1 PBDK Pulaksanai ku, naan hadi ta antara hanyu jari guru ulah hanyu kataru bahwa takam sa ngajar akan na hakimi baya ukuran sa labih weat. BSB BSB: Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
2 PBDK Takam katuluh bahala tahuang erang hal. Amun naan ulun sa bakoi suah bahala baya eauan ni, ayelah ulun sempurna, sa mampu mengendalikan katuluh tenga ni. 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 PBDK Takam masang kekang ta wawa kuda mat here menaati takam, dan takam juga mengendalikan katuluh tenga kuda. BSB BSB: When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
4 PBDK Ini Kapal-kapal, meskipun here sangat hante dan ne gerakkan baya angin sa kuat, kapal iru na kendalikan baya kemudi sa kecil dan akan tulak ke mana pun juri mudi menghendakinya 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 PBDK Demikian juga, lela ayelah bagian sa kecil tahuang tenga, tatapi lidah tau menyombongkan hal-hal sa hante. Inilah betapa hante ni huta sa terbakar ulah api sa kecil. 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 PBDK Lela iru sameh leon api, sebuah dunia kejahatan, sa na tempatkan, ta antara bagian-bagian tenga sa tau menajiskan katuluh tenga. Aye membakar katuluh arah welum takam sementara aye raerai na bakar baya api neraka. 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 PBDK Ulah, kaluhan jenis binatang liar dan burung, reptil dan binatang sa welum ta laut iru jinak dan haot na jinakkan baya marasia. BSB BSB: All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 PBDK Tatapi bakoi erang kaulun pun sa tau menjinakkan lela. Lela ayelah sa jahat sa bakoi tau tenang, penu nihi racun sa nampatei BSB BSB: but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 PBDK Baya lela takam tau memberkati Tuhan dan Bapa takam, tatapi baya iru takam tau mengutuk ulun, sa na ciptakan serupa baya 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 PBDK Teka wawa sa sameh balua pujian dan kutukan. Pulaksanaiku, seharusnya bakoi sameh iru. BSB BSB: Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
11 PBDK Inon kah isa mate ranu tau mengeluarkan ranu sa mamis dan ranu sa mapait pada saat sa sameh? BSB BSB: Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 PBDK Pulaksanai ku, tau kah pohon ara menghasilkan wua zaitun; atawa pohon anggur menghasilkan wua ara? Demikian juga, mate ranu asin bakoi tau menghasilkan ranu sa 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 PBDK Hiyekah ta antara hanyu sa berhikmat dan berpengertian? Elah ni nihi sikapni sa maeh, aye nampa indi perbuatan-perbuatan ni tahuang kelembutan dan 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 PBDK Namun, amun hanyu naan iri atei sa penu kepahitan dan ambisi sa egois tahuang atei nu, adalah bangga dan adalah namposo nawan kebenaran. BSB BSB: But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15 PBDK Hikmat sameh hio bakoi hawi teka atas, tatapi teka dunia, bakoi rohani dan baasal teka setan. BSB BSB: Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 PBDK Amun naan iri atei dan ambisi sa egois, ta iru naan kekacauan dan katuluh macam perbuatan jahat. BSB BSB: For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
17 PBDK Hikmat sa hawi teka atas, pertama-tama ayelah murni, udi iru suka damai, lemah lembut, terbuka, penu belas kasihan dan wua-wua sa maeh, bakoi membeda-bedakan, dan bakoi 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 PBDK Wua kebenaran na tabur tahuang damai baya para pendamai. BSB BSB: Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.