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James 5

1GoG71tonowνῦνnunG3568, yerichπλούσιοι,plousioiG4145,weepκλαύσατεklausateG2799, howlingoveryourmiseriesthat[are]comingG1904upon[you].

2YourwealthG4149isbecomeγέγονεν·gegonenG1096rotten,andyourgarmentsἱμάτιαhimatiaG2440moth-eaten.

3YourgoldχρυσὸςchrusosG5557andsilverἄργυροςargurosG696isἔσταιestaiG1510eatenG2068away,andtheircankershallbeG1510forawitnessagainstyou,andshalleatG2068yourfleshσάρκαςsarkasG4561asfireπῦρ·purG4442. Yehaveheapeduptreasurein[the]lastἐσχάταιςeschataisG2078daysἡμέραις.hēmeraisG2250.

4BeholdἰδοὺidouG2400,thewagesμισθὸςmisthosG3408ofyourlabourers,whohaveharvestedyourfieldsχώραςchōrasG5561, wrongfully keptbackbyyou,cryG2896,andthecriesG2896ofthosethathavereapedG2325areenteredεἰσεληλύθασιν.eiselēluthasinG1525intotheearsὦταōtaG3775of[the]LordκυρίουkuriouG2962ofsabaoth.

5YehavelivedluxuriouslyontheearthγῆςgēsG1093andindulgedyourselvesG4771; yehavenourishedG5142yourheartsκαρδίαςkardiasG2588[as]inadayἡμέρᾳhēmeraG2250ofslaughterσφαγῆς.sphagēsG4967;

6yehavecondemned, yehavekilledthejustG1342; he doesnotresistyou.

7HavepatienceG3114,thereforeοὖν,ounG3767,brethren, tillthecomingoftheLordκυρίου.kuriouG2962.BeholdἰδοὺidouG2400,thelabourer awaitsthepreciousτίμιονtimionG5093fruitκαρπὸνkarponG2590oftheearthγῆςgēsG1093,havingpatienceG3114forituntilitreceiveλάβῃlabēG2983[the] earlyand[the] latter rain.

8YealsoκαὶkaiG2532havepatienceG3114: stablishyourheartsκαρδίαςkardiasG2588,forthecomingoftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962isdrawn nigh.

9Complainnotoneἀλλήλων,allēlōnG240againstanother,brethren,thatyebenotjudgedG2919.BeholdἰδοὺidouG2400,thejudgeG2919standsG2476beforethedoorθυρῶνthurōnG2374.

10Takeλάβετε,labeteG2983[as]anexampleὑπόδειγμαhupodeigmaG5262,brethren,ofsufferingandhavingpatienceμακροθυμίαςmakrothumiasG3115,theprophetsπροφήταςprophētasG4396,whohavespokenG2980inthenameὀνόματιonomatiG3686of[the]Lordκυρίου.kuriouG2962.

11BeholdἰδοὺidouG2400,wecallthemblessedwhohaveenduredG5278. YehaveheardG191oftheenduranceG5281ofJob,andseenG3708theendG5056oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962;thattheLordκύριοςkuriosG2962isG1510fulloftendercompassionandpitiful.

12ButbeforeallthingsπάντωνpantōnG3956,mybrethren,swearὀμνύετε,omnueteG3660not,neitherbyheavenοὐρανὸνouranonG3772,norbytheearthγῆνgēnG1093,norbyanyotherἄλλονallonG243oathὅρκον·horkonG3727;butletyouryeabeἤτωētōG1510yea,andyournay, nay,thatyedonotfallπέσητε.¶pesēteG4098underjudgmentκρίσινkrisinG2920.

13DoesanyoneG5100amongyousufferevil? lethimprayπροσευχέσθω·proseuchesthōG4336.Isanyhappy? lethimsingψαλλέτω.psalletōG5567psalms.

14IsanysickἀσθενεῖastheneiG770amongyou? lethimcallπροσκαλεσάσθωproskalesasthōG4341to[him]theeldersπρεσβυτέρουςpresbuterousG4245oftheassemblyG1577,andletthemprayπροσευξάσθωσανproseuxasthōsanG4336overhim, anointinghimwithoilἐλαίῳelaiōG1637inthenameὀνόματιonomatiG3686of[the]Lordκυρίου.kuriouG2962;

15andtheprayeroffaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102shallhealthesick,andtheLordκύριος·kuriosG2962shallraiseἐγερεῖegereiG1453himup;andifhebeᾖēG1510oneG3588whohascommittedsinsἁμαρτίαςhamartiasG266,itshallbeG1510forgivenἀφεθήσεταιaphethēsetaiG863him.

16ConfessἐξομολογεῖσθεexomologeistheG1843thereforeοὖνounG3767youroffencestooneἀλλήλοιςallēloisG240another,andprayεὔχεσθεeuchestheG2172foroneἀλλήλων,allēlōnG240another,thatyemaybehealedἰαθῆτε·iathēteG2390. [The] ferventsupplicationG1162oftherighteousδικαίουdikaiouG1342[manG1342]hasmuchπολὺpoluG4183power.

17EliaswasG1510amanἄνθρωποςanthrōposG444oflikepassionstous,andheprayedπροσηύξατοprosēuxatoG4336withprayerπροσευχῇproseuchēaG4335thatitshouldnotrainβρέξαι·brexaiG1026;anditdidnotrainἔβρεξενebrexenG1026upontheearthγῆςgēsG1093threeτρεῖςtreisG5140yearsἐνιαυτοὺςeniautousG1763andsixἕξ·hexG1803monthsμῆναςmēnasG3376;

18andagainπάλινpalinG3825heprayedπροσηύξατοprosēuxatoG4336,andtheheavenοὐρανὸςouranosG3772gaveG1325rainὑετὸνhu'etonG5205,andtheearthγῆgēG1093causeditsfruitκαρπὸνkarponG2590tospring forth.

19Mybrethren,ifanyoneG5100amongyouerrfromthetruthἀληθείαςalētheiasG225,andoneG5100bringhimbackἐπιστρέψῃepistrepsēG1994,

20lethimknowγινωσκέτωginōsketōG1097thathethatbringsbackἐπιστρέψαςepistrepsasG1994asinnerἁμαρτωλὸνhamartōlonG268from[the]errorπλάνηςplanēsG4106ofhiswayὁδοῦhodouG3598shallsaveσώσειsōseiG4982asoulψυχὴνpsuchēnG5590fromdeathθανάτουthanatouG2288andshallcoverκαλύψειkalupseiG2572amultitudeπλῆθοςplēthosG4128ofsinsἁμαρτιῶν.¶hamartiōnG266.

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