James · Catholic Public Domain Version
James 5 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!
1 EA ya ahora, oh ricos, llorad aullando por vuestras miserias que os vendrán.
2 Your riches have been corrupted, and your garments have been eaten by moths.
2 Vuestras riquezas están podridas: vuestras ropas están comidas de polilla.
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 Vuestro oro y plata están corrompidos de orín; y su orín os será en testimonio, y comerá del todo vuestras carnes como fuego. Os habéis allegado tesoro para en los postreros días.
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 He aquí, el jornal de los obreros que han segado vuestras tierras, el cual por engaño no les ha sido pagado de vosotros, clama; y los clamores de los que habían segado, han entrado en los oídos del Señor de los ejércitos.
5 You have feasted upon the earth, and you have nourished your hearts with luxuries, unto the day of slaughter.
5 Habéis vivido en deleites sobre la tierra, y sido disolutos; habéis cebado vuestros corazones como en el día de sacrificios.
6 You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you.
6 Habéis condenado [y] muerto al justo; [y] él no os resiste.
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 Pues, hermanos, tened paciencia hasta la venida del Señor. Mirad [cómo] el labrador espera el precioso fruto de la tierra, aguardando con paciencia, hasta que reciba la lluvia temprana y tardía.
8 Therefore, you too should be patient and should strengthen your hearts. For the advent of the Lord draws near.
8 Tened también vosotros paciencia; confirmad vuestros corazones: porque la venida del Señor se acerca.
9 Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.
9 Hermanos, no os quejéis unos contra otros, porque no seáis condenados; he aquí, el juez está delante de la puerta.
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 Hermanos míos, tomad por ejemplo de aflicción y de paciencia, á los profetas que hablaron en nombre del Señor.
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 He aquí, tenemos por bienaventurados á los que sufren. Habéis oído la paciencia de Job, y habéis visto el fin del Señor, que el Señor es muy misericordioso y piadoso.
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 Mas sobre todo, hermanos míos, no juréis, ni por el cielo, ni por la tierra, ni por otro cualquier juramento; sino vuestro sí sea sí, y vuestro no sea no; porque no caigáis en condenación.
13 Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he even-tempered? Let him sing psalms.
13 ¿Está alguno entre vosotros afligido? haga oración. ¿Está alguno alegre? cante salmos.
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 ¿Está alguno enfermo entre vosotros? llame á los ancianos de la iglesia, y oren por él, ungiéndole con aceite en el nombre del Señor.
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 Y la oración de fe salvará al enfermo, y el Señor lo levantará; y si estuviere en pecados, le serán perdonados.
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 Confesaos vuestras faltas unos á otros, y rogad los unos por los otros, para que seáis sanos; la oración del justo, obrando eficazmente, puede mucho.
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 Elías era hombre sujeto á semejantes pasiones que nosotros, y rogó con oración que no lloviese, y no llovió sobre la tierra en tres años y seis meses.
18 And he prayed again. And the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
18 Y otra vez oró, y el cielo dió lluvia, y la tierra produjo su fruto.
19 My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone converts him,
19 Hermanos, si alguno de entre vosotros ha errado de la verdad, y alguno le convirtiere,
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 Sepa que el que hubiere hecho convertir al pecador del error de su camino, salvará un alma de muerte, y cubrirá multitud de pecados.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 11:28; 1 Timothy 6:9–10; Proverbs 11:4; James 1:11; Luke 6:24–25
- 2 Matthew 6:19–20; Job 13:28; Luke 12:33; Isaiah 50:9; Isaiah 51:8
- 3 Romans 2:5; James 5:7–8; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 20:15; Isaiah 2:2
- 4 Leviticus 19:13; Jeremiah 22:13; Deuteronomy 24:14–15; Romans 9:29; Malachi 3:5
- 5 1 Timothy 5:6; Luke 16:25; Luke 16:19; Revelation 19:17–18; Amos 6:1
- 6 1 Peter 2:22–23; John 19:9–11; Matthew 5:39; Acts 8:32; Isaiah 53:7
- 7 Hebrews 12:1–3; James 5:8–9; Joel 2:23; Galatians 6:9; Deuteronomy 11:14
- 8 James 5:9; Galatians 5:22; Psalm 37:7; 1 Peter 4:7; Psalm 27:14
- 9 Leviticus 19:18; 1 Corinthians 4:5; James 4:11; Galatians 5:14; Matthew 7:1–2
- 10 Hebrews 11:32–38; Matthew 5:11–12; Hebrews 13:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:14–15; Acts 7:52
- 11 James 1:12; Exodus 34:6; Job 1:21–22; Isaiah 55:6–7; Matthew 5:10–11
- 12 Matthew 5:33–37; Matthew 23:16–22; 2 Corinthians 1:17–20
- 13 Psalm 50:15; Jonah 2:2; Ephesians 5:19; Acts 16:24–25; Revelation 19:1–6
- 14 Mark 6:13; Acts 28:8; Mark 16:18; 2 Kings 5:11; Acts 9:40
- 15 1 John 5:14–16; James 5:13; James 5:16; James 1:6; Matthew 21:21–22
- 16 Jeremiah 29:12–13; Proverbs 15:29; Matthew 21:22; Psalm 34:15; John 9:31
- 17 1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; 1 Kings 18:1; Revelation 11:6; Acts 14:15
- 18 1 Kings 18:42–45; Jeremiah 14:22; 1 Kings 18:18; Acts 14:17
- 19 Galatians 6:1; Matthew 18:15; James 5:20; Jude 22–23; Luke 22:32
- 20 1 Peter 4:8; Proverbs 10:12; 1 Timothy 4:16; Proverbs 11:30; Romans 11:14
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Let us listen to the Apostle James, who states this precept with the greatest clearness when he says, "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another." For of this also the Lord gave us the example.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Also, the converting our brethren from their wandering. For, it is said, "Go thou, and convert thy brethren, that thy sins may be forgiven thee." And from one's being in close relations with the priests, "and if," it is said, "a man hath committed sins it shall be forgiven him." ( Jas.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)