James 3
1 My fellow believers, not many of you should [desire to] become teachers [of God’s truth, because] you know [that God] will judge us [(exc)], who teach others, more severely [than he will judge other people].
第三項 濫に人を教へんとする事。及び眞偽の知識。 我兄弟等よ、多人數教師と成る事勿れ、我等が一層厳しき審判を受くるは汝等の知る所にして、
2 It is true that we all in many ways do things that are wrong [MET]. But those who always [LIT] control what they say will be all that God intends/wants them to be. They will be able to control all their actions [MTY].
我等は皆多くの事に就きて愆つものなればなり。人若言によりて愆つ事なくば是完全なる人にして、亦其全身を銜にて制むるを得べし。
3 [To illustrate], if we put [a small metal] bit into the mouth of a horse in order to cause the horse to obey us, we can cause the horse to turn [and go where we want it to] [MET].
夫馬を從へんとして、銜を其口に施せば、我等は其全身を馭す。
4 Think also about ships. [Although] a ship may be very large and [although] it can be moved by strong winds {strong winds can move it}, by [turning] a very small (rudder/steering paddle) people can direct the ship wherever they want [it to go].
又船を看よ、假令其船大いにして強き風に襲わるるも、最小き舵によりて操る者の欲する所に向けらる、
5 Similarly, [although] our tongues are very small, [if we do not control them], we can [harm] many people by what we proudly say [MTY]. Think [also] about how [just] a small [flame of] fire can cause a large forest (OR, a large area of brushwood) to burn.
斯の如く舌も小き局部ながら、其誇る所は大いなり。如何ばかりの小き火が、如何ばかりの大いなる林を焼くかを看よや。
6 [Just like a fire damages a forest] [MET], when we say things that are evil, [we harm many people]. What we say [MTY] reveals that we are very evil. What we say contaminates/defiles everything that we think and do [PRS, MET]. [Just like a flame of fire easily] causes [the whole surrounding area] [MET] to burn, what we say [MTY] can cause [others] to want to do evil. It is the devil himself [MTY] who causes us to say evil things. (Geenna g1067)
舌も亦火なり、不義の世界なり。舌は我等が五體の中に備はりて全身を穢し、地獄の火を以て燃され、我等が一生の車輪を焼く。 (Geenna g1067)
7 Indeed, although people are able to tame/control all kinds of wild animals, birds, reptiles and creatures that live in the water, and people have actually tamed/controlled them,
蓋一切の獣、鳥、爬蟲、海に在る種族は制せられ、又實に人性によりて制せられたり。
8 no person ([on his own/by himself]) is able to control what he says [MTY]. And when people say evil things, [it shows that] they are unstable/uncontrolled and wicked [MTY]. [As] the poison [of a snake kills people] [MTY], [we harm others] [MET] by what we say.
然れども舌は一人も之を制する事能はず、定まりなき惡にして死毒に充てり。
9 We use our tongue to praise God, who is our Lord and Father, but we also use our same tongue to ask God to say evil things to people. [That is very wrong]! God made people like himself, [so we should speak as respectfully to others as we speak to God].
我等は舌を以て父にて在す神を祝し奉り、又之を以て神に象りて造られたる人を詛ひ、
10 We praise [God], but with our same mouth we also ask for evil [things to happen to others]. My fellow believers, this should not be!
祝福と詛と同じ口より出づ。我兄弟等よ、是然あるべきに非ず、
11 Surely bitter water and good water do not come out of the same spring! [RHQ]
豈同じ穴より水の甘きものと苦きものとを流す泉あらんや。
12 My fellow believers, a fig tree cannot [RHQ] produce olives. Nor can [RHQ] a grapevine produce figs. Neither can a salty spring produce good [water]. [Similarly, we should say only good things, and we should not say evil things] [MET].
我兄弟等よ、如何ぞ無花果が葡萄を生じ、葡萄が無花果を生ずるを得んや。斯の如く塩水の泉も亦淡水を出すこと能はず。
13 If any of you thinks [RHQ] that [you are] wise and know a lot, you should always act in a good way to show people that your good actions are the result of your [being truly] wise. Being wise [helps us to act] gently [toward others].
汝等の中に智識ありて敏捷なる者ありや、其人は宜しく善き生活により、知識に出づる温和を以て行を示すべし。
14 But if you are very [MET] jealous/unhappy when you see that someone else is succeeding, and always want to have what you want, regardless of what others want, you should not say [that you are wise, for by boasting like that], you are saying that ([God’s message/what God says about you]) is not true.
然れど汝等若苦き妬を懐きて争ふ心あらば誇る事勿れ、眞理に反して僞る事勿れ。
15 Those who have such [attitudes are] not wise [MTY] in the way that God [wants them to be]. Instead, they are only thinking and acting like ([ungodly people/people who do not please God]). They think and act according to their own [evil] desires. They do what the demons [want them to do] (OR, they think and act as demons [do]).
是斯る知識は天より降れるものに非ずして地に属するもの、肉慾より出づるもの、惡魔より來るものなればなり。
16 [Keep in mind that] people who have such attitudes (are unruly/do not submit to authority) and [do] all kinds of evil things.
蓋妬と争とある處には、亂と一切の惡業とあり。
17 But [when people] are wise [PRS] in the way that God [MTY] [wants them to be], they are pure in every way, which God considers to be very important. They also act peaceably towards [others], they (are considerate of/think about the rights and feelings of) others, they are willing to yield to [the wishes of] others, they act compassionately [toward others], and they do all kinds of good things [for others] [MET]. [How they treat others does] not depend on (others’ status/whether others are important or not), and they are sincere [in all they do].
上よりの知識は第一に操、次に穏便温和にして勧を容れ易く、（善に與し）矜恤と好果とに満ち、是非せず、表裏なきものなり。
18 Those who [act] peaceably [toward others] cause [others to also] act peaceably, with the result that they all live together [acting toward each other] in a righteous way [MET].
義の果は平和を為せる人々に於て、平和の中に撒かるるなり。
