¹አሁንም እናንተ ባለ ጠጎች፥ ስለሚደርስባችሁ ጭንቅ ዋይ ዋይ እያላችሁ አልቅሱ።

¹Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

²ሀብታችሁ ተበላሽቶአል፥ ልብሳችሁም በብል ተበልቶአል።

²Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

³ወርቃችሁም ብራችሁም ዝጎአል፥ ዝገቱም ምስክር ይሆንባችኋል ሥጋችሁንም እንደ እሳት ይበላል። ለኋለኛው ቀን መዝገብን አከማችታችኋል።

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

⁴እነሆ፥ እርሻችሁን ያጨዱት የሠራተኞች ደመወዝ በእናንተ ተቀምቶ ይጮኻል፥ የአጫጆችም ድምፅ ወደ ጌታ ፀባዖት ጆሮ ገብቶአል።

⁴Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze’va’ot) .

⁵በምድር ላይ ተቀማጥላችኋል በሴሰኝነትም ኖራችኋል፤ ለእርድ ቀን እንደሚያወፍር ልባችሁን አወፍራችኋል።

⁵You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

⁶ጻድቁን ኰንናችሁታል ገድላችሁትማል፤ እናንተን አይቃወምም።

⁶You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.

⁷እንግዲህ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ጌታ እስኪመጣ ድረስ ታገሡ። እነሆ፥ ገበሬው የፊተኛውንና የኋለኛውን ዝናብ እስኪቀበል ድረስ እርሱን እየታገሠ የከበረውን የመሬት ፍሬ ይጠብቃል።

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

⁸እናንተ ደግሞ ታገሡ፥ ልባችሁንም አጽኑ፤ የጌታ መምጣት ቀርቦአልና።

⁸You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

⁹ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እንዳይፈረድባችሁ እርስ በርሳችሁ አታጉረምርሙ፤ እነሆ፥ ፈራጅ በደጅ ፊት ቆሞአል።

⁹Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

¹⁰ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ የመከራና የትዕግሥት ምሳሌ የሆኑትን በጌታ ስም የተናገሩትን ነቢያትን ተመልከቱ።

¹⁰Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

¹¹እነሆ፥ በትዕግሥት የጸኑትን ብፁዓን እንላቸዋለን፤ ኢዮብ እንደ ታገሠ ሰምታችኋል፥ ጌታም እንደ ፈጸመለት አይታችኋል፤ ጌታ እጅግ የሚምር የሚራራም ነውና።

¹¹Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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።

¹²But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes,” and your “no,” “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy. TR reads “under judgment” instead of “into hypocrisy”

¹³ከእናንተ መከራን የሚቀበል ማንም ቢኖር እርሱ ይጸልይ፤ ደስ የሚለውም ማንም ቢኖር እርሱ ይዘምር።

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

¹⁴ከእናንተ የታመመ ማንም ቢኖር የቤተ ክርስቲያንን ሽምግሌዎች ወደ እርሱ ይጥራ፤ በጌታም ስም እርሱን ዘይት ቀብተው ይጸልዩለት።

¹⁴Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,

¹⁵የእምነትም ጸሎት ድውዩን ያድናል ጌታም ያስነሣዋል፤ ኃጢአትንም ሠርቶ እንደ ሆነ ይሰረይለታል።

¹⁵and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

¹⁶እርስ በርሳችሁ በኃጢአታችሁ ተናዘዙ። ትፈወሱም ዘንድ እያንዳንዱ ስለ ሌላው ይጸልይ፤ የጻድቅ ሰው ጸሎት በሥራዋ እጅግ ኃይል ታደርጋለች።

¹⁶Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

¹⁷ኤልያስ እንደ እኛ የሆነ ሰው ነበረ፥ ዝናብም እንዳይዘንብ አጥብቆ ጸለየ፥ በምድርም ላይ ሦስት ዓመት ከስድስት ወር አልዘነበም፤ ሁለተኛም ጸለየ፥

¹⁷Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.

¹⁸ሰማዩም ዝናብን ሰጠ ምድሪቱም ፍሬዋን አበቀለች።

¹⁸He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.

¹⁹ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ ከእናንተ ማንም ከእውነት ቢስት አንዱም ቢመልሰው፥

¹⁹Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,

²⁰ኃጢአተኛን ከተሳሳተበት መንገድ የሚመልሰው ነፍሱን ከሞት እንዲያድን፥ የኃጢአትንም ብዛት እንዲሸፍን ይወቅ።

²⁰let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.