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.
Ụmụnna m, ka ọtụtụ nʼime unu hapụ ịgbalị ịbụ ndị ozizi, nʼihi na unu maara na anyị bụ ndị ozizi ka a ga-ekpe ikpe nʼọnọdụ sikarịrị ike.
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.
Nʼihi na anyị niile na-asọ ngọngọ site nʼọtụtụ ụzọ. Ma onye ọbụla nke na-adịghị emehie site nʼikwuhie ọnụ bụ onye tozuru oke na onye pụrụ ijide anụ ahụ ya niile aka.
3 Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.
Ọ bụrụ na anyị e tinye mkpụmkpụ igwe e ji ekechi ọnụ ịnyịnya ibu nʼọnụ ya, ka o rubere anyị isi, anyị na-eduru ya gaa ebe anyị chọrọ.
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.
Otu a kwa, ọ bụladị ụgbọ mmiri buru ibu nke ikuku dị ike na-ebugharị nʼosimiri, ka onye na-anya ụgbọ mmiri pụrụ ime ka ọ gaa ebe ọ chọrọ site nʼịtụgharịa ụmara ntakịrị e ji anya ụgbọ.
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.
Otu a ka ọ dịkwa ire anyị. Ọ bụ akụkụ anụ ahụ anyị dị nta, ma ọ na-anya isi banyere ọtụtụ ihe. Tulee otu oke ọhịa si dị ukwuu, bụ nke icheku ọkụ dịkarịsịrị nta na-eme ka o nwuru ọkụ.
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)
Ire anyị bụ ọkụ. E debere ire nʼetiti akụkụ anụ ahụ ndị ọzọ dịka ụwa ajọ omume. Ọ na-emerụ ahụ niile, na-amụnye ọkụ nʼusoro ndụ mmadụ. Ya onwe ya bụkwa ihe ọkụ ala mmụọ na-amụnye ọkụ. (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.
Mmadụ enweela ike zụọ, na-agbalịkwa ịzụ anụmanụ dị iche iche, na nnụnụ, na anụ na-akpụ akpụ, na anụ bi na mmiri;
8 But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison.
ma mmadụ ọbụla adịghị nke nwere ike ịzụ ire. Ọ bụ ihe dị oke njọ na-adịghị ekwe nchịkọta, ma jupụtakwa na nsi na-ebute ọnwụ.
9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.
Ọ bụ ya ka anyị ji eto Onyenwe anyị na Nna anyị. Ọ bụkwa ya ka anyị ji abụ mmadụ ibe anyị ọnụ, bụ ndị Chineke mere nʼoyiyi nke ya.
10 Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.
Site nʼotu ọnụ anyị ka ịja mma na ịbụ ọnụ na-esi apụta. Ụmụnna m, nke a abụghị ihe ziri ezi.
11 In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
Ọ bụ ihe pụrụ ime na mmiri dị mma ịṅụ aṅụ na mmiri nnu ga-esite nʼotu isi iyi ahụ na-asọpụta?
12 Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.
Ụmụnna m, osisi fiig ọ pụrụ ịmị oliv, ka osisi grepu ọ pụrụ ịmịpụta fiig? Nʼụzọ dị otu a, anyị makwaara na mmiri nnu apụghịkwa ịsọpụta mmiri dị mma ọṅụṅụ.
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.
Ọ dị onye ọbụla nʼime unu na-agụ onwe ya dị ka onye maara ihe na onye nwere nghọta? Ya gosi amamihe ya na nghọta ya site nʼibi ezi ndụ na ịrụ ọrụ ọma site nʼobi dị umeala.
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.
Ma ọ bụrụ na obi unu ejupụta nʼihe ilu na ekworo na ịchọ naanị ihe nke onwe unu, mgbe ahụ, unu ekwesighị ịnya isi sị otu a na-agọnarị eziokwu.
15 That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.
Ụdị amamihe dị otu ahụ esiteghị nʼeluigwe bịa. Ọ bụ amamihe nke ụwa. Ọ bụghị nke mmụọ nsọ. Ọ bụ nke mmụọ ọjọọ.
16 For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
Nʼihi nʼebe ọbụla obi ilu na ekworo dị, ebe ahụ ka ọgbaaghara na omume ọjọọ niile dị.
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.
Ma amamihe na-esite nʼeluigwe abịa bụrụ ụzọ dị ọcha, emesịa, ọ hụrụ udo nʼanya, ọ na-eme obiọma, o jupụtara nʼebere, na-ewepụtakwa ọrụ ọma. Ihu abụọ na obi abụọ adịghịkwa nʼime ya.
18 And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
Ma ndị ahụ bụ ndị na-eme udo bụ ndị na-agha mkpụrụ udo. Ha ga-aghọta mkpụrụ ezi omume.
