1Musava vadzidzisi vazhinji, hama dzangu, muchiziva kuti tichagamuchira kutongwa kwakakura kupfuvurisa.
1Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will 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 anyone doesn’t stumble 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.
3Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
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 big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
5Kunyange rurimi mutezo muduku wakadaro, uye rwunozvirumbidza zvikuru. Tarirai moto muduku unotungidza huni zhinji sei!
5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
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 defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. or, Hell
7Nekuti marudzi ose emhuka, neeshiri, neezvose zvinokambaira, neezvinhu zviri mugungwa angapingudzwa, uye anopingudzwa nechimiro chevanhu;
7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.
8asi hakuna munhu ungapingudza rurimi; rwakaipa, rwunoshanduka-shanduka, rwuzere nechepfu inouraya.
8But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9Narwo tinorumbidza Mwari ivo Baba, narwo tinotuka vanhu, ivo vakaitwa nemufananidzo waMwari;
9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.
10mumuromo mumwewo munobva kurumbidza nekutuka. Hama dzangu, ngazviitike saizvozvo.
10Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
11Chitubu chinobudisa pamuromo umwe mvura inonaka neinovava here?
11Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
12Ko, hama dzangu, muvonde ungabereka maorivhi here, kana muzambiringa maonde? Saizvozvo chutubu hachibudisi mvura inovava neinonaka.
12Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
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 conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
14Asi kana mune godo rinovava norukave mumoyo yenyu, musazvirumbidza nekurevera chokwadi nhema.
14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
15Kuchenjera uku hakuburuki kuchibva kumusoro, asi ndokwenyika, kwechisikirwo, kweudhimoni.
15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
16Nekuti pane godo nerukave, ndipo pane nyongano nebasa rose rakaipa.
16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil 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 peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18Uye chibereko chekururama chinodzwarwa murugare kune vanoita rugare.
18Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.