Yakobo 5
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Na sasa sikilizeni enyi matajiri! Lieni na kuomboleza kwa sababu ya taabu zitakazowajieni.
1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.
2Mali zenu zimeoza, na nguo zenu zimeliwa na nondo.
2Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.
3Dhahabu yenu na fedha vimeota kutu, na kutu hiyo itakuwa ushahidi dhidi yenu, nayo itakula miili yenu kama vile moto. Ninyi mmejilundikia mali katika siku hizi za mwisho!
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.
4Hamkuwalipa mishahara watumishi waliofanya kazi katika mashamba yenu. Sikilizeni malalamiko yao! Kilio cha hao wanaovuna mashamba yenu kimefika masikioni mwa Bwana, Mwenye Nguvu.
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.
5Mmeishi duniani maisha ya kujifurahisha na ya anasa. Mmejinenepesha tayari kwa siku ya kuchinjwa.
5You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter.
6Mmemhukumu na kumwua mtu asiye na hatia, naye hakuwapigeni.
6You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not.
7Basi, ndugu zangu, muwe na subira mpaka Bwana atakapokuja. Tazameni mkulima anavyongoja kwa subira mimea yake itoe mavuno mazuri. Yeye hungojea kwa subira mvua za masika na za vuli.
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.
8Nanyi pia mnapaswa kuwa na subira; imarisheni mioyo yenu, maana siku ya kuja kwake Bwana inakaribia.
8Be you therefore also patient, and strengthen your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
9Ndugu zangu, msinung'unikiane ninyi kwa ninyi msije mkahukumiwa na Mungu. Hakimu yu karibu, tayari kuingia.
9Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.
10Ndugu, mkitaka kuona mfano wa subira na uvumilivu katika mateso, fikirini juu ya manabii ambao walinena kwa jina la Bwana.
10Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11Tunawaita hao wenye heri kwa sababu walivumilia. Mmesikia habari za uvumilivu wa Yobu, na mnajua jinsi Bwana alivyomtendea mwishoni. Maana Bwana amejaa huruma na rehema.
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.
12Zaidi ya hayo yote, ndugu zangu, msiape kwa mbingu, wala kwa dunia, wala kwa kitu kingine chochote. Semeni “Ndiyo” kama maana yenu ni ndiyo, na “La” kama maana yenu ni la, na hapo hamtahukumiwa na Mungu.
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.
13Je, pana mtu yeyote miongoni mwenu aliye na shida? Anapaswa kusali. Je, yuko mwenye furaha? Anapaswa kuimba nyimbo za sifa.
13Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing.
14Je, yuko mgonjwa kati yenu? Anapaswa kuwaita wazee wa kanisa, nao watamwombea na kumpaka mafuta kwa jina la Bwana.
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.
15Wakiomba kwa imani mgonjwa ataponyeshwa; Bwana atampatia nafuu, na dhambi alizotenda zitaondolewa.
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.
16Basi, ungamanianeni dhambi zenu, na ombeaneni, ili mpate kuponywa. Sala ya mtu mwema ina nguvu ya kutenda mengi.
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.
17Eliya alikuwa binadamu kama sisi. Aliomba kwa moyo mvua isinyeshe, nayo haikunyesha nchini kwa muda wa miaka mitatu na miezi sita.
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.
18Kisha akaomba tena, mvua ikanyesha kutoka angani na nchi ikatoa mazao yake.
18And he prayed again: and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19Ndugu zangu, mmoja wenu akipotoka kuhusu ukweli, na mwingine akamrudisha,
19My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert him:
20fahamuni kwamba, huyo anayemrudisha mwenye dhambi kutoka njia yake ya upotovu, ataiokoa roho yake kutoka kifo, na dhambi nyingi zitaondolewa.
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.
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