1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you .
Haya basi, enyi matajiri! Lieni, mkapige yowe kwa sababu ya mashaka yenu yanayowajia.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Mali zenu zimeoza, na mavazi yenu yameliwa na nondo.
3 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.
Dhahabu yenu na fedha yenu zimeingia kutu, na kutu yake itawashuhudia, nayo itakula miili yenu kama moto. Mmejiwekea akiba katika siku za mwisho.
4 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.
Angalieni, ujira wa wakulima waliovuna mashamba yenu, ninyi mliouzuia kwa hila, unapiga kelele, na vilio vyao waliovuna vimeingia masikioni mwa Bwana wa majeshi.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Mmefanya anasa katika dunia, na kujifurahisha kwa tamaa; mmejilisha mioyo yenu kama siku ya machinjo.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Mmehukumu mwenye haki mkamwua; wala hashindani nanyi.
7 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.
Kwa hiyo ndugu, vumilieni, hata kuja kwake Bwana. Tazama, mkulima hungoja mazao ya nchi yaliyo ya thamani, huvumilia kwa ajili yake hata yatakapopata mvua ya kwanza na ya mwisho.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Nanyi vumilieni, mthibitishe mioyo yenu, kwa maana kuja kwake Bwana kunakaribia.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Ndugu, msinung'unikiane, msije mkahukumiwa. Angalieni, mwamuzi amesimama mbele ya milango.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
Ndugu, watwaeni manabii walionena kwa jina la Bwana, wawe mfano wa kustahimili mabaya, na wa uvumilivu.
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.
Angalieni, twawaita heri wao waliosubiri. Mmesikia habari ya subira yake Ayubu, mmeuona mwisho wa Bwana ya kwamba Bwana ni mwingi wa rehema, mwenye huruma.
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.
Lakini zaidi ya yote, ndugu zangu, msiape, wala kwa mbingu wala kwa nchi; wala kwa kiapo kinginecho chote; bali ndiyo yenu na iwe ndiyo, na siyo yenu iwe siyo, msije mkaangukia hukumu.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Mtu wa kwenu amepatikana na mabaya? Na aombe. Ana moyo wa kuchangamka? Na aimbe zaburi.
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:
Mtu wa kwenu amekuwa hawezi? Na awaite wazee wa kanisa; nao wamwombee, na kumpaka mafuta kwa jina la Bwana.
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.
Na kule kuomba kwa imani kutamwokoa mgonjwa yule, na Bwana atamwinua; hata ikiwa amefanya dhambi, atasamehewa.
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.
Ungameni dhambi zenu ninyi kwa ninyi, na kuombeana, mpate kuponywa. Kuomba kwake mwenye haki kwafaa sana, akiomba kwa bidii.
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.
Eliya alikuwa mwanadamu mwenye tabia moja na sisi, akaomba kwa bidii mvua isinyeshe, na mvua haikunyesha juu ya nchi muda wa miaka mitatu na miezi sita.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Akaomba tena, mbingu zikatoa mvua, nayo nchi ikazaa matunda yake.
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
Ndugu zangu, ikiwa mtu wa kwenu amepotelea mbali na kweli, na mtu mwingine akamrejeza;
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.
jueni ya kuwa yeye amrejezaye mwenye dhambi hata atoke katika njia ya upotevu, ataokoa roho na mauti, na kufunika wingi wa dhambi.
