James 5

age nunc divites plorate ululantes in miseriis quae advenient vobis

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

divitiae vestrae putrefactae sunt et vestimenta vestra a tineis comesta sunt

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

aurum et argentum vestrum eruginavit et erugo eorum in testimonium vobis erit et manducabit carnes vestras sicut ignis thesaurizastis in novissimis diebus

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.

ecce merces operariorum qui messuerunt regiones vestras qui fraudatus est a vobis clamat et clamor ipsorum in aures Domini Sabaoth introiit

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.

epulati estis super terram et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis

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

addixistis occidistis iustum non resistit vobis

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

patientes igitur estote fratres usque ad adventum Domini ecce agricola expectat pretiosum fructum terrae patienter ferens donec accipiat temporivum et serotinum

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.

patientes estote et vos confirmate corda vestra quoniam adventus Domini adpropinquavit

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

nolite ingemescere fratres in alterutrum ut non iudicemini ecce iudex ante ianuam adsistit

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

exemplum accipite fratres laboris et patientiae prophetas qui locuti sunt in nomine Domini

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

ecce beatificamus qui sustinuerunt sufferentiam Iob audistis et finem Domini vidistis quoniam misericors est Dominus et miserator

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.

ante omnia autem fratres mei nolite iurare neque per caelum neque per terram neque aliud quodcumque iuramentum sit autem vestrum est est non non uti non sub iudicio decidatis

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.

tristatur aliquis vestrum oret aequo animo est psallat

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

infirmatur quis in vobis inducat presbyteros ecclesiae et orent super eum unguentes eum oleo in nomine Domini

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:

et oratio fidei salvabit infirmum et adlevabit eum Dominus et si in peccatis sit dimittentur ei

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.

confitemini ergo alterutrum peccata vestra et orate pro invicem ut salvemini multum enim valet deprecatio iusti adsidua

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.

Helias homo erat similis nobis passibilis et oratione oravit ut non plueret super terram et non pluit annos tres et menses sex

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.

et rursum oravit et caelum dedit pluviam et terra dedit fructum suum

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

fratres mei si quis ex vobis erraverit a veritate et converterit quis eum

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

scire debet quoniam qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore viae suae salvabit animam eius a morte et operit multitudinem peccatorum

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.