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Paandam sa mga Manggaranon

Kamo nga mga manggaranon, pamati kamo! Maghibi kamo sing tudo sa mga kalisod nga magaabot sa inyo. Nagakadunot ang inyo mga manggad kag ginaut-ot sang mga sapat-sapat ang inyo mga bayo. Ginatago lang ninyo ang inyo mga kuwarta kag indi man lang mapuslan. Sa ulihi nga mga inadlaw silutan kamo sa impyerno tungod sa inyo kuwarta nga wala ninyo paggamita sa kaayuhan. Kanugon lang sang inyo pagtipon kay ang kalibutan madali na lang matapos. Pamatii ninyo ang mga reklamo sang mga tawo nga inyo ginpaobra sa inyo kaumahan pero wala ninyo pagsuhuli. Dapat ninyo mahibaluan nga ang mga paghibi sang inyo mga manug-ani nabatian sang Dios nga Makagagahom. Nagpatuyang kamo sa inyo kabuhi diri sa kalibutan. Pareho lang nga ginpatambok ninyo ang inyo kaugalingon para sa adlaw sang pag-ihaw. Ginhukman ninyo kag ginpamatay ang mga tawo nga wala sing sala, bisan wala sila nagbato sa inyo.

Ang Pag-agwanta kag Pagpangamuyo

Mga utod, magmainagwantahon kamo hasta sa pag-abot sang Ginoo. Tan-awa ninyo ang mga mangunguma, mainagwantahon sila nga nagahulat sa nahauna nga ulan. Pagkatapos nila tanom, mainagwantahon naman sila sa paghulat sang masunod nga ulan kag sang ila patubas. Gani magmainagwantahon man kamo. Indi kamo magdula sang inyo paglaom, kay madali na lang mag-abot ang Ginoo.

Mga utod, indi kamo magbinasulay, agod indi kamo pagsilutan sang Dios. Ang magahukom sa aton madali na lang mag-abot. 10 Himua ninyo nga sulundan ang pag-agwanta sang mga propeta nga ginsugo sang Ginoo nga maghambal para sa iya.[a] 11 Indi bala nga ginakabig ta nga bulahan ang mga tawo nga nagabatas? Nabatian ninyo ang mga pagbatas ni Job, kag nahibaluan man ninyo kon paano siya ginbuligan sang Ginoo sang ulihi. Kay ang Ginoo maayo kag maluluy-on.

12 Mga utod, labaw sa tanan indi gid kamo magsumpa nga nagasiling, “Saksi ang langit,” ukon “Saksi ang duta,” ukon ang iban pa nga mga butang. Magsiling kamo “huo” kon huo ang inyo gusto ihambal kag “indi” kon indi, agod indi kamo pagsilutan sang Dios.

13 May ara bala sa inyo nga nagaantos? Dapat magpangamuyo siya sa Dios. May ara bala sa inyo nga malipayon? Magkanta siya sang mga pagdayaw sa Dios. 14 May ara bala sa inyo nga nagamasakit? Magtawag siya sang mga manugdumala sang iglesya agod pangamuyuan siya kag banyusan sang lana sa ngalan[b] sang Ginoo. 15 Ang pangamuyo nga may pagtuo sa Ginoo amo ang magaayo sa nagamasakit. Pabangunon siya sang Ginoo kag patawaron sa iya mga sala kon nakasala siya. 16 Gani, magtuad kamo sang inyo mga sala sa isa kag isa, kag magpangamuyuay agod mag-ayo kamo. Kay dako ang mahimo sang pangamuyo sang matarong nga tawo, 17 pareho kay Propeta Elias. Siya tawo man nga pareho sa aton. Nagpangamuyo siya sang hugot sa iya tagipusuon nga indi mag-ulan, kag wala nag-ulan sa sulod sang tatlo ka tuig kag tunga. 18 Pagkatapos nagpangamuyo naman siya nga mag-ulan, kag natuman ini. Dayon nagdamo ang patubas sang duta.

19 Mga utod ko, kon may isa sa inyo nga nagpalayo sa kamatuoran, kag may isa nga magpabalik sa iya, 20 dapat mahibaluan ninyo nga ang nagapabalik sa makasasala halin sa iya malain nga pagginawi magaluwas sang kalag sang sadto nga makasasala sa kamatayon, kag mapatawad ang madamo nga mga sala.

Footnotes

  1. 5:10 nga ginsugo… iya: sa literal, nga naghambal sa ngalan sang Ginoo.
  2. 5:14 ngalan: buot silingon, gahom ukon awtoridad.

Warning to Rich Oppressors

Now listen,(A) you rich people,(B) weep and wail(C) because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.(D) Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.(E) Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(F) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(G) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(H) You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(I) in the day of slaughter.[a](J) You have condemned and murdered(K) the innocent one,(L) who was not opposing you.

Patience in Suffering

Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming.(M) See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting(N) for the autumn and spring rains.(O) You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming(P) is near.(Q) Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters,(R) or you will be judged. The Judge(S) is standing at the door!(T)

10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets(U) who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 As you know, we count as blessed(V) those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance(W) and have seen what the Lord finally brought about.(X) The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.(Y)

12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.(Z)

The Prayer of Faith

13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray.(AA) Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.(AB) 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders(AC) of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil(AD) in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith(AE) will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins(AF) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.(AG) The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.(AH)

17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are.(AI) He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.(AJ) 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.(AK)

19 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth(AL) and someone should bring that person back,(AM) 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save(AN) them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.(AO)

Footnotes

  1. James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting

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

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.