1 GLT Come now, the rich, weep, wailing because of your coming miseries. BSB BSB: Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
2 GLT Your wealth has rotted and your clothes have become moth- eaten. BSB BSB: Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
3 GLT Your gold and silver have been tarnished, and their rust will be for a testimony against you and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up in the last days. 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 GLT Behold, the pay of the workers who have reaped your fields, which has been withheld from you, is crying out, and the cries of the ones harvesting have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 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 GLT You have lived luxuriously on the earth and have lived self- indulgently. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. BSB BSB: You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
6 GLT You have condemned, you have killed the righteous. He does not resist you. BSB BSB: You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
7 GLT Therefore, wait patiently, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the valuable fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early{ rain} and the late{ rain}. 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 GLT You also wait patiently. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has come near. BSB BSB: You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
9 GLT Do not complain, brothers, against one another, so that you may be not judged. Behold, the judge is standing at the door. 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 GLT Take an example, brothers, of the suffering and the patience of the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. BSB BSB: Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 GLT Behold, we call blessed the ones having endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is greatly compassionate and merciful. 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 GLT But before all, my brothers, do not swear, neither{ by} the heaven nor{ by} the earth, nor{ by} any other oath. But let your“Yes” be“Yes” and your“No,”“No,” so that you may not fall under judgment. 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 GLT Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. BSB BSB: Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
15 GLT And the prayer of the faith will save the sick and the Lord will raise him up. And if he may have committed sins, it will be forgiven to him. 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 GLT Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. A working prayer of the righteous is very strong. 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 GLT Elijah was a man of similar passions to us, and he prayed with prayer for{ it} not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land{ for} three years and six months. 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 GLT And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth produced its fruit. BSB BSB: Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
19 GLT My brothers, if anyone among you may have been led astray from the truth and someone turns him back, BSB BSB: My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
20 GLT let him know that the one having turned back a sinner from his wandering way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. 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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