ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5
SBL Greek New Testament
5 Ἄγε νῦν οἱ πλούσιοι, κλαύσατε ὀλολύζοντες ἐπὶ ταῖς ταλαιπωρίαις ὑμῶν ταῖς ἐπερχομέναις. 2 ὁ πλοῦτος ὑμῶν σέσηπεν, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν σητόβρωτα γέγονεν, 3 ὁ χρυσὸς ὑμῶν καὶ ὁ ἄργυρος κατίωται, καὶ ὁ ἰὸς αὐτῶν εἰς μαρτύριον ὑμῖν ἔσται καὶ φάγεται τὰς σάρκας ὑμῶν· ὡς πῦρ ἐθησαυρίσατε ἐν ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις. 4 ἰδοὺ ὁ μισθὸς τῶν ἐργατῶν τῶν ἀμησάντων τὰς χώρας ὑμῶν ὁ [a]ἀφυστερημένος ἀφ’ ὑμῶν κράζει, καὶ αἱ βοαὶ τῶν θερισάντων εἰς τὰ ὦτα Κυρίου Σαβαὼθ [b]εἰσεληλύθασιν· 5 ἐτρυφήσατε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐσπαταλήσατε, ἐθρέψατε τὰς καρδίας [c]ὑμῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς. 6 κατεδικάσατε, ἐφονεύσατε τὸν δίκαιον. οὐκ ἀντιτάσσεται ὑμῖν;
7 Μακροθυμήσατε οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ἕως τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ κυρίου. ἰδοὺ ὁ γεωργὸς ἐκδέχεται τὸν τίμιον καρπὸν τῆς γῆς, μακροθυμῶν ἐπ’ [d]αὐτῷ ἕως [e]λάβῃ πρόϊμον καὶ ὄψιμον. 8 μακροθυμήσατε καὶ ὑμεῖς, στηρίξατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν, ὅτι ἡ παρουσία τοῦ κυρίου ἤγγικεν. 9 μὴ στενάζετε, [f]ἀδελφοί, κατ’ ἀλλήλων, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε· ἰδοὺ ὁ κριτὴς πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν ἕστηκεν. 10 ὑπόδειγμα λάβετε, [g]ἀδελφοί, τῆς κακοπαθίας καὶ τῆς μακροθυμίας τοὺς προφήτας, οἳ ἐλάλησαν [h]ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου. 11 ἰδοὺ μακαρίζομεν τοὺς [i]ὑπομείναντας· τὴν ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ ἠκούσατε, καὶ τὸ τέλος κυρίου [j]εἴδετε, ὅτι πολύσπλαγχνός ἐστιν [k]ὁ κύριος καὶ οἰκτίρμων.
12 Πρὸ πάντων δέ, ἀδελφοί μου, μὴ ὀμνύετε, μήτε τὸν οὐρανὸν μήτε τὴν γῆν μήτε ἄλλον τινὰ ὅρκον· ἤτω δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ Ναὶ ναὶ καὶ τὸ Οὒ οὔ, ἵνα μὴ [l]ὑπὸ κρίσιν πέσητε.
13 Κακοπαθεῖ τις ἐν ὑμῖν; προσευχέσθω· εὐθυμεῖ τις; ψαλλέτω. 14 ἀσθενεῖ τις ἐν ὑμῖν; προσκαλεσάσθω τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας, καὶ προσευξάσθωσαν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἀλείψαντες [m]αὐτὸν ἐλαίῳ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου· 15 καὶ ἡ εὐχὴ τῆς πίστεως σώσει τὸν κάμνοντα, καὶ ἐγερεῖ αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος· κἂν ἁμαρτίας ᾖ πεποιηκώς, ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ. 16 ἐξομολογεῖσθε [n]οὖν ἀλλήλοις [o]τὰς ἁμαρτίας καὶ [p]εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων, ὅπως ἰαθῆτε. πολὺ ἰσχύει δέησις δικαίου ἐνεργουμένη. 17 Ἠλίας ἄνθρωπος ἦν ὁμοιοπαθὴς ἡμῖν, καὶ προσευχῇ προσηύξατο τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι, καὶ οὐκ ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐνιαυτοὺς τρεῖς καὶ μῆνας ἕξ· 18 καὶ πάλιν προσηύξατο, καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς [q]ὑετὸν ἔδωκεν καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐβλάστησεν τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῆς.
19 Ἀδελφοί [r]μου, ἐάν τις ἐν ὑμῖν πλανηθῇ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ ἐπιστρέψῃ τις αὐτόν, 20 [s]γινωσκέτω ὅτι ὁ ἐπιστρέψας ἁμαρτωλὸν ἐκ πλάνης ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ σώσει ψυχὴν [t]αὐτοῦ ἐκ θανάτου καὶ καλύψει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν.
Footnotes
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:4 ἀφυστερημένος WH Treg ] ἀπεστερημένος NIV RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:4 εἰσεληλύθασιν NIV RP ] εἰσελήλυθαν WH Treg
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:5 ὑμῶν WH Treg NIV ] + ὡς RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:7 αὐτῷ WH Treg NIV ] αὐτόν RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:7 λάβῃ WH Treg NIV ] + ὑετὸν RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:9 ἀδελφοί κατ᾽ ἀλλήλων WH Treg NIV ] κατ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:10 ἀδελφοί WH Treg NIV ] + μου RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:10 ἐν WH Treg NIV ] – RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:11 ὑπομείναντας WH Treg NIV ] ὑπομένοντας RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:11 εἴδετε WH Treg NIV ] ἴδετε RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:11 ὁ κύριος WH Treg NIV ] – RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:12 ὑπὸ κρίσιν WH Treg NIV ] εἴς ὑπὸκρίσιν RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:14 αὐτὸν Treg NIV RP ] – WH
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:16 οὖν WH Treg NIV ] – RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:16 τὰς ἁμαρτίας WH Treg NIV ] τὰ παραπτώματα RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:16 εὔχεσθε Treg NIV RP ] προσεύχεσθε WH
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:18 ὑετὸν ἔδωκεν WH NIV RP ] ἔδωκεν ὑετὸν Treg
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:19 μου WH Treg NIV ] – RP
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:20 γινωσκέτω Treg NIV RP ] γινώσκετε WH
- ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5:20 αὐτοῦ WH NIV ] – Treg RP
James 5
Worldwide English (New Testament)
5 Rich people, listen to me! Cry loud and long because of the troubles you will have.
2 Your things are spoiled. Bugs have eaten your clothes.
3 Your gold and silver are all spoiled. The wrong in them will prove that you have done wrong. The wrong will burn you up like fire. You have kept all these things and now time is almost ended.
4 Listen! Men worked in your fields to cut your grain and you did not pay them! That money shouts against you. The men who cut your harvest have called out to the Lord who has power and he has heard them.
5 You have had a good time on earth. You have done anything you wanted to do. Your lives are full of everything. Like a fat animal, you will soon be killed.
6 You have punished good people. You have killed them. And they do not stop you.
7 So brothers, take your troubles quietly and wait until the Lord comes. A farmer waits until the harvest grows from the ground. He waits for it a long time until it has had the first and second rain.
8 You must wait also. Keep your hearts strong, because the Lord will come soon.
9 Brothers, do not say mean things to each other. If you do, you will be judged. Listen, the judge is standing at the door now.
10 My brothers, look at the lives of the prophets of God who spoke in the name of the Lord. See the troubles they had. They took them and waited. Do as they did.
11 God blesses those who take their troubles quietly and keep on believing. You have heard about Job's troubles and how he took them. And you have seen what the Lord did for him at the end. The Lord is very kind and helps people.
12 My brothers, here is something that matters very much. When you make a promise do not ask heaven to hear it, or the earth, or any other thing. When you mean `Yes,' just say, `Yes.' And when you mean `No,' just say, `No.' If you do that, you will not be judged.
13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should talk to God about it. Is any one of you happy? He should sing songs of praise to God.
14 Is any one of you sick? He should call for the leaders of the church people. They should talk to God about him and put oil on him in the name of the Lord.
15 Because they talk to God, and believe, he will hear them. The sick man will be healed. The Lord will make him well again. If the sick man has done wrong things, the Lord will forgive him.
16 So tell one another the wrong things you have done. And tell God about each other's needs, so that you will be healed. When a good man talks to God, big things can be done.
17 Elijah was a man like us. He asked God not to let it rain. And for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
18 Then he talked to God again. And it rained. Plants grew on the earth.
19 My brothers, has one of you left the right way? Has another person brought him back again?
20 Do not forget that the person who has brought a man back from his wrong ways will save that man from death. He will cover up many wrong things and be forgiven.
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