James 5

5 ¹Come now, una wey rich, cry well-well and howl over di suffer-suffer wey dey come meet una. ²Una riches don rotten, and mahkoto don chop una cloth. ³Una gold and silver don rust; dat rust go stand as witness against una and go burn una body like fire. Una gada riches for di last days. ⁴Look am: di pay wey una hold back from di workers wey cut una farm dey cry out, and di cry of di people wey harvest don reach di ear of di Papa wey get di army of heaven. ⁵Una live for dis earth inside enjoyment and any-how-life. Una fatten una heart for di day of slaughter. ⁶Una don condemn and kill di correct-and-holy person, wey no dey fight una back.

Wait Wit Patient Heart

⁷So make una get patience, my brothers and sisters, till Oga go come. Think about di farmer: e dey wait wit patience for di precious fruit of di land, till e go get di first rain and di last rain. ⁸Una too must get patience. Make una heart strong, because Oga dey near to come. ⁹No dey murmur against each other, my brothers and sisters, if not dem go judge una. Look—di Judge dey stand for di door. ¹⁰My brothers and sisters, take di prophets wey talk for di name of our Papa as example of how person fit suffer and still get patience. ¹¹See, we dey call dem wey endure blessed people. Una don hear about how Job endure and una don see wetin our Papa bring about—our Papa dey rich for tender mercy wey dey pain belle and mercy.

¹²Pass everything, my brothers and sisters, no swear—no by heaven, no by earth, no by any oda oath. Make una yes be yes and una no be no, so una no go fall under judgment.

Di Prayer of Faith Dey Heal

¹³Any person dey among una wey dey suffer? Make e pray. Any person dey happy? Make e sing praise. ¹⁴Any person sick among una? Make e call di elders of di church, and make di elders pray over am, dey rub am wit oil for di name of Oga. ¹⁵Di prayer of faith go save di sick person, and Oga go raise am up. And if e don sin, dem go forgive am. ¹⁶So make una confess una sin to each other and pray for each other, so dat una fit heal. Di prayer of a correct-and-holy person get power and e dey work well. ¹⁷Elijah na man just like us, and e pray hard say rain no go fall; and rain no fall for di land for three years and six months. ¹⁸Den e pray again, and heaven give rain, and di earth produce im fruit.

¹⁹My brothers and sisters, if any person among una waka comot from di truth and somebody turn am come back, ²⁰make e know dis one: whoever turn a sinner from im wrong way don save dat person soul from death and cover plenty-plenty sin.