5:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἄγε νῦν οἱ πλούσιοι , κλαύσατε ὀλολύζοντες ἐπὶ ταῖς ταλαιπωρίαις ὑμῶν ταῖς ἐπερχομέναις .
Agite nunc divites , plorate ululantes in miseriis vestris , quae advenient vobis .
ንዑ ይእዜኒ አብዕልት ወብክዩ እንዘ ትግዕሩ ላዕለ ሕርትምናክሙ እንተ ሀለዋ ትምጻእክሙ ።
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
5:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁ πλοῦτος ὑμῶν σέσηπεν καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν σητόβρωτα γέγονεν ,
Divitiae vestrae putrefactae sunt , et vestimenta vestra a tineis comesta sunt .
ብዕልክሙኒ ነቅዘ ወአልባሲክሙኒ ቈንቈነ ።
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
5:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁ χρυσὸς ὑμῶν καὶ ὁ ἄργυρος κατίωται , καὶ ὁ ἰὸς αὐτῶν εἰς μαρτύριον ὑμῖν ἔσται καὶ φάγεται τὰς σάρκας ὑμῶν ὡς πῦρ · ἐθησαυρίσατε ἐν ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις .
Aurum et argentum vestrum aeruginavit : et aerugo eorum in testimonium vobis erit , et manducabit carnes vestras sicut ignis . Thesaurizastis vobis iram in novissimis diebus .
ወርቅክሙኒ ፥ ወብሩርክሙኒ ዝሕለ ወዛሕሉኒ ስምዐ ይከውን ላዕሌክሙ ወይበልዖ ለሥጋክሙ ከመ እሳት በእንተ ዘገበርክሙ ለደኃሪ መዋዕል ።
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.
5:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἰδοὺ ὁ μισθὸς τῶν ἐργατῶν τῶν ἀμησάντων τὰς χώρας ὑμῶν ὁ ἀφυστερημένος ἀφ’ ὑμῶν κράζει , καὶ αἱ βοαὶ τῶν θερισάντων εἰς τὰ ὦτα κυρίου σαβαὼθ εἰσελήλυθαν .
Ecce merces operariorum , qui messuerunt regiones vestras , quae fraudata est a vobis , clamat : et clamor eorum in aures Domini sabbaoth introivit .
ናሁ ዐስቦሙ ለገባር ለእለ ሐረስዋ ለምድርክሙ ሄድክምዎሙ ወዐመፅክምዎሙ ዐስቦሙ ወእለኒ ሄድክምዎሙ የዐወይዉ ወገዐሮሙኒ ለዐጸድ ቦአ ውስተ እዘኒሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ጸባኦት ወበጽሐ ።
Behold, the wages of the laborers 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 Armies.
5:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐτρυφήσατε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐσπαταλήσατε , ἐθρέψατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς .
Epulati estis super terram , et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis .
ወፈጋዕክሙ ላዕለ ምድር ወአስተትክሙ ወተደለውክሙ ወአስባሕክሙ ልበክሙ ከመ ዘያሰብሕ ላሕመ ለዕለተ ጥብሐት ።
You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
5:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ κατεδικάσατε , ἐφονεύσατε τὸν δίκαιον . οὐκ ἀντιτάσσεται ὑμῖν .
Addixistis , et occidistis justum , et non restitit vobis .
ወተዐደውክሙ ወቀተልክምዎ ለጻድቅ ዘእንበለ ይትቃወመክሙ ወኦሆ ይብለክሙ ።
You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
5:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ Μακροθυμήσατε οὖν , ἀδελφοί , ἕως τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ κυρίου . ἰδοὺ ὁ γεωργὸς ἐκδέχεται τὸν τίμιον καρπὸν τῆς γῆς , μακροθυμῶν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἕως λάβῃ πρόϊμον καὶ ὄψιμον .
Patientes igitur estote , fratres , usque ad adventum Domini . Ecce agricola exspectat pretiosum fructum terrae , patienter ferens donec accipiat temporaneum et serotinum .
ተዐገሡ እንከ አኀዊነ እስከ ደኃሪት ዕለት አመ ይመጽእ እግዚእክሙ ከመ ሐረሳዊ ዘይጸንሕ ፍሬሃ ለምድር ክብርት እንዘ ይትዔገሣ ሠርከ ወነግሀ እስከ ትሰዊ ወትፈሪ ሎቱ ወትትዐጸድ ።
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.
5:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ μακροθυμήσατε καὶ ὑμεῖς , στηρίξατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν , ὅτι ἡ παρουσία τοῦ κυρίου ἤγγικεν .
Patientes igitur estote et vos , et confirmate corda vestra : quoniam adventus Domini appropinquavit .
ተዐገሡኬ አንትሙ ወአጽንዑ ልበክሙ እስመ ቀርበ ምጽአቱ ለእግዚእክሙ ።
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
5:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ μὴ στενάζετε κατ’ ἀλλήλων , ἀδελφοί , ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε · ἰδοὺ ὁ κριτὴς πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν ἕστηκεν .
Nolite ingemiscere , fratres , in alterutrum , ut non judicemini . Ecce judex ante januam assistit .
ወኢትግዐሩ አኀዊነ ላዕለ ቢጽክሙ ከመ ኢትትኰነኑ እስመ ናሁ መኰንን ኀበ መድረከ ኆኅትክሙ ይቀውም ወይጸንሕ ።
Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
5:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὑπόδειγμα λάβετε , ἀδελφοί , τῆς κακοπαθείας καὶ τῆς μακροθυμίας τοὺς προφήτας , οἳ ἐλάλησαν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου .
Exemplum accipite , fratres , exitus mali , laboris , et patientiae , prophetas qui locuti sunt in nomine Domini .
አርኣያሃሰ አኀዊነ ለትዕግሥተ ተጽናስክሙ ብክሙ ነቢያት እለ ተናገሩ በቃሉ ለእግዚአብሔር ።
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
5:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἰδοὺ μακαρίζομεν τοὺς ὑπομείναντας · τὴν ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ ἠκούσατε , καὶ τὸ τέλος κυρίου εἴδετε , ὅτι πολύσπλαγχνός ἐστιν ὁ κύριος καὶ οἰκτίρμων .
Ecce beatificamus eos qui sustinuerunt . Sufferentiam Job audistis , et finem Domini vidistis , quoniam misericors Dominus est , et miserator .
ናሁ ናስተበፅዖሙ ለእለ ተዐገሡ ወሰማዕክሙ ትዕግሥቶ ለኢዮብ ወርኢክሙ ዘከመ ፈጸመ ሎቱ እግዚአብሔር እስመ ብዙኅ ምሕረቱ ለእግዚአብሔር ወመስተሣህል ውእቱ ።
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.
5:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ Πρὸ πάντων δέ , ἀδελφοί μου , μὴ ὀμνύετε , μήτε τὸν οὐρανὸν μήτε τὴν γῆν μήτε ἄλλον τινὰ ὅρκον · ἤτω δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ ναὶ ναὶ καὶ τὸ οὒ οὔ , ἵνα μὴ ὑπὸ κρίσιν πέσητε .
Ante omnia autem , fratres mei , nolite jurare , neque per caelum , neque per terram , neque aliud quodcumque juramentum . Sit autem sermo vester : Est , est : Non , non : ut non sub judicio decidatis .
ወእምኵሉሰ ዘይቀድም አኀዊነ ኢትምሐሉ ኢበሰማይ ወኢበምድር ወኢበካልእ መሐላ ኢትምሐሉ ግሙራ ወኢበምንትኒ አላ አሐደ ይኩን ቃልክሙ እመኒ እወ እወ ወእመኒ አልቦ አልቦ ከመ ኢትትኰነኑ ወኢትባኡ ውስተ ደይን ።
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.
5:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ Κακοπαθεῖ τις ἐν ὑμῖν ; προσευχέσθω · εὐθυμεῖ τις ; ψαλλέτω .
Tristatur aliquis vestrum ? oret . Aequo animo est ? psallat .
እመ ቦ ዘይቴክዝ ለይጸሊ ወእመቦ ዘተፈሥሐ ለይዘምር ።
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
5:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀσθενεῖ τις ἐν ὑμῖν ; προσκαλεσάσθω τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας , καὶ προσευξάσθωσαν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἀλείψαντες ἐλαίῳ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ·
Infirmatur quis in vobis ? inducat presbyteros ecclesiae , et orent super eum , ungentes eum oleo in nomine Domini :
ወእመቦ ዘይደዊ እምኔክሙ ለይጸውዕ ቀሳውስተ እለ ውስተ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ወይጸልዩ ላዕሌሁ ወይቅብዕዎ ቅብዐ ጸሎት በስሙ ለእግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ።
Is any among 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;
5:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἡ εὐχὴ τῆς πίστεως σώσει τὸν κάμνοντα , καὶ ἐγερεῖ αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος · κἂν ἁμαρτίας ᾖ πεποιηκώς , ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ .
et oratio fidei salvabit infirmum , et alleviabit eum Dominus : et si in peccatis sit , remittentur ei .
ወጸሎተ ሃይማኖት ያሐይዎ ለድውይ ወያነሥኦ እግዚአብሔር ወእመኒ ቦቱ ኀጢአት ይትኀደግ ሎቱ ።
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.
5:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐξομολογεῖσθε οὖν ἀλλήλοις τὰς ἁμαρτίας καὶ εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων , ὅπως ἰαθῆτε . πολὺ ἰσχύει δέησις δικαίου ἐνεργουμένη .
Confitemini ergo alterutrum peccata vestra , et orate pro invicem ut salvemini : multum enim valet deprecatio justi assidua .
ተአመኑ በበይናቲክሙ ኀጢአተክሙ ወጸልዩ ላዕለ ቢጽክሙ ከመ ትሕየዉ ብዙኀ ትረድእ ጸሎቱ ለጻድቅ ትክል ወታሰልጥ ።
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.
5:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἠλείας ἄνθρωπος ἦν ὁμοιοπαθὴς ἡμῖν , καὶ προσευχῇ προσηύξατο τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι , καὶ οὐκ ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐνιαυτοὺς τρεῖς καὶ μῆνας ἕξ ·
Elias homo erat similis nobis passibilis : et oratione oravit ut non plueret super terram , et non pluit annos tres , et menses sex .
ኤልያስ ዘከማነ ሰብእ ውእቱ ወዘከመ ነሐምም የሐምም ወጸሎተ ጸለየ ከመ ኢይዝንም ዝናም ወኢዘንመ ውስተ ምድር ሠለስተ ዓመተ ወስድስተ አውራኀ ።
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.
5:18 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ πάλιν προσηύξατο , καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς ἔδωκεν ὑετὸν καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐβλάστησεν τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῆς .
Et rursum oravit : et caelum dedit pluviam , et terra dedit fructum suum .
ወካዕበ ጸለየ ከመ ይዝንም ወወሀበ ሰማይ ዝናሞ ወምድርኒ አብቈለት ፍሬሃ ።
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
5:19 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἀδελφοί μου , ἐάν τις ἐν ὑμῖν πλανηθῇ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ ἐπιστρέψῃ τις αὐτόν ,
Fratres mei , si quis ex vobis erraverit a veritate , et converterit quis eum :
አኀዊነ እመ ቦ ዘስሕተ እምኔክሙ እምጽድቅ ወእመቦ ዘሜጦ እምነ ጌጋዩ ።
Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
5:20 ⧉ ⤴︎ γινωσκέτω ὅτι ὁ ἐπιστρέψας ἁμαρτωλὸν ἐκ πλάνης ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ σώσει ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐκ θανάτου καὶ καλύψει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν .
scire debet quoniam qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore viae suae , salvabit animam ejus a morte , et operiet multitudinem peccatorum .
ለያእምር ከመ አድኀነ ርእሶ እምነ ሞት ወከደኖን ለብዙኃት ኀጣውኢሁ ። ተፈጸመት መልእክተ ያዕቆብ ሐዋርያ እኁሁ ለእግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ። ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር አሜን ።
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.