1Be not many [of you] teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
1Ka unaute aw, na lak uah mi tampi heutuin hongom kei un, heutuin vaihawmna thupi sem I tuak ding chih I thei ngala.
2For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
2Thil tampi ah I vek un I gilou nak ngal ua. Kuapeuh thugen lam a a gitlouh kei leh, huai mi tuh piching ahi a, a pumpi leng vengthei mi ahi.
3Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
3Ngai un, I thu a man theina ding un, Sakol kamte khawng ah sikkual I bah leh a pumpi uh ikaihei hi.
4Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.
4Ngai un, longte khawng a lian mahmah ua, huih hattak mutleng in a om nak uh, himahleh a kiheksakpan a paisak utna lam peuhah a heksakna neuchik pet mahin a kihek sak hi.
5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
5Hichibangmahin lei leng pumpi hiang neuchik phet ahi a, nakpitakin a kiuang sak nak hi. Ngaiun, mei neuchik phet in sing nak katsak natel e!
6And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
6Huan, lei tuh mei ahi. I pumpi hiangte lak a gitlouhna lumpi, pumpi aveka ninsak a, mihing ki suansawn dan pian phungpi kangsak ahi; huai lei mah tuh gawtmun mei in a pehloh ahi.
7For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.
7Sa chichih, vasa chichih, ganhing chichih tuipi a te khawizual theih ahi ngal ua, mite khawizual in a awm uhi.
8But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.
8ahihhangin lei zaw kuamahin a khawizual theikei uhi; sihna gu-a dim gilou awm kinken theilou ahi.
9Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:
9huai in Toupa leh Pa iphat ua; huaimah in Pathian bang a bawl mihingte ihamasiat zel uhi.
10out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
10Kam khat mah a kipan in phatna leh hamsiatna a pawtkhenak hi. Ka unaute aw, huchibang thilte tuachi ding hilou hi.
11Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter?
11Tuikhuk in nak khat mah a kipan in tui lim leh tui limlou a suaksak zel ahia?
12Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? Neither [can] salt water yield sweet.
12Ka unaute aw, theipi kung ah Olive thei a gahthei ahia? Ahihkeileh, grape gui ah theipi a gah thei ahia? huchimahbangin chikhuk in tui allou a suaksak thei samkei hi.
13Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
13Nalak uah kua a pil in, thu theithei a awm a? thunuailut tak leh piltakin a thilhihte awmdan hoih in ensak hen.
14But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
14Himahleh na lungtang uah hazatna thupitak leh kidemna naneih uleh, thudik zuausan kei un.
15This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
15Huai pilna tuh tunglam a kipan a hong paisuk ahi kei a, khovel leh pumpi utna dawi a kipan ahi zaw hi.
16For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
16Ki hazatna leh ki demna awmna ah buaina leh thil hihkhelhna chiteng a om naknak ngal a.
17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
17Tunglam a kipan pilnabel, a tungin a siangthou phawt a, huakhitin kituah a ut a, anunnema, a chihnuam a, hehpihna leh gah hoih in a dim a, khentuam a neikei a, a lepchiah kei hi.Diktatna gah tuh kituahna bawlte kituahna tuh ahi.
18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
18Diktatna gah tuh kituahna bawlte kituahna tuh ahi.