James 3
1 Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
Ne tražite, braæo moja, da budete mnogi uèitelji, znajuæi da æemo veæma biti osuðeni,
2 For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.
Jer svi pogrješujemo mnogo puta. Ali ko u rijeèi ne pogrješuje, onaj je savršen èovjek, može zauzdati i sve tijelo.
3 Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
Jer gle, i konjma meæemo žvale u usta da nam se pokoravaju, i sve tijelo njihovo okreæemo.
4 Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
Gle i laðe, ako su i velike i silni ih vjetrovi gone, okreæu se malom krmicom kuda hoæe onaj koji upravlja.
5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
A tako je i jezik mali ud, i mnogo èini. Gle, mala vatra, i kolike velike šume sažeže.
6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
I jezik je vatra, svijet pun nepravde. Tako i jezik živi meðu našijem udima, poganeæi sve tijelo, i paleæi vrijeme života našega, i zapaljujuæi se od pakla. (Geenna g1067)
7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
Jer sav rod zvjerinja i ptica, i bubina i riba, pripitomljava se i pripitomio se rodu èovjeèijemu;
8 but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
A jezika niko od ljudi ne može pripitomiti, jer je nemirno zlo, puno ijeda smrtonosnoga.
9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
Njim blagosiljamo Boga i oca, i njim kunemo ljude, koji su stvoreni po oblièju Božijemu.
10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
Iz jednijeh usta izlazi blagoslov i kletva. Ne valja, ljubazna braæo moja, da ovo tako biva.
11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
Eda li može izvor iz jedne glave toèiti slatko i grko?
12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
Može li, braæo moja, smokva masline raðati ili vinova loza smokve? Tako nijedan izvor ne daje slane i slatke vode.
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
Ko je meðu vama mudar i pametan neka pokaže od dobra življenja djela svoja u krotosti i premudrosti.
14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
Ako li imate grku zavist i svaðu u srcima svojijem, ne hvalite se, ni lažite na istinu.
15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
Ovo nije ona premudrost što silazi odozgo, nego zemaljska, ljudska, ðavolska.
16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
Jer gdje je zavist i svaða ondje je nesloga i svaka zla stvar.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
A koja je premudrost odozgo ona je najprije èista, a potom mirna, krotka, pokorna, puna milosti i dobrijeh plodova, bez hatera, i nelicemjerna.
18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
A plod pravde u miru sije se onima koji mir èine.
