1 PBM Bakku oli dadi gummi, Amba o ka madangu ti karasa mi yimmi nimma dadi gurru na, mabba yimmi mi lakasanggi mabba yitta mappa anjaranna, da panjala ndokumi waina ukura nimma risi pa mbuatu. BSB BSB: Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
2 PBM Yitta ngara dukka nda ta njala dalu dangu ngreani, nikka ba okannisa ni Tu nimma atta njala ndoku ti ngera siluna, yinna kadda tu nimma ollu mattu, nimma sanggupa pa magagi ni ngara dukka kalitta na. 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 PBM Yitta ta taundi ras ni ngora njara kapani kanna kerilolunda, dangngu yitta walli katta putarai ngarandukkani ni kalitta njara. BSB BSB: When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
4 PBM Ngadu mannuri ni kapalla, languka pirra tu kalada narri dangngu banna tauri ngallu kalada, ni kapalla ndo taputarai waigi ulli marisi padikku pungngu dangngu na salakui be pawukkuna ni ma ketagi ni ulli. 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 PBM Tu mannuni, ni lamma marisi padikku walliti kalitta takka ni lamma na padjaga wikkina walli ti ngera ma kalada. Etadassa ni uttangu kalada ma muttuna walli ti api ma dikku pungngu. 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 PBM Ni lamma samatuni api, sisa pannu tana ma marissaka, ni patau ni padua kalitta dangngu ma pairrakai ngaranduka ni kalitta, yinna n ma tunnu ndabbai ni lara muripanda, dangngu yinna wikki patunnu ti 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 PBM Mabba ngarandukka ndabbanari ni bada ma matamba dangngu ma pawurrunga, dangngu ni bada ma muripa ti tasika na maupari dangngu dapamaupari tu. BSB BSB: All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 PBM Takka atta o pu sa'tu ma pamaupa ni lamma. Lamma go ma atta ndassa dangngu ma atta dangngu, dangngu ma mbannuna racun pamati dangnga. BSB BSB: but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 PBM Dangngu n lamma nda yitta ta papel mur dangngu ni Ama nda yitta, takka ni mannui ni payura waida tu, ni pa pandowinai Muri ni ma sama sadani 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 PBM Walliti wiwwi mannu na lusai n paosa dangngu ni payurra. Bakku olidadigumi, Amma ninni tuni haika. BSB BSB: Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
11 PBM Na piakadanissa ni sisa mata we banna sadakka palusai ni we linggisa dangngu ni we paita? BSB BSB: Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 PBM Bakku olidadigumi, na piakadanissa ni punggi kapullita banna padadini wua zaitun, atta ni punggi anggura banna padadini wua kapullita? Tu mannuni ni we barru attana padadimani we loku attau masingira. BSB BSB: My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13 PBM Hegaka ti jongami ma o kanyakkata dangngu berpengertian? Batunihaikasa, kapiani dangngui patana ma ndassa, yinna kanna patakkagi ni pa pandowina ti dalu kelembutan dangngu kanyakkata. 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 PBM Takka, yimmi bammi ketakanja ni milla ati, ni ma mbannuna ma pata dangngu kayawwa marisi ti dalu atimu, amba kalada ati dangnga manggi dangngu amba kawassuma pappagi ni ma pulupia. BSB BSB: But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15 PBM Kanyakkata ma tunihai attana mburru walliti desamai, takka wallini ti pannu tana, dangngu attana rohanimuni dangngu na irrakai. BSB BSB: Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 PBM Ba okanja ni milla ati dangngu ni pekarisi kayawwa marisi, gona oja ni marussa dangngu ngarandukkani ni pa pandowi ma atta ndassa. BSB BSB: For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
17 PBM Kanyakkata ma walli desana, kawunga-wungnga ma warasa, baisa mbussana dammai, lemah lembut, wallasa ndabba na mbannuni dangngu belas kasih dangngu wua-wua ma ndassa, attana pa pedinai dangngu attana ndassa desa ammai. 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 PBM Ni wua-wua ma pulupia ta sabbaragi ti dalu ndassa walliti ma ya ni mandassa. BSB BSB: Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.