1 PBDT Manyari-manyariku, hinang tege banya kaantara kolai jarie guru laie kolai ingat iyah am dirie am mangajar akan kona hakim honi ukuran am lobih borat. BSB BSB: Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
2 PBDT Dirie uras basalah lalam banya hal. Jaka tege urang am honta basa basalah lalam panernya, inya iyah am urang am sampurna, am ulih mangamuri uras tuwuh. 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 PBDT Dirie masang pansu ka nyawae kuda nyaman rang patuh ka dirie, umakan diri jam mangamurie uras tuwuh kuda. BSB BSB: When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
4 PBDT Ila jam kapal-kapal, biarnya rang amat bakah umakan dikanyah laie riwut am gancang, kapal iyah dikamurie laie kamurie am amat koni, umakan ingkas kamanih jam pangamurie bakahona. 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 PBDT Bera iyah jam, lilah iyaham bahagian am koni mula tuwuh, tapie lilah ulih manyombong hal-hal am bakah. Ila ja puna amat bakah rima am takehu laie api am koni. 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 PBDT Lilah iyah bera api, suti dunia am jahat, am di omah kaantara bahagian-bahagian tuwuh umakan am tahu maisa uras tuwuh. Inya mangehu uras tintu hirup dirie panehan inya kaniri dikehu laie api 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 PBDT Sabab, uras macam satuwa liar umakan burung, bahaya umakan satuwa am hirup ka laut iyah jarie dilimu laie kalunen, BSB BSB: All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 PBDT tapie honta siku urang am ulih malimu lilah. Lilah iyaham am jahat am honta ulih suni, ponuh laie racun am bawisa. BSB BSB: but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 PBDT Umakan lilah dirie manuah Tuhan umakan Ompai dirie, tapie honi iyah jam dirie mangutu urang, am dikaruh samah bera Hatalla. 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 PBDT Mula nyawa am samah maluar kapuji umakan kutu. Manyari-manyariku, sapatutnya honta bera iyah. BSB BSB: Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
11 PBDT Apa suti mata arai ulih maluar arai manis umakan arai pahit barota? BSB BSB: Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 PBDT Manyari-manyariku, ulih honta puhun ara baulih buah zaitun; umakan puhun anggur baulih buah ara? Bera iyah jam, mata arai asin honta ulih baulih arai am nyaman. BSB BSB: My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13 PBDT Sapa kaantara kolai am baakal budi umakan paham? Belai honi sikapnya am baie, ia manunyu am gawi-gawinya lalam kalucit umakan akal budi. 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 PBDT Amun, jaka kolai bagora kadangki am ponuh kapahit umakan kahona am hona monang kaniri lalam hatimu, hinang am banga umakan hinang marongka malawan kabujur. BSB BSB: But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15 PBDT Akal budi bera iyah honta turun mula tingie, tapie mula dunia, honta rohani, umakan jahat. BSB BSB: Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 PBDT Jakae tege kadangki umakan kahona am manaing kahiri, ka diyah tege kasabak umakan uras macam pangawi jahat. BSB BSB: For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
17 PBDT Akal budie am datang mula tingie, am hulu iyah am asli, limah iyah ungang ranai, lomah lucit, tabuka, ponuh siha, umakan buah-buah am baie, honta membeda-beda, umakan honta pamarongka. 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 PBDT Buah kabujur di tawur lalam ranai laie kawan paranai BSB BSB: Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.