< James 3 >

1 Do not let many be teachers, my brothers, having known that we will receive greater judgment,
ana ndi gbugbulu ba kamti tsro na mrivayimu ki toh di kpa hukunci wa a zan tsanan
2 for we all make many stumbles; if anyone does not stumble in word, this one [is] a perfect man, able to also bridle the whole body;
nakima ki ka kub zah nijon gbugbuu du ndi wa ana kub zah ni tu tre na ahi ndi wa ba mla u be ndu wa ani vu tu ni kpama wawuu
3 behold, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and we direct their whole body;
inde ki lo nyu nghma di du ba huta ki yah di sarafa ikkpa ba huta ki yah di surafa ikpa ba wawuu
4 behold, also the ships, being so great, and being driven by fierce winds, are directed by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the [one] steering wills,
bitoh igwu u dran ma naki ba bra kpukpuri naki gwugwu u gbegbenien mami zuba nikukre job fidima ndi u tru gwua ani kam hi ni bubu wa ani so
5 so also the tongue is a little member, and boasts greatly; behold, how much forest a little fire kindles!
nakima ileme ahi vinghma kpa fi mei ani gbre san nikpie bi rigrama bika toh di vi ilu fi m i ani ri kile minji
6 And the tongue [is] a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
ileme me ahi ilu ni mi nghma kpa bu wawuu gbugbulu u lalitre wa ba ban you ni mi nghama ikpabu ani kpa kpa bu tieme ani du alamura rayuwa ba vulu wawu ahi ko lu wa ani shuti (Geenna g1067)
7 For every nature, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and has been subdued, by the human nature,
nakia inanma rhjhu ba wawuu chicen nibi han ni ne ru kpie bi mi kikle nne ndi hei gbengbenlen ni yu ba
8 but no one of men is able to subdue the tongue—[it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison;
nitu leme nimi yan Adam ba wa ani ya vu ahi ihrji wa ana si na a gbugbulu u wu ndi
9 with it we bless the God and Father, and with it we curse the men made according to [the] likeness of God;
ni leme ki gbere bachi ni ti san nikima ki lah ndi wa ba tiba ni kamani riji
10 out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing; it does not need, my brothers, these things to so happen;
ni mi nyu kima lulu ni lah ni rhu mrivayi ikpie bi yi bika na ti na.
11 does the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
i mah u roma ba uri ma bana iya rjhu ni bubu ri na
12 Is a fig tree able, my brothers, to make olives? Or a vine figs? Neither is salty [water able] to have made sweet water.
ba iya? mriyah kukron baure ana iya ti zaitu na ko ani ya? ko naki irjhu inabi anti yi baure? nakima imah u ri ana ya no imah u roma na.
13 Who [is] wise and intelligent among you? Let him show his works out of good behavior in meekness of wisdom,
ahi nghan hei ni hikima ni toh rii mi bi? du ndi kima tsro didi uvri ni ndu ma u hikima
14 yet, if you have bitter zeal, and rivalry in your heart, do not glory, nor lie against the truth;
aman inde bi hei ni matsanci ihwu ni meme gbrashisi ni mi suron bi bika na wur wi ni san ni ice na ni njaji
15 this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,
iri hikima yi ana iri wa ani grji rji ni shu na nakima ahi u gbugbulun wa ana hei ni njaji na ahi u ibrji
16 for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;
naki duk bubu wa ihwu ni gbranshishihei niki wa nyun nihei ni kowane iri meme kpie
17 but the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, well-convinced, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical—
nakima hikma hi iri u shu, ni mumula ana tsatsra naki son si ison kamili saukiyu ahei ni loh suron kpukpo me ni gbugbu zizi wa ana die na u didi
18 and the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
naki mri didi wa ba shu ni mi son si ni mi bi wa ba shu tu ba bi

< James 3 >