Iacobi 5

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Agite nunc divites, plorate ululantes in miseriis vestris, quæ advenient vobis.	1 Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!
2 Divitiæ vestræ putrefactæ sunt, et vestimenta vestra a tineis comesta sunt.	2 Your riches have been corrupted, and your garments have been eaten by moths.
3 Aurum et argentum vestrum æruginavit : et ærugo eorum in testimonium vobis erit, et manducabit carnes vestras sicut ignis. Thesaurizastis vobis iram in novissimis diebus.	3 Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be a testimony against you, and it will eat away at your flesh like fire. You have stored up wrath for yourselves unto the last days.
4 Ecce merces operariorum, qui messuerunt regiones vestras, quæ fraudata est a vobis, clamat : et clamor eorum in aures Domini sabbaoth introivit.	4 Consider the pay of the workers who reaped your fields: it has been misappropriated by you; it cries out. And their cry has entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5 Epulati estis super terram, et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis.	5 You have feasted upon the earth, and you have nourished your hearts with luxuries, unto the day of slaughter.
6 Addixistis, et occidistis justum, et non restitit vobis.	6 You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you.
7 Patientes igitur estote, fratres, usque ad adventum Domini. Ecce agricola exspectat pretiosum fructum terræ, patienter ferens donec accipiat temporaneum et serotinum.	7 Therefore, be patient, brothers, until the advent of the Lord. Consider that the farmer anticipates the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently, until he receives the early and the late rains.
8 Patientes igitur estote et vos, et confirmate corda vestra : quoniam adventus Domini appropinquavit.	8 Therefore, you too should be patient and should strengthen your hearts. For the advent of the Lord draws near.
9 Nolite ingemiscere, fratres, in alterutrum, ut non judicemini. Ecce judex ante januam assistit.	9 Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
10 Exemplum accipite, fratres, exitus mali, laboris, et patientiæ, prophetas qui locuti sunt in nomine Domini.	10 My brothers, consider the Prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of departing from evil, of labor, and of patience.
11 Ecce beatificamus eos qui sustinuerunt. Sufferentiam Job audistis, et finem Domini vidistis, quoniam misericors Dominus est, et miserator.	11 Consider that we beatify those who have endured. You have heard of the patient suffering of Job. And you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.
12 Ante omnia autem, fratres mei, nolite jurare, neque per cælum, neque per terram, neque aliud quodcumque juramentum. Sit autem sermo vester : Est, est : Non, non : ut non sub judicio decidatis.	12 But before all things, my brothers, do not choose to swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor in any other oath. But let your word ‘Yes’ be yes, and your word ‘No’ be no, so that you may not fall under judgment.
13 Tristatur aliquis vestrum ? oret. Æquo animo est ? psallat.	13 Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he even-tempered? Let him sing psalms.
14 Infirmatur quis in vobis ? inducat presbyteros ecclesiæ, et orent super eum, ungentes eum oleo in nomine Domini :	14 Is anyone ill 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.
15 et oratio fidei salvabit infirmum, et alleviabit eum Dominus : et si in peccatis sit, remittentur ei.	15 And a prayer of faith will save the infirm, and the Lord will alleviate him. And if he has sins, these will be forgiven him.
16 Confitemini ergo alterutrum peccata vestra, et orate pro invicem ut salvemini : multum enim valet deprecatio justi assidua.	16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.
17 Elias homo erat similis nobis passibilis : et oratione oravit ut non plueret super terram, et non pluit annos tres, et menses sex.	17 Elijah was a mortal man like us, and in prayer he prayed that it would not rain upon the earth. And it did not rain for three years and six months.
18 Et rursum oravit : et cælum dedit pluviam, et terra dedit fructum suum.	18 And he prayed again. And the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Fratres mei, si quis ex vobis erraverit a veritate, et converterit quis eum :	19 My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone converts him,
20 scire debet quoniam qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore viæ suæ, salvabit animam ejus a morte, et operiet multitudinem peccatorum.	20 he ought to know that whoever causes a sinner to be converted from the error of his ways will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.