Santiago 3
1 Wachalal, mijaluj iwonojel ix aꞌjtijabꞌ, rumal cher iwetaꞌm chi kꞌax na ri kabꞌan chuqꞌatik tzij pa qawiꞌ.
Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.
2 Qonojel kujsach apanoq. We kꞌo jun winaq ri man kasach ta wi pa ri utzij, jun sukꞌ laj winaq riꞌ, kakwin riꞌ kuchajij ri utyoꞌjal.
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 Ri kej are kaqakoj ri chꞌichꞌ pa kichiꞌ kujkwinik keꞌqajikꞌo, rech kujkinimaj, kujkwinik kabꞌan qe pa kiwiꞌ.
Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.
4 Chiwila xuqujeꞌ ri e jukubꞌ bꞌinibꞌal puꞌwiꞌ ri jaꞌ pune e nimaꞌq xuqujeꞌ kepaqchiꞌloꞌx rumal ri nimaq taq kyaqiqꞌ, xa jun laj nitzꞌ ri kakoj chubꞌinisaxik.
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 Je xuqujeꞌ ri qaqꞌ jun chike ri sibꞌalaj nitzꞌ rech ri qatyoꞌjal, xa kꞌu kunimarisaj ribꞌ che ri mayijabꞌal taq jastaq. Chichomajmpe rij, xa jun laj nitzꞌ qꞌaqꞌ kakꞌatow jun nimalaj juyubꞌ.
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 Je xuqujeꞌ ri qaqꞌ jun itzel qꞌaqꞌ nojinaq che etzelal. Jun chike ri nitzꞌ che ri qatyoꞌjal are waꞌ ri kuchꞌulujij ronojel ri qatyoꞌjal, we kakꞌatisax rumal ri tyoꞌnel qꞌaqꞌ, kakwinik kukꞌatisaj ronojel ri qakꞌaslemal. (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 Ri winaq kwininaq che kimanxorisaxik konojel kiwach aꞌwaj, juyubꞌil taq aꞌwaj, aꞌwaj ri kerapinik, aꞌwaj rech pa ri jaꞌ, xuqujeꞌ aꞌwaj ri kakijururej kibꞌ choch ri ulew.
For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.
8 Man kꞌo ta kꞌu jun winaq kwininaq chumanxorisaxik ri raqꞌ. Sibꞌalaj itzel, maj jun kwininaq chuqꞌilik, nojinaq che etzelal jetaq ri utyoꞌbꞌal ri kumatz ri kakamisanik.
But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison.
9 Rukꞌ ri qaqꞌ kaqaqꞌijilaꞌj ri Dios xuqujeꞌ rukꞌ ri qaqꞌ keꞌqetzelaj kiwach ri winaq ri e tiktal rumal ri Dios.
With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.
10 Pa ri qachiꞌ kel wi loq tewechibꞌal xuqujeꞌ kel loq etzelal. Makuya ta kꞌut jeriꞌ kakꞌulmatajik.
Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.
11 Pa jun kꞌiyibꞌal jaꞌ ¿la kel loq kiꞌ jaꞌ xuqujeꞌ kꞌa jaꞌ?
In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
12 Wachalal, ¿la kakwin jun ucheꞌal higos kuwachij olivo? ¿La kakwin ri ucheꞌal uvas kuwachij higos? Man kakwin taj, xuqujeꞌ man kakꞌiy taj kiꞌ jaꞌ pa jun kꞌiybꞌal kꞌa ja.
Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.
13 We kꞌo jun chiꞌxoꞌl qas kꞌo retaꞌmabꞌal xuqujeꞌ qas kuchꞌobꞌ ri kubꞌano, chukꞌutuꞌ rukꞌ ri unoꞌjinik xuqujeꞌ rukꞌ ri utz taq chak ri kubꞌano.
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 Are kꞌu we kꞌax kinaꞌ che jun chik, xuqujeꞌ kiwetzelaj uwach, man kuya taj jeriꞌ kixnoꞌjinik. Man kinaꞌ taj nimal, xane are chibꞌana ri utzilal.
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 We are kibꞌan ri etzelal man are ta tajin kikoj riꞌ ri etaꞌmabꞌal rech ri Dios xane are tajin kikoj ri retaꞌmabꞌal ri winaq xuqujeꞌ ri retaꞌmabꞌal ri Itzel.
That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.
16 Jawjeꞌ kꞌo wi oyawal, kꞌaxal, nimal xuqujeꞌ ronojel uwach etzelal chilaꞌ kꞌo wi sachinaqil.
For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
17 Ri etaꞌmanik ri kape rukꞌ ri Dios sibꞌalaj chꞌajchꞌoj, sibꞌalaj kajororik, kutoqꞌobꞌisaj wach xuqujeꞌ man kubꞌan ta bꞌanoj tzij.
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 Ri uwachinik ri sukꞌal katik pa jaꞌmaril jeriꞌ rech kakechabꞌej ri winaq ri kakitik jaꞌmaril.
And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
