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.
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
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 offendeth not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, able also to bridle 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.
Behold, we put bits in 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 the ships, which though they are so great, and [are] driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm, withersoever 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 a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
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: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from 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 kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of animals in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
8 Men pèsòn pa kapab donte lang lan. Li se yon mechanste ki endontab e plen ak pwazon mòtèl.
But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly 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.
With this we bless God, even the Father; and with this we curse men, who are made after the similitude 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 at the same place sweet [water] and bitter?
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 olive-berries? or a vine, figs? so no fountain [can] yield both salt water and fresh.
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 show by a good deportment his works with 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 ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 Kalite sajès sa a pa sòti anwo a, men nan mond lan. Li chanèl e dyabolik.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, demoniacal.
16 Paske kote jalouzi ak anbisyon pèsonèl egziste, gen dezòd ak tout kalite move bagay.
For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion 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 is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 Konsa, grenn ki bay fwi ladwati a simen nan lapè pa sila ki fè lapè yo.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.
