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.
Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.
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 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.
3 Koulye a si nou mete mò nan bouch a cheval yo pou yo kab obeyi nou, nou dirije tout kò yo tou.
Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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. 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)
7 Paske tout kalite bèt ak zwazo, reptil ak kreyati lanmè yo, donte e vin donte pa ras lòm nan.
For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.
8 Men pèsòn pa kapab donte lang lan. Li se yon mechanste ki endontab e plen ak pwazon mòtèl.
But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is 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 it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.
10 Nan menm bouch la, sòti ni benediksyon ni madichon. Frè m yo, bagay sa yo pa dwe konsa.
Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.
11 Èske yon sous kapab koule dlo fre avèk dlo anmè nan menm bouch la?
In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
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 a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can 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.
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.
14 Men si nou gen jalouzi, fachez ak anbisyon pèsonèl nan kè nou, pa vin awogan, epi bay manti kont verite a.
But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
15 Kalite sajès sa a pa sòti anwo a, men nan mond lan. Li chanèl e dyabolik.
That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.
16 Paske kote jalouzi ak anbisyon pèsonèl egziste, gen dezòd ak tout kalite move bagay.
For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
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.
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.
18 Konsa, grenn ki bay fwi ladwati a simen nan lapè pa sila ki fè lapè yo.
And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
