James 3
1 Do not let many be teachers, my brothers, having known that we will receive greater judgment,
Bandeko na ngai, bozala ebele te ya koluka kozala balakisi, pamba te boyebi malamu ete, biso balakisi, tokosambisama makasi.
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;
Biso nyonso tobetaka mabaku na lolenge ebele. Moto oyo abetaka libaku te na maloba oyo ebimaka na monoko na ye azali moto ya kokoka mpe azali na makoki ya kobatela bomoto na ye nyonso.
3 behold, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and we direct their whole body;
Soki totiaka ebende na monoko ya mpunda, ezali mpo ete etosa biso; mpe na nzela wana, tokambaka nzoto na yango nyonso.
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,
Tala masuwa: atako ezali monene mpe mopepe makasi etindikaka yango, kasi mwa yenda moke nde ekambaka yango mpo ete elanda nzela oyo kapitene ya masuwa alingi komema yango.
5 so also the tongue is a little member, and boasts greatly; behold, how much forest a little fire kindles!
Ezali mpe ndenge moko mpo na lolemo: ezali eteni moko ya moke kati na nzoto ya moto, kasi ekoki komikumisa na makambo minene penza. Tala, mwa moto moke ezikisaka zamba monene!
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)
Lolemo mpe ezali moto; kati na biteni ya nzoto na biso, lolemo ezali mokili ya makambo mabe, ebebisaka nzoto mobimba. Soki ezwi moto ya lifelo, ezikisaka bomoi na biso mobimba. (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,
Moto azali na makoki ya kokonza lolenge nyonso ya banyama, bandeke, banyama oyo etambolaka na libumu mpe bambisi, mpe akonza yango penza.
8 but no one of men is able to subdue the tongue—[it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison;
Kasi mpo na lolemo, moko te akoki kokonza yango: ezali penza mabe, elembaka te mpe etonda na ngenge oyo ebomaka.
9 with it we bless the God and Father, and with it we curse the men made according to [the] likeness of God;
Kaka na lolemo yango, topambolaka Nkolo, Tata na biso, mpe tolakelaka mabe bato oyo Nzambe akela na elilingi na Ye.
10 out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing; it does not need, my brothers, these things to so happen;
Ezala lipamboli to elakeli mabe, nyonso ebimaka kaka na monoko moko. Bandeko na ngai, esengelaki te kozala bongo.
11 does the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
Boni, etima moko ekoki kobimisa mayi ya peto mpe mayi ya mbindo?
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.
Bandeko na ngai, nzete ya figi ekoki solo kobota bambuma ya olive? Nzete ya vino ekoki solo kobota bambuma ya figi? Boni, ekoki kosalema ete etima ya mayi ya mungwa ebimisa mayi ya malamu?
13 Who [is] wise and intelligent among you? Let him show his works out of good behavior in meekness of wisdom,
Nani kati na bino azali moto ya bwanya mpe ya mayele? Tika ete ezaleli malamu na ye emonisa misala na yango kati na komikitisa mpe na bwanya.
14 yet, if you have bitter zeal, and rivalry in your heart, do not glory, nor lie against the truth;
Kasi soki mitema na bino etondi na zuwa ya bololo mpe na molimo ya koswana, wana botika komikumisa ete bozali bato ya bwanya; pamba te yango ezali solo te, ezali lokuta.
15 this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,
Bwanya ya ndenge wana ewutaka na Likolo te, kasi ezali ya mokili, ya bomoto, ya Satana.
16 for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;
Pamba te esika oyo zuwa mpe koswana ezali, esika wana mpe mobulu ya lolenge nyonso mpe misala mabe ezalaka.
17 but the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, well-convinced, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical—
Kasi bwanya oyo ewutaka epai ya Nzambe ezalaka nanu ya peto; bongo, ememaka kimia, boboto, boyokani, koyokela bato mawa; ebotaka bambuma ya malamu, eponaka bilongi te mpe ezalaka na lokuta te.
18 and the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
Bato oyo bayeisaka kimia balonaka kati kimia mpe babukaka mbuma ya bosembo.
