by heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath. Let your Yes be Yes and your No be No. That way you will not fall under judgment.
13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.
14 Is any among you sick? Let him call the elders of the congregation. Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of God.
15 The prayer of faith will save the sick person. God will raise him up; and if he committed sins, it will be forgiven him.
16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man helps much.
17 Elijah was a man of like passions with us. He prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
18 He prayed again; and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth, and one brings him back,
20 let him know, that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a person from death, and cover a multitude of sins.