1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
1አሁንም እናንተ ባለ ጠጎች፥ ስለሚደርስባችሁ ጭንቅ ዋይ ዋይ እያላችሁ አልቅሱ።
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
2ሀብታችሁ ተበላሽቶአል፥ ልብሳችሁም በብል ተበልቶአል።
3Your 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.
3ወርቃችሁም ብራችሁም ዝጎአል፥ ዝገቱም ምስክር ይሆንባችኋል ሥጋችሁንም እንደ እሳት ይበላል። ለኋለኛው ቀን መዝገብን አከማችታችኋል።
4Behold, 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.
4እነሆ፥ እርሻችሁን ያጨዱት የሠራተኞች ደመወዝ በእናንተ ተቀምቶ ይጮኻል፥ የአጫጆችም ድምፅ ወደ ጌታ ፀባዖት ጆሮ ገብቶአል።
5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
5በምድር ላይ ተቀማጥላችኋል በሴሰኝነትም ኖራችኋል፤ ለእርድ ቀን እንደሚያወፍር ልባችሁን አወፍራችኋል።
6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
6ጻድቁን ኰንናችሁታል ገድላችሁትማል፤ እናንተን አይቃወምም።
7Be 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.
7እንግዲህ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ጌታ እስኪመጣ ድረስ ታገሡ። እነሆ፥ ገበሬው የፊተኛውንና የኋለኛውን ዝናብ እስኪቀበል ድረስ እርሱን እየታገሠ የከበረውን የመሬት ፍሬ ይጠብቃል።
8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
8እናንተ ደግሞ ታገሡ፥ ልባችሁንም አጽኑ፤ የጌታ መምጣት ቀርቦአልና።
9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
9ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እንዳይፈረድባችሁ እርስ በርሳችሁ አታጉረምርሙ፤ እነሆ፥ ፈራጅ በደጅ ፊት ቆሞአል።
10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
10ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ የመከራና የትዕግሥት ምሳሌ የሆኑትን በጌታ ስም የተናገሩትን ነቢያትን ተመልከቱ።
11Behold, 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.
11እነሆ፥ በትዕግሥት የጸኑትን ብፁዓን እንላቸዋለን፤ ኢዮብ እንደ ታገሠ ሰምታችኋል፥ ጌታም እንደ ፈጸመለት አይታችኋል፤ ጌታ እጅግ የሚምር የሚራራም ነውና።
12But 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.
12ከሁሉም በፊት፥ ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ በሰማይ ቢሆን በምድርም ቢሆን በሌላ መሐላም ቢሆን በምንም አትማሉ፤ ነገር ግን ከፍርድ በታች እንዳትወድቁ ነገራችሁ አዎን ቢሆን አዎን ይሁን፥ አይደለምም ቢሆን አይደለም ይሁን።
13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
13ከእናንተ መከራን የሚቀበል ማንም ቢኖር እርሱ ይጸልይ፤ ደስ የሚለውም ማንም ቢኖር እርሱ ይዘምር።
14Is 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:
14ከእናንተ የታመመ ማንም ቢኖር የቤተ ክርስቲያንን ሽምግሌዎች ወደ እርሱ ይጥራ፤ በጌታም ስም እርሱን ዘይት ቀብተው ይጸልዩለት።
15And 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.
15የእምነትም ጸሎት ድውዩን ያድናል ጌታም ያስነሣዋል፤ ኃጢአትንም ሠርቶ እንደ ሆነ ይሰረይለታል።
16Confess 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.
16እርስ በርሳችሁ በኃጢአታችሁ ተናዘዙ። ትፈወሱም ዘንድ እያንዳንዱ ስለ ሌላው ይጸልይ፤ የጻድቅ ሰው ጸሎት በሥራዋ እጅግ ኃይል ታደርጋለች።
17Elias 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.
17ኤልያስ እንደ እኛ የሆነ ሰው ነበረ፥ ዝናብም እንዳይዘንብ አጥብቆ ጸለየ፥ በምድርም ላይ ሦስት ዓመት ከስድስት ወር አልዘነበም፤ ሁለተኛም ጸለየ፥
18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
18ሰማዩም ዝናብን ሰጠ ምድሪቱም ፍሬዋን አበቀለች።
19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
19ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ ከእናንተ ማንም ከእውነት ቢስት አንዱም ቢመልሰው፥
20Let 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.
20ኃጢአተኛን ከተሳሳተበት መንገድ የሚመልሰው ነፍሱን ከሞት እንዲያድን፥ የኃጢአትንም ብዛት እንዲሸፍን ይወቅ።