James 5
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.
1Vakai mai, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku koloaʻia, tangi mo fakatangiloloa koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi mamahi ʻe hoko kiate kimoutolu.
2Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.
2Kuo popo ʻa hoʻomou koloa, pea kuo aneanea hoʻomou ngaahi kofu.
3Your gold and silver is cankered: and the rust of them shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up to yourselves wrath against the last days.
3Kuo ʻumeʻumea ʻa hoʻomou koula mo e siliva; pea ko hono ʻumeʻumea ʻo ia ʻe fakamoʻoni ia kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻe kai ʻe ia ʻa homou kakano ʻo hangē ko e afi. Kuo mou fokotuʻu ʻae koloa ki he ngaahi ʻaho fakamui.
4Behold the hire of the labourers, who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
4Vakai, ko e totongi ʻoe kau ngāue, kuo nau tuʻusi hoʻomou ngaahi ngoue, ʻaia kuo mou taʻofia ʻi he kākā, ʻoku tangi ia: pea ko e ngaahi tangi ʻokinautolu kuo fai ʻae tuʻusi, kuo hū ki he telinga ʻoe ʻEiki ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi.
5You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter.
5Kuo mou moʻui fakafiemālie kovi, pea holi kovi ʻi māmani; kuo mou fangapesi homou loto, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe feilaulau.
6You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not.
6Kuo mou fakahalaia mo tāmateʻi ʻae Angatonu; pea ʻoku ʻikai ke taʻofi ʻe ia kiate kimoutolu.
7Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain.
7Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, ke mou faʻa kātaki, aʻu ki he hāʻele mai ʻoe ʻEiki. Vakai, ʻoku tatali ʻae tangata tauhi ngoue ki he fua lelei ʻoe kelekele, pea ʻoku tatali fuoloa ia ki ai, kaeʻoua ke ne maʻu ʻae ʻuha muʻa mo e ʻuha mui.
8Be you therefore also patient, and strengthen your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
8Ke faʻa kātaki foki ʻakimoutolu; ke fakamālohi homou loto: he ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ʻo ofi ʻae hāʻele mai ʻoe ʻEiki.
9Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.
9ʻE kāinga, ʻoua naʻa felāungaʻaki ʻakimoutolu, telia naʻa mou malaʻia: vakai, ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he matapā ʻae fakamaau.
10Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.
10ʻE hoku kāinga, tokanga ki he kau palōfita, kuo nau lea ʻi he huafa ʻoe ʻEiki, ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻoe kātaki ʻoe mamahi, mo e faʻa ʻūkuma.
11Behold, we account them blessed who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.
11Vakai, ʻoku tau lau ʻoku monūʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku faʻa kātaki. Kuo mou fanongo ki he faʻa kātaki ʻa Siope, pea kuo mou mamata ki hono ngataʻanga mei he ʻEiki; he ʻoku ʻaloʻofa ʻaupito ʻae ʻEiki, pea manavaʻofa ongongofua.
12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be, yea, yea: no, no: that you fall not under judgment.
12ʻE hoku kāinga, sino ʻoe meʻa ke ʻoua ʻe fuakava, ʻoua ʻe fai ki he langi, pe ki māmani, pe ʻi ha fuakava kehe ʻe taha: ka ke “ʻIo” pe, ʻi hoʻomou “ʻIo;” mo “ʻIkai,” ʻi hoʻomou “ʻIkai;” telia naʻa mou tō ki he malaʻia.
13Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing.
13ʻOku ai ha taha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku mamahi? Ke lotu ia. ʻOku ai ha taha ʻoku fiefia? Ke hiva ʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi saame.
14Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
14ʻOku ai ha taha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku mahaki? Ke tala ia ki he kau mātuʻa ʻoe siasi; pea ke nau lotua ia, ʻo tākai ʻaki ia ʻae lolo ʻi he huafa ʻoe ʻEiki:
15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.
15Pea ko e lotu ʻi he tui, ʻe fakamoʻui ʻe ia ʻae mahaki, pea ʻe fokotuʻu ia ʻe he ʻEiki; pea kapau naʻe fai ʻe ia ha angahala, ʻe fakamolemolea ia.
16Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.
16Ke fetoutou feveteʻaki hoʻomou ngaahi angahala kiate kimoutolu, pea felotuaʻaki ʻakimoutolu, ke mou moʻui. Ko e lotu fakamātoato ʻoe tangata māʻoniʻoni ʻoku ʻaonga lahi.
17Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months.
17Ko ʻIlaisiā, ko e tangata ia naʻe anga tatau mo kitautolu, pea naʻe lotu fakamātoato ia, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻuha: pea naʻe ʻikai tō ha ʻuha ki he kelekele ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu mo e māhina ʻe ono.
18And he prayed again: and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
18Pea toe lotu ia, pea naʻe tuku mai ʻe he langi ʻae ʻuha, pea tupu ai mei he kelekele ʻa hono fua.
19My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert him:
19ʻE kāinga, kapau ʻe hē hamou tokotaha mei he moʻoni, pea fakafoki mai ia ʻe ha taha;
20He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
20Ke ʻilo ʻe ia, ko ia ʻoku ne fakafoki mai ʻae angahala mei hono hala kehe, ʻoku ne fakamoʻui ha laumālie mei he mate, pea ʻoku ne ʻufiʻufi foki ʻae ngaahi angahala lahi.
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