Jacob 5
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
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.
2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
Richès nou yo fin pouri. Vèmin fin manje rad nou yo.
3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
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.
4 Behold, the wages of the labourers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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.
5 You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
Nou viv sou latè nan plezi ak nan jwisans. Nou manje jouk nou gra tankou bèt ki pare pou labatwa.
6 You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
Nou kondannen moun ki inonsan, nou fè touye yo. Yo menm, yo pa fè fòs ak nou.
7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
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.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Nou menm tou, pran pasyans. Bay kè nou kouraj, paske Mèt la pa lontan vini.
9 Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
Frè m' yo, pa plenyen yonn sou do lòt pou nou pa tonbe anba jijman Bondye. Men jij la la nan papòt la.
10 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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.
11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
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.
12 But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.
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.
13 Is any amongst you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
Si yon moun nan nou ap soufri, se pou li lapriyè. Si yon moun nan nou gen kè kontan, se pou l' chante kantik.
14 Is any amongst you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
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.
15 and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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.
16 Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
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.
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.
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.
18 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Apre sa, li lapriyè ankò. Lè sa a, syèl la louvri, lapli tonbe, latè bay bèl rekòt.
19 Brothers, if any amongst you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
Frè m' yo, si yonn nan nou pèdi chemen laverite a, epi yon lòt frè mennen l' tounen ankò,
20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
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.
