Jakobo 3
1 Jowetena, kik joma thoth kuomu ketre mar bedo jopuonj, nikech ungʼeyo ni wan mwapuonjo nongʼadnwa bura malit moloyo ji mamoko.
Let there not be many teachers among you, my brethren; but know ye, that we are obnoxious to, a severer judgment.
2 Wan duto wachwanyore e yore mangʼeny. Ka weche ma ngʼato wacho ok mi obed jaketho to en ngʼat malongʼo kendo onyalo chiko ringre duto mondo owinje.
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 Ka waketo ratege e dho farese mondo omi giwinjwa, to wanyalo chiko ringregi kamoro amora ma wadwaro.
Behold, we put bridles into the mouth of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Bende wanyalo kawo yiedhi madongo kaka ranyisi. Kata obedo ni gidongo miwuoro kendo iriembogi gi yembe man-gi teko madongo, to pod ichikogi mana gi ngai matin nono mi gichom kamoro amora ma jakwangʼ yie dwaro ni gidhiye.
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 Mano bende kaka lep en fuoni matin nono e dend dhano, to onyalo sungore miwuoro. Parie kaka pilni mach matin nono nyalo moko mach mi wangʼ bungu maduongʼ!
So likewise the tongue is a small member, and it exalteth itself. Also a little fire inflameth large forests.
6 Lep bende en mach kendo piny mopongʼ gi richo e kind fuonde duto mag ringruok. Oketho ringruok duto ka omoko mach mawangʼo ngima dhano duto mi chop en owuon bende wangʼe e Gehena. (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 Kit le duto gi winy mafuyo gi gik mamol kaachiel gi chwech Nyasaye duto manie nam, dhano nyalo boyo kendo oseboyo,
For all natures of beasts and birds and reptiles, of the sea or land, are subjugated by the nature of man.
8 to onge ngʼama nyalo boyo lep. En gima rach ma ok ywe mopongʼ gi kwiri marach.
But the tongue hath no one been able to tame: it is an evil thing, not coercible, and full of deadly poison.
9 Lep achielni ema wapakogo Ruodhwa kendo Wuonwa, en bende ema wakwongʼogo ji mochwe e kit Nyasaye.
For with it, we bless the Lord and Father; and with it we curse men, who were made in the image of God:
10 Pak kod kwongʼ wuok e dhok achielno! Jowetena, gima kamano ok onego otimre.
and from the same mouth, proceed curses and blessings. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
11 Bende pi mamit gi pi makech nyalo wuok e soko achiel?
Can there flow from the same fountain, sweet waters and bitter?
12 Jowetena, bende yiend ngʼowu nyalo nyago zeituni? Koso mzabibu bende nyalo nyago ngʼowu? Kamano bende e kaka pi makech ok nyal lokore pi mamit.
Or can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives? or the vine, figs? So also salt waters cannot be made sweet.
13 En ngʼat mane e dieru mikwano ni riek kendo ni winjo tiend weche? Ngʼat ma kamano mondo onyis riekone kuom kit ngimane maber kendo kuom timbe motimo gi muolo mawuok kuom rieko ma en-go.
Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show his works in praiseworthy actions, with modest wisdom.
14 To kapo ni upando nyiego mopongʼ gi mirima, gi gombo maricho mag chopo ichlit ma un-go e chunyu, to kik usungru kuom dwarou marichogo kukwedo adiera.
But if bitter envy be in you, or contention in your hearts, exalt not yourselves against the truth, and lie not.
15 Rieko machal kamano ok oa e polo, to en mar piny kendo ok okony chuny dhano, en rieko jachien.
For this wisdom cometh not down from above; but is earthly, and from the devices of the soul, and from demons.
16 Nikech kama nyiego gi piem nitie e kama koko gi timbe maricho duto nitie.
For where envy and contention are, there also is confusion, and every thing wrong.
17 To rieko moa e polo ok chal kamano. Mokwongo oler, kendo ohero kwe, odembore, owinjo wach, opongʼ gi kech kod olembe mabeyo, ok odew wangʼ, kendo oonge miganga.
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 Jokel kwe machwoyo koth kwe kayo tim makare.
And the fruits of righteousness are sown in stillness, by them who make peace.
