1 PBW Kagu angwuagimi, abi damangu ta lihimu nama jaji guru, nyiami mi peanya jaka nama jaji guru pa hakimi jaka pakatutuha nama reihi buatu. BSB BSB: Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
2 PBW Iata tangakehada ta woludamakalungu ngaradukana, jaka eikangu na touwu dama hala tapa newina, jaka na touwu na kalungu, jaka na touwu na jagaya na ihina 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 PBW Iata ta taunya na rahi jara kana pakeri jaka iata tourara ta jagaya na ihina jara. BSB BSB: When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
4 PBW Ealuya na kapal-kapal, jaka kana bakulu jaka na ngilu nama kulihu kana pahalakuya, jaka na kapal nuttu nama pahalakuya naha piruna nama merahu, jaka naha laku kanapahaganya. 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 PBW Merajelakanaka, na lamma nama merahu walingu ta ihida, jaka na lamma napa newi oatangu dama deha. Jaka kammi ealu jelakanya na omangu nama mutungu walina ta api nama merangu. 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 PBW Na lamma mearana na api, majahatuya tapinu tana, napa tutungu ta ihi dama kalungu. Na tunu boluya na larangiyi yayida, jaka namu tagu na tunuya 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 PBW Tangakehana nama daga ta omangu dama eingu mourida jaka nama wurungu reptil jaka naka boku nama moriku tahiku nama mauwuku na touwu rara. BSB BSB: All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 PBW Jaka da eamangu ha touwu tekka nama paha mauwukuha na lammana. Na lamma dama kalungunya dama kawanaru, na binnu kapori naha mati dengangu. BSB BSB: but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 PBW Na lammada ieta taberkatiha Tuhan jaka hi bapak iata, jaka ta kutuk jella touwu, Naha woluna nama hamearagu taba marabba 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 PBW Walina ta aa da nama hamearangu nama lohungu kutukan. Kagu angwuagimi, bakala da tounoumana. BSB BSB: Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
11 PBW Na mata weinyi nama hangina napa lohungu weinyi nama deaha jaka na weinyi nama piddu taladu nama ha meara? BSB BSB: Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 PBW Kagu angwuagimi, mi koalingu na pingngi ara na kolingu wua zaitun; jaka na pingngi anggur na koalingu wua ara? Jaka naha meara na mata weinyi barru dana koalimangu weinyi nama kalungu. BSB BSB: My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13 PBW Gearanya lahi nyiami nama berhikmattu jaka nama kolingu pa ngadangu? Mata kanya kana wolunya nama kalungu, kana patekanya nahawoluna nama kalungu jaka 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 PBW Jaka nyiami ka eikanguka nama pahukangu ati wikina nama binnu nama piddu ta atimu, abi bakulu ati waimanya kami lawanya nama kalungu. BSB BSB: But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15 PBW Hikmat nama tounoungu dana purumangu walina nimmi deata, walina ta pinu tana, da rohanimangu jaka dama kalungu. BSB BSB: Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 PBW Jaka eikanguka nama pahukangu ati wikina jaka nama ambisi nou eingu dama deaha jaka dama kalungu. BSB BSB: For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
17 PBW Hikmat nama walingu nimmi deata, nama moulu na deaha, jaka na buahangu makalungu, na terbuka, nakalungu atina. 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 PBW Na wuanyi nama kalungu pahamulananya na touwu nama buahangu deaha jaka nama kalungu. BSB BSB: Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
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