1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
2Your wealth has rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.
3Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your sarx(flesh) like fire; you have laid up treasure in the last days.
4Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth(heavenly-armies).
5You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence; you have fattened your kardiai(hearts, soul-domains) in a day of slaughter.
6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person; he does not resist you.
7Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the parousia(coming-presence) of the Lord; see how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it until it receives the early and the late rain.
8You also, be patient; establish your kardiai(hearts, soul-domains), for the parousia(coming-presence) of the Lord is near.
9Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be krino(judge)d; behold, the krites(Judge) is standing at the door.
10As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast; you have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord — that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
12But above all, my brothers, do not swear — neither by heaven nor by earth nor by any other oath — but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under krima(verdict).
13Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray; is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
14Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the ekklesia(called-out community), and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed; the prayer of a righteous person ischyo(avails, is-strong) greatly as it is working.
17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
18Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
19My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the aletheia(truth) and someone brings him back,
20let that person know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering way will save a psyche(soul) from death and will cover a multitude of sins.