雅各書 5

警告富足的人

1 嗐！你們這些富足人哪，應當哭泣、號咷，因為將有苦難臨到你們身上。 2 你們的財物壞了，衣服也被蟲子咬了。 3 你們的金銀都長了銹；那銹要證明你們的不是，又要吃你們的肉，如同火燒。你們在這末世只知積攢錢財。 4 工人給你們收割莊稼，你們虧欠他們的工錢，這工錢有聲音呼叫，並且那收割之人的冤聲已經入了萬軍之主的耳了。 5 你們在世上享美福，好宴樂，當宰殺的日子竟嬌養你們的心。 6 你們定了義人的罪，把他殺害，他也不抵擋你們。

忍耐和禱告

7 弟兄們哪，你們要忍耐，直到主來。看哪，農夫忍耐等候地裏寶貴的出產，直到得了秋雨春雨。 8 你們也當忍耐，堅固你們的心，因為主來的日子近了。 9 弟兄們，你們不要彼此埋怨，免得受審判。看哪，審判的主站在門前了。 10 弟兄們，你們要把那先前奉主名說話的眾先知當作能受苦能忍耐的榜樣。 11 那先前忍耐的人，我們稱他們是有福的。你們聽見過約伯的忍耐，也知道主給他的結局，明顯主是滿心憐憫，大有慈悲。

12 我的弟兄們，最要緊的是不可起誓；不可指著天起誓，也不可指著地起誓，無論何誓都不可起。你們說話，是，就說是；不是，就說不是，免得你們落在審判之下。

13 你們中間有受苦的呢，他就該禱告；有喜樂的呢，他就該歌頌。 14 你們中間有病了的呢，他就該請教會的長老來；他們可以奉主的名用油抹他，為他禱告。 15 出於信心的祈禱要救那病人，主必叫他起來；他若犯了罪，也必蒙赦免。 16 所以你們要彼此認罪，互相代求，使你們可以得醫治。義人祈禱所發的力量是大有功效的。 17 以利亞與我們是一樣性情的人，他懇切禱告，求不要下雨，雨就三年零六個月不下在地上。 18 他又禱告，天就降下雨來，地也生出土產。

19 我的弟兄們，你們中間若有失迷真道的，有人使他回轉， 20 這人該知道：叫一個罪人從迷路上轉回便是救一個靈魂不死，並且遮蓋許多的罪。

James 5

Warning to the Rich

1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloudt over the miseries that are coming on you.2 Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.3 Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!t4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.5 You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.s

6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.t

Patience in Suffering

7 So be patient, brothers and sisters,t until the Lord’s return.t Think of how the farmer waitst for the precious fruit of the ground and is patientt for it until it receives the early and late rains.8 You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near.9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters,t so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!s10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters,t take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.11 Think of how we regardt as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.s

12 And above all, my brothers and sisters,t do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

Prayer for the Sick

13 Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.14 Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anointt him with oil in the name of the Lord.15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up – and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.t16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.t17 Elijah was a human beingt like us, and he prayed earnestlyt that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!

18 Thent he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.
19 My brothers and sisters,t if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering patht will save that person’st soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.