1 PBB Dolor-dolorke, jengon ado neman de antarome menjedi guru ulenyo kowe tahu bahwa kite nyo mengajor nak dehakemi ngan okoron nyo lobeh berat. BSB BSB: Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
2 PBB Kite segelo besaloh delom neman hal. Munye ado urang nyo hopi perenah besaloh delom perkataonnye, ye adolah urang nyo sempurna, nyo jugo mampu mengendaliko segeloh badan. BSB BSB: We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
3 PBB Kite memasong kekang podo molot kudo empoknyo mike menang kite, ngan kite jugo mengendaliko segelo badan kudo. BSB BSB: When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
4 PBB Kelek jugo kapal-kapal, meskipon mike sajo godong ngan degoroko uleh angen nyo kuat, kapal iye dekendaliko uleh kemudi nyo sajo kecil, ngan nak lari ke mone pun juru mudi menghendokinnye. BSB BSB: Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.
5 PBB Demikian jugo, lidah adolah bageon nyo kecik deri badan, cuma lidah depot menyombongko hal-hal godong. Kolelah alangko luasnyo hutan nyo sajo kecik. BSB BSB: In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
6 PBB Lidah iye upa api, sebuah dunia kejahaton, nyo detempatko de antaro bageon-bageon badan ngan nyo depot menajesko segelo badan. Ye menunu segelo arah hidop kite sementaro ye dewek detunu uleh api nderako. BSB BSB: The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7 PBB Sabab, segelo jenis benatong liar ngan borong, reptil ngan benatong nyo hidop de lout iye jinok ngan lah dejinakkoh uleh mendesio, BSB BSB: All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 PBB cuma hopi seurang pon depot menjinakkoh lidah. Lidah adolah nyo jahat nyo hopi depot tenang, ponoh ngan racon nyo mematikoh. BSB BSB: but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 PBB Ngan lidah kite memberkati Tuhan ngan Bepa kite, cuma ngan iye jugo kite mengotok urang, nyo deciptko serupa ngan Allah. BSB BSB: With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
10 PBB Deri molot nyo samo keluor pujion ngan kutukon. Dolor-dolorke, seharosnye hopilah upa iye. BSB BSB: Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
11 PBB Apokah sikok mato aek depot mengeluorko aek manes ngan aek pahet pado saat nyo besamoon? BSB BSB: Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 PBB Dolor- dolorke, depotkah kayu ara mehaselko buah zaitun; apo kayu anggor mehaselko buah ara? Demikian jugo, mato aek masen hopi depot mehaselko aek nyo segar. BSB BSB: My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13 PBB Siapekah de antaro kowe nyo behikmat ngan bepengertion? Biarlah ngan sikapnye nyo beik, ye menunjokko perbuaton-perbuatonnye delom kelomboton ngan hikmat. BSB BSB: Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
14 PBB Hambok, munye kowe memeleki iri hati nyo ponoh kepaheton ngan ambisi nyo egois de delom hatime, jengonlah bangga ngan jengon bedusta melawon kebonoron. BSB BSB: But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15 PBB Hikmat upa iye hopi toron deri pucok, cuma deri dunia, hopi rohani, ngan jahat. BSB BSB: Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 PBB Munye ado iri hati ngan ambisi nyo egois, de sane ado kekacauon ngan segelo macam perbuaton jahat. BSB BSB: For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
17 PBB Hikmat nyo jongo deri pocok, pertamo-tamo adolah murni, kemudion suka damai, lamah lombot, terbuka, ponoh belas kasehahan ngan buah-buah nyo beik, hopi membeda-mbedako, ngan hopi munafik. BSB BSB: But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
18 PBB Buah kebonoron detaburko delom damai uleh para pendamai. BSB BSB: Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
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