Keraia
General Epistles

James 5

A Warning to the Rich

1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

1Come now, you rich, weep, wailing over the miseries that are coming upon you.

2Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

2Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.

3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire.

You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

3Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You treasured up in the last days.

4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

4Behold, the wage of the workers having mowed your fields—that having been kept back by you—cries out, and the cries of those having reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

5You lived in luxury and you lived in self-indulgence upon the earth. You fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

6You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

6You condemned and murdered the righteous one; he does not resist you.

Patience in Suffering

7Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

7Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and the late.

8You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

8You also be patient; strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near.

9Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

9Do not groan against one another, brothers, so that you might not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the doors.

10Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

10Brothers, as an example of suffering evil and of patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

11Behold, we count blessed those having endured. You heard of the perseverance of Job, and you saw the outcome of the Lord, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

12Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.

12But before all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven nor the earth nor any other oath. But let your “Yes” be yes, and the “No,” no, so that you might not fall under judgment.

The Prayer of Faith

13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

13Is anyone among you suffering evil? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.

14Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

14Is anyone among you sick? Let him summon the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord.

15And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

15And the prayer of faith will save the one ailing, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he might be one having committed sins, it will be forgiven him.

16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

16Therefore confess the sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man being made effective prevails much.

17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

17Elijah was a man of like nature to us, and with prayer he prayed for it not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months.

18Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.

18And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

Restoring a Sinner

19My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

19My brothers, if anyone among you should wander from the truth, and anyone should turn him back,

20consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

20let him know that the one having turned back a sinner from the wandering of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.