1 PBBM Saudara saudarongku, halak na kayo! Tangihon ma sipaingotku. Angkon manian homu tangis jana mangandung harana homu akkon marsingkor. BSB BSB: Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
2 PBBM Hakayoanmu madung busuk, pakeanmu masung dipangan ngitngit. BSB BSB: Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
3 PBBM Sude sere dohot perakmu madung ditutupi harat, haratnai jadi saksi nalaho mangalo homu. Jana naangkon mangan habis sibukmu, songon api, homu madung manimbun arta di maso nagiot parpudi. BSB BSB: Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
4 PBBM Homu inda mangalehen upani halak na karejo di kobunmu, sannari tangihon ma holsolni halahi, halak na palagut hasil ni ladangmu, manjorit mangido tolong jana joritan ni halahi madung lalu tu suping ni Allah Tuhan namarkuaso. BSB BSB: Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
5 PBBM Homu madung mangolu bagasan namarlobi-lobi jana mangarasoi hasonangan ni portibi on, jana homu songon na pamokmokon sibuk tu ari payambolan. BSB BSB: You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
6 PBBM Homu manghukum jana mambunuh halak naso marsala, jana halahi inda mangalo tu homu. BSB BSB: You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
7 PBBM Harani koum-koumku, sobar ma homu; sampe ro ari ni Tuhan, ligima songon dia sobarna sahalak parkobun painte sampe tano, mangalehen hasil na mararga tu homunu dohot sobar, Ia painte parudan musim layu, dohot udan masa marbunga. BSB BSB: Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
8 PBBM Angkon ma nian homu sabar, jana margodang roha harana ari ni Tuhan madung ro. BSB BSB: You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
9 PBBM Ulang ma marungut-ungut jana saling marsipasalaan anso ulang homu dihukum Tuhan; ingot hakim dung donok, rade giot ro. BSB BSB: Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
10 PBBM Koum-koum, ingot ma angka panurirang, mangecet atas nama tuhan, halahi sabar jana togar marsitaonon jadi, buat ma halaki jadi tudosan. BSB BSB: Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 PBBM Halahi didokon marjob ni roha, harana halahi sobar, homu madung mambege satontang hasobaronni si Ayub. Jana diboto homu do songon dia Tuhan sangat marholong ni roha jana denggan rohana. BSB BSB: See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
12 PBBM Naporlu sakali ima; ulang marsumpah, bope demi langit, sangpe demi tano on, nang pe demi sanga aha pe, dongkon sajo ma olo dohot inda. Molo giotmu inda, anso halaki ulang di dabu hukuman nasian Tuhan. BSB BSB: Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
13 PBBM Muda dilambung mu adong halak na susa, cepat ma ia mandoa, molo adong namarhasonangan, hipas ma ia nian marende mamuji Tuhan. BSB BSB: Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
15 PBBM Molo doah ni halahi dipalalu dohot haporcayaan, dipamalum Tuhan ma na marun i, jana mangapus dosa dosa-dosa na dung dibaen. BSB BSB: And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
16 PBBM Harani i; akkon ma homu saling mangoku hasalaan jana saling martangiang, aso homu dipamalum, tangiang ni halak na paturut hagiot ni Tuhan di gohi huaso na godang. BSB BSB: Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
17 PBBM Elia, samo-samo halak na sarupo songon hita, ia pe martangiang dohot bonar-bonar, anso ulang ro udan maka udan pe inda turun tolu satonga taon lolotna. BSB BSB: 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 PBBM Dungi muse martangiang muse ma ia lalu langit paturunkon udan sampe tano mangalehen hasilna muse. BSB BSB: Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
19 PBBM Saudaro koum-koum ku molodilambungmu adong sada halak naso mangihutkon muse ajaran na mon Tuhan, jana asing nai mambuat halak mulak tu Tuhan. BSB BSB: My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
20 PBBM Ingot ma ayat on; halak na mambuat halak mardosa jana mulak mandalanna na salah, halahi manyalamatkon tondi ni halahi namardosa i mon hamatean jana maroban gok pangampunan dosa. BSB BSB: consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
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