James 5

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

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

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

Bogatstvo vam istrunu, haljine vaše postadoše hrana moljcima,

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

Osudiste i ubiste pravednika: on vam se ne suprotstavlja!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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:

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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