Warning to the Rich
1 And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths. 3 Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days. 4 You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty. 5 Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered innocent people, and they do not resist you.
Patience and Prayer
7 Be patient, then, my friends, until the Lord comes. See how patient farmers are as they wait for their land to produce precious crops. They wait patiently for the autumn and spring rains. 8 You also must be patient. Keep your hopes high, for the day of the Lord's coming is near.
9 Do not complain against one another, my friends, so that God will not judge you. The Judge is near, ready to appear. 10 My friends, remember the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Take them as examples of patient endurance under suffering. 11 We call them happy because they endured. You have heard of Job's patience, and you know how the Lord provided for him in the end. For the Lord is full of mercy and compassion.
12 Above all, my friends, do not use an oath when you make a promise. Do not swear by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Say only “Yes” when you mean yes, and “No” when you mean no, and then you will not come under God's judgment.
13 Are any among you in trouble? They should pray. Are any among you happy? They should sing praises. 14 Are any among you sick? They should send for the church elders, who will pray for them and rub olive oil on them in the name of the Lord. 15 This prayer made in faith will heal the sick; the Lord will restore them to health, and the sins they have committed will be forgiven. 16 So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect. 17 Elijah was the same kind of person as we are. He prayed earnestly that there would be no rain, and no rain fell on the land for three and a half years. 18 Once again he prayed, and the sky poured out its rain and the earth produced its crops.
19 My friends, if any of you wander away from the truth and another one brings you back again, 20 remember this: whoever turns a sinner back from the wrong way will save that sinner's soul from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.
Dandalaaroo fankamaalu ye
1 Alitolu fankamaalu, ali i lamoyi! Ali ye woosii niŋ kumboo baa la maasiiboolu kamma la, mennu ka naa laa ali kaŋ. 2 Ali la naafuloolu tolita le, tumboo dunta ali la waramba ñiimaalu la. 3 Ali la sanoo niŋ kodiforoo komonta le, aduŋ ì la wo komoŋo le be seedeyaa ke la ka ali tuumi. A be ali baloo domo la le ko dimbaa. Ali ye naafuloo le kafuŋ-kafuŋ luŋ labaŋolu ye. 4 A juubee, lebereesoolu mennu ye katiroo ke ali la kunkoolu to, ali ye ì la jooroo meŋ nakari tapaleeyaa kono, wo kumboota baake le, aduŋ lebereesoolu la kumboo kaŋolu futata Alihawaa Maariyo* ma le. 5 Ali tarata ñiŋ duniyaa kono fankoo niŋ niidiyaa kono! Ali ye ali sondomoolu ke batundoo ti, bari a be pareeriŋ kanateyi luŋo le ye. 6 Ali ye moo tilindiŋo kiitindi, ali ye a faa, a maŋ balaŋ noo ali ma.
Wakiilindiroo ka muña
7 Wo to baadiŋolu*, ali muña fo Maariyo ye naa. Ali senelaa la kuwo juubee, a ka siimaŋ kese betoolu batu muñoo kono le, a ye mennu fii, fo ì ye samaajii foloo niŋ labaŋo soto. 8 Ali fanaa ye i muña! Ali ali sondomoolu bambandi, kaatu Maariyo la naa sutiyaata naŋ ne.
9 Baadiŋolu, ali kana ñoo la kuwo ŋunuŋunu, fo ali kana kiitindi. A juubee, kiitiikuntulaa be looriŋ daa to le fokabaŋ.
10 Baadiŋolu, ali annabiyomoolu la muñoo niŋ tooroolu ke misaaloo ti, mennu diyaamuta Maariyo too la. 11 Moolu mennu wakiilita, ǹ ka wolu le je barakariŋ. Ali ye Yuuba la kuwo moyi le, a keta muñalaa ti ñaameŋ. Aduŋ ali ye Maariyo la balafaa niŋ hiinoo je kuwolu to le, a ye mennu ke Yuuba ye labaŋo la.
12 M baadiŋolu, meŋ kummaayaata kuwolu bee ti, ali kana i kali muumeeke. Ali kana i kali Arijana la, duniyaa, waraŋ feŋ-wo-feŋ na. Bari ali la “Haa” si ke “Haa” ti, ali la “Hanii” ye ke “Hanii” ti, fo ali kana bula halakoo kono.
Duwaa la semboo
13 Niŋ moo be ali kono, meŋ be bataariŋ, a maarii si duwaa. Niŋ moo be ali kono meŋ be seewooriŋ, wo maarii si jayiri suukuwolu laa.
14 Niŋ moo be ali kono meŋ be saasaariŋ, a maarii si Yeesu la kafoo alifaalu kumandi, wolu ye duwaa a ye, aniŋ ì ye tuloo maa a la Maariyo too la. 15 Duwaa meŋ keta lannoo kono, wo ka saasaatoo kendeyandi le, aduŋ Maariyo be a wulindi la le. Niŋ a ye junube kuwolu ke, a be yamfa la a ye le.
16 Wo kamma la, ali i tuubiseyi ali la junuboolu la ñoo ye, aduŋ ali si duwaa ñoo ye, fo ali si kendeyaa. Moo tilindiŋo la duwaa ye sembe baa le soto. 17 Annabilayi Eliya mu hadamadiŋo doroŋ ne ti ko ntolu be ñaameŋ, bari kabiriŋ a duwaata kendeke ko, sanjiyo kana ke, sanjiyo maŋ ke bankoo kaŋ fo sanji saba aniŋ kari wooro. 18 Wo koolaa a duwaata kotenke, saŋo ye sanjiyo dii, aduŋ bankoo ye fiifeŋolu fintindi fo ì si diŋ.
19 M baadiŋolu, niŋ moo-wo-moo filita ali kono ka bo tooñaa siloo kaŋ, moo doo naata a murundi naŋ tooñaa siloo kaŋ, 20 wo maarii si a loŋ ko, meŋ ye junubelaa bondi filoo kono, a ye a niyo tankandi badaa-badaa saayaa ma le, aduŋ a be junube jamaa le kafaroo saabu la a ye.
