ᏥᎻ ᎤᏬᏪᎳᏅᎯ 3
1 ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ ᏞᏍᏗ ᎢᏥᏣᏘ ᏗᏣᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ ᏱᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎭᏰᏃ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎢᎩᏍᏛᏗᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ;
Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.
2 ᎤᏣᏘᏰᏃ ᎢᏳᏓᎴᎩ ᏂᏗᎥ ᎢᏗᏍᎦᏅᎪᎢ. ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎬᎾ ᏥᎨᏐᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᎪᎸᎾ ᎨᏐ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ, ᏰᎵᏉ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎬᏪᎾᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᏂᎬ ᎠᏰᎸᎢ.
For we often stumble and fall, all of us. If there is any one who never stumbles in speech, that man has reached maturity of character and is able to curb his whole nature.
3 ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᏕᏗᎭᎾᎳᏗᏍᎪ ᏐᏈᎵ ᎨᎪᎯᏳᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎬ ᏗᏂᏰᎸ ᏕᏗᎪᎸᏏᏙᎰᎢ.
Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.
4 ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏥᏳᏧᏛᎾ ᏤᏉᎯᏳᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏍᎦᏎᏗ ᎤᏃᎴ ᏕᎦᏂᏙᎰᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏓᏂᎦᏔᎲᏏᏙᎰ ᎠᏅᏘᏍᎪ ᎤᏍᏗᎩᏳ ᎦᏌᏛᏍᏗ ᎾᎿᎭᏉ ᎢᏗᏢ ᎤᏚᎸ ᎦᏌᏛᏍᎩ.
So too with ships, great as they are, and often driven along by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very small rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at the helm chooses.
5 ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎦᏃᎦ ᎤᏍᏗᎩᏳ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎡᏉᎯᏳ ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎪᎢ. ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏥᎸ ᏄᏣᏔ ᎠᏓ ᏓᏥᏍᏢᏍᎪᎢ.
In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames.
6 ᎠᎴ ᎦᏃᎦ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎠᎧᎵᎢ ᏂᏚᏳᎪᏛᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ. ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏄᏍᏗ ᎦᏃᎦ ᎤᏓᏑᏴ ᎢᎦᏙᏢᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏓᎭ ᎢᎬᏁᎯ ᏂᎬ ᎠᏰᎸᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏥᏍᏢᏍᎩ ᎠᎢᏒ ᎠᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏨᏍᎩᏃᎢ ᎤᏓᏳᏓᎴᏅᎯ ᎠᏥᏥᏍᏝᏫᏍᏗᏍᎩ. (Geenna g1067)
And the tongue is a fire. That world of iniquity, the tongue, is placed within us spotting and soiling our whole nature, and setting the whole round of our lives on fire, being itself set on fire by Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
7 ᏄᎾᏓᎴᏒᏰᏃ ᎢᎾᎨ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎾᏓᎾᏏᏂᏙᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᏗᏓᏅᏘᏐᏙᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏓᏅᏘᏐᏔᏅᎯ ᏴᏫ.
For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.
8 ᎦᏃᎦᏍᎩᏂ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᏰᎵ ᏴᎬᏓᏅᏘᏐᏓ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏲᎢ ᎬᏎᎪᎩᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᎧᎵᎢ ᎠᏓᎯᎯ ᏅᏬᏘ.
But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison.
9 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏛᏗᏍᎪᎢ ᎡᏗᎸᏉᏗᏍᎪ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏛᏗᏍᎪᎢ ᏕᏗᏍᎩᏅᏗᏍᎪ ᏴᏫ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎢᎨᎬᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᎪᏢᏅᎯ
With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.
10 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏌᏉ ᎠᎰᎵ ᏗᎦᏄᎪᎪ ᎦᎸᏉᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᎩᏅᏗᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ. ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᎥᏝ ᎣᏏᏳ ᏱᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ.
Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.
11 ᏥᎪ ᏌᏉ ᎦᏄᎪᎬ ᏗᎦᏄᎪᎪ ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏛ ᎠᎹ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏴᏍᏗ?
In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
12 ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᏥᎪ ᏒᎦᏔ-ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏡᎬ ᏰᎵᏉ ᏯᎾᏓᏛᎦ ᎣᎵᏩ ᏡᎬ ᎠᎾᏓᏛᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᎪ ᏖᎸᎳᏗᎯ ᏒᎦᎳ-ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏯᎾᏓᏛᎦ? ᎾᏍᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎥᏝ ᏰᎵ ᏌᏉ ᎦᏄᎪᎬ ᏴᏛᎦᏄᎪᎢ ¯ ᎠᎹ ᎤᎶᏥᏛ ᎠᎴ ¯ ᎠᎹ ᎤᎶᏥᏛ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ.
Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.
13 ᎦᎪ ᏂᎯ ᏂᏣᏛᏅᎢ ᎤᏓᏑᏯ ᎠᏏᎾᏌᏂ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎦᏔᏂᎢ? ᎾᏍᎩ ᏫᎦᎾᏄᎪᏩ ᏕᎤᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ ᏫᎬᏙᏓ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎾᏛᏁᎲᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏫᎬᏙᏓ ᎠᏏᎾᏌᏂᏳ ᎨᏒ ᏔᎵ ᎤᏛᏕᏍᏗ ᎤᏓᏅᏘ ᎨᏒᎢ.
Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man? Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit.
14 ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎢᏥᏍᏆᏂᎪᏕᏍᏗ ᏙᏗᏣᏓᏅᏛᎢ ᎠᏛᏳᎨᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏗᏒᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᏣᏢᏆᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᏣᏤᎪᎥᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏒ ᏱᏥᏲᏍᎨᏍᏗ.
But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
15 ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏏᎾᏌᏂᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎥᏝ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏅᏓᏳᏓᎴᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎡᎶᎯᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎡᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏊᏓᎸᏉ ᎡᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᎩᎾ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ.
That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.
16 ᎾᎿᎭᏰᏃ ᎠᏛᏳᎨᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏗᏒᏍᏗ ᎠᏁᎲᎢ, ᎾᎿᎭᎡᎰ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎤᏲ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
17 ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᏅᏓᏳᏓᎴᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ ᎠᏏᎾᏌᏂᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎦᏓᎭ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏐᎢ, ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᎪᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏓᏅᏘ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᎯᏍᏛ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᎧᎵᏬᎯ ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏄᏓᎸᏉᏛᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏠᎾᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ.
The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceful, courteous, not self-willed, full of compassion and kind actions, free from favouritism and from all insincerity.
18 ᎠᏃᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏃᎯᏍᏗᏍᎬᎢ ᎠᏂᏫᏍᎪ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
