1Musava vadzidzisi vazhinji, hama dzangu, muchiziva kuti tichagamuchira kutongwa kwakakura kupfuvurisa.
1Be not many [of you] teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
2Nekuti tinokanganisa tose pazvinhu zvizhinji. Kana munhu asingakanganisi pashoko, ndiye munhu wakaperedzerwa, unogona kudzora muviri wosewo.
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.
3Tarira, tinoisa matomu mumiromo yemabhiza kuti atiteerere, tichitenderedza muviri wawo wose.
3Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
4Tariraiwo zvikepe, izvo kunyange zviri zvikuru zvakadai zvichitinhwa nemhepo dzinotyisa, zvinodzorwa nechidzoreso chiduku duku kose-kose kune chishuwo chemufambisi.
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.
5Kunyange rurimi mutezo muduku wakadaro, uye rwunozvirumbidza zvikuru. Tarirai moto muduku unotungidza huni zhinji sei!
5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
6Nerurimi moto, nyika izere nekuipa; ndizvo zvakaita rurimi pakati pemitezo yedu, kuti runosvibisa muviri wose, nekutungidza nzira yose yeupenyu, uye rwunotungidzwa negehena.
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.
7Nekuti marudzi ose emhuka, neeshiri, neezvose zvinokambaira, neezvinhu zviri mugungwa angapingudzwa, uye anopingudzwa nechimiro chevanhu;
7For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.
8asi hakuna munhu ungapingudza rurimi; rwakaipa, rwunoshanduka-shanduka, rwuzere nechepfu inouraya.
8But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.
9Narwo tinorumbidza Mwari ivo Baba, narwo tinotuka vanhu, ivo vakaitwa nemufananidzo waMwari;
9Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:
10mumuromo mumwewo munobva kurumbidza nekutuka. Hama dzangu, ngazviitike saizvozvo.
10out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11Chitubu chinobudisa pamuromo umwe mvura inonaka neinovava here?
11Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter?
12Ko, hama dzangu, muvonde ungabereka maorivhi here, kana muzambiringa maonde? Saizvozvo chutubu hachibudisi mvura inovava neinonaka.
12Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? Neither [can] salt water yield sweet.
13Ndiani wakachenjera newakangwara pakati penyu? Ngaaratidze nemufambiro wakanaka mabasa ake neunyoro hweuchenjeri.
13Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
14Asi kana mune godo rinovava norukave mumoyo yenyu, musazvirumbidza nekurevera chokwadi nhema.
14But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
15Kuchenjera uku hakuburuki kuchibva kumusoro, asi ndokwenyika, kwechisikirwo, kweudhimoni.
15This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16Nekuti pane godo nerukave, ndipo pane nyongano nebasa rose rakaipa.
16For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
17Asi uchenjeri hwunobva kumusoro pakutanga hwakachena, kozouya kuva nerugare, kunyorova, kuteerera, kuzara netsitsi nezvibereko zvakanaka, hwusina kutsaura, hwusina kunyengera.
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.
18Uye chibereko chekururama chinodzwarwa murugare kune vanoita rugare.
18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.