1 PBDB Kuan pulaksanaiku, ada uweng ulun rama jari guru daya naun karasa takam isa ngajar sagar nahakimi andri ukuran isa 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 PBDB Takam katuluh karasa kahalaen ma katuluh hal, amun naan ulun sa huan karasa hang wuang papaneranni, hanye sabujurni erang kaulun isa paruna, isa kaule nyasuai ma tengani. 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 PBDB Takam namu tadi irung hang urung kuda himpan kuda mainuh ma takam, nelang takam kaiyuh ngamudi 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 PBDB Dinung pada kapal-kapal, biar hante kuan kapal ru kude magun tau nakamudi daya riwut sa gansang, kapal iru magun iuh kamudi makai kamudi isa bangat halus, balalu sagar bagarak ma'awe tukang kamudi ngaheng. 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 PBDB Kaliru pada, lela bujur rumis teka tengani, kude lela kaiyuh sakah daya kuasa ni hante. Dinungleh kala'awe lagani jumpun isa rakit daya apui isa bangat rumis. 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 PBDB Lela ru sameh apui, yalah dunia kajahaten, hang wuang tenga takam nelang ka'iyuh ngulah bere murun ma katuluh tenga daging ni. Hanye nutung makatuluh pamelum takam, walehan ni hanye erai isa rakit daya apui hang naraka. 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 PBDB Daya, katuluh masam situa jumpun ma'adi sameh wurung, situa marayap kuan situa isa welum hang laut mainuh daya murunsia, BSB BSB: All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 PBDB puang sunah erang ka'ulun sa ta'u ngampi inuh lela. Lela isa murun puang tau tanang, penu andri wisa sa tau nampatei. BSB BSB: but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 PBDB Makai lela takam mamberkat Tuhan nelang am'ah takam, kude mitah iru pada takam tau ngutuk ulun, isa haut naulah sameh tu'u andri Alatalla. 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 PBDB Teka wiwi mulut ni isa sameh kaluar tawat hurumat nelang sumpah sarapah. Pulaksana'i ku katuluh, sabujurni puang nyalah iru. BSB BSB: Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
11 PBDB Inunkah isa mate ranu tau ngaluar ranu isa mamis atawa ranu mapait sindrah? BSB BSB: Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 PBDB Pulaksana'iku, taulah kakau kayu ara tau mua wua zaitun; atawa kakau anggur tau mua wua ara? Kaliru pada, mate ranu maerang puang sagar ngaluar ranu 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 PBDB Hie hie teka naun isa uweng hikmat nelang uweng pintaruan? Maraleh andri parangai isa maeh, hanye nantarang ulahan-ulahan hang wuang kaleme an nelang 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 PBDB Kude, amun hanyu uweng nanam bahiri isa penu kedengkian nelang ambisi nelang dengki hang wuang ateinu, ada sanang dulu nelang ada ipusu nawan kapinu'u. BSB BSB: But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15 PBDB Hikmat yalah iru puang minau teka amau, kude teka wuang dunia, puang amiru'e, nelang kajahaten. BSB BSB: Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 PBDB Amun na'an nanam bahiri nelang ambisi nelang irara'at. BSB BSB: For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
17 PBDB Hikmat isa hawi teka amau, mulani ni paruna, udihie ranai, maleme makupek, patantarang, penu ahi lelu nelang wua-wua isa ma'eh, puang hambeda-beda, nelang 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 PBDB Wu'a kapinu'u napu'au hang wu'ang damai daya ku'an pendamai. BSB BSB: Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
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