James 3
1 Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.
Jowetena, kik joma thoth kuomu ketre mar bedo jopuonj, nikech ungʼeyo ni wan mwapuonjo nongʼadnwa bura malit moloyo ji mamoko.
2 For we often stumble and fall, all of us. If there is any one who never stumbles in speech, that man has reached maturity of character and is able to curb his whole nature.
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.
3 Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.
Ka waketo ratege e dho farese mondo omi giwinjwa, to wanyalo chiko ringregi kamoro amora ma wadwaro.
4 So too with ships, great as they are, and often driven along by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very small rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at the helm chooses.
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.
5 In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames.
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!
6 And the tongue is a fire. That world of iniquity, the tongue, is placed within us spotting and soiling our whole nature, and setting the whole round of our lives on fire, being itself set on fire by Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
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)
7 For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.
Kit le duto gi winy mafuyo gi gik mamol kaachiel gi chwech Nyasaye duto manie nam, dhano nyalo boyo kendo oseboyo,
8 But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison.
to onge ngʼama nyalo boyo lep. En gima rach ma ok ywe mopongʼ gi kwiri marach.
9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.
Lep achielni ema wapakogo Ruodhwa kendo Wuonwa, en bende ema wakwongʼogo ji mochwe e kit Nyasaye.
10 Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.
Pak kod kwongʼ wuok e dhok achielno! Jowetena, gima kamano ok onego otimre.
11 In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
Bende pi mamit gi pi makech nyalo wuok e soko achiel?
12 Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.
Jowetena, bende yiend ngʼowu nyalo nyago zeituni? Koso mzabibu bende nyalo nyago ngʼowu? Kamano bende e kaka pi makech ok nyal lokore pi mamit.
13 Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man? Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit.
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.
14 But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
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.
15 That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.
Rieko machal kamano ok oa e polo, to en mar piny kendo ok okony chuny dhano, en rieko jachien.
16 For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
Nikech kama nyiego gi piem nitie e kama koko gi timbe maricho duto nitie.
17 The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceful, courteous, not self-willed, full of compassion and kind actions, free from favouritism and from all insincerity.
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.
18 And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
Jokel kwe machwoyo koth kwe kayo tim makare.
