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| [1]Go to nowe ye riche men, weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you |
[1]Go to now, ye rich men: weep, and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. |
| [2]Your riches is corrupt, your garmentes are motheaten |
[2]Your riches are corrupt, and your garments are moth eaten. |
| [3]Your golde and siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnesse agaynst you, and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes |
[3]Your gold and silver is cankered, and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh, as it were fire. Ye have heaped up treasure for the last days. |
| [4]Beholde, the hire of labourers, which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which hire is of you kept backe by fraude, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth |
[4]Behold, the hire of the laborers, which have reaped your fields (which is of you kept back by fraud) cryeth, and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. |
| [5]Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and ben wanton: Ye haue nourisshed your heartes, as in a day of slaughter |
[5]Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and in wantonness. Ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. |
| [6]Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust, and he hath not resisted you |
[6]Ye have condemned and have killed the just, and he hath not resisted you. |
| [7]Be patient therfore brethren, vnto the commyng of the Lorde. Beholde, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience thervpon, vntill he receaue the early and the later rayne |
[7]Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the former, and the latter rain. |
| [8]Be ye also patient therfore, and settle your heartes, for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nye |
[8]Be ye also patient therefore and settle your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth near. |
| [9]Grudge not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be dampned: Beholde, the iudge standeth before the doore |
[9]Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. |
| [10]Take my brethren, the prophetes for an ensample of suffering aduersitie, and of patience, which spake in the name of the Lorde |
[10]Take, my brethren, the Prophets for an ensample of suffering adversity, and of long patience, which have spoken in the Name of the Lord. |
| [11]Beholde, we count the happy which endure. Ye haue hearde of the patience of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the Lorde made: For the Lorde is very pitifull and mercifull |
[11]Behold, we count them blessed which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have known what end the Lord made. For the Lord is very pitiful and merciful. |
| [12]But aboue all thynges my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, neither by earth, neither any other othe: Let your yea, be yea, and your nay nay, lest you fall into condempnation |
[12]But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation. |
| [13]Is any among you afflicted? let hym pray. Is any mery? let him sing psalmes |
[13]Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing. |
| [14]Is any diseased among you? let hym call for the elders of the Churche, and let them pray for him, and annoynt him with oyle in the name of the Lorde |
[14]Is any sick among you? Let him call for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray for him, and anoint him with oil in the Name of the Lord. |
| [15]And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke, and the Lorde shall raise him vp: and yf he haue committed sinnes, they shalbe forgeuen hym |
[15]And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he have committed sin, it shall be forgiven him. |
| [16]Knowledge your faultes one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: For ye feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth much |
[16]Acknowledge your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: for the prayer of a righteous man availeth much, if it be fervent. |
| [17]Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes |
[17]Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months. |
| [18]And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, & the earth brought foorth her fruite |
[18]And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. |
| [19]Brethren, yf any of you do erre from the trueth, and another conuert hym |
[19]Brethren, if any of you hath erred from the truth, and some man hath converted him, |
| [20]Let the same knowe, that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes |
[20]Let him know that he which hath converted the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. |