James 3
1 Ẹ̀yin ará mi, ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí púpọ̀ nínú yín jẹ́ olùkọ́, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó mọ̀ pé àwa ni yóò jẹ̀bi jù.
Not, many teachers, become ye, my brethren, knowing that, a severer sentence, shall ye receive;
2 Nítorí nínú ohun púpọ̀ ni gbogbo wa ń ṣe àṣìṣe. Bí ẹnìkan kò bá ṣì ṣe nínú ọ̀rọ̀, òun náà ni ẹni pípé, òun ni ó sì le kó gbogbo ara ní ìjánu.
For, oft, are we stumbling, one and all: If anyone, in word, doth not stumble, the same, is a mature man, able to curb even the whole body.
3 Bí a bá sì fi ìjánu bọ ẹṣin lẹ́nu, kí wọn kí ó le gbọ́ tiwa, gbogbo ara wọn ni àwa sì ń tì kiri pẹ̀lú.
Now, if, the horses bits, into their mouths, we thrust, to the end they may be yielding to us, their whole body also, do we turn about.
4 Kíyèsi i, àwọn ọkọ̀ ojú omi pẹ̀lú, bí wọ́n ti tóbi tó nì, tí a sì ń ti ọwọ́ ẹ̀fúùfù líle gbá kiri, ìtọ́kọ̀ kékeré ni a fi ń darí wọn kiri, síbikíbi tí ó bá wu ẹni tí ó ń tọ́ ọkọ̀.
Lo! the ships also, large as they are, and, by rough winds, driven along, are turned about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the steersman inclineth.
5 Bẹ́ẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ni ahọ́n jẹ́ ẹ̀yà kékeré, ó sì ń fọhùn ohùn ńlá. Wo igi ńlá tí iná kékeré ń sun jóná!
So, also, the tongue, is, a little member, and yet, of great things, maketh boast. Lo! how small a fire, kindleth, how great a forest;
6 Iná sì ni ahọ́n, ayé ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ sì ni: ní àárín àwọn ẹ̀yà ara wa, ní ahọ́n ti ń bá gbogbo ara jẹ́, tí yóò sì ti iná bọ ipa ayé wa; ọ̀run àpáàdì a sì tiná bọ òun náà. (Geenna g1067)
And, the tongue, is a fire, —[as], the world of unrighteousness, the tongue, becometh fixed among our members, that which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the wheel of our natural life, and is set on fire, by gehenna! (Geenna g1067)
7 Nítorí olúkúlùkù ẹ̀dá ẹranko, àti ti ẹyẹ, àti ti ejò, àti ti ohun tí ó ń bẹ ní Òkun, ni à ń tù lójú, tí a sì ti tù lójú láti ọwọ́ ẹ̀dá ènìyàn wá.
For, every nature—both of wild beasts and of birds, both of reptiles and of things in the sea, is to be tamed, and hath been tamed, by the human nature;
8 Ṣùgbọ́n ahọ́n ni ẹnikẹ́ni kò le tù lójú; ohun búburú aláìgbọ́ràn ni, ó kún fún oró ikú tí í pa ni.
But, the tongue, none of mankind can, tame, —A restless mischief! Full of deadly poison
9 Òun ni àwa fi ń yin Olúwa àti Baba, òun ni a sì fi ń bú ènìyàn tí a dá ní àwòrán Ọlọ́run.
Therewith, are we blessing our Lord and Father, and, therewith, we are cursing the men who, after the likeness of God, have been brought into being!
10 Láti ẹnu kan náà ni ìyìn àti èébú ti ń jáde. Ẹ̀yin ará mi, nǹkan wọ̀nyí kò yẹ kí ó rí bẹ́ẹ̀.
Out of the same mouth, come forth blessing and cursing! Not meet, my brethren, for, these things, thus, to be coming to pass!
11 Orísun odò kan a ha máa sun omi dídára àti omi iyọ̀ jáde láti orísun kan náà bí?
Doth, the fountain, out of the same opening, teem forth the sweet and the bitter?
12 Ẹ̀yin ará mi, igi ọ̀pọ̀tọ́ ha le so èso olifi bí? Tàbí àjàrà ha lè so èso ọ̀pọ̀tọ́? Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni orísun kan kò le sun omíró àti omi tútù.
Is it possible, my brethren, for, a fig-tree, to produce, olives, or, a vine, figs? Neither can, salt, water yield, sweet.
13 Ta ni ó gbọ́n tí ó sì ní ìmọ̀ nínú yín? Ẹ jẹ́ kí ó fi iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ hàn nípa ìwà rere, nípa ìwà tútù ti ọgbọ́n.
Who is wise and well-instructed among you? Let him show, out of his comely behaviour, his works, in meekness of wisdom.
14 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹ̀yin bá ní owú kíkorò àti ìjà ní ọkàn yín, ẹ má ṣe ṣe féfé, ẹ má sì ṣèké sí òtítọ́.
But, if, bitter jealousy, ye have, and rivalry, in your hearts; be not boasting and showing yourselves false against the truth!
15 Ọgbọ́n yìí kì í ṣe èyí tí ó ti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run wá, ṣùgbọ́n ti ayé ni, ti ara ni, ti ẹ̀mí èṣù ni.
This wisdom is not one, from above, coming down, but is earthly, born of the soul, demoniacal!
16 Nítorí níbi tí owú òun ìjà bá gbé wà, níbẹ̀ ni rúdurùdu àti iṣẹ́ búburú gbogbo wà.
For, where jealousy and rivalry are, there, are anarchy and every ignoble deed.
17 Ṣùgbọ́n ọgbọ́n tí ó ti òkè wá jẹ́ mímọ́ ní àkọ́kọ́, ti àlàáfíà, àti ti ìrẹ̀lẹ̀, kì í sì í ṣòro láti bẹ̀, ó kún fún àánú àti fún èso rere, kì í ṣe ojúsàájú, a sì máa sọ òtítọ́.
But, the wisdom from above, is—first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.
18 Àwọn tí ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ àlàáfíà a sì máa gbin èso àlàáfíà ní àlàáfíà.
And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.
