¹Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your hardships which come upon you. ²Your riches have rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten. ³Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their tarnish will be a testimony to you, and it will consume your flesh as fire does. You treasured this up in the latter days. ⁴Look, the wages of the workers who harvested your farms, wages which have been withheld by you, shout out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts. ⁵You have lived extravagantly on the earth and have behaved wantonly; you have fed your hearts as on the day of slaughter. ⁶You have condemned, you have murdered the innocent; he does not resist you. ⁷So be longsuffering, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Look, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the land, being longsuffering for it until he receives the early and late rain. ⁸So you too be longsuffering, make your hearts resolute, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near. ⁹Brothers, do not criticize each other, in order that you should not be judged. Look, the judge is standing at the doors. ¹⁰Take as an example of ill-plight and longsuffering, my brothers, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹Look, we deem blessed those who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and look at the Lord's result: that he is of great pity and is compassionate. ¹²But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by the earth, or any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you do not fall into hypocrisy. ¹³Is anyone among you suffering affliction? Let him pray. Is anyone of good cheer? Let him sing psalms. ¹⁴Is anyone among you ill? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with olive oil in the name of the Lord, ¹⁵and the faithful prayer will save him who is ailing, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him. ¹⁶Confess your transgressions to each other, and pray for each other that you may be healed. The vigorous entreaty of a righteous person is very effective. ¹⁷Elijah was a man of feelings like ours, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. ¹⁸And he prayed again, and heaven gave rain and the land sprouted its fruit. ¹⁹Brothers, if anyone among you strays from the truth, and someone turns him back, ²⁰let him know that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.