OET interlinear YAC (JAM) 5:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Ἠλείας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἠλίας ἄνθρωπος ἦν ὁμοιοπαθὴς ἡμῖν καὶ προσευχῇ προσηύξατο τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι καὶ οὐκ ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐνιαυτοὺς τρεῖς καὶ μῆνας ἕξ)

James assumes that his readers will know from the Scriptures about this episode in Elijah’s life. If your readers might not be familiar with it, you could describe it in more detail. Alternate translation: “You know from the Scriptures how a prophet named Elijah who lived long ago”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁμοιοπαθὴς ἡμῖν

like_natured ˱to˲_us

This expression means that Elijah had the same feelings as any other human being. In context, James is indicating specifically that he too had the kind of feelings that make it difficult for people to pray. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “who had the same doubts and fears that we all do”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

προσευχῇ προσηύξατο

˱with˲_prayer ˱he˲_prayed

To indicate that Elijah prayed intensely, James is using an indirect object with a verb that comes from the same root. If your language uses a similar construction, it would be appropriate to have it here in your translation. But if this construction would seem to express unnecessary extra information in your language, you could express this emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “he prayed intensely”