1 T ena, e te hunga taonga, e tangi koutou, aue ki o koutou mate meake nei puta mai.

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

2 K ua pirau o koutou taonga, kua kainga o koutou kakahu e te huhu.

Your riches are rotten, and your garments are motheaten.

3 K ua waikuratia ta koutou koura me ta koutou hiriwa; ko te waikura ano o aua mea hei kaiwhakaatu i to koutou he, hei kai hoki i o koutou kikokiko, ano he kapura. Kua pae na i a koutou he taonga mo nga ra whakamutunga.

Your 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.

4 N ana, kei te karanga te utu i kaiponuhia e koutou ma nga kaimahi nana i kokoti a koutou mara, kua tae atu ano hoki nga karanga a nga kaikokoti ki nga taringa o te Ariki o nga mano tini.

Behold, 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.

5 K ua kai koutou i nga kai papai i runga i te whenua, whaia ana e koutou a te tinana whakaahuareka; atawhaitia ana e koutou o koutou ngakau, me te mea ano ko te ra okanga tenei.

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

6 W hakataka ana e koutou ki te he, patua iho te mea tika, kihai ano ia i pehi atu i ta koutou.

Ye have condemned and murdered the just, and he does not resist you.

7 N a, tatari marie koutou, e oku teina, ki te haerenga mai o te Ariki. Na, tumanako tonu te kaingaki ki nga hua utu nui o te whenua, he mea tatari marie atu nana, kia tae mai ra ano to mua me to muri ua.

Be 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.

8 T atari marie ano hoki koutou; kia u o koutou ngakau: kua tata hoki te haerenga mai o te Ariki.

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

9 K aua e amuamu tetahi ki tetahi, e oku teina; kei whakataka koutou ki te he: nana, kei nga tatau te kaiwhakawa e tu ana.

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

10 K o nga poropiti i korero nei i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki, waiho ratou, e oku teina, hei tauira mo te whakamanawanui ki nga kino, mo te tatari marie.

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

11 N ana, ki ta tatou he hari te hunga e whakamanawanui ana. kua rongo koutou ki te manawanui o Hopa, kua kite hoki i to te Ariki whakamutunga, he nui to te Ariki aroha, me tana mahi tohu.

Behold, 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.

12 K o te tuatahi ia o nga mea katoa, e oku teina, kaua te rangi, kaua te whenua, kaua tetahi atu oati, e oatitia e koutou: engari me ae ta koutou ae, me kahore ta koutou kahore; kei taka koutou ki te whakawa.

¶ 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.

13 K i te pangia tetahi o koutou e te mamae, me inoi. Ki te koa te ngakau o tetahi, me waiata.

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

14 K i te turoro tetahi i roto i a koutou, me karanga e ia ki nga kaumatua o te hahi; a ma ratou e inoi ki runga ki a ia, me te whakawahi ano i a ia ki te hinu i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki:

Is 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;

15 A e ora te turoro i te inoi whakapono, ma te Ariki ano ia e whakaara ake; ki te mea hoki kua mahi hara ia, ka murua tona hara.

and 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.

16 W hakina o koutou he tetahi ki tetahi, me inoi ano koutou tetahi mo tetahi, kia ora ai o koutou mate. Nui atu te mana o te inoi kaha a te tangata tika.

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

17 H e tangata a Iraia, he rite tahi te ngakau ki o tatou, heoi ka kaha nei tana inoi kia kaua e ua; kore ake he ua ki runga ki te whenua, a e toru nga tau, e ono nga marama.

Elijah 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.

18 I noi ana ano ia, a ka homai he ua e te rangi, na hua ana nga hua o te whenua.

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

19 E oku teina, ki te kotiti ke tetahi o koutou i te pono, a ka meinga e tetahi kia tahuri mai ano.

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

20 K ia matau ia, ko te tangata i tahuri ai te tangata hara i te he o tona ara, e ora i a ia he wairua kei mate, he tini ano nga hara ka hipokina e ia.

let 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.