MLV(i)
1 Come now you rich, weep, howling in your miseries, in those which are coming upon you.
2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and silver have tarnished, and their tarnish will be for a testimony against you and will be eating your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in your\'b0 last days.
4 Behold, the wages of the workers who mowed your farmlands, the wages which have been defrauded by you, are crying out against you and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
5 You have caroused upon the land and are self-indulgent; you have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 You have sentenced others, you murdered the righteous; there is no resisting in you.
7 Therefore brethren, have patience until the presence of the Lord. Behold, the farmer is waiting for the precious fruit of the earth, having patience over it, until it should receive the morning and evening rainfall. 8 You also, have patience; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord has drawn near. 9 Brethren, do not groan against one another, in order that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors.
10 My brethren, take as an example of suffering evil treatment and of patience the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we esteem those fortunate who are enduring. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the end of the Lord, how that he is very affectionate and compassionate.
12 My brethren, but before all things, do not swear, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no be no; in order that you may not fall into hypocrisy.
13 Is anyone among you suffering evil treatment? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing-praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him invite the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the vow of the faith will save the one who is weary and the Lord will lift him up, even if he has been practicing sins, it will be forgiven him.
16 Therefore confess your trespasses to one another, and pray on behalf of one another, that you may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man prevails; much in its working. 17 Elijah was a man of like-feelings to us and he prayed with much prayer that it might not rain, and it did not rain upon the land for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rainfall and the land sprouted her fruit.
19 Brethren, if anyone among you are misled from the truth and someone should return him to it; 20 let him know, that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will be saving a soul from death and will be hiding a multitude of sins.
7 Therefore brethren, have patience until the presence of the Lord. Behold, the farmer is waiting for the precious fruit of the earth, having patience over it, until it should receive the morning and evening rainfall. 8 You also, have patience; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord has drawn near. 9 Brethren, do not groan against one another, in order that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors.
10 My brethren, take as an example of suffering evil treatment and of patience the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we esteem those fortunate who are enduring. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the end of the Lord, how that he is very affectionate and compassionate.
12 My brethren, but before all things, do not swear, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no be no; in order that you may not fall into hypocrisy.
13 Is anyone among you suffering evil treatment? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing-praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him invite the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the vow of the faith will save the one who is weary and the Lord will lift him up, even if he has been practicing sins, it will be forgiven him.
16 Therefore confess your trespasses to one another, and pray on behalf of one another, that you may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man prevails; much in its working. 17 Elijah was a man of like-feelings to us and he prayed with much prayer that it might not rain, and it did not rain upon the land for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rainfall and the land sprouted her fruit.
19 Brethren, if anyone among you are misled from the truth and someone should return him to it; 20 let him know, that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will be saving a soul from death and will be hiding a multitude of sins.