James 5

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	VULGATA
1 Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!	1 Agite nunc divites, plorate ululantes in miseriis vestris, quæ advenient vobis.
2 Your riches have been corrupted, and your garments have been eaten by moths.	2 Divitiæ vestræ putrefactæ sunt, et vestimenta vestra a tineis comesta sunt.
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.	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.
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.	4 Ecce merces operariorum, qui messuerunt regiones vestras, quæ fraudata est a vobis, clamat : et clamor eorum in aures Domini sabbaoth introivit.
5 You have feasted upon the earth, and you have nourished your hearts with luxuries, unto the day of slaughter.	5 Epulati estis super terram, et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis.
6 You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you.	6 Addixistis, et occidistis justum, et non restitit vobis.
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.	7 Patientes igitur estote, fratres, usque ad adventum Domini. Ecce agricola exspectat pretiosum fructum terræ, patienter ferens donec accipiat temporaneum et serotinum.
8 Therefore, you too should be patient and should strengthen your hearts. For the advent of the Lord draws near.	8 Patientes igitur estote et vos, et confirmate corda vestra : quoniam adventus Domini appropinquavit.
9 Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.	9 Nolite ingemiscere, fratres, in alterutrum, ut non judicemini. Ecce judex ante januam assistit.
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.	10 Exemplum accipite, fratres, exitus mali, laboris, et patientiæ, prophetas qui locuti sunt in nomine Domini.
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.	11 Ecce beatificamus eos qui sustinuerunt. Sufferentiam Job audistis, et finem Domini vidistis, quoniam misericors Dominus est, et miserator.
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.	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.
13 Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he even-tempered? Let him sing psalms.	13 Tristatur aliquis vestrum ? oret. Æquo animo est ? psallat.
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.	14 Infirmatur quis in vobis ? inducat presbyteros ecclesiæ, et orent super eum, ungentes eum oleo in nomine Domini :
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.	15 et oratio fidei salvabit infirmum, et alleviabit eum Dominus : et si in peccatis sit, remittentur ei.
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.	16 Confitemini ergo alterutrum peccata vestra, et orate pro invicem ut salvemini : multum enim valet deprecatio justi assidua.
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.	17 Elias homo erat similis nobis passibilis : et oratione oravit ut non plueret super terram, et non pluit annos tres, et menses sex.
18 And he prayed again. And the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.	18 Et rursum oravit : et cælum dedit pluviam, et terra dedit fructum suum.
19 My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone converts him,	19 Fratres mei, si quis ex vobis erraverit a veritate, et converterit quis eum :
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.	20 scire debet quoniam qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore viæ suæ, salvabit animam ejus a morte, et operiet multitudinem peccatorum.