Jak 3
1 Pa kite anpil nan nou ansenye, frè m yo, paske nou konnen ke konsa, nou va resevwa yon jijman ki pi sevè.
Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment.
2 Paske nou tout tonbe nan plizyè sans. Si yon moun pa tonbe nan sa li di, li menm se yon moun pafè, li kapab kontwole tout kò a menm jan an.
For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.
3 Koulye a si nou mete mò nan bouch a cheval yo pou yo kab obeyi nou, nou dirije tout kò yo tou.
For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
4 Gade menm bato yo; malgre yo trè gran e pouse pa gwo van, yo toujou dirije pa yon gouvènè tou piti nenpòt kote volonte a pilòt la pito.
Behold also ships, whereas they are great, and are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of the governor willeth.
5 Menm jan an tou, lang lan se yon pati tou piti nan kò a, e malgre sa, li vante gwo bagay. Gade kijan yon gwo forè vin pran dife pa yon flanm ki tou piti!
Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.
6 Konsa lang lan se yon dife, yon vrè mond linikite a. Lang lan plase pami manm kò nou yo, kòm sila ki konwonpi tout kò a nèt. Li mete dife nan kous lavi nou menm, e li limen pa lanfè a. (Geenna g1067)
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell. (Geenna g1067)
7 Paske tout kalite bèt ak zwazo, reptil ak kreyati lanmè yo, donte e vin donte pa ras lòm nan.
For every nature of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of the rest, is tamed, and hath been tamed, by the nature of man:
8 Men pèsòn pa kapab donte lang lan. Li se yon mechanste ki endontab e plen ak pwazon mòtèl.
But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Avèk li, nou beni Senyè nou an ak Papa a, e avèk li, nou madichonnen moun ki fèt ak limaj Bondye.
By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.
10 Nan menm bouch la, sòti ni benediksyon ni madichon. Frè m yo, bagay sa yo pa dwe konsa.
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Èske yon sous kapab koule dlo fre avèk dlo anmè nan menm bouch la?
Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?
12 Èske yon pye fig frans, frè m yo, pwodwi oliv, oubyen yon pye rezen pwodwi fig? Ni dlo sale pa kapab pwodwi dlo fre.
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes; or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.
13 Kilès pami nou ki saj e ki gen bon konprann? Ke li montre sa pa bon kondwit li, zèv li nan dousè a sajès la.
Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew, by a good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.
14 Men si nou gen jalouzi, fachez ak anbisyon pèsonèl nan kè nou, pa vin awogan, epi bay manti kont verite a.
But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contentions in your hearts; glory not, and be not liars against the truth.
15 Kalite sajès sa a pa sòti anwo a, men nan mond lan. Li chanèl e dyabolik.
For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 Paske kote jalouzi ak anbisyon pèsonèl egziste, gen dezòd ak tout kalite move bagay.
For where envying and contention is, there is inconstancy, and every evil work.
17 Men sajès ki sòti anwo a, dabò, li pafè, answit, li pezib, dous, rezonab, plen ak mizerikòd ak bon fwi, fèm e san ipokrizi.
But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.
18 Konsa, grenn ki bay fwi ladwati a simen nan lapè pa sila ki fè lapè yo.
And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace.
