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.
N kpiiba, yi siiga nni niba boncianla n da lingi ki baa tua bangikaaba, kelima U Tienu ba jia leni tinba bi bangikaaba ya buudi n pa ki cie.
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.
Ti kuli tudi ya tudima buoli n yaba. O nilo yaa tudi o maama nni ba waamu, o tie ya nilo n ŋani ki dagidi cain ki fidi paani o gbannandi kuli.
3 Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.
Ti ya kpibini yi taami mu biamu ke ban tuo ki ya tiendi tin bua yaala, ti fidi ki gobidi bi gbannandi kuli.
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.
Yin go kpaagi mani ti ñinbiaciandi, ba ke ti yaba boncianla ke ti tafaciandi mo tudi ti, o ñinbiagobido gobidi ti leni ya bonpegidikaala n wa, ki tendi ke ti ca wan bua naankani.
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.
Bu lanbu mo tie yene, bu wa i gbannanbuoli kuli siiga, ama bu baa fidi ki fiini bu ba ki maadi mi japaamaama boncianla.
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)
Diidi mani mi fantama waamu baa fidi ki bolini ya fuali n yaba. Bu lanbu mo tie nani mi fantama yeni, ki go tie ya bonbiadila n ye ti gbannandi siiga, ki joagindi ti gbannandi kuli. Ku fantanbuogu fantama ye bu niinni, ki teni ke bu cuondi mi fantama o nisaalo miali yema kuli nni. (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.
O nisaalo baa fidi ki paadi ti fuayandi buoli kuli, ti bonyugiditi buoli kuli, li bonbalinkaala buoli kuli leni ya bonfuada buoli n ye mi ñima nni kuli, o paadi ba ki diedi mo.
8 But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison.
Ama bi nisaaliba siiga oba kuli kan fidi ki paadi bu lanbu. Bu tie ban kan fidi ki diedi ya bonbiadila, ya loabidi n baa cuani mi kuuma gbie bu niinni.
9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.
Ti pagi o Diedo ti Baa leni buni, ki go solini bi nisaaliba, U Tienu n den tagi yaaba o nannanli nni leni buni.
10 Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.
Ti pagidi leni ti solindi kuli ña ñoayenbu nni. N kpiiba, laa pundi lan ya tie yeni.
11 In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
Naani ya ñima n mani leni ya ñima n to baa fidi ki taani ki ña ñinbunyenli nni bi?
12 Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.
N kpiiba, naani bu kankanbu baa fidi ki luoni olife bonluonkaala bi? Naani duven tibu mo baa fidi ki luoni a kankanna bi? Ya ñinbunli n tie ñinyaama mo kan fidi ki bundi ñinmanma.
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.
Yi siiga ŋme tie o yanfodaano ki pia mi bandima ki go fani? Wan doagidi o tagiŋamu nni o tuonŋama ya n yegi leni li yumiinli leni mi yanfuoma.
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.
Ama yi ya pia li yankuabiadili ki nia leni yi yaba, yin da kpiagi yi yula ki da pua faama i moamoani po.
15 That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.
Laa yanfuoma buolu naa tie yaama n ñani tanpoli. Ama mi tie ŋanduna yaama, kigo tie ti gbannandi yaama ki ñani mu cicibiadimu kani.
16 For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
Kelima li yankuabiadili leni mi niama n ye naankani, li bonla kuli baa tie sisindi sindi, li bontieka-biadila buoli kuli mo baa ye li kani.
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.
Ama ya yanfuoma n ñani tanpoli n tie maama nne: Mi kpa ŋani cain, yaala n ŋua mo tie ke mi kpendinni mi yanduanma, mi dingi, mi pia li yumiinli ki gbie leni mi niŋigbadima, mi tiendi a tuonŋama, maa tiendi gagidima bi niba siiga, maa pia pala lie mo.
18 And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
Yaaba n lingi mi yanduama tuuni ya tuona n tiegi mi yanduma nni.
