Jame 3
1 Ka manuca rhoek, saya la muep om uh boeh. Laitloeknah tanglue n'dang uh ni tila ming uh.
Let there not be many teachers among you, my brethren; but know ye, that we are obnoxious to, a severer judgment.
2 Hlang boeih loh muep m'paloe uh coeng. Khat khat loh olka dongah a tongtah pawt atah, anih tah hlang lungcuei coeng ni. A pum tom khaw a tuem hamla coeng thai ni.
For we all offend in many things. Whoever offendeth not in discourse, is a perfect man, who can also keep his whole body in subjection.
3 Marhang ka khuila kamrhui ng'khueh pah daengah ni amih te mamih taengah naem sak eh. Te phoeiah ni a pum tom khaw n'hoihaeng sak pueng.
Behold, we put bridles into the mouth of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Sangpho khaw ke, te tluk aih la om tih khohli puei loh a yawn mai. Lawngkaih ca neh a hoihaeng vaengah thathohnah loh a ngaih bangla a dueng sak.
Huge ships also, when strong winds drive them, are turned about by a small timber, to what place the pleasure of the pilot looketh.
5 Lai khaw a pumrho a yit la om dae muep hoem van. Hmai pom loh duup puei a dom coeng ke.
So likewise the tongue is a small member, and it exalteth itself. Also a little fire inflameth large forests.
6 Lai tah hmai ni, boethae kah Diklai ni. Lai tah mamih pumrho lamkah hmoel uh coeng. Te long te pum tom a nook tih, a rhuirhong a yung a pa te a hlup tih hell neh a hoeh. (Geenna g1067)
Now the tongue is a fire, and the world of sin is like a forest. And this tongue, which is one among our members, marreth our whole body; and it inflameth the series of our generations that roll on like a wheel; and it is itself on fire. (Geenna g1067)
7 Satlung neh vaa kah a hui boeih, rhulcai neh tuisu khaw a mong vanbangla hlanghing coengnah te khaw a mong sak.
For all natures of beasts and birds and reptiles, of the sea or land, are subjugated by the nature of man.
8 Tedae lai he hlang kah a mong sak thai koi moenih. Boethae likloek, duek sue hoeng ni.
But the tongue hath no one been able to tame: it is an evil thing, not coercible, and full of deadly poison.
9 Te nen te Boeipa neh pa te ng'uem uh tih, te nen Pathen kah suisak la a saii hlang rhoek te thae m'phoei uh.
For with it, we bless the Lord and Father; and with it we curse men, who were made in the image of God:
10 Ka amah lamkah yoethennah neh rhunkhuennah khaw thoeng. Ka manuca rhoek, a tueng pawt lam ni a om tangkuet te.
and from the same mouth, proceed curses and blessings. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
11 Tuisih te a khui pakhat lamloh a didip neh a thanghap phuet sak pawt maco.
Can there flow from the same fountain, sweet waters and bitter?
12 Ka manuca rhoek, thaibu loh olive, misur loh thaibu cuen sak thai pawt maco. A al loh tui te didip la a poeh sak moenih.
Or can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives? or the vine, figs? So also salt waters cannot be made sweet.
13 Nangmih khuiah, aka cueih tih aka thaai te unim? A bisai te omih then neh, cueihnah te muelhtuetnah neh tueng sak saeh.
Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show his works in praiseworthy actions, with modest wisdom.
14 Na thinko khuiah thatlainah a thanghap neh koevoeinah na khueh uh atah, oltak te na koevoei thil, na laithae uh thil moenih a?
But if bitter envy be in you, or contention in your hearts, exalt not yourselves against the truth, and lie not.
15 Tekah cueihnah tah a so lamkah aka suntla la om pawt tih, diklai rhaithae kah a coengnah ni.
For this wisdom cometh not down from above; but is earthly, and from the devices of the soul, and from demons.
16 Thatlainah neh koevoeinah a om nah ah soekloeknah neh hno thae cungkuem om.
For where envy and contention are, there also is confusion, and every thing wrong.
17 Tedae a so lamkah cueihnah tah lamhma tih cuem, te dongah ngaimong la, kodo la, mongkawt la om. Rhennah thaih then neh baetawt tih hmantang ah tangyah pawh.
But the wisdom which is from above, is pure, and full of peace, and mild, and submissive, and full of compassion and of good fruits, and without partiality, and without respect of persons.
18 Duengnah kah a thaih tah rhoepnah neh aka tuh long ni rhoepnah a saii.
And the fruits of righteousness are sown in stillness, by them who make peace.
