James 5
New King James Version
Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged
5 Come now, you (A)rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your (B)riches [a]are corrupted, and (C)your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (D)You have heaped up treasure in the last days. 4 Indeed (E)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and (F)the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of [b]Sabaoth. 5 You have lived on the earth in pleasure and [c]luxury; you have [d]fattened your hearts [e]as in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.
Be Patient and Persevering
7 Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord [f]is at hand.
9 Do not [g]grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be [h]condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door! 10 (G)My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and (H)patience. 11 Indeed (I)we count them blessed who (J)endure. You have heard of (K)the perseverance of Job and seen (L)the end intended by the Lord—that (M)the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
12 But above all, my brethren, (N)do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into [i]judgment.
Meeting Specific Needs(O)
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him (P)pray. Is anyone cheerful? (Q)Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, (R)anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. (S)And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 [j]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. (T)The effective, [k]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17 Elijah was a man (U)with a nature like ours, and (V)he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed (W)again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Bring Back the Erring One
19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone (X)turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way (Y)will save [l]a soul from death and (Z)cover a multitude of sins.
Footnotes
- James 5:2 have rotted
- James 5:4 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
- James 5:5 indulgence
- James 5:5 Lit. nourished
- James 5:5 NU omits as
- James 5:8 has drawn near
- James 5:9 Lit. groan
- James 5:9 NU, M judged
- James 5:12 M hypocrisy
- James 5:16 NU Therefore confess your sins
- James 5:16 supplication
- James 5:20 NU his soul
Jak 5
Haitian Creole Version
5 ¶ Koulye a, nou menm moun rich yo, se pou nou m'ap pale: Nou mèt konmanse kriye, konmanse pouse rèl pou malè ki pral tonbe sou nou yo.
2 Richès nou yo fin pouri. Vèmin fin manje rad nou yo.
3 Lò nou ak lajan nou yo fin wouye. Lawouj la pral kanpe pou kondannen nou, li va devore vyann nou tankou dife. Nou te ranmase kont lajan nou nan dènye tan sa a.
4 Gade! Nou pa t' peye lajan nou te dwe peye travayè yo ki t'ap travay pou nou nan jaden. Tande jan y'ap rele! Travayè ki te ranmase rekòt pou nou yo ap plede rele! Rèl yo rive jouk nan zòrèy Bondye, Mèt ki gen tout pouvwa a.
5 Nou viv sou latè nan plezi ak nan jwisans. Nou manje jouk nou gra tankou bèt ki pare pou labatwa.
6 Nou kondannen moun ki inonsan, nou fè touye yo. Yo menm, yo pa fè fòs ak nou.
7 Se poutèt sa, frè m' yo, annou pran pasyans jouk jou Seyè a va vini. Gade jan kiltivatè a gen pasyans. Li gen pou l' rete tann anvan pou tè a ba li yon bèl rekòt. Li pran pasyans, li rete tann lapli premye sezon an jouk lapli dènye sezon an.
8 Nou menm tou, pran pasyans. Bay kè nou kouraj, paske Mèt la pa lontan vini.
9 Frè m' yo, pa plenyen yonn sou do lòt pou nou pa tonbe anba jijman Bondye. Men jij la la nan papòt la.
10 Frè m' yo, chonje pwofèt yo ki te pale nan non Mèt la. Pran egzanp sou yo, pou jan yo te gen pasyans lè yo t'ap soufri.
11 Paske yo te soufri ak pasyans, nou di yo se moun Bondye beni. Nou tande ki jan Jòb te gen pasyans, nou wè bout pou bout sa Bondye te fè pou li, paske Bondye gen bon kè, li gen kè sansib.
12 ¶ Anvan tout lòt bagay, frè m' yo, men sa ki pi enpòtan: piga nou fè sèman sou syèl la, ni sou latè a, ni sou ankenn lòt bagay. Lè nou di wi, se wi, non, se non. Konsa, nou p'ap tonbe anba jijman Bondye.
13 Si yon moun nan nou ap soufri, se pou li lapriyè. Si yon moun nan nou gen kè kontan, se pou l' chante kantik.
14 Si yon moun nan nou malad, se pou l' rele chèf reskonsab yo nan legliz la. Y'a lapriyè pou li, y'a pase lwil sou li nan non Seyè a.
15 Lè lapriyè a fèt ak konfyans, li va delivre malad la. Seyè a va fè l' leve gaya. Si li te fè kèk peche, Bondye va padonnen li.
16 Se pou nou konfese peche nou yo yonn bay lòt. Se pou yonn lapriyè pou lòt, pou nou kapab geri. Lè yon moun ap viv dwat devan Bondye, lapriyè moun sa a gen anpil pouvwa.
17 Pwofèt Eli te yon moun menm jan ak nou. Li te lapriyè rèd pou lapli pa t' tonbe. Konsa vre, lapli pa tonbe pandan twazan sis mwa.
18 Apre sa, li lapriyè ankò. Lè sa a, syèl la louvri, lapli tonbe, latè bay bèl rekòt.
19 Frè m' yo, si yonn nan nou pèdi chemen laverite a, epi yon lòt frè mennen l' tounen ankò,
20 konnen sa byen: lè yon moun pèdi chemen l' poutèt peche li yo, si yon lòt mennen l' tounen, se yon nanm li rache anba lanmò. Anmenmtan, li jwenn padon pou anpil peche.
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