James 3
1 My brothers, not many of you should choose to become teachers, knowing that you shall receive a stricter judgment.
Ne tražite, braæo moja, da budete mnogi uèitelji, znajuæi da æemo veæma biti osuðeni,
2 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.
Jer svi pogrješujemo mnogo puta. Ali ko u rijeèi ne pogrješuje, onaj je savršen èovjek, može zauzdati i sve tijelo.
3 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.
Jer gle, i konjma meæemo žvale u usta da nam se pokoravaju, i sve tijelo njihovo okreæemo.
4 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.
Gle i laðe, ako su i velike i silni ih vjetrovi gone, okreæu se malom krmicom kuda hoæe onaj koji upravlja.
5 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.
A tako je i jezik mali ud, i mnogo èini. Gle, mala vatra, i kolike velike šume sažeže.
6 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)
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 the nature of all beasts and birds and serpents and others is ruled over, and has been ruled over, by human nature.
Jer sav rod zvjerinja i ptica, i bubina i riba, pripitomljava se i pripitomio se rodu èovjeèijemu;
8 But no man is able to rule over the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
A jezika niko od ljudi ne može pripitomiti, jer je nemirno zlo, puno ijeda smrtonosnoga.
9 By it we bless God the Father, and by it we speak evil of men, who have been made in the likeness of God.
Njim blagosiljamo Boga i oca, i njim kunemo ljude, koji su stvoreni po oblièju Božijemu.
10 From the same mouth proceeds 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 fountain emit, out of the same opening, both sweet and bitter water?
Eda li može izvor iz jedne glave toèiti slatko i grko?
12 My brothers, can the fig tree yield grapes? Or the vine, figs? Then neither is salt water able to produce 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 well-taught among you? Let him show, by means of good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.
Ko je meðu vama mudar i pametan neka pokaže od dobra življenja djela svoja u krotosti i premudrosti.
14 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.
Ako li imate grku zavist i svaðu u srcima svojijem, ne hvalite se, ni lažite na istinu.
15 For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical.
Ovo nije ona premudrost što silazi odozgo, nego zemaljska, ljudska, ðavolska.
16 For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.
Jer gdje je zavist i svaða ondje je nesloga i svaka zla stvar.
17 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.
A koja je premudrost odozgo ona je najprije èista, a potom mirna, krotka, pokorna, puna milosti i dobrijeh plodova, bez hatera, i nelicemjerna.
18 And so the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace.
A plod pravde u miru sije se onima koji mir èine.
