James 5

De sada, bogataši, proplačite i zakukajte zbog nevolja koje će vas zadesiti!

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Bogatstvo vam istrunu, haljine vaše postadoše hrana moljcima,

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

zlato vam i srebro zarđa i rđa će njihova biti svjedočanstvo protiv vas te će kao vatra izjesti tijela vaša! Zgrnuste blago u posljednje dane!

Your 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.

Evo: plaća kosaca vaših njiva - koju im uskratiste - viče i vapaji žetelaca dopriješe do ušiju Gospoda nad Vojskama.

Behold, 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.

Raskošno ste na zemlji i razvratno živjeli, utoviste srca svoja za dan klanja!

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

Osudiste i ubiste pravednika: on vam se ne suprotstavlja!

Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

Strpite se dakle, braćo, do Dolaska Gospodnjega! Evo: ratar iščekuje dragocjeni urod zemlje, strpljiv je s njime dok ne dobije kišu ranu i kasnu.

Be 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.

Strpite se i vi, očvrsnite srca jer se Dolazak Gospodnji približio!

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Ne tužite se jedni na druge da ne budete osuđeni! Evo: sudac stoji pred vratima!

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Za uzor strpljivosti i podnošenja zala uzmite, braćo, proroke koji su govorili u ime Gospodnje.

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

Eto: blaženima nazivamo one koji ustrajaše. Za postojanost Jobovu čuste i nakanu Gospodnju vidjeste jer milostiv je Gospodin i milosrdan!

Behold, 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.

Prije svega, braćo moja, ne zaklinjite se ni nebom ni zemljom, ni ikojom drugom zakletvom. Vaše "da" neka bude "da", i "ne" - "ne", da ne padnete pod sud.

But 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.

Pati li tko među vama? Neka moli! Je li tko radostan? Neka pjeva hvalospjeve!

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

Boluje li tko među vama? Neka dozove starješine Crkve! Oni neka mole nad njim mažući ga uljem u ime Gospodnje

Is 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:

pa će molitva vjere spasiti nemoćnika; Gospodin će ga podići, i ako je sagriješio, oprostit će mu se.

And 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.

Ispovijedajte dakle jedni drugima grijehe i molite jedni za druge da ozdravite! Mnogo može žarka molitva pravednikova.

Confess 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.

Ilija bijaše čovjek baš kao i mi; usrdno se pomoli da ne bude kiše i kiše nije bilo na zemlji tri godine i šest mjeseci.

Elias 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.

Zatim se ponovno pomoli te nebo dade kišu i zemlja iznese urod svoj.

And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Braćo moja, odluta li tko od vas od istine pa ga tkogod vrati,

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

znajte: tko vrati grešnika s lutalačkog puta njegova, spasit će dušu njegovu od smrti i pokriti mnoštvo grijeha.

Let 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.