OET interlinear YAC (JAM) 5:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἄγε νῦν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἄγε νῦν οἱ πλούσιοι κλαύσατε ὀλολύζοντες ἐπί ταῖς ταλαιπωρίαις ὑμῶν ταῖς ἐπερχομέναις)

This is an idiom. See how you translated it in [4:13](../04/13.md). Alternate translation: [Now listen]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

οἱ πλούσιοι

you_all rich_‹ones›

Alternate translation: [you who are rich]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

οἱ πλούσιοι

you_all rich_‹ones›

James is using the adjective rich as a noun to refer to a type of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this with an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: [you people who are rich]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οἱ πλούσιοι

you_all rich_‹ones›

James is most likely addressing believers who are rich, or at least rich people who were attending assemblies of believers, rather than unbelievers who are rich or rich people in general. (This letter was meant to be read aloud in those assemblies, and James notes in [1:10](../01/10.md) that some of the believers were rich.) If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: [you believers who are rich] or [you rich people who say you want to follow Jesus]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐπὶ ταῖς ταλαιπωρίαις ὑμῶν ταῖς ἐπερχομέναις

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἄγε νῦν οἱ πλούσιοι κλαύσατε ὀλολύζοντες ἐπί ταῖς ταλαιπωρίαις ὑμῶν ταῖς ἐπερχομέναις)

Your language may similarly speak of something that is going to happen in the future as if it were coming. If it does not, you could express this in another way. Alternate translation: [because of the miseries you will soon experience]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐπὶ ταῖς ταλαιπωρίαις ὑμῶν ταῖς ἐπερχομέναις

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἄγε νῦν οἱ πλούσιοι κλαύσατε ὀλολύζοντες ἐπί ταῖς ταλαιπωρίαις ὑμῶν ταῖς ἐπερχομέναις)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun miseries with an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: [because many bad things are going to happen to you soon]