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.
Ka lâibungngei le sarnungei, mi tamtak minchupungei chu hong chang no roi. Nin riet anghan eini minchupungei hih chu midangngei nêkin ânngar uolin ei chungroi jêkin aom rang ani.
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.
Ei rêngin ei tho minchâi bang ngâi. Aniatachu mîn a chong tina han a minchâi tet nônchu, ama hah achukphar ania, a takpumpui khom a donsûi thei ani.
3 Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.
Sakor hih chong ei min don theina rangin a bâia lakam ei min muomin chu ei jôtna titieng min se rangin atakpum ei mehei thei ngâi ani.
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.
Aninônchu rukuong hih mindon ta u: alienpa aninâka chu phâivuo râtin a sêmminlêng khomin rukuongpu'n ameherna chînte leh meheiin a nuomna tiengtak a min se ngâi ani.
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.
Masikin melei khom hih: achînte khom nirese, neinun lienngei chungroia ânsongpam thei ani. Mindon ngân ta u, kho-angin mo meirisi chînte hin ram pumpui akâng thei ngâi hi!
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)
Melei hih mei angin ani. Ma hih rammuol dikloina sip, ei takpumngei sûnga mun a luoa, male ei pumpuia saloina aminzara. Meidîl renga juong akôma mei lehan ei ringnun pumpui hih mei chunga adar ngâi ani. (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.
Miriemin iring parân dangngei murdi ram sângei, vângei, ânvâkngâingei le ngângei a vâimintep theia, a vâi ngâi zoi.
8 But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison.
Aniatachu melei chu tutên vâimintep thei tet ngâi mak ngei. Melei hih chu asaloi le donsûitheijât niloi, thitheina tûra sip ani.
9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.
Ei nin ma hih ei Pumapa le Pa kôm râisânchongrilnân ei manga, midang ngei Pathien anga sina ompu ngei khomâksâmna khomin ei mang sa ngâi ani.
10 Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.
Ma bâi renga nanâk han râisânchongrilna chongngei le khomâksâmna ngei ahong suok ngâi ani. Ka lâibungngei le sarnungei, ma anghan chu ani rang nimak!
11 In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
Tuinâr inkhat nanâk renga han tui thum le tui khâ hong suok ngâi mak.
12 Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.
Ka lâibungngei le sarnungei, theichang kunga olive inra thei ngâi mak; graperânga theichang inra thei ngâi mak, michi khura khom tui thum musuo thei ngâi mak ani.
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.
Nin lâia mi vâr le rietna dôn an om mo? Nuninnêm tak le vâr takin an sintho sa le an nunchan sân minlang rese ngei.
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.
Aniatachu nin mulungrîl sûnga narsanangei, mulungkhâ le ranghuolna nin dônnin chu nin vârna hah songin chongtak kalin nunsie tho no roi.
15 That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.
Ma anga vârna hah chu invân renga juong chum nimaka; rammuol ta, rathatienga niloiin ramkhori renga ani.
16 For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
Innarsana le ranghuolna omna nâma chu bâiinkhamna le asaloi jât murdi khom aom ngâi ani.
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.
Aniatachu chungtieng renga vârna chu motontaka ânthienga; inngêi a nuoma, a nunânnêma, chongpui a hoia, lungkhamna le sintho sa amarân asipa, zenuolna le asarothol dôn ngâi mak ani.
18 And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
Satna hih inngêina mara, ma hih inngêina sinpu ngeiin chimungei an tuhna renga hong musuo ani.
