| | | Abbé Crampon | |
| 1 | Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. | A vous maintenant, riches ! Pleurez, éclatez en sanglots à la vue des misères qui vont fondre sur vous. | Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. |
| 2 | Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. | Vos richesses sont pourries, et vos vêtements sont mangés des vers. | Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. |
| 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. | Votre or et votre argent ce sont rouillés, et leur rouille rendra témoignage contre vous, et comme un feu dévorera vos chairs. Vous avez thésaurisé dans les derniers jours! | Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in 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. | Voici qu'il crie contre vous, le salaire dont vous avez frustré les ouvriers qui ont fauché vos champs, et les cris des moissonneurs sont parvenus aux oreilles du Seigneur Sabaoth. | Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have 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. | Vous avez vécu sur la terre dans les délices et les festins ; vous avez été comme la victime qui se repaît le jour où on doit l'égorger. | Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. |
| 6 | Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. | Vous avez condamné, vous avez tué le juste il ne vous résiste point. | Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one]; 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. | Prenez donc patience, mes frères, jusqu'à l'avènement du Seigneur. Voyez le laboureur, dans l'espérance du précieux fruit de la terre, attend patiemment jusqu'à ce qu'il reçoive la pluie de l'automne et celle du printemps. | Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain. |
| 8 | Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. | Vous aussi, soyez patients, et affermissez vos coeurs, car l'avènement du Seigneur est proche. | Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand. |
| 9 | Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. | Frères, ne vous répandez point en plaintes les uns contre les autres, de peur que vous ne soyez jugés : voici que le juge est à la porte. | Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors. |
| 10 | Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. | Comme modèle de générosité dans l'épreuve et de patience, prenez, frères, les prophètes qui ont parlé au nom du Seigneur. | Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. |
| 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. | Voyez, nous proclamons bienheureux ceux qui ont souffert. Vous avez entendu parler de la patience de Job, et vous avez vu quelle fin le Seigneur lui a ménagée; car le Seigneur est plein de compassion et de miséricorde. | Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful. |
| 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. | Surtout, mes frères, ne jurez ni par le ciel, ni par la terre, ni par quelque autre serment; mais que votre oui soit oui, et que votre non soit non, afin que vous ne tombiez pas sous le coup du jugement. | But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment. |
| 13 | Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. | Quelqu'un pareil vous est-il dans l'affliction ? qu'il prie. Est-il dans la joie ? qu'il chante des cantiques. | Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. |
| 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: | Quelqu'un parmi vous est-il malade ? qu'il appelle les prêtres de l'Eglise et que ceux-ci prient sur lui, en l'oignant d'huile au nom du Seigneur. | Is any among you sick? 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. | Et la prière de la foi sauvera le malade, et le Seigneur le rétablira, et s'il a commis des péchés, ils lui seront pardonnés. | and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it 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. | Confessez donc vos fautes l'un à l'autre, et priez les uns pour les autres, afin que vous soyez guéris; car la prière fervente du juste a beaucoup de puissance. | Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working. |
| 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. | Elie était un homme soumis aux mêmes misères que nous : Il pria instamment qu'il ne tombât point de pluie, et la pluie ne tomba pas sur la terre pendant trois ans et six mois; | Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months. |
| 18 | And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. | il pria de nouveau, et le ciel donna la pluie, et la terre produisit ses fruits. | 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; | Mes frères, se quelqu'un d'entre vous s'est laissé entraîner loin de la vérité, et qu'un autre l'y ramène, | My brethren, if any among you 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. | sachez que celui qui ramène un pécheur de la voie où il s'égare, sauvera une âme de la mort et couvrira une multitude de péchés. | let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins. |
