Iakopuj 3
1 RI ai ko, me jota mau, ma komail me toto inon ion jaunpadakala, pwe komail aja, me kitail pan lel on kadeik laud.
Not many of you should become teachers, my friends, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly than others.
2 Pwe pan pak toto kitail kin japun, a ma amen jota kin japunki lokaia kij, nan i ol melel amen, o a kak koaki pali war a pokon.
We often make mistakes, every one of us. Anyone who does not make mistakes when speaking is indeed a perfect person, able to bridle their whole body as well.
3 Kilan, kitail kin ki on nan au en oj kijin mata, pwe ren peiki on kitail, o kitail kin kawuk jili war arail pokon.
When we put bits into horses’ mouths to make them obey us, we change their course the rest of their bodies.
4 Kilan, pil jop akan! Irail me kalaimun o an kin ipir wei, ari jo, men ilil tikitik kak kawuki on waja, me kaptin kin inon ion ia.
Again, think of ships. Large as they are, and even when driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder and steered in whatever direction the man at the helm may determine.
5 Iduen lo me kokon tikitik eu, a a juaijuai lapalap. Kilan, duen kijiniai tikitik kin ijikada nana kalaimun!
So is it with the tongue. Small as it is, it is a great boaster. Think how a tiny spark may set the largest forest ablaze!
6 Iduen lo en aramaj, a raj on kijiniai o aude pan japun karoj. Lo o kijan kokon atail, ap kajaminela war pon, a kin ijikada wiawia en nan maur atail karoj, a pein i ijij jan nan pweleko. (Geenna g1067)
And the tongue is like a spark. It is a world of unrighteousness among the parts of our body. It contaminates the whole body; it sets the whole course of our existence on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
7 Pwe jon en man laualo karoj, o manpir, o me karop, o man akan, me kin memaur nan jed, kin kamandala o kaloedi ren aramaj akan.
For while all kinds of animals, birds and reptiles and sea creatures can be tamed and have been tamed by humans,
8 A lo o jota aramaj amen me kak kaloedi, nan me jued kot, me dir en men kamela.
no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless plague! It is charged with deadly poison!
9 I me kitail kapinaki Kaun o Jam, o kitail kariaki i aramaj akan, me wiauier ni mom en Kot.
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made “in God’s likeness.”
10 Jon ni au ota kapai o kariu kin tapi jan ia. Ri ai ko, me jota pun, mepukat en wiaui due.
From the very same mouth come blessings and curses! My friends, it is not right that this should be so.
11 Daduen utun pil pot, a kin ki wei pil iau o jadik jan ni por ta ieu?
Does a spring give both good and bad water from the same source?
12 Ri ai ko, pik pot pil kak wu wan le, de wain pan kak wan pik? Pil dueta parer jol eu jota kak kida pil.
Can a fig tree, my friends, bear olives? Or a vine bear figs? No, nor can a brackish well give good water.
13 Ij me lolekon re omail, o erekila padak? I en kajaleda ni lamalam mau a wiawia kan ni impai o lolekon.
Who among you claims to be wise and intelligent? They should show that their actions are the outcome of a good life lived in the humility of true wisdom.
14 A ma peirin o akamai mier nan monion omail, komail der juaiki palian melel o der kalikame me melel.
But if you harbour bitter envy and a spirit of rivalry in your hearts, do not boast or deny the truth.
15 Pwe lolekon wet, me jota tapi jan poa a udan pa et, pali uduk, pali tewil.
That is not the wisdom which comes from above; no, it is earthly, animalistic, demonic.
16 Pwe waja peirin o akamai mia, nan i wajan jaminimin o dodok jued karoj kin wiauiaui ia.
For where envy and rivalry exist, there you will also find disorder and all kinds of bad, worthless actions.
17 A lolekon, me tapi jan ni pali poa, maj a kin makelekel, ap pil kaminimin, o kampai, o matarok, o dir en kadek, o wa mau, o jo peikajal, o jo malaun.
But the wisdom from above is, before everything else, pure; then peace-loving, gentle, open to conviction, rich in compassion and good deeds, and free from partiality and insincerity.
18 A wan pun pan kamoredi ni popol ren ir, me kin tom pena.
Justice is the harvest peacemakers will reap from seeds sown in a spirit of peace.
