Jakob 3
1 Moji bratje, ne bodite mnogi učitelji, ker veste, da bomo prejeli večjo obsodbo.
My brothers, not many of you should choose to become teachers, knowing that you shall receive a stricter judgment.
2 Kajti v mnogih stvareh vsi grešimo. Če katerikoli človek ne greši z besedo, je isti popoln mož in tudi zmožen obrzdati celotno telo.
For we all offend in many ways. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man. And he is then able, as if with a bridle, to lead the whole body around.
3 Glejte, konjem v usta dajemo žvale, da nas lahko ubogajo in obračamo njihovo celotno telo.
For so we put bridles into the mouths of horses, in order to submit them to our will, and so we turn their whole body around.
4 Glejte tudi ladje, katere, čeprav so tako velike in jih ženejo kruti vetrovi, se vendar obračajo z zelo majhnim krmilom, kamorkoli krmar hoče.
Consider also the ships, which, though they are great and may be driven by strong winds, yet they are turned around with a small rudder, to be directed to wherever the strength of the pilot might will.
5 Prav tako je jezik majhen ud, pa se baha [z] velikimi stvarmi. Glejte, kako veliko stvar prižge majhen ogenj!
So also the tongue certainly is a small part, but it moves great things. Consider that a small fire can set ablaze a great forest.
6 In jezik je ogenj, svet krivičnosti. Tako je jezik med našimi udi, da omadežuje celotno telo in razvnema zakon narave; in ta je vžgan iz pekla. (Geenna g1067)
And so the tongue is like a fire, comprising all iniquity. The tongue, stationed in the midst of our body, can defile the entire body and inflame the wheel of our nativity, setting a fire from Hell. (Geenna g1067)
7 Kajti vsaka vrsta, od živali in od ptic in od kač in od stvari v morju, je ukrotljiva in je bila ukročena od človeštva,
For the nature of all beasts and birds and serpents and others is ruled over, and has been ruled over, by human nature.
8 toda jezika ne more ukrotiti noben človek; je neukrotljivo zlo, polno smrtonosnega strupa.
But no man is able to rule over the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Z njim blagoslavljamo Boga, celó Očeta; in z njim preklinjamo ljudi, ki so ustvarjeni po Božji podobnosti.
By it we bless God the Father, and by it we speak evil of men, who have been made in the likeness of God.
10 Iz istih ust izvirata blagoslavljanje in preklinjanje. Moji bratje, te stvari ne smejo biti takšne.
From the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so!
11 Mar daje studenec na istem mestu sladko in grenko vodo?
Does a fountain emit, out of the same opening, both sweet and bitter water?
12 Ali lahko figovo drevo, moji bratje, rodi olive? Ali trta fige? Tako noben studenec ne more dajati obeh, slane in sladke vode.
My brothers, can the fig tree yield grapes? Or the vine, figs? Then neither is salt water able to produce fresh water.
13 Kdo je med vami moder človek in opremljen s spoznanjem? Naj s krotkostjo modrosti kaže dobro vedênje svojih del.
Who is wise and well-taught among you? Let him show, by means of good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.
14 Toda če imate v svojih srcih grenko zavist in prepir, se ne ponašajte in ne lažite zoper resnico.
But if you hold a bitter zeal, and if there is contention in your hearts, then do not boast and do not be liars against the truth.
15 Ta modrost se ne spušča od zgoraj, temveč je zemeljska, čutna, vražja.
For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical.
16 Kajti kjer sta zavist in prepir, tam je zmešnjava in vsako hudobno delo.
For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.
17 Toda modrost, ki je od zgoraj, je najprej čista, potem mirna, nežna in lahka za ravnanje, polna usmiljenja in dobrih sadov, brez pristranskosti in brez hinavščine.
But within the wisdom that is from above, certainly, chastity is first, and next peacefulness, meekness, openness, consenting to what is good, a plenitude of mercy and good fruits, not judging, without falseness.
18 In sad pravičnosti sejejo v miru tisti, ki delajo mir.
And so the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace.
