1 PBL Oledadi-oledadigu, ammana paghai amangedana ne pabarramu a yongngu guru orona yemmi paddege bahwa ghitto panungngana ba ahakimida waige ukura a louka paboto. BSB BSB: Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
2 PBL Ghitto ngarakua tazalah ne mangeda hal. Niaka baghaiko ata da pernah pongngu pazala nee patekkina, niaba na ata a sempurna, a kaina a pahezzi kendalikange ngarakua tou. 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 PBL Ghitto tatau katanga ne ngadadetana dara gai ghidda a dekuda ghitto, monno ghitto kaina takendaliwe ngarakua touna dara. BSB BSB: When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
4 PBL Eta kaizi tena-tena, lakka akalada pongngukupuna ghidda monno apakaghoddekazi na paringngi apaghezzi, na tena akenadaliza oleh ngidiza akii pongnguna, monno bana kako bagenia pongnguni angind iza nadekuni. 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 PBL Ghinna ghaikaina, lamma niadowe taguna wali tou, takka lamma nakolege bana patakozzukawe hal-hal akaladana. Etawe bana luarawe kadaghu a muttuna ne api a ghinnana kiina. 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 PBL Ne lamma yongngu apiwe, neghe ponnutanah adirraka, na pataida neneghe tagu-tagu tou monno nakolege menajiskan ngarakua tou. Nia natunnu ngarakuawe ne aro moripada ghitto takka ne nia douna atunnuza ne 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 PBL Sebab, ngarakua ghidda ranga amawewara monno keila, reptil monno ranga a moripa nee bonnudana a maupa monno apamaupabazi na atapia, BSB BSB: All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 PBL takka dai pongnguki ata akolege bapauwawe lamma. Lamma niadowe a bokala a dalolena kadanna, nabonnu bage racunna a pamateza. BSB BSB: but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 PBL Bane lammada ghitto tadeika Mori monno Ama da ghitto, monno ne neghe ghitto kaina takutuka ata, nepapa dadida bapazama dangngani Mori. 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 PBL Wali ngada a zama nalouzawe deika monno kutuka. Oledadi-oledadigu, neba ghinnawe indaghinna pongngukiwe. BSB BSB: Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
11 PBL Appawe ne iya mata wee napalouzage wee amagollona monno wee poddu nerapa apazamana? BSB BSB: Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 PBL Oledadi-oledadigu, nakolekadoge na ghazu ara banapadadini ghua zaitun; atau ghazu anggura banapadadini ghua ara? Ghinna kaina, mata wee ameina dana kolekige banapadadige wee akabba. BSB BSB: My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13 PBL Garrai ne barrami yemmi a padde monno amangerti? Taudage ne patana a dua, nia naboghoge pata-patana nebana mazaluwe monno padde. 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 PBL Takka, niaka ne yemmi mikagoula ateko a bonnuna poddupekkela monno kaleiroge atakozzuka nee ate danamu, ammana pabangga monno ammana pakagozzoka balawage neadua. BSB BSB: But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15 PBL Padde aghinnana danaburrukiwe wali togona, takka wali ponnu tanah, daiki rohani, monno bokala. BSB BSB: Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 PBL Niaka ghaikoge kagoula ate monno kaleiroge takozzuka, na nanna ghaige kaco monno ngara ghidda parawi abokala. BSB BSB: For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
17 PBL Padde awalina togona, neiya-iya niadowe ghinnatakkana, ba dommo beige dame, dekke mazalu, maghukke, bonnu pama nawwara monno ghua-ghua a dua, dappa paeka-eka kige, monno daiki paakkala. 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 PBL Ghua adua azabbarage ne dame ne ghidda pendame. BSB BSB: Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
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