Iacobi 3
1 Nolite plures magistri fieri fratres mei, scientes quoniam majus judicium sumitis.
Do not let many be teachers, my brothers, having known that we will receive greater judgment,
2 In multis enim offendimus omnes. Si quis in verbo non offendit, hic perfectus est vir: potest etiam freno circumducere totum corpus.
for we all make many stumbles; if anyone does not stumble in word, this one [is] a perfect man, able to also bridle the whole body;
3 Si autem equis frena in ora mittimus ad consentiendum nobis, et omne corpus illorum circumferimus.
behold, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and we direct their whole body;
4 Ecce et naves, cum magnæ sint, et a ventis validis minentur, circumferuntur a modico gubernaculo ubi impetus dirigentis voluerit.
behold, also the ships, being so great, and being driven by fierce winds, are directed by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the [one] steering wills,
5 Ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est, et magna exaltat. Ecce quantus ignis quam magnam silvam incendit!
so also the tongue is a little member, and boasts greatly; behold, how much forest a little fire kindles!
6 Et lingua ignis est, universitas iniquitatis. Lingua constituitur in membris nostris, quæ maculat totum corpus, et inflammat rotam nativitatis nostræ inflammata a gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
And the tongue [is] a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
7 Omnis enim natura bestiarum, et volucrum, et serpentium, et ceterorum domantur, et domita sunt a natura humana:
For every nature, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and has been subdued, by the human nature,
8 linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest: inquietum malum, plena veneno mortifero.
but no one of men is able to subdue the tongue—[it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison;
9 In ipsa benedicimus Deum et Patrem: et in ipsa maledicimus homines, qui ad similitudinem Dei facti sunt.
with it we bless the God and Father, and with it we curse the men made according to [the] likeness of God;
10 Ex ipso ore procedit benedictio et maledictio. Non oportet, fratres mei, hæc ita fieri.
out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing; it does not need, my brothers, these things to so happen;
11 Numquid fons de eodem foramine emanat dulcem et amaram aquam?
does the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
12 Numquid potest, fratres mei, ficus uvas facere, aut vitis ficus? Sic neque salsa dulcem potest facere aquam.
Is a fig tree able, my brothers, to make olives? Or a vine figs? Neither is salty [water able] to have made sweet water.
13 Quis sapiens et disciplinatus inter vos? Ostendat ex bona conversatione operationem suam in mansuetudine sapientiæ.
Who [is] wise and intelligent among you? Let him show his works out of good behavior in meekness of wisdom,
14 Quod si zelum amarum habetis, et contentiones sint in cordibus vestris: nolite gloriari, et mendaces esse adversus veritatem:
yet, if you have bitter zeal, and rivalry in your heart, do not glory, nor lie against the truth;
15 non est enim ista sapientia desursum descendens: sed terrena, animalis, diabolica.
this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,
16 Ubi enim zelus et contentio, ibi inconstantia et omne opus pravum.
for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;
17 Quæ autem desursum est sapientia, primum quidem pudica est, deinde pacifica, modesta, suadibilis, bonus consentiens, plena misericordia et fructibus bonis, non judicans, sine simulatione.
but the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, well-convinced, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical—
18 Fructus autem justitiæ, in pace seminatur, facientibus pacem.
and the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
