1 PBBM Saudaro-saudaro! Ulang ma bahat sian antara mu na giot manjadi guru. Diboto homu bahaso hita na manjadi guru angkon umborat do uhuman sian halak na lain. BSB BSB: Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
2 PBBM Hita sude jot-jot mambaen hasalaan tai halak naso mambaen hasalahan dohot hata-hata na, ia halak na sampurna, na bisa mangarajai sude dirina. 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 PBBM Anggo hita mamasang kokang tu baba ni kudo anso ia mangihut tu hagiot ta, harani bisa ma hita mangendalihon pamatang ni kudo i. BSB BSB: When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
4 PBBM Baen ma kapal songon tiruan. Haru pe sada na sun godang dohot di oban angin na gogo, tai ia kendalihon ni kemudi na sun menek, manurut hagiot jurumudi. 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 PBBM Songon i juo dohot dilanta, harupe dilantai menek, tai ia bisa manyombongkon diri taringon hal-hal na godang. Bayangkon songoni ma godang na harangan, bisa di tutung dohot api na menek. 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 PBBM Dila sarupo dohot api. Di pamatang ta, ia songon asal hajahaton na pararatkon hajahaton tu sude pamatang ta. Dohot api na amrasal mon naroko, ia manutung sude ngolunta. 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 PBBM Sude mocom binatang buas, amporik, binatang manjalar dohot ikan bisa dipajinak, dohot madung muse dijinakon ni halak. BSB BSB: All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 PBBM Taai dila ni halak inda bisa dijinakon sada halak pe. Dila i jahat dohot inda bisa di kuaso i, gok dohot racun na pamatehon. BSB BSB: but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 PBBM Hita manggunahon na giot mandok tarimokasih tu Tuhan dohot Amanta ta, tai juo giot mangutuk halak, nadung di jadihon songon rupo 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 PBBM Sian pamangan na sarupo kaluar hata-hata tarimokasi dohot hata-hata bura, sabotulna inda. BSB BSB: Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
11 PBBM Adong dehe mual aek na mangkaluarkon air naso mardai dohot aek na paet sian mual na sarupo. BSB BSB: Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 PBBM Hayu ara, saudaro-saudarongku, inda bisa manghasilkon buah zaitun, dohot batang anggur inda bis manghasilkon buah ara. Mata aek na ancim ind abiisa juo mangaluarkon aek na so mardai. BSB BSB: My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13 PBBM Muda diantara mu adong halak na bisuk dohot na denggan, giot na ia pataridahon dohot ngolu na denggan dohot mambaen hal-hal na denggan, dohot toruk ni roha, dohot habisuhon. 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 PBBM Tai anggo homu cimburu, hancit roha, dohot mamorluhon diri sandiri, ulang be manggodangkon i, harani homu. BSB BSB: But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15 PBBM Habisuhon na songon i inda na sian surgo. Ia na sian dunia, sian hagiot ni jolma, dohot mon setan. BSB BSB: Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 PBBM Di dia adong cimburu dohot parange na mamentingkon dirina sendiri, disi juo dapot hasesego dohot sude mocom pambaenan na jahat. BSB BSB: For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
17 PBBM Tai halak nampuni bisuk na sian ginjang, ia parjolo sahali ias dungi ramardame, pangamuk dohot pangoloi. Ia gok dohot hlong ni roha dohot patuduhon pambaenan-pambaenan na denggan. Ia inda mamihak dohot marpura-pura. 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 PBBM Memang hadengganan ima upa sian bonih dame na di samehon halak na cinta dame. BSB BSB: Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.