Iakobo 3
1 E NA hoahanau o'u, aole make lilo na mea o oukou he nui i poe kumu, o loaa auanei ia kakou ka hoohewa nui ia mai.
Not, many teachers, become ye, my brethren, knowing that, a severer sentence, shall ye receive;
2 No ka mea, ma na mea he nui ua hewa kakou a pau: i hewa ole kekahi ma kana olelo, oia ke kanaka hemolele, e hiki hoi ia ia ke hoopaa i kona kino iho a pau i ke kaulawaha.
For, oft, are we stumbling, one and all: If anyone, in word, doth not stumble, the same, is a mature man, able to curb even the whole body.
3 Aia hoi, ke hookomo nei kakou i na kaulawaha iloko o ka waha o na lio i hoolohe mai lakou ia kakou; hoohuli ae hoi kakou i ko lakou kino a pau.
Now, if, the horses bits, into their mouths, we thrust, to the end they may be yielding to us, their whole body also, do we turn about.
4 Aia hoi, o na moku nui, ua hooholoia ae i na makani ikaika loa, a ua hoohuliia ae hoi e ka hoeuli uuku loa, ma kahi e makemake ai o ke kahu moku.
Lo! the ships also, large as they are, and, by rough winds, driven along, are turned about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the steersman inclineth.
5 Pela hoi, he lala unku ke alelo, a kaena nui ae la ia. Aia hoi, ua hoaaia he puu wahie nui e ka huna ahi!
So, also, the tongue, is, a little member, and yet, of great things, maketh boast. Lo! how small a fire, kindleth, how great a forest;
6 He ahi no ke alelo, he ao okoa ia o ka hewa; pela hoi ua kauia ke alelo iwaena o ko kakou mau lala, e hoohaumia ana i ke kino a pau, hoaa ae la ia i ko ke ao nei, a ua hoaaia mai ia e ka luaahi. (Geenna g1067)
And, the tongue, is a fire, —[as], the world of unrighteousness, the tongue, becometh fixed among our members, that which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the wheel of our natural life, and is set on fire, by gehenna! (Geenna g1067)
7 Ua hoolakaia kela a me keia ano o na holoholona hihiu, a me na manu, a me na mea kolo, a me na mea hoi o ke kai, ua hoolakaia mai lakou e kanaka;
For, every nature—both of wild beasts and of birds, both of reptiles and of things in the sea, is to be tamed, and hath been tamed, by the human nature;
8 Aka, o ke alelo, aole loa e hiki i ke kanaka ke hoolakalaka ia mea; he mea ino laka ole ia, ua piha i ka mea awahia e make ai.
But, the tongue, none of mankind can, tame, —A restless mischief! Full of deadly poison
9 Oia ko kakou mea e hoomaikai aku ai i ke Akua i ka Makua; oia hoi ko kakou mea e hoino aku ai i kanaka i hanaia'i ma ke ano o ke Akua.
Therewith, are we blessing our Lord and Father, and, therewith, we are cursing the men who, after the likeness of God, have been brought into being!
10 Ua puka mai la ka hoomaikai a me ka hoino noloko mai o ka waha hookahi. E na hoahanau o'u, aole loa e pono keia mau mea pela.
Out of the same mouth, come forth blessing and cursing! Not meet, my brethren, for, these things, thus, to be coming to pass!
11 E puapuai mai anei ka wai ono a me ka wai awaawa noloko mai o ka punawai hookahi?
Doth, the fountain, out of the same opening, teem forth the sweet and the bitter?
12 E na hoahanau o'u, e hiki anei i ka laau fiku ke hua mai i ka hua oliva, a o ke kumu waina hoi i ka fiku? Oiaio hoi, aole e hiki i ka punawai hookahi ke kahe mai i ka wai awaawa a me ka wai ono.
Is it possible, my brethren, for, a fig-tree, to produce, olives, or, a vine, figs? Neither can, salt, water yield, sweet.
13 Owai la ka mea akamai a me ka naauao iwaena o oukou? E hoike mai no ia ma ka noho maikai ana, i kana hana ana me ke akahai o ka naauao.
Who is wise and well-instructed among you? Let him show, out of his comely behaviour, his works, in meekness of wisdom.
14 Ina ia oukou ka huahuwa ikaika a me ka manao hakaka iloko o ko oukou naau; mai haanui oukou, a wahahee aku i ka oiaio.
But, if, bitter jealousy, ye have, and rivalry, in your hearts; be not boasting and showing yourselves false against the truth!
15 Aole oia ke akamai i iho mai mai luna mai, aka, no ka honua ia, a no ke kino, a no na daimonio hoi.
This wisdom is not one, from above, coming down, but is earthly, born of the soul, demoniacal!
16 No ka mea, ma kahi e huahuwa ai a e hakaka ai hoi, aia malaila ka haunaele a me na hana ino a pau.
For, where jealousy and rivalry are, there, are anarchy and every ignoble deed.
17 Aka, o ke akamai noluna mai, he maemae no ia mamua, alaila he noho malie, he akahai, he oluolu, he piha hoi i ka lokomaikai a me ka hua maikai, aole loa e manao ino aku, aole hoi he hookamani.
But, the wisdom from above, is—first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.
18 A o ka hua o ka pono ua luluia me ke kuikahi e ka poe e hana ana ma ke kuikahi.
And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.
