Jakobe 3
1 Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, se gakaleleleng go bolelela ba bangwe diphoso tsa bone, gonne rotlhe re dira diphoso; mme fa rona baruti, ba re tshwanetseng go itse botoka, re dira diphoso, go otlhaiwa ga rona go tlaa nna gogolo go na le ga ba bangwe.
Let there not be many teachers among you, my brethren; but know ye, that we are obnoxious to, a severer judgment.
2 Fa motho le fa e le mang a ka kgona go laola loleme lwa gagwe, go supa gore o na le thata ya go ikgapa ka ditsela tsotlhe.
For we all offend in many things. Whoever offendeth not in discourse, is a perfect man, who can also keep his whole body in subjection.
3 Re ka dira gore pitse e tona e retologele kwa re batlang e ya teng ka tomonyana e e mo molomong wa yone.
Behold, we put bridles into the mouth of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Le lomatsanyana (seterebonyana) lo dira gore sekepe se se tona se retologele gongwe le gongwe kwa mokgweetsi a batlang se ya teng, le fa diphefo di tsubutla.
Huge ships also, when strong winds drive them, are turned about by a small timber, to what place the pleasure of the pilot looketh.
5 Fela jalo loleme le lone ke selo se sennyennyane, mme lo ka dira tshenyo e kgolo thata. Sekgwa se se tona se ka tshujwa ke tlhasenyana.
So likewise the tongue is a small member, and it exalteth itself. Also a little fire inflameth large forests.
6 Mme loleme ke kgabo ya molelo. Lo tletse tshiamololo ebile lo leswafatsa tokololo nngwe le nngwe ya mmele. Mme loleme lo tlhosediwa ke molete ka sebele, jalo lo ka fetolela matshelo a rona otlhe mo kgabong e e lakaselang ya tshenyo e kgolo. (Geenna g1067)
Now the tongue is a fire, and the world of sin is like a forest. And this tongue, which is one among our members, marreth our whole body; and it inflameth the series of our generations that roll on like a wheel; and it is itself on fire. (Geenna g1067)
7 Batho ba katisitse, kgotsa ba ka katisa, mofuta mongwe le mongwe wa phologolo kgotsa nonyane e e tshelang le mofuta mongwe le mongwe wa segagabi le ditlhapi,
For all natures of beasts and birds and reptiles, of the sea or land, are subjugated by the nature of man.
8 mme ga go na ope yo o ka katisang loleme. Ka malatsi otlhe lo ipaakanyeditse go tsholola botlhole jwa lone jo bo bolayang.
But the tongue hath no one been able to tame: it is an evil thing, not coercible, and full of deadly poison.
9 Nako e nngwe lo galaletse Rara wa rona wa legodimo, mme ka nako e nngwe lo hutsa batho ba ba bopilweng mo setshwanong sa Modimo.
For with it, we bless the Lord and Father; and with it we curse men, who were made in the image of God:
10 Fela jalo, tshegofatso le phutso di tuntologa mo go one molomo. Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, tota se ga se a siama.
and from the same mouth, proceed curses and blessings. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
11 A motswedi wa metse o tlo o pumpunyege metse a a siameng lwa ntlha mme e re morago o tswe metse a a botlhoko?
Can there flow from the same fountain, sweet waters and bitter?
12 A o ka hula lotlhware mo setlhareng sa mofeige, kgotsa difeige mo setlharing sa mofine? Nnyaa, gape ga o kake wa ga metse a a monate mo sedibeng se se letswai.
Or can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives? or the vine, figs? So also salt waters cannot be made sweet.
13 Fa o le botlhale, tshela botshelo jo bo molemo jo bo tlhomameng gore ditiro tse di molemo di tle di tote, mme fa o sa ikgantshe ka tsone, o tlaa nna botlhale ka boammaaruri!
Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show his works in praiseworthy actions, with modest wisdom.
14 Mme kaga dilo tsotlhe, o seka wa ikgantsha kaga go nna botlhale le go nna molemo fa o le bogalaka le lefufa ebile o ipona botoka; seo ke maaka a a maswe thata.
But if bitter envy be in you, or contention in your hearts, exalt not yourselves against the truth, and lie not.
15 Gonne lefufa le go ipona botoka ga se botlhale jo bo tswang kwa Modimong. Dilo tse di ntseng jaana ke tsa lefatshe ga se tsa semowa, di tlhotlhelediwa ke Satane.
For this wisdom cometh not down from above; but is earthly, and from the devices of the soul, and from demons.
16 Gonne kwa go nang le lefufa teng kgotsa keletso ya go ipona botoka, go tlaa nna tobekano le mofuta mongwe le mongwe wa bosula.
For where envy and contention are, there also is confusion, and every thing wrong.
17 Mme botlhale jo bo tswang kwa legodimong, bo simologa bo le phepa ebile bo le bonolo. Jalo bo rata kagiso le boikobo. Bo letlelela dipuisano ebile bo rata go ineela mo go ba bangwe; bo tletse kutlwelo-botlhoko le ditiro tse di molemo. Bo itekanetse, bo tlhamaletse ebile bo a ikanyega.
But the wisdom which is from above, is pure, and full of peace, and mild, and submissive, and full of compassion and of good fruits, and without partiality, and without respect of persons.
18 Mme ba e leng badira kagiso ba tlaa jala dipeo tsa kagiso ba bo ba roba thobo ya bomolemo.
And the fruits of righteousness are sown in stillness, by them who make peace.
