James 5
1 Now [I have something to say to] the rich people [who do not believe in Christ and who] ([oppress you/cause you to suffer]). Listen [to me], you rich people! You should weep and wail [loudly] [DOU] because you will experience terrible troubles [PRS]!
Mɔlane, yinbi bi ŋalmandanbi, ya buudi mani bonciali yeni ya yubonli ba te cua i po.
2 Your wealth [of various kinds] is [worthless] [MET], [as though it were] rotted. Your fine clothes are [worthless] [MET], [as though] termites had ruined them.
I ŋalmano bedo, ke a dundula mua i tiadi.
3 Your gold and silver are [worthless] [MET], [as though they were] corroded. [When God judges you], this worthless wealth [MTY] of yours will be evidence [PRS] that you are guilty [of being greedy], and as rust and fire [destroy] [MET, SYN] things, [God] will severely punish you [SIM]. You have ([in vain/uselessly]) (stored up/accumulated) [wealth] at a time when [God] is about to [judge you] [MTY].
Ke i wula yeni i ligi kuli kua i tanmɔni, ke li tanmɔni te ba fi ke sedi i po, ki di i gbannandi nani o mu yeni. I taani i ŋalmano i dajijuogi daali.
4 Think [about what you have done]. You have not paid wages to the workmen who have harvested your fields for you, [with the result that] [PRS] those reapers are crying out [to God for him to help them]. [And God], the all-powerful Lord, has heard their loud cries.
Diidi mani ya paogu ke i bo ba paa ka ke pani i tuonsɔnbila yabi n koni i kpaabu, ke bi yiogni yeni m tuama! Ke yabi den taani i bonkukuodi yigni pundi hali li kɔnli ya tienu kani. I yali iba ke tiendi yin bua yaali i tinga po.
5 You have lived luxuriously, just to have pleasure [here] on earth. [Just like cattle fatten themselves, not realizing that] they will be slaughtered [MET], you have [lived just for pleasure] [MTY], [not realizing that God will severely punish you].
I pala kuli gbie yeni o mangu yeni yin ke muani bonli gi tinga ne po ke wangi tianbi fala yen mi cicagmi.
6 You have [arranged for others/judges to] condemn innocent people. You have [arranged for others to kill] some people. [And even though] those people had not done anything wrong, they were not [able to] defend themselves against you. [My fellow believers, that is what I say to the rich people] ([who oppress you/cause you to suffer]).
I cagni ke gɔ kpaa talginba.
7 So, my fellow believers, [although rich people cause you to suffer], be patient until the Lord [Jesus Christ] comes [back]. Remember that when farmers [plant a field], they wait for their valuable crops to grow. They must wait patiently for the rain [that comes] at the planting season and for more rain [that comes] just before the harvest season. They wait [for] the crops [to grow and mature before they can harvest them].
N ninjab, ya tie mani sugli dam ke gu jesu guanma, nani o kpaalo n yi gu o kpaabu ñuadi maami yeni. Ya gu mani nani i cincin taagi yeni i taajijuogi yeni.
8 [Similarly], you also should [wait] patiently and trust the Lord [Jesus] firmly, because he is coming [back] soon [and will judge all people fairly].
I mɔn ya gu ke bobdi i pala ke jesu da ke guani.
9 My fellow believers, do not complain about each other, in order that you will not be condemned [and punished by the Lord Jesus] {in order that [the Lord Jesus] will not condemn you}. It is he who will judge us, and he is ready to appear.
Da mɔ mani i liebi po, n ninjab, ke ban te da bu'i. Diidi mani, buud daani n se o buliñɔbu yeni.
10 My fellow believers, as an example [of how to be patient], (consider/think about) the prophets whom the Lord [God sent long ago] to speak his messages [MTY]. [Although people caused] the prophets to suffer a lot, they endured it patiently.
N ninjab, tiadimani u tienu tondikaabi yeni o yegnkaabi n bo laadi ya fala k pia ya pagniili u tienu maama muandun nni.
11 And we know that [God] (approves of/is pleased with) those who endure [suffering for him]. You have also heard about Job. You know that [although he suffered much], the Lord [God] finally caused things to turn out well [for Job because] he endured [that suffering] (OR, because he continued [to trust God]). [And from that we know] that the Lord is very compassionate and kind.
Diidi mani ti yi yabi n juuni “niŋanma.” i den gbadi job n po puni ya juunli, ke u tienu ji bo te cedi ko juodi ti ŋandin.
12 Also, my fellow believers, [I want to say] something important [about how you talk]. [If you say that you will do something], do not say, “If I do not do it, may [God in] heaven [MTY] punish me.” Do not even say, “If I do not do it, may [someone here on] earth [MTY] punish me.” Do not say anything like that. Instead, if you say “Yes,” then [do what you said that you would do]. If you say “No,” then do not [do it]. Otherwise, [God] will condemn you.
Ke fidi li kuli, n ninjabi, da poligi mani polu po, bii tinga po, ke buali liba kuli ya po. Ama, yin tuo yal yin ji da lebdi, yin yie yal mɔ, yin ji da guani ke tuo, ke fidi k yin da ba ti buudin.
13 Whoever among you is experiencing trouble [RHQ] should pray [that God would help him. Whoever] is cheerful/happy [RHQ] should sing songs of praise [to God].
Ŋmaa'i i siigan ne sieni ke ye fala n nni? Wan jaandi ŋanma. Ŋmaa n ye li pamanlin nni? wan yin i biayani ki dondi.
14 Whoever among you is sick [RHQ] should call the leaders of the congregation [to come to pray for him]. They should put [olive] oil on him and, with the Lord’s authority [MTY] (OR, calling on the Lord [to heal him]), pray.
Nilo yia i siiga ne k pia laafiaa'i? Wan yini o jaandidiegun nikpela ke ban jaandi o po ke sɔg'o m kpaŋaqnma.
15 And if they truly trust [in the Lord] when they pray [PRS], the sick person will be healed. The Lord will heal him. And if that person has sinned ([in a way that caused him to be/and because of that he became]) [sick, if he] ([confesses what he did/says that he did what is wrong]), he will be forgiven {[the Lord] will forgive him}.
Ke bi dandanli u tienu n nni ba cedi ban paagi, k o ya tieni biidi kuli u tienu ba di sugli o po.
16 So, [because the Lord is able to heal the sick and to forgive sins], tell each other the sinful things that you have done, and pray for each other in order that you may be healed {that [God] may heal you} [physically and spiritually]. If righteous people [pray and] ask fervently [for God to do something, God] will certainly do it in a powerful way.
Ya miadi mani sugli i biidi po yeni i liebi po, ke fidi ki la laafiaa. O niŋanmo jaandi mɔni boncianli.
17 [Although the prophet] Elijah was (an ordinary person/just a human being) like us, he earnestly prayed that it would not rain. [As a result], it did not rain for three and a half years.
Eli bo tie nani tinba yeni, k jaandi hal ŋanma k mia u tienu ke taaga n da baa, ke taagi k baa ke biini bina taa yeni ŋmaali luobi.
18 Then he prayed again, [asking God to send rain], and [as a result God] [MTY] sent rain, and plants [grew and] produced crops [again].
Ke o gɔ guani ki jaandi, ke gi taagi baa ke gi tinga fii yeni o luana.
19 My fellow believers, if anyone of you stops obeying the true message [from God], someone from among you should persuade that person to once again do [what God has told us to do]. [If he stops doing what is wrong],
N ninjabi, li ya tie ki siigan nni nul sani ki fagidi yeni u tienu, k o lielo guani yeni'o
20 the one [who persuaded him] should realize that [because] he has enabled the person who was sinning to stop doing what is wrong, [God] will save that person from ([spiritual] death/being separated from him forever), and will forgive [his] many sins.
wan ya bani ki yua n gɔgdo, o faabi li daano ke gɔ ñani'o m kuum taana nni, ke wuoni o biidi boncianli.
