James 5

1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.

2Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.

3Your gold and silver is cankered: and the rust of them shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up to yourselves wrath against the last days.

4Behold the hire of the labourers, who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

5You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter.

6You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not.

7Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain.

8Be you therefore also patient, and strengthen your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

9Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.

10Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

11Behold, we account them blessed who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be, yea, yea: no, no: that you fall not under judgment.

13Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing.

14Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.

16Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.

17Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months.

18And he prayed again: and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

19My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert him:

20He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

1Agite nunc divites, plorate ululantes in miseriis vestris, quæ advenient vobis.

2Divitiæ vestræ putrefactæ sunt, et vestimenta vestra a tineis comesta sunt.

3Aurum et argentum vestrum æruginavit: et ærugo eorum in testimonium vobis erit, et manducabit carnes vestras sicut ignis. Thesaurizastis vobis iram in novissimis diebus.

4Ecce merces operariorum, qui messuerunt regiones vestras, quæ fraudata est a vobis, clamat: et clamor eorum in aures Domini sabbaoth introivit.

5Epulati estis super terram, et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis.

6Addixistis, et occidistis justum, et non resistit vobis.

7Patientes igitur estote, fratres, usque ad adventum Domini. Ecce agricola exspectat pretiosum fructum terræ, patienter ferens donec accipiat temporaneum et serotinum.

8Patientes igitur estote et vos, et confirmate corda vestra: quoniam adventus Domini appropinquavit.

9Nolite ingemiscere, fratres, in alterutrum, ut non judicemini. Ecce judex ante januam assistit.

10Exemplum accipite, fratres, exitus mali, laboris, et patientiæ, prophetas qui locuti sunt in nomine Domini.

11Ecce beatificamus eos qui sustinuerunt. Sufferentiam Job audistis, et finem Domini vidistis, quoniam misericors Dominus est, et miserator.

12Ante omnia autem, fratres mei, nolite jurare, neque per cælum, neque per terram, neque aliud quodcumque juramentum. Sit autem sermo vester: Est, est: Non, non: ut non sub judicio decidatis.

13Tristatur aliquis vestrum? oret. Æquo animo est? psallat.

14Infirmatur quis in vobis? inducat presbyteros ecclesiæ, et orent super eum, ungentes eum oleo in nomine Domini:

15et oratio fidei salvabit infirmum, et alleviabit eum Dominus: et si in peccatis sit, remittentur ei.

16Confitemini ergo alterutrum peccata vestra, et orate pro invicem ut salvemini: multum enim valet deprecatio justi assidua.

17Elias homo erat similis nobis passibilis: et oratione oravit ut non plueret super terram, et non pluit annos tres, et menses sex.

18Et rursum oravit: et cælum dedit pluviam, et terra dedit fructum suum.

19Fratres mei, si quis ex vobis erraverit a veritate, et converterit quis eum:

20scire debet quoniam qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore viæ suæ, salvabit animam ejus a morte, et operiet multitudinem peccatorum.

1Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!

2Your riches have been corrupted, and your garments have been eaten by moths.

3Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be a testimony against you, and it will eat away at your flesh like fire. You have stored up wrath for yourselves unto the last days.

4Consider the pay of the workers who reaped your fields: it has been misappropriated by you; it cries out. And their cry has entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

5You have feasted upon the earth, and you have nourished your hearts with luxuries, unto the day of slaughter.

6You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you.

7Therefore, be patient, brothers, until the advent of the Lord. Consider that the farmer anticipates the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently, until he receives the early and the late rains.

8Therefore, you too should be patient and should strengthen your hearts. For the advent of the Lord draws near.

9Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.

10My brothers, consider the Prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of departing from evil, of labor, and of patience.

11Consider that we beatify those who have endured. You have heard of the patient suffering of Job. And you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

12But before all things, my brothers, do not choose to swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor in any other oath. But let your word ‘Yes’ be yes, and your word ‘No’ be no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

13Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he even-tempered? Let him sing psalms.

14Is anyone ill among you? Let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

15And a prayer of faith will save the infirm, and the Lord will alleviate him. And if he has sins, these will be forgiven him.

16Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.

17Elijah was a mortal man like us, and in prayer he prayed that it would not rain upon the earth. And it did not rain for three years and six months.

18And he prayed again. And the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

19My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone converts him,

20he ought to know that whoever causes a sinner to be converted from the error of his ways will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.