aCome now
, byou rich
, cweep
and howl
for your miseries
which are coming
upon you.
aYour riches have rotted
and your garments
have become
moth-eaten
.
Your gold and your silver
have rusted
; and their rust
will be a witness
against you and will consume
your flesh
like
fire
. It is ain the last
days
that you have stored
up your treasure
!
Behold, athe pay
of the laborers
who mowed
your fields
, and which has been withheld
by you, cries
out against you; and bthe outcry
of those
who did
the harvesting
has reached
the ears
of cthe Lord
of 1Sabaoth
.
You have alived luxuriously
on the earth
and led
a life
of wanton
pleasure
; you have 1fattened
your hearts
in ba day
of slaughter
.
You have condemned and 1 aput
to death
bthe righteous
man; he does not resist
you.
Therefore be patient
, abrethren
, buntil
the coming
of the Lord
. cThe farmer
waits
for the precious
produce
of the soil
, being patient
about
it, until
1it gets
dthe early
and late
rains.
aYou too be patient
; bstrengthen
your hearts
, for cthe coming
of the Lord
is dnear
.
aDo not 1complain, bbrethren
, against
one
another
, so
that you yourselves may not be judged
; behold
, cthe Judge
is standing
2 dright
at the 3door
.
As an example, abrethren
, of suffering
and patience
, take
bthe prophets
who
spoke
in the name
of the Lord
.
We count those
ablessed
who endured
. You have heard
of bthe 1endurance
of Job
and have seen
cthe 2outcome
of the Lord's
dealings, that dthe Lord
is full
of compassion
and is merciful
.
But above all
, amy brethren
, bdo not swear
, either
by heaven
or
by earth
or
with any
other
oath
; but 1your yes
is to be yes
, and your no
, no
, so
that you may not fall
under
judgment
.
Is anyone among
you asuffering
? bThen he must pray
. Is anyone
cheerful
? He is to csing
praises
.
Is anyone among
you sick
? Then he must call
for athe elders
of the church
and they are to pray
over
him, 1 banointing
him with oil
in the name
of the Lord
;
and the aprayer 1offered in faith
will 2 brestore
the one who is sick
, and the Lord
will craise
him up, and if
he has committed
sins
, 3they will be forgiven
him.
Therefore, aconfess
your sins
to one
another
, and pray
for one
another
so
that you may be bhealed
. cThe effective
1prayer
of a righteous
man
can
accomplish
much
.
Elijah was aa man
with a nature
like
ours
, and bhe prayed
1earnestly
that it would not rain
, and it did not rain
on the earth
for cthree
years
and six
months
.
Then he aprayed
again
, and bthe 1sky
2poured
rain
and the earth
produced
its fruit
.
My brethren, aif
any
among
you strays
from bthe truth
and one
turns
him back
,
let him know that 1he who turns
a sinner
from the error
of his way
will asave
his soul
from death
and will bcover
a multitude
of sins
.