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

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

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

²ሀብታችሁ ተበላሽቶአል፥ ልብሳችሁም በብል ተበልቶአል።

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.

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

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) .

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

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

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

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

⁶ጻድቁን ኰንናችሁታል ገድላችሁትማል፤ እናንተን አይቃወምም።

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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”

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 suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

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

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,

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

¹⁸ሰማዩም ዝናብን ሰጠ ምድሪቱም ፍሬዋን አበቀለች።

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

¹⁹ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ ከእናንተ ማንም ከእውነት ቢስት አንዱም ቢመልሰው፥

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.

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