¹My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

¹Ne bodite mnogi učitelji, bratje moji, ker veste, da prejmemo težjo sodbo.

²For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

²V mnogem namreč napačno delamo vsi. Če kdo v besedi ne stori napačno, ta je popoln mož, zmožen brzdati tudi vse telo.

³Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

³Ako devamo konjem uzde v gobce, da so nam poslušni, vladamo tudi ves njih život.

⁴Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

⁴Glej, tudi ladje, če so še tako velike in jih silni vetrovi gonijo, obrača i najmanjše krmilo, kamorkoli hoče vodnikova namera.

⁵Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

⁵Tako je tudi jezik majhen ud in se veliko ponaša. Glej, majhen ogenj, kolikšen gozd zažge!

⁶And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

⁶Tudi jezik je ogenj; kot svet krivice se kaže jezik med udi našimi, ki oskrunja vse telo in zažiga kolo življenja, njega pa zažiga pekel.

⁷For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

⁷Kajti sleherno pleme zveri in ptičev, golazni in morskih živali kroti in je ukrotil rod človeški,

⁸But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

⁸jezika pa ne more ukrotiti noben človek; zlo neukrotno je poln smrtnega strupa!

⁹Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

⁹Ž njim blagoslavljamo Gospoda in Očeta in ž njim preklinjamo ljudi, ustvarjene po podobi Božji;

¹⁰Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

¹⁰iz istih ust prihaja blagoslov in kletev. To, bratje moji, se ne sme tako goditi!

¹¹Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

¹¹Saj pač studenec iz iste votline ne bruha sladke in grenke vode?

¹²Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

¹²More li, bratje moji, smokva roditi olive ali trta smokve? Tudi slana voda ne more delati sladke.

¹³Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

¹³Kdo je moder in razumen med vami? Kaže naj z lepim vedenjem dela svoja v modri krotkosti.

¹⁴But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

¹⁴Če pa imate grenko zavist in sebičnost v srcu svojem, nikar se ne hvalite in ne lažite zoper resnico!

¹⁵This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

¹⁵To ni modrost, ki prihaja od zgoraj, ampak zemeljska, živalska, vražja.

¹⁶For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

¹⁶Kjer je namreč zavist in sebičnost, tam je nerednost in vse zlo dejanje.

¹⁷But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

¹⁷Modrost pa, ki je od zgoraj, je prvič čista, potem miroljubna, nežnočutna, dovzetna, polna usmiljenja in dobrega sadu, dvoma prosta, brez hinavščine.Sad pravičnosti pa se seje v miru njim, ki napravljajo mir.

¹⁸And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

¹⁸Sad pravičnosti pa se seje v miru njim, ki napravljajo mir.