雅各书
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第五章

警告不义的有钱人
1 你们富有的人哪，应当为那将要临到你们的灾祸哭泣哀号。
2 你们的财物朽坏了，你们的衣服给蛀了，
3 你们的金银生锈，这锈要成为控告你们的铁证，又要像火一样吞吃你们的肉。你们竟然在这末世积聚财宝。
4 看哪，工人为你们收割庄稼，你们竟然克扣他们的工资；那工资必为他们呼冤；收割者的呼声，已经达到万军之主的耳中了。
5 你们在世上穷奢极侈，养肥了自己，竟不知屠宰的日子到了。
6 你们把义人定罪杀害，但他并没有反抗。

忍耐的人有福了
7 所以，弟兄们，你们应当忍耐，直到主来。看哪，农夫等待着地里宝贵的出产，为它忍耐，直到获得秋霖春雨。
8 你们也应当忍耐，坚定自己的心；因为主再来的日子近了。
9 弟兄们，不要彼此抱怨，免得你们受审判。看哪，审判的主已经站在门前了。
10 弟兄们，你们应当效法奉主的名说话的先知，以他们为受苦忍耐的榜样。
11 看哪，那些忍耐的人，我们称他们是有福的；你们听过约伯的忍耐，也看见了主赐给他的结局，知道主是满有怜悯和仁慈的。
12 我的弟兄们，最要紧的是不可起誓：不可指着天起誓，也不可指着地起誓，任何的誓都当禁绝。你们的话，是就说是，不是就说不是；免得你们落在审判之下。

义人的祈祷大有功效
13 你们中间有人受苦吗？他就应该祷告。有人心情愉快吗？他就应该歌颂。
14 你们中间有人患病吗？他就应该请教会的长老来，让他们奉主的名为他抹油祈祷。
15 出于信心的祈祷，可以使病人康复，主必叫他起来；他若犯了罪，也必蒙赦免。
16 所以你们应当彼此认罪，互相代求，这样你们就可以痊愈。义人祈祷所发出的力量，是大有功效的。
17 以利亚是与我们性情相同的人；他恳切祈求不要下雨，地上就三年零六个月没有雨；
18 他又祈祷，天就下雨，地就生出土产来。
19 我的弟兄们，你们中间若有人被骗离开了真道，如果有人使他回头，
20 你们应该知道，那使罪人从歧途上转回的，就会拯救他的灵魂脱离死亡，也会遮盖许多罪恶。

NIV:
1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you.
2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.
7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains.
8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.
9 Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
10 Brothers, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear--not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No," no, or you will be condemned.
13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise.
14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.