Santiago 5
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Advertencia a los ricos opresores
5 Ahora escuchad, vosotros los ricos: ¡llorad a gritos por las calamidades que se os vienen encima! 2 Se ha podrido vuestra riqueza, y vuestras ropas están comidas por la polilla. 3 Se han oxidado vuestro oro y vuestra plata. Ese óxido dará testimonio contra vosotros y consumirá como fuego vuestros cuerpos. Habéis amontonado riquezas, ¡y eso que estamos en los últimos tiempos! 4 Oíd cómo clama contra vosotros el salario no pagado a los obreros que trabajaron vuestros campos. El clamor de esos trabajadores ha llegado a oídos del Señor Todopoderoso. 5 Vosotros habéis llevado en este mundo una vida de lujo y de placer desenfrenado. Lo que habéis hecho es engordar para el día de la matanza.[a] 6 Habéis condenado y matado al justo sin que él os ofreciera resistencia.
Paciencia en los sufrimientos
7 Por tanto, hermanos, tened paciencia hasta la venida del Señor. Mirad cómo espera el agricultor a que la tierra dé su precioso fruto y con qué paciencia aguarda las temporadas de lluvia. 8 Así también vosotros, manteneos firmes y aguardad con paciencia la venida del Señor, que ya se acerca. 9 No os quejéis unos de otros, hermanos, para que no seáis juzgados. ¡El juez ya está a la puerta!
10 Hermanos, tomad como ejemplo de sufrimiento y de paciencia a los profetas que hablaron en el nombre del Señor. 11 En verdad, consideramos dichosos a los que perseveraron. Habéis oído hablar de la perseverancia de Job, y habéis visto lo que al final le dio el Señor. Es que el Señor es muy compasivo y misericordioso.
12 Sobre todo, hermanos míos, no juréis ni por el cielo ni por la tierra ni por ninguna otra cosa. Que vuestro «sí» sea «sí», y vuestro «no», «no», para que no seáis condenados.
La oración de fe
13 ¿Está afligido alguno entre vosotros? Que ore. ¿Está alguno de buen ánimo? Que cante alabanzas. 14 ¿Está enfermo alguno de vosotros? Haga llamar a los ancianos de la iglesia para que oren por él y lo unjan con aceite en el nombre del Señor. 15 La oración de fe sanará al enfermo y el Señor lo levantará. Y, si ha pecado, su pecado se le perdonará. 16 Por eso, confesaos unos a otros vuestros pecados, y orad unos por otros, para que seáis sanados. La oración del justo es poderosa y eficaz.
17 Elías era un hombre con debilidades como las nuestras. Con fervor oró que no lloviera, y no llovió sobre la tierra durante tres años y medio. 18 Volvió a orar, y el cielo dio su lluvia y la tierra produjo sus frutos.
19 Hermanos míos, si alguno de vosotros se extravía de la verdad, y otro lo hace volver a ella, 20 recordad que quien hace volver a un pecador de su extravío le salvará de la muerte y cubrirá muchísimos pecados.
Footnotes
- 5:5 Lo … matanza. Alt. Habéis engordado como en un banquete.
James 5
King James Version
5 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
James 5
English Standard Version
Warning to the Rich
5 Come now, (A)you rich, weep and howl for the (B)miseries that are coming upon you. 2 (C)Your riches have rotted and (D)your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (E)You have laid up treasure (F)in the last days. 4 Behold, (G)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (H)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (I)the Lord of hosts. 5 (J)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (K)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (L)a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and (M)murdered (N)the righteous person. He does not resist you.
Patience in Suffering
7 Be patient, therefore, brothers,[a] until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives (O)the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be patient. (P)Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord (Q)is at hand. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, (R)so that you may not be judged; behold, (S)the Judge is standing (T)at the door. 10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take (U)the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of (V)the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen (W)the purpose of the Lord, how (X)the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
12 But above all, my brothers, (Y)do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.
The Prayer of Faith
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him (Z)sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, (AA)anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And (AB)if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, (AC)confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, (AD)that you may be healed. (AE)The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[b] 17 Elijah was a man (AF)with a nature like ours, and (AG)he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for (AH)three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 (AI)Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
19 My brothers, (AJ)if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone (AK)brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering (AL)will save his soul from death and (AM)will cover a multitude of sins.
Footnotes
- James 5:7 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 9, 10, 12, 19
- James 5:16 Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power
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