1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. [^1]6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.9 Don't grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.11 As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear —not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple "Yes" or "No." Otherwise you will be condemned.13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.19 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back,20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

1 Agite nunc divites, plorate ululantes in miseriis vestris, qu advenient vobis. 2 Diviti vestr putrefact sunt, et vestimenta vestra a tineis comesta sunt. 3 Aurum et argentum vestrum ruginavit : et rugo eorum in testimonium vobis erit, et manducabit carnes vestras sicut ignis. Thesaurizastis vobis iram in novissimis diebus. 4 Ecce merces operariorum, qui messuerunt regiones vestras, qu fraudata est a vobis, clamat : et clamor eorum in aures Domini sabbaoth introivit. 5 Epulati estis super terram, et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis. 6 Addixistis, et occidistis justum, et non resistit vobis.7 Patientes igitur estote, fratres, usque ad adventum Domini. Ecce agricola exspectat pretiosum fructum terr, patienter ferens donec accipiat temporaneum et serotinum. 8 Patientes igitur estote et vos, et confirmate corda vestra : quoniam adventus Domini appropinquavit. 9 Nolite ingemiscere, fratres, in alterutrum, ut non judicemini. Ecce judex ante januam assistit. 10 Exemplum accipite, fratres, exitus mali, laboris, et patienti, prophetas qui locuti sunt in nomine Domini. 11 Ecce beatificamus eos qui sustinuerunt. Sufferentiam Job audistis, et finem Domini vidistis, quoniam misericors Dominus est, et miserator.12 Ante omnia autem, fratres mei, nolite jurare, neque per clum, neque per terram, neque aliud quodcumque juramentum. Sit autem sermo vester : Est, est : Non, non : ut non sub judicio decidatis.13 Tristatur aliquis vestrum ? oret. quo animo est ? psallat. 14 Infirmatur quis in vobis ? inducat presbyteros ecclesi, et orent super eum, ungentes eum oleo in nomine Domini : 15 et oratio fidei salvabit infirmum, et alleviabit eum Dominus : et si in peccatis sit, remittentur ei. 16 Confitemini ergo alterutrum peccata vestra, et orate pro invicem ut salvemini : multum enim valet deprecatio justi assidua. 17 Elias homo erat similis nobis passibilis : et oratione oravit ut non pluret super terram, et non pluit annos tres, et menses sex. 18 Et rursum oravit : et clum dedit pluviam, et terra dedit fructum suum.19 Fratres mei, si quis ex vobis erraverit a veritate, et converterit quis eum : 20 scire debet quoniam qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore vi su, salvabit animam ejus a morte, et operiet multitudinem peccatorum.