Jak 5
1 Koulye a, nou menm moun rich yo, se pou nou m'ap pale: Nou mèt konmanse kriye, konmanse pouse rèl pou malè ki pral tonbe sou nou yo.
Listen to me, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming upon you!
2 Richès nou yo fin pouri. Vèmin fin manje rad nou yo.
Your riches have wasted away, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
3 Lò nou ak lajan nou yo fin wouye. Lawouj la pral kanpe pou kondannen nou, li va devore vyann nou tankou dife. Nou te ranmase kont lajan nou nan dènye tan sa a.
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.
4 Gade! Nou pa t' peye lajan nou te dwe peye travayè yo ki t'ap travay pou nou nan jaden. Tande jan y'ap rele! Travayè ki te ranmase rekòt pou nou yo ap plede rele! Rèl yo rive jouk nan zòrèy Bondye, Mèt ki gen tout pouvwa a.
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!
5 Nou viv sou latè nan plezi ak nan jwisans. Nou manje jouk nou gra tankou bèt ki pare pou labatwa.
You have lived on earth a life of extravagance and luxury; you have indulged your fancies in a time of bloodshed.
6 Nou kondannen moun ki inonsan, nou fè touye yo. Yo menm, yo pa fè fòs ak nou.
You have condemned, you have murdered, the righteous one! Must not God be opposed to you?
7 Se poutèt sa, frè m' yo, annou pran pasyans jouk jou Seyè a va vini. Gade jan kiltivatè a gen pasyans. Li gen pou l' rete tann anvan pou tè a ba li yon bèl rekòt. Li pran pasyans, li rete tann lapli premye sezon an jouk lapli dènye sezon an.
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.
8 Nou menm tou, pran pasyans. Bay kè nou kouraj, paske Mèt la pa lontan vini.
And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord’s coming is near.
9 Frè m' yo, pa plenyen yonn sou do lòt pou nou pa tonbe anba jijman Bondye. Men jij la la nan papòt la.
Do not make complaints against one another, friends, or judgment will be passed on you. The judge is already standing at the door!
10 Frè m' yo, chonje pwofèt yo ki te pale nan non Mèt la. Pran egzanp sou yo, pou jan yo te gen pasyans lè yo t'ap soufri.
Friends, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Paske yo te soufri ak pasyans, nou di yo se moun Bondye beni. Nou tande ki jan Jòb te gen pasyans, nou wè bout pou bout sa Bondye te fè pou li, paske Bondye gen bon kè, li gen kè sansib.
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.”
12 Anvan tout lòt bagay, frè m' yo, men sa ki pi enpòtan: piga nou fè sèman sou syèl la, ni sou latè a, ni sou ankenn lòt bagay. Lè nou di wi, se wi, non, se non. Konsa, nou p'ap tonbe anba jijman Bondye.
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.
13 Si yon moun nan nou ap soufri, se pou li lapriyè. Si yon moun nan nou gen kè kontan, se pou l' chante kantik.
If anyone of you is in trouble, they should pray; if anyone is happy, they should sing hymns.
14 Si yon moun nan nou malad, se pou l' rele chèf reskonsab yo nan legliz la. Y'a lapriyè pou li, y'a pase lwil sou li nan non Seyè a.
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.
15 Lè lapriyè a fèt ak konfyans, li va delivre malad la. Seyè a va fè l' leve gaya. Si li te fè kèk peche, Bondye va padonnen li.
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.
16 Se pou nou konfese peche nou yo yonn bay lòt. Se pou yonn lapriyè pou lòt, pou nou kapab geri. Lè yon moun ap viv dwat devan Bondye, lapriyè moun sa a gen anpil pouvwa.
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.
17 Pwofèt Eli te yon moun menm jan ak nou. Li te lapriyè rèd pou lapli pa t' tonbe. Konsa vre, lapli pa tonbe pandan twazan sis mwa.
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.
18 Apre sa, li lapriyè ankò. Lè sa a, syèl la louvri, lapli tonbe, latè bay bèl rekòt.
And, when he prayed again, the clouds brought rain, and the land bore crops.
19 Frè m' yo, si yonn nan nou pèdi chemen laverite a, epi yon lòt frè mennen l' tounen ankò,
My friends, should one of you be led astray from the truth, and someone bring them back again,
20 konnen sa byen: lè yon moun pèdi chemen l' poutèt peche li yo, si yon lòt mennen l' tounen, se yon nanm li rache anba lanmò. Anmenmtan, li jwenn padon pou anpil peche.
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.
