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Advertencias a los ricos
5 ¡Oigan[a] ahora(A), ricos(B)! Lloren y aúllen por las miserias que vienen sobre ustedes(C). 2 Sus riquezas se han podrido(D) y sus ropas están comidas de polilla. 3 Su oro y su plata se han oxidado, su herrumbre será un testigo contra ustedes y consumirá su carne como fuego. Es en[b] los últimos días que han acumulado tesoros(E). 4 Miren, el jornal de los obreros que han segado sus campos(F) y que ha sido retenido por ustedes, clama contra ustedes. El clamor de los segadores(G) ha llegado a los oídos del Señor de los ejércitos[c](H).
5 Han vivido lujosamente sobre la tierra(I), y han llevado una vida de placer desenfrenado. Han engordado[d] sus corazones en el día de la matanza(J). 6 Han condenado y dado muerte[e](K) al justo(L). Él no les hace resistencia.
Exhortación a la paciencia
7 Por tanto, hermanos(M), sean pacientes hasta la venida del Señor(N). Miren cómo el labrador espera el fruto precioso de la tierra(O), siendo paciente en ello hasta que recibe la lluvia temprana y la tardía(P). 8 Sean también ustedes pacientes(Q). Fortalezcan sus corazones(R), porque la venida del Señor(S) está cerca(T). 9 Hermanos(U), no se quejen unos contra otros(V), para que no sean juzgados. Ya el Juez(W) está a[f] las puertas(X). 10 Hermanos(Y), tomen como ejemplo de paciencia y aflicción a los profetas(Z) que hablaron en el nombre del Señor. 11 Miren que tenemos por bienaventurados(AA) a los que sufrieron[g]. Han oído de la paciencia[h](AB) de Job, y han visto el resultado del proceder[i] del Señor(AC), que el Señor es muy compasivo y misericordioso(AD).
Exhortaciones varias
12 Y sobre todo, hermanos míos(AE), no juren, ni por el cielo, ni por la tierra, ni con ningún otro juramento. Antes bien, sea el sí de ustedes[j], sí, y su no[k], no(AF), para que no caigan bajo juicio.
13 ¿Sufre alguien entre ustedes(AG)? Que haga oración(AH). ¿Está alguien alegre? Que cante alabanzas(AI). 14 ¿Está alguien entre ustedes enfermo? Que llame a los ancianos de la iglesia(AJ) y que ellos oren por él, ungiéndolo[l] con aceite en el nombre del Señor(AK). 15 La oración de fe(AL) restaurará[m] al enfermo(AM), y el Señor lo levantará(AN). Si ha cometido pecados le serán perdonados[n].
16 Por tanto, confiésense sus pecados unos a otros(AO), y oren unos por otros para que sean sanados(AP). La oración[o] eficaz(AQ) del justo puede lograr mucho. 17 Elías era un hombre de pasiones semejantes a las nuestras[p](AR), y oró fervientemente[q] para que no lloviera(AS), y no llovió sobre la tierra por tres años y seis meses(AT). 18 Oró de nuevo(AU), y el cielo dio lluvia(AV) y la tierra produjo su fruto.
19 Hermanos míos, si alguien de entre ustedes(AW) se extravía de la verdad(AX) y alguien le hace volver, 20 sepa[r] que el que hace volver a un pecador del error de su camino salvará su alma de muerte(AY), y cubrirá multitud de pecados(AZ).
Footnotes
- 5:1 Lit. Vamos.
- 5:3 O para.
- 5:4 Gr. Sabaot.
- 5:5 Lit. nutrido.
- 5:6 O asesinado.
- 5:9 Lit. de pie, delante de.
- 5:11 O perseveraron.
- 5:11 O firmeza.
- 5:11 Lit. fin.
- 5:12 Lit. el sí.
- 5:12 Lit. el no.
- 5:14 Lit. habiéndole ungido.
- 5:15 O sanará.
- 5:15 Lit. le será perdonado.
- 5:16 Lit. súplica.
- 5:17 O con una naturaleza como la nuestra.
- 5:17 Lit. con oración.
- 5:20 Algunos mss. dicen: sepan.
James 5
Lexham English Bible
Woes on the Rich Who Oppress Others
5 Come now, you rich people, weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothing has become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days. 4 Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 You have lived self-indulgently on the earth[a] and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous person; he does not resist you.
Exhortation to Patience
7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains. 8 You also be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Brothers, do not complain against one another, in order that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors! 10 Brothers, take as an example of perseverance and endurance the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we consider blessed those who have endured. You have heard about the patient endurance of Job, and you saw the outcome from the Lord, that the Lord is compassionate and merciful. 12 Now above all, my brothers, do not swear either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no, no, in order that you may not fall under judgment.
The Effective Prayer of Faith
13 Is anyone among you suffering misfortune? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the elders of the church and they should pray over him, anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins he will be forgiven[b]. 16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much. 17 Elijah was a human being[c] with the same nature as us, and he prayed fervently[d] for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.
19 My brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth and someone turns him back, 20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person’s[e] soul from death, and will cover over a great number of sins.
Footnotes
- James 5:5 Or “land”
- James 5:15 Literally “it will be forgiven him”
- James 5:17 Literally “man,” but in a generic sense; the emphasis is not on Elijah’s masculine gender but his shared humanity
- James 5:17 Literally “he prayed with prayer”
- James 5:20 Literally “his,” but in context this refers to the sinner, not the person who turns the sinner back
James 5
King James Version
5 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your 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.
4 Behold, 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.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7 Be 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.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 Behold, 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.
12 But 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.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is 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:
15 And 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.
16 Confess 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.
17 Elias 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.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20 Let 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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