James 5

1 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

1 你们这些富有的人啊！为那将要临到你们身上的灾难痛哭哀号吧！

2 Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

2 你们的财物朽坏了，衣服也被虫蛀了。

3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

3 你们的金银生了锈，那锈必要指控你们，像火一样吞噬你们的身体。在末世的日子里，你们只知道积攒财宝。

4 Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

4 工人为你们收割庄稼，你们却克扣他们的工钱。那工钱在喊冤，工人的冤声已经传到万军之主的耳中了。

5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

5 你们在世上奢侈享乐，在被宰杀的日子里，把自己养得肥肥胖胖。

6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

6 义人并没有对抗你们，你们却将他们定罪并杀害。

7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

7 弟兄姊妹，你们要忍耐，一直到主来。你们看农夫怎样等候地里宝贵的出产，耐心等候秋雨和春雨的降临。

8 You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

8 同样，你们也要忍耐，心志坚定，因为主快来了。

9 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

9 弟兄姊妹，不要互相埋怨，免得受审判。你们看，审判的主已经站在门外了。

10 Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

10 弟兄姊妹，你们要效法从前奉主的名说话的先知，以他们的受苦和忍耐为榜样。

11 See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

11 我们认为那些忍耐到底的人是有福的。你们都知道约伯的忍耐，也知道主最终怎样待他，因为主充满怜悯和慈悲。

12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.

12 我的弟兄姊妹，最重要的是不可起誓，不可指着天起誓，也不可指着地起誓，不可指着任何东西起誓。你们说话，是就说是，不是就说不是，免得你们受审判。

13 Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

13 你们中间正在受苦的人应该祷告，喜乐的人应该唱歌赞美，

14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

14 生病的人应该请教会的长老来，奉主的名用油抹他的身体并为他祷告。

15 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

15 出于信心的祷告必能使病人痊愈，主必使他康复。倘若他犯了罪，也必得到赦免。

16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

16 所以你们要彼此认罪，互相代祷，好得到医治。义人的祷告有极大的力量和功效。

17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

17 以利亚先知和我们一样同是血肉之躯，他恳切地祈求不要下雨，结果三年半没有下雨。

18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.

18 后来他再祷告求雨，天就降雨，地也长出了庄稼。

19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

19 我的弟兄姊妹，如果有人领一个偏离真道的人归回正路，

20 consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

20 他该知道：使一个罪人迷途知返就是救一个灵魂脱离死亡，并且会遮盖许多罪。