Yakobo 3
1 Ndugu zangu, siyo wengi wenu mnapaswa kuwa walimu, mkijua kwamba tutapokea hukumu kubwa zaidi.
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive greater judgment.
2 Kwa kuwa wote tunakosea katika njia nyingi. Kama yeyote huwa hajikwai katika maneno yake, huyo ni mtu mkamilifu, aweza kudhibiti mwili wake wote pia.
For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
3 Sasa kama tunaweka lijamu za farasi katika vinywa vyao wanatutii, na tunaweza kuigeuza miili yao yote.
Behold we put bits into the mouths of horses for them to obey us, and we guide about their whole body.
4 Tambua pia kwamba meli, ingawa ni kubwa na husukumwa na upepo mkali, zinaongozwa kwa usukani mdogo sana kwenda popote anakotaka nahodha.
Behold also the ships, being so great and driven by fierce winds, are guided about by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the man who steers determines.
5 Vivyo hivyo, ulimi ni kiungo kidogo cha mwili, lakini hujisifia makuu sana. Angalia msitu mkubwa unavyoweza kuwashwa kwa cheche ndogo ya moto!
So also the tongue is a little body-part, and boasts greatly. Behold a little fire, how much wood it kindles.
6 Ulimi pia ni moto, ni ulimwengu wa uovu, umewekwa miongoni mwa viungo vya mwili wetu, ambao hunajisi mwili wote na huiweka juu ya moto njia ya maisha, na wenyewe kuchomwa moto wa kuzimu. (Geenna g1067)
And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell. (Geenna g1067)
7 Kila aina ya mnyama wa polini, ndege, kitambaacho na kiumbe cha baharini kinadhibitiwa na wanadamu.
For every species, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human species.
8 lakini hakuna mwanadamu hata mmoja ambaye anaweza kudhibiti ulimi; ni uovu usiotulia, umejaa sumu ya kufisha.
But no man is able to tame the tongue of men, an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Kwa ulimi twamtukuza Bwana na Baba yetu, na kwa huo twawalaani watu ambao wameumbwa kwa mfano wa Mungu.
By it we bless the God and Father, and by it we curse men, who were made according to a likeness of God.
10 Katika kinywa hichohicho husema maneno ya baraka na laana. Ndugu zangu mambo haya hayapaswi kuwa.
Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way.
11 Je, kisima kimoja huweza kutoa maji matamu na machungu?
Does the spring pour out from the same opening the sweet and the bitter?
12 Ndugu zangu, Je, mti wa mtini unaweza kuzaa matunda ya mzeituni, au mzabibu unazaa matunda ya mtini? Wala chemchemi ya maji chumvi haitoi maji yasio na chumvi.
A fig tree, my brothers, cannot make olives, or a grapevine figs. In the same way, no one spring makes water salty and sweet.
13 Ni nani miongoni mwenu aliye na hekima na ufahamu? Hebu mtu huyo na aoneshe maisha mema katika kazi zake kwa unyenyekevu utokanao na hekima.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in meekness of wisdom.
14 Lakini kama mnao wivu mkali na nia ya ubinafsi mioyoni mwenu, msijivune na kusema uongo mkiupinga ukweli.
But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.
15 Hii siyo hekima ile ishukayo kutoka juu, lakini badala yake ni ya kidunia, si ya kiroho, na ni ya kipepo.
This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic.
16 Kwa kuwa palipo na wivu na ubinafsi upo, kuna vurugu na kila matendo maovu
For where envy and selfish ambition are, there is instability and every evil deed.
17 Lakini hekima itokayo juu, kwanza ni safi, kisha kupenda amani, upole na ukarimu, yenye kujaa rehema na matunda mema, bila kupendelea watu fulani, na kweli.
But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, gentle, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical.
18 Na tunda la haki hupandwa katika amani kwa wale ambao wanatenda mambo ya amani.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.
