Jakovljeva 3
1 Ne tražite, braæo moja, da budete mnogi uèitelji, znajuæi da æemo veæma biti osuðeni,
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
2 Jer svi pogrješujemo mnogo puta. Ali ko u rijeèi ne pogrješuje, onaj je savršen èovjek, može zauzdati i sve tijelo.
For in many things we all offend. If any man offendeth not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
3 Jer gle, i konjma meæemo žvale u usta da nam se pokoravaju, i sve tijelo njihovo okreæemo.
Behold, we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Gle i laðe, ako su i velike i silni ih vjetrovi gone, okreæu se malom krmicom kuda hoæe onaj koji upravlja.
Behold also the ships, which though they are so great, and [are] driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm, withersoever the governor willeth.
5 A tako je i jezik mali ud, i mnogo èini. Gle, mala vatra, i kolike velike šume sažeže.
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6 I jezik je vatra, svijet pun nepravde. Tako i jezik živi meðu našijem udima, poganeæi sve tijelo, i paleæi vrijeme života našega, i zapaljujuæi se od pakla. (Geenna g1067)
And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell. (Geenna g1067)
7 Jer sav rod zvjerinja i ptica, i bubina i riba, pripitomljava se i pripitomio se rodu èovjeèijemu;
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of animals in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
8 A jezika niko od ljudi ne može pripitomiti, jer je nemirno zlo, puno ijeda smrtonosnoga.
But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Njim blagosiljamo Boga i oca, i njim kunemo ljude, koji su stvoreni po oblièju Božijemu.
With this we bless God, even the Father; and with this we curse men, who are made after the similitude of God.
10 Iz jednijeh usta izlazi blagoslov i kletva. Ne valja, ljubazna braæo moja, da ovo tako biva.
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Eda li može izvor iz jedne glave toèiti slatko i grko?
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter?
12 Može li, braæo moja, smokva masline raðati ili vinova loza smokve? Tako nijedan izvor ne daje slane i slatke vode.
Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olive-berries? or a vine, figs? so no fountain [can] yield both salt water and fresh.
13 Ko je meðu vama mudar i pametan neka pokaže od dobra življenja djela svoja u krotosti i premudrosti.
Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show by a good deportment his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 Ako li imate grku zavist i svaðu u srcima svojijem, ne hvalite se, ni lažite na istinu.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 Ovo nije ona premudrost što silazi odozgo, nego zemaljska, ljudska, ðavolska.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, demoniacal.
16 Jer gdje je zavist i svaða ondje je nesloga i svaka zla stvar.
For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.
17 A koja je premudrost odozgo ona je najprije èista, a potom mirna, krotka, pokorna, puna milosti i dobrijeh plodova, bez hatera, i nelicemjerna.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 A plod pravde u miru sije se onima koji mir èine.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.
