1 ¶ Come now, Oh ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

2 Y our riches are rotten, and your garments are motheaten.

Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.

3 Y our gold and silver is corrupted with rust; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall completely eat your flesh, as fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

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 in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

4 B ehold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped your fields (which you have kept back by fraud) cries out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of the hosts.

Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

5 Y e have lived in pleasure on the earth and been wanton; ye have refreshed your hearts, as in the day of slaughter of sacrifices.

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

6 Y e have condemned and murdered the just, and he does not resist you.

You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you. Exhortation

7 B e patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently until it receives the early and latter rain.

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.

8 B e ye also patient and confirm your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draws near.

You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.

9 C omplain not one against another, brethren, that ye not be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.

Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.

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

As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

11 B ehold, we count blessed those who endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very merciful, and full of compassion.

We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

12 ¶ But above all things, my brethren, do not swear by heaven or by the earth or by any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no, no; lest ye fall into condemnation.

But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

13 I s anyone among you afflicted? let them pray. Is anyone happy? let them sing.

Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises.

14 I s any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the congregation; and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

15 a nd the prayer of faith shall cause the one who is sick to be saved, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he shall be forgiven them.

and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

16 C onfess your faults one to another and pray one for another that ye may be whole. The effectual prayer of the righteous is very powerful.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

17 E lijah was a man subject to passions like unto ours, and he asked in prayer that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

18 A nd he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

19 B rethren, if any of you have erred from the truth, and someone should convert him;

My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back,

20 l et that one know, that whosoever causes the sinner to convert from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.