5:1 Agite nunc divites, plorate ululantes in miseriis vestris, quæ advenient vobis.

5:1 Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.

5:2 Divitiæ vestræ putrefactæ sunt, et vestimenta vestra a tineis comesta sunt.

5:2 Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.

5:3 Aurum et argentum vestrum æruginavit : et ærugo eorum in testimonium vobis erit, et manducabit carnes vestras sicut ignis. Thesaurizastis vobis iram in novissimis diebus.

5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered: and the rust of them shall be for a testimony against you and shall eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up to yourselves wrath against the last days.

5:4 Ecce merces operariorum, qui messuerunt regiones vestras, quæ fraudata est a vobis, clamat : et clamor eorum in aures Domini sabbaoth introivit.

5:4 Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

5:5 Epulati estis super terram, et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis.

5:5 You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter.

5:6 Addixistis, et occidistis justum, et non restitit vobis.

5:6 You have condemned and put to death the Just One: and he resisted you not.

5:7 Patientes igitur estote, fratres, usque ad adventum Domini. Ecce agricola exspectat pretiosum fructum terræ, patienter ferens donec accipiat temporaneum et serotinum.

5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain.

5:8 Patientes igitur estote et vos, et confirmate corda vestra : quoniam adventus Domini appropinquavit.

5:8 Be you therefore also patient and strengthen your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

5:9 Nolite ingemiscere, fratres, in alterutrum, ut non judicemini. Ecce judex ante januam assistit.

5:9 Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.

5:10 Exemplum accipite, fratres, exitus mali, laboris, et patientiæ, prophetas qui locuti sunt in nomine Domini.

5:10 Take, my brethren, for example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

5:11 Ecce beatificamus eos qui sustinuerunt. Sufferentiam Job audistis, et finem Domini vidistis, quoniam misericors Dominus est, et miserator.

5:11 Behold, we account them blessed who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

5:12 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.

5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be: Yea, Yea: No, No: that you fall not under judgment.

5:13 Tristatur aliquis vestrum ? oret. Æquo animo est ? psallat.

5:13 Is any of you sad? Let him pray: Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing.

5:14 Infirmatur quis in vobis ? inducat presbyteros ecclesiæ, et orent super eum, ungentes eum oleo in nomine Domini :

5:14 Is any man sick 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.

5:15 et oratio fidei salvabit infirmum, et alleviabit eum Dominus : et si in peccatis sit, remittentur ei.

5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man. And the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.

5:16 Confitemini ergo alterutrum peccata vestra, et orate pro invicem ut salvemini : multum enim valet deprecatio justi assidua.

5:16 Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.

5:17 Elias homo erat similis nobis passibilis : et oratione oravit ut non plueret super terram, et non pluit annos tres, et menses sex.

5:17 Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth. And it rained not for three years and six months.

5:18 Et rursum oravit : et cælum dedit pluviam, et terra dedit fructum suum.

5:18 And he prayed again. And the heaven gave rain: and the earth brought forth her fruit.

5:19 Fratres mei, si quis ex vobis erraverit a veritate, et converterit quis eum :

5:19 My brethren, if any of you err from the truth and one convert him:

5:20 scire debet quoniam qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore viæ suæ, salvabit animam ejus a morte, et operiet multitudinem peccatorum.

5:20 He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way shall save his soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.