雅各书 5

Chinese New Version (Traditional)

警告不義的有錢人

5 你們富有的人哪，應當為那將要臨到你們的災禍哭泣哀號。 ²你們的財物朽壞了，你們的衣服給蛀了， ³你們的金銀生鏽，這鏽要成為控告你們的鐵證，又要像火一樣吞吃你們的肉。你們竟然在這末後的日子積聚財寶。 ⁴看哪，工人為你們收割莊稼，你們竟然剋扣他們的工資；那工資必為他們呼冤；收割者的呼聲，已經達到萬軍之主的耳中了。 ⁵你們在世上窮奢極侈，養肥了自己，竟不知屠宰的日子到了。 ⁶你們把義人定罪殺害，但他並沒有反抗。

忍耐的人有福了

⁷所以，弟兄們，你們應當忍耐，直到主來。看哪，農夫等待著地裡寶貴的出產，為它忍耐，直到獲得秋霖春雨。 ⁸你們也應當忍耐，堅定自己的心；因為主再來的日子近了。 ⁹弟兄們，不要彼此抱怨，免得你們受審判。看哪，審判的主已經站在門前了。 ¹⁰弟兄們，你們應當效法奉主的名說話的先知，以他們為受苦忍耐的榜樣。 ¹¹看哪，那些忍耐的人，我們稱他們是有福的；你們聽過約伯的忍耐，也看見了主賜給他的結局，知道主是滿有憐憫和仁慈的。

¹²我的弟兄們，最要緊的是不可起誓：不可指著天起誓，也不可指著地起誓，任何的誓都當禁絕。你們的話，是就說是，不是就說不是；免得你們落在審判之下。

義人的祈禱大有功效

¹³你們中間有人受苦嗎？他就應該禱告。有人心情愉快嗎？他就應該歌頌。 ¹⁴你們中間有人患病嗎？他就應該請教會的長老來，讓他們奉主的名為他抹油祈禱。 ¹⁵出於信心的祈禱，可以使病人康復，主必叫他起來；他若犯了罪，也必蒙赦免。 ¹⁶所以你們應當彼此認罪，互相代求，這樣你們就可以痊愈。義人祈禱所發出的力量，是大有功效的。 ¹⁷以利亞是與我們性情相同的人；他懇切祈求不要下雨，地上就三年零六個月沒有雨； ¹⁸他又祈禱，天就下雨，地就生出土產來。

¹⁹我的弟兄們，你們中間若有人被騙離開了真道，如果有人使他回頭， ²⁰你們應該知道，那使罪人從歧途上轉回的，就會拯救他的靈魂脫離死亡，也會遮蓋許多罪惡。

James 5

New American Standard Bible

Misuse of Riches

5 ^(A)Come now, ^(B)you rich people, ^(C)weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. ²^(D)Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will ^[a]serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is ^(E)in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! ⁴Behold, ^(F)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and ^(G)the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of ^(H)the Lord ^[b]of armies. ⁵You have ^[c]^(I)lived for pleasure on the earth and lived luxuriously; you have ^[d]fattened your hearts in ^(J)a day of slaughter. ⁶You have condemned and ^[e]^(K)put to death ^(L)the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.

Exhortation

⁷Therefore be patient, ^(M)brothers and sisters, ^(N)until the coming of the Lord. ^(O)The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until ^[f]it gets ^(P)the early and late rains. ⁸^(Q)You too be patient; ^(R)strengthen your hearts, for ^(S)the coming of the Lord is ^(T)near. ⁹^(U)Do not ^[g]complain, ^(V)brothers and sisters, against one another, so that you may not be judged; behold, ^(W)the Judge is standing ^[h]^(X)right at the ^[i]door. ¹⁰As an example, ^(Y)brothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take ^(Z)the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹We count those ^(AA)blessed who endured. You have heard of ^(AB)the ^[j]endurance of Job and have seen ^(AC)the ^[k]outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that ^(AD)the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

¹²But above all, ^(AE)my brothers and sisters, ^(AF)do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but ^[l]your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you do not fall under judgment.

¹³Is anyone among you ^(AG)suffering? ^(AH)Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to ^(AI)sing praises. ¹⁴Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for ^(AJ)the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, ^[m]^(AK)anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; ¹⁵and the ^(AL)prayer of faith will ^[n]^(AM)restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will ^(AN)raise him up, and if he has committed sins, ^[o]they will be forgiven him. ¹⁶Therefore, ^(AO)confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be ^(AP)healed. ^(AQ)A ^[p]prayer of a righteous person, when it is ^[q]brought about, can accomplish much. ¹⁷Elijah was ^(AR)a man with a nature like ours, and ^(AS)he prayed ^[r]earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for ^(AT)three years and six months. ¹⁸Then he ^(AU)prayed again, and ^(AV)the sky ^[s]poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

¹⁹My brothers and sisters, ^(AW)if anyone among you strays from ^(AX)the truth and someone turns him back, ²⁰let him know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will ^(AY)save his soul from death and ^(AZ)cover a multitude of sins.

Footnotes

James 5:3 Lit be for
James 5:4 Gr sabaoth, for Heb tsebaoth
James 5:5 Or led a life of self-indulgence
James 5:5 Lit nourished
James 5:6 Or murdered
James 5:7 Or he
James 5:9 Lit groan
James 5:9 Lit before
James 5:9 Lit doors
James 5:11 Or steadfastness
James 5:11 Lit end of the Lord
James 5:12 Lit yours is to be yes, yes, and no, no
James 5:14 Lit having anointed
James 5:15 Lit save
James 5:15 Lit it
James 5:16 Or supplication
James 5:16 I.e., granted by God
James 5:17 Lit with prayer
James 5:18 Lit gave

James 5

King James Version

5 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

²Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

³Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

⁴Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

⁵Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

⁶Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

⁷Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

⁸Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

⁹Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

¹⁰Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

¹¹Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

¹²But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

¹³Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

¹⁴Is any 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:

¹⁵And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

¹⁶Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

¹⁷Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

¹⁸And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

¹⁹Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

²⁰Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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