¹ Ya araŋ arzakantey, wa maa: wa hẽ ka kaati masiibey kaŋ ga kaa araŋ gaa sabbay se.

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

² Araŋ arzakey halaci, araŋ bankaarayey mo, kollo n'i ŋwa.

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

³ Araŋ wura nd'araŋ nzarfo mo hay. I hayyaŋo mo ga goro seeda araŋ boŋ k'araŋ gaahamey ŋwa danga danji cine. Araŋ n'araŋ arzakey jisi zaari banantey ra.

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.

⁴ Guna, alhakkey kaŋ araŋ zamba kaŋ araŋ wangu ka no goy-teerey kaŋ n'araŋ farey wi se, i goono ga jinde sambu. Fari wiikoy hẽeno mo furo Rabbi Kundeykoyo hangey ra.

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) .

⁵ Araŋ n'araŋ waate ŋwa ndunnya boŋ, araŋ goro kaani ra, araŋ na harram ŋwa ka naasu wiyaŋ zaaro se.

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

⁶ Araŋ na boro adili ciiti ka zeeri k'a wi mo, a mana wangu araŋ se mo.

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

⁷ Araŋ ma suuru binde, ay nya-izey, hala Rabbi ma kaa. Guna mate kaŋ cine farko ga nga laabu nafa albarkanta batu. A ga suuru a se hal a ma du hari, sintina da banda waney mo.

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.

⁸ Araŋ mo, kal araŋ ma suuru. Araŋ m'araŋ biney daahirandi, zama Rabbi kaayaŋo maan.

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

⁹ Ay nya-izey, araŋ ma si care jance zama i ma si araŋ ciiti. Guna, Ciitikwa goono ga kay fu meyo gaa.

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

¹⁰ Ay nya-izey, araŋ ma fongu nda annabey* kaŋ salaŋ Rabbi maa ra. Araŋ m'i dondon ka suuru taabi ra danga mate kaŋ cine i te.

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

¹¹ Guna, iri ga ne borey kaŋ suuru se albarkanteyaŋ. Araŋ maa Ayuba suuro baaro. Araŋ di haŋ kaŋ Rabbi te a se kokor banda mo, za kaŋ Rabbi to da bakaraw da suuji.

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.

¹² Amma hay kulu jine, ay nya-izey, araŋ ma si ze. Wa si ze da beene, wala da ganda, wala da zeyaŋ kulu dumi. Amma araŋ «Oho» ma goro Oho, araŋ «Hã'a» ma goro Hã'a mo, zama araŋ ma si kaŋ ciiti ra.

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”

¹³ Boro fo go no araŋ game ra kaŋ goono ga taabi, wala? To! A ma te adduwa. Boro fo go no kaŋ bine ga kaan, wala? To! A ma saabuyaŋ baytu te.

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

¹⁴ Boro fo go no araŋ game ra kaŋ jante, wala? To! A ma Almasihu marga arkusey* ce, i ma adduwa te a se ka ji soogu a boŋ Rabbi maa ra.

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,

¹⁵ Adduwa din kaŋ i te cimbeeri ra ga jantekomo faaba, Rabbi mo g'a tunandi. D'a na zunubi te mo, Irikoy g'a yaafa a se.

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.

¹⁶ Yaadin gaa araŋ m'araŋ zunubey ci care se. Araŋ ma te care se adduwa, zama araŋ ma du baani. Adilante adduwa gonda dabari gumo, a ga to mo.

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.

¹⁷ Iliya ya boro no kaŋ gonda takayaŋ sanda iri wano cine. A te adduwa da anniya hari ma si kaŋ, haro mana kaŋ laabo boŋ mo jiiri hinza nda handu iddu.

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.

¹⁸ A ye ka te adduwa koyne, beena te hari, laabo mo na nga albarka hay.

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

¹⁹ Ay nya-izey, d'araŋ ra boro fo kamba cimi gaa, nga no, boro fo n'a bare ka ye cimo do haray,

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

²⁰ wa woone bay: boro kaŋ ga zunubikooni bare ka ye nga fonda ra kaŋ gaa a kamba, a g'a fundo faaba buuyaŋ gaa ka zunubi boobo daabu a se mo.

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.