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| [1]Go to nowe ye riche men, weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you |
[1]Come 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 corrupted, 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 testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have amassed 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 who have reaped your fields, which is by you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. |
| [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 been wanton; 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 killed the just; and he doth not resist 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, to the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receiveth the early 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; establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. |
| [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, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. |
| [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 happy who endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. |
| [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 above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither 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 cheerful? let him sing psalms. |
| [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 over him, anointing 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 will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he hath committed sins, they will 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]Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much. |
| [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]Elijah 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 by the space of 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 its fruit. |
| [19]Brethren, yf any of you do erre from the trueth, and another conuert hym |
[19]Brethren, if any one of you should err from the truth, and one should convert 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 who converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins. |