1 PBDD Erai untung erai untung, ai naant ba rokokng ko jari guru koe iko tau bahwa taapm se ngjar kan wa hakimi ali ukuran se paling boyat. BSB BSB: Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
2 PBDD Taapm gwis ngulah sala suangk deo hal. Ena naatn ulunt se doho suah ngulah sala suangk pengontuhan, ise sio ulunt se sempurna, se lou mampu mengendalikan gawis pengompu ne. 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 PBDD Taapm masang kekang pe wowa kuda agar reo menaati taapm, ali taapm lou mengendalikan gawis pengompu kuda. BSB BSB: When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
4 PBDD Lela lou kapal-kapal, meskipun reo olai beta ali wa garakkan koe riwut se kuat, kapal situ tulak pe one pun juru mudi ngenakatnne. 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 PBDD Demikian lou, lela sio bagian idik tanjak pengompu, tapi kahalu menyombongkan hal-hal olai. Pinda ka betapa luasne alah se wa suru koe apui se asal ne idik. 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 PBDD Lela situ hama apui, erai denia kejahatan, se wa tempatkan ba rokakng bagian-bagian pengompu ali se kahalu menajiskan gawis pengompu. Ise menyuru gawis arah wolupm taapm sementara ise saurangk wa suru koe apui 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 PBDD Moko ne, gawis jenis benatang liar ali pempulu, reptil ali benatang se wolupm ba laut jinak ali ukah wa janjikan koe mersia, BSB BSB: All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 PBDD tapi beloh pus ulun se kahalu menjinakkan lela. Lela seo lah se jahat se doho kahalu tenang, ponu ali racun se mematekan. BSB BSB: but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 PBDD Ali lela taapm memberkati Tuhan ali Uma taapm, tapi ali situ lou taapm nyumpah ulunt, se wa ciptakan serupa ali Allah ta ala. 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 PBDD Tanjak wowa se sama pe kual pujian ali sumpahan. Erai untungku, seharusne doho deh sama situ. BSB BSB: Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
11 PBDD Nonekah erai mato kahalu nengkualkan ranu mamis ali ranu pait ba saat se sindrah? BSB BSB: Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 PBDD Erai untung erai untungku, kahalukah kakau ara ngehasilakn ua zaitun; atau kakau anggur ngehasilakn ua ara? Demikian lou, ranu mato merangk doho kahalu ngehasilkan ranu se sigar. BSB BSB: My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13 PBDD Sebone ka ba rokakng iko se berhikmat ali berpengertian? Biar ka ali sikap ne se maeh, ise menunjukan perbuatan-perbuatanne suakng kelembutan ali 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 PBDD Namun, ena iko ngenaatn iri sengo se ponu kepaitan ali mabisi se egois ba suakng sengo ko, ai ka bangga ali ai ngulah buak melawan sebujur. BSB BSB: But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15 PBDD Hikmat hama situ doho mange tanjak ombo, tapi tanjak denia, doho rihani, doho jahat. BSB BSB: Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 PBDD Ena naatn iri sengo ali ambisi se egois, ba situ naatn kekacauan ali segala masapm perbuatan jahat. BSB BSB: For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
17 PBDD Hikmat se awi tanjak ombo, lome lembut, tebuka, penuh belas penuasi, ali ua-ua se maeh. 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 PBDD Ua sebujuran wa taburkan suakng damai koe 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.