يَعقُوب 5
| هَلُمَّ ٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَغْنِيَاءُ، ٱبْكُوا مُوَلْوِلِينَ عَلَى شَقَاوَتِكُمُ ٱلْقَادِمَةِ. | ١ 1 |
Listen to me, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming upon you!
| غِنَاكُمْ قَدْ تَهَرَّأَ، وَثِيَابُكُمْ قَدْ أَكَلَهَا ٱلْعُثُّ. | ٢ 2 |
Your riches have wasted away, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
| ذَهَبُكُمْ وَفِضَّتُكُمْ قَدْ صَدِئَا، وَصَدَأُهُمَا يَكُونُ شَهَادَةً عَلَيْكُمْ، وَيَأْكُلُ لُحُومَكُمْ كَنَارٍ! قَدْ كَنَزْتُمْ فِي ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْأَخِيرَةِ. | ٣ 3 |
Your gold and silver are rusted; and the rust on them will be evidence against you, and will eat into your flesh. It was fire, so to speak, that you stored up for yourselves in these last days.
| هُوَذَا أُجْرَةُ ٱلْفَعَلَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ حَصَدُوا حُقُولَكُمُ، ٱلْمَبْخُوسَةُ مِنْكُمْ تَصْرُخُ، وَصِيَاحُ ٱلْحَصَّادِينَ قَدْ دَخَلَ إِلَى أُذْنَيْ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. | ٤ 4 |
Listen! The wages you have held back from the labourers who mowed your fields are crying out against you, and the outcries of your harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts!
| قَدْ تَرَفَّهْتُمْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَتَنَعَّمْتُمْ وَرَبَّيْتُمْ قُلُوبَكُمْ، كَمَا فِي يَوْمِ ٱلذَّبْحِ. | ٥ 5 |
You have lived on earth a life of extravagance and luxury; you have indulged your fancies in a time of bloodshed.
| حَكَمْتُمْ عَلَى ٱلْبَارِّ. قَتَلْتُمُوهُ. لَا يُقَاوِمُكُمْ! | ٦ 6 |
You have condemned, you have murdered, the righteous one! Must not God be opposed to you?
| فَتَأَنَّوْا أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ إِلَى مَجِيءِ ٱلرَّبِّ. هُوَذَا ٱلْفَلَّاحُ يَنْتَظِرُ ثَمَرَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلثَّمِينَ، مُتَأَنِّيًا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَنَالَ ٱلْمَطَرَ ٱلْمُبَكِّرَ وَٱلْمُتَأَخِّرَ. | ٧ 7 |
Be patient, then, friends, until the coming of the Lord. Even the farmer has to wait for the precious fruit of the earth, watching over it patiently, until it has had the spring and summer rains.
| فَتَأَنَّوْا أَنْتُمْ وَثَبِّتُوا قُلُوبَكُمْ، لِأَنَّ مَجِيءَ ٱلرَّبِّ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ. | ٨ 8 |
And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord’s coming is near.
| لَا يَئِنَّ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ لِئَلَّا تُدَانُوا. هُوَذَا ٱلدَّيَّانُ وَاقِفٌ قُدَّامَ ٱلْبَابِ. | ٩ 9 |
Do not make complaints against one another, friends, or judgment will be passed on you. The judge is already standing at the door!
| خُذُوا يَا إِخْوَتِي مِثَالًا لِٱحْتِمَالِ ٱلْمَشَقَّاتِ وَٱلْأَنَاةِ: ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَكَلَّمُوا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ١٠ 10 |
Friends, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
| هَا نَحْنُ نُطَوِّبُ ٱلصَّابِرِينَ. قَدْ سَمِعْتُمْ بِصَبْرِ أَيُّوبَ وَرَأَيْتُمْ عَاقِبَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ. لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ كَثِيرُ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَرَؤُوفٌ. | ١١ 11 |
We count those who displayed such endurance blessed! You have heard, too, of Job’s endurance, and have seen what the Lord’s purpose was, for “the Lord is full of pity and compassion.”
| وَلَكِنْ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يَا إِخْوَتِي، لَا تَحْلِفُوا، لَا بِٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَلَا بِٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَا بِقَسَمٍ آخَرَ. بَلْ لِتَكُنْ نَعَمْكُمْ نَعَمْ، وَلَاكُمْ لَا، لِئَلَّا تَقَعُوا تَحْتَ دَيْنُونَةٍ. | ١٢ 12 |
Above all things, my friends, never take an oath, either by heaven, or by earth, or by anything else. Let your “Yes” suffice for yes, and “No” for no, so that you may escape condemnation.
| أَعَلَى أَحَدٍ بَيْنَكُمْ مَشَقَّاتٌ؟ فَلْيُصَلِّ. أَمَسْرُورٌ أَحَدٌ؟ فَلْيُرَتِّلْ. | ١٣ 13 |
If anyone of you is in trouble, they should pray; if anyone is happy, they should sing hymns.
| أَمَرِيضٌ أَحَدٌ بَيْنَكُمْ؟ فَلْيَدْعُ شُيُوخَ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ فَيُصَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَيَدْهُنُوهُ بِزَيْتٍ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ، | ١٤ 14 |
If anyone of you is ill, they should send for the church elders, and let them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.
| وَصَلَاةُ ٱلْإِيمَانِ تَشْفِي ٱلْمَرِيضَ، وَٱلرَّبُّ يُقِيمُهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ فَعَلَ خَطِيَّةً تُغْفَرُ لَهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
The prayer offered in faith will save the person who is sick, and the Lord will raise them from their bed; and if they have committed sins, they will be forgiven.
| اِعْتَرِفُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ بِٱلزَلَّاتِ، وَصَلُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِأَجْلِ بَعْضٍ، لِكَيْ تُشْفَوْا. طَلِبَةُ ٱلْبَارِّ تَقْتَدِرُ كَثِيرًا فِي فِعْلِهَا. | ١٦ 16 |
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. Great is the power of a good person’s fervent prayer.
| كَانَ إِيلِيَّا إِنْسَانًا تَحْتَ ٱلْآلَامِ مِثْلَنَا، وَصَلَّى صَلَاةً أَنْ لَا تُمْطِرَ، فَلَمْ تُمْطِرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
Elijah was only human like ourselves, but, when he prayed fervently that it might not rain, no rain fell on the land for three and a half years.
| ثُمَّ صَلَّى أَيْضًا، فَأَعْطَتِ ٱلسَّمَاءُ مَطَرًا، وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ ثَمَرَهَا. | ١٨ 18 |
And, when he prayed again, the clouds brought rain, and the land bore crops.
| أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ، إِنْ ضَلَّ أَحَدٌ بَيْنَكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْحَقِّ فَرَدَّهُ أَحَدٌ، | ١٩ 19 |
My friends, should one of you be led astray from the truth, and someone bring them back again,
| فَلْيَعْلَمْ أَنَّ مَنْ رَدَّ خَاطِئًا عَنْ ضَلَالِ طَرِيقِهِ، يُخَلِّصُ نَفْسًا مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَيَسْتُرُ كَثْرَةً مِنَ ٱلْخَطَايَا. | ٢٠ 20 |
be sure that the person who brings a sinner back from their mistaken ways will save that person’s soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
