يَعقُوب 3

١ 1 يَا إِخْوَتِي، لَا تَتَسَابَقُوا كَيْ تَجْعَلُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ مُعَلِّمِينَ لِغَيْرِكُمْ فَتَزِيدُوا عَدَدَ الْمُعَلِّمِينَ! وَاذْكُرُوا أَنَّنَا، نَحْنُ الْمُعَلِّمِينَ، سَوْفَ نُحَاسَبُ حِسَاباً أَقْسَى مِنْ غَيْرِنَا.

Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.

٢ 2 فَإِنَّنَا جَمِيعاً مُعَرَّضُونَ لِلْوُقُوعِ فِي أَخْطَاءَ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَلَكِنَّ مَنْ يُلْجِمُ لِسَانَهُ وَلا يُخْطِئُ فِي كَلامِهِ هُوَ نَاضِجٌ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُسَيْطِرَ عَلَى طَبِيعَتِهِ سَيْطَرَةً تَامَّةً.

For we often stumble and fall, all of us. If there is any one who never stumbles in speech, that man has reached maturity of character and is able to curb his whole nature.

٣ 3 فَحِينَ نَضَعُ لِجَاماً فِي فَمِ حِصَانٍ، نَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْ تَوْجِيهِهِ وَاقْتِيَادِهِ كَمَا نُرِيدُ.

Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.

٤ 4 وَمَهْمَا كَانَتِ السَّفِينَةُ كَبِيرَةً وَالرِّيَاحُ الَّتِي تَدْفَعُهَا قَوِيَّةً وَهَوْجَاءَ، فَبِدَفَّةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ جِدّاً يَتَحَكَّمُ الرَّبَّانُ فِيهَا وَيَسُوقُهَا إِلَى الْجِهَةِ الَّتِي يُرِيدُ. كَذَلِكَ اللِّسَانُ أَيْضاً: فَهُوَ عُضْوٌ صَغِيرٌ،

So too with ships, great as they are, and often driven along by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very small rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at the helm chooses.

٥ 5 وَلَكِنْ مَا أَشَدَّ فَعَّالِيَّتَهُ! انْظُرُوا: إِنَّ شَرَارَةً صَغِيرَةً تُحْرِقُ غَابَةً كَبِيرَةً!

In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames.

٦ 6 وَاللِّسَانُ كَالنَّارِ خَطَراً: فَهُوَ وَحْدَهُ، بَيْنَ أَعْضَاءِ الْجِسْمِ، جَامِعٌ لِلشُّرُورِ كُلِّهَا، وَيُلَوِّثُ الْجِسْمَ كُلَّهُ بِالْفَسَادِ. إِنَّهُ يُشْعِلُ دَائِرَةَ الْكَوْنِ، وَيَسْتَمِدُّ نَارَهُ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ! (Geenna g1067)

And the tongue is a fire. That world of iniquity, the tongue, is placed within us spotting and soiling our whole nature, and setting the whole round of our lives on fire, being itself set on fire by Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)

٧ 7 مِنَ السَّهْلِ عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يُرَوِّضَ الْوُحُوشَ وَالطُّيُورَ وَالزَّوَاحِفَ وَالْحَيَوَانَاتِ الْبَحَرِيَّةَ، بِجَمِيعِ أَجْنَاسِهَا. فَهَذَا مَا نَرَاهُ يَحْدُثُ.

For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.

٨ 8 وَلَكِنَّ أَحَداً مِنَ النَّاسِ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُرَوِّضَ اللِّسَانَ. فَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَا يَنْضَبِطُ، مُمْتَلِئٌ بِالسُّمِّ الْقَتَّالِ!

But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison.

٩ 9 بِهِ نَرْفَعُ الْحَمْدَ وَالشُّكْرَ لِلرَّبِّ وَالآبِ، وَبِهِ نُوَجِّهُ الشَّتَائِمَ إِلَى النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ خَلَقَهُمُ اللهُ عَلَى مِثَالِهِ.

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.

١٠ 10 وَهكَذَا، تَخْرُجُ الْبَرَكَاتُ وَاللَّعَنَاتُ مِنَ الْفَمِ الْوَاحِدِ. وَهَذَا، يَا إِخْوَتِي، يَجِبُ أَلا يَحْدُثَ أَبَداً!

Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.

١١ 11 هَلْ سَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّ نَبْعاً وَاحِداً يُعْطِي مَاءً عَذْباً وَمَاءً مُرّاً مِنْ عَيْنٍ وَاحِدَةٍ؟

In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?

١٢ 12 أَمْ هَلْ يُمْكِنُ، يَا إِخْوَتِي، أَنْ تُثْمِرَ التِّينَةُ زَيْتُوناً، أَوِ الْكَرْمَةُ تِيناً؟ كَذَلِكَ لا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ النَّبْعُ الْمَالِحُ مَاءً عَذْباً.

Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.

١٣ 13 أَبَيْنَكُمْ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ وَالْفُهَمَاءِ؟ إِذَنْ، عَلَى هؤُلاءِ أَنْ يَسْلُكُوا سُلُوكاً حَسَناً، مُظْهِرِينَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ تِلْكَ الْوَدَاعَةَ الَّتِي تَتَّصِفُ بِها الْحِكْمَةُ (الحَقِيقِيَّةُ).

Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man? Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit.

١٤ 14 أَمَّا إِنْ كَانَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ مَمْلُوءَةً بِمَرَارَةِ الحَسَدِ وَبِالتَّحَزُّبِ، فَلا تَفْتَخِرُوا بِحِكْمَتِكُمْ، وَلا تُنْكِرُوا الْحَقَّ.

But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.

١٥ 15 إِنَّ هذِهِ الْحِكْمَةَ الَّتِي تَدَّعُونَهَا لَيْسَتْ نَازِلَةً مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، بَلْ هِيَ «حِكْمَةٌ» أَرْضِيَّةٌ بَشَرِيَّةٌ شَيْطَانِيَّةٌ.

That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.

١٦ 16 فَحَيْثُ تَكُونُ مَرَارَةُ الْحَسَدِ وَالتَّحَزُّبُ، يَنْتَشِرُ الْخِلافُ وَالْفَوْضَى وَجَمِيعُ الشُّرُورِ.

For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.

١٧ 17 أَمَّا الْحِكْمَةُ النَّازِلَةُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، فَهِيَ نَقِيَّةٌ طَاهِرَةٌ، قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ. وَهِيَ أَيْضاً تَدْفَعُ صَاحِبَهَا إِلَى الْمُسَالَمَةِ وَالتَّرَفُّقِ. كَمَا أَنَّهَا مُطَاوِعَةٌ، مَمْلُوءَةٌ بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَالأَعْمَالِ الصَّالِحَةِ، مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ: لَا تُمَيِّزُ وَلا تَنْحَازُ وَلا تُنَافِقُ.

The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceful, courteous, not self-willed, full of compassion and kind actions, free from favouritism and from all insincerity.

١٨ 18 وَالْبِرُّ هُوَ ثَمَرَةُ مَا يَزْرَعُهُ فِي سَلامٍ صَانِعُو السَّلامِ.

And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.

Job Hears of His Misfortunes