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Santiago 5
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Santiago 5
Nueva Versión Internacional
Advertencia a los ricos opresores
5 Ahora escuchen, ustedes los ricos: ¡lloren a gritos por las calamidades que les vienen encima! 2 Se ha podrido su riqueza y sus ropas están comidas por la polilla. 3 Se han oxidado su oro y su plata. Ese óxido dará testimonio contra ustedes y consumirá como fuego sus cuerpos. Han amontonado riquezas, ¡y eso que estamos en los días finales! 4 Oigan cómo clama contra ustedes el salario no pagado a los obreros que trabajaron en sus campos. El clamor de esos trabajadores ha llegado a oídos del Señor de los Ejércitos. 5 Ustedes han llevado en este mundo una vida de lujo y de placer desenfrenado. Lo que han hecho es engordar para el día de la matanza.[a] 6 Han condenado y matado al justo sin que él ofreciera resistencia.
Paciencia en los sufrimientos
7 Por tanto, hermanos, tengan paciencia hasta la venida del Señor. Miren cómo espera el agricultor a que la tierra dé su precioso fruto y con qué paciencia aguarda las lluvias de otoño y primavera. 8 Así también ustedes, manténganse firmes y aguarden con paciencia la venida del Señor, que ya se acerca. 9 No se quejen unos de otros, hermanos, para que no sean juzgados. ¡El Juez ya está a la puerta!
10 Hermanos, tomen como ejemplo de sufrimiento y de paciencia a los profetas que hablaron en el nombre del Señor. 11 En verdad, consideramos dichosos a los que perseveraron. Ustedes han oído hablar de la perseverancia de Job y han visto lo que al final le dio el Señor. El Señor es muy compasivo y misericordioso.
12 Sobre todo, hermanos míos, no juren ni por el cielo ni por la tierra ni por ninguna otra cosa. Que su «sí» sea «sí», y su «no», «no», para que no sean condenados.
La oración de fe
13 ¿Está afligido alguno entre ustedes? Que ore. ¿Está alguno de buen ánimo? Que cante alabanzas. 14 ¿Está enfermo alguno de ustedes? Haga llamar a los líderes de la iglesia para que oren por él y lo unjan con aceite en el nombre del Señor. 15 La oración de fe sanará al enfermo y el Señor lo levantará. Y si ha cometido pecados, sus pecados se le perdonarán. 16 Por eso, confiésense unos a otros sus pecados y oren unos por otros, para que sean sanados. La oración del justo es poderosa y eficaz.
17 Elías era un hombre con debilidades como las nuestras. Con fervor oró que no lloviera y no llovió sobre la tierra durante tres años y medio. 18 Volvió a orar, y el cielo dio su lluvia y la tierra produjo sus frutos.
19 Hermanos míos, si alguno de ustedes se extravía de la verdad y otro lo hace volver a ella, 20 recuerden que quien hace volver a un pecador de su extravío lo salvará de la muerte y cubrirá muchísimos pecados.
Footnotes
- 5:5 Lo … matanza. Alt. Han engordado como en un banquete.
James 5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
James 5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Warning to the Rich
5 Come now, you rich(A) people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you. 2 Your wealth is ruined and your clothes are moth-eaten.(B) 3 Your silver and gold are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days!(C) 4 Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers(D) who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.[a](E) 5 You have lived luxuriously on the land and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts(F) for[b] the day of slaughter.(G) 6 You have condemned—you have murdered—the righteous man; he does not resist you.(H)
Waiting for the Lord
7 Therefore, brothers, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.(I) 8 You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.(J)
9 Brothers, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!(K)
10 Brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name as an example of suffering and patience. 11 See, we count as blessed those who have endured.[c] You have heard of Job’s endurance(L) and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is very compassionate and merciful.(M)
Truthful Speech
12 Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath.(N) Your “yes” must be “yes,” and your “no” must be “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment.[d]
Effective Prayer
13 Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.(O) 14 Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.(P) 15 The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will restore him to health; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.(Q) 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.(R) 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.(S) 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit.(T)
19 My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth,(U) and someone turns him back,(V) 20 let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his life from death and cover a multitude of sins.(W)
Footnotes
- James 5:4 Gk Sabaoth; this word is a transliteration of the Hb word for Hosts, or Armies.
- James 5:5 Or hearts in
- James 5:11 Or have persevered
- James 5:12 Other mss read fall into hypocrisy
James 5
Lexham English Bible
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
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