¹ Amma araŋ ra boro boobo ma si ciya dondonandikoyaŋ, ay nya-izey, zama araŋ ga bay kaŋ iri kaŋ ga dondonandi ga du ciiti kaŋ ga jaase boro cindey wano.

¹Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

² Zama hari boobo ra iri boro kulu goono ga harta. Da boro siino ga harta sanni ra, bora din ya toonante no. A ga hin ka alzam daŋ ka nga gaahamo kulu gaay mo.

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.

³ D'iri ga alzamyaŋ daŋ bariyey meyey ra zama i m'iri gana se, iri g'i gaahamey kulu bare mo.

³Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

⁴ Guna hiyey mo. Baa kaŋ i ga beeri gumo, haw gaabikooni mo g'i tuti, kulu nda yaadin i g'i bare nda kaay kayna nangu kulu kaŋ hi funkwa ga ba nga ma koy.

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.

⁵ Yaadin mo no deene ga hima. Baa kaŋ a ga kayna, a ga hari bambata yaŋ fooma. Guna mo mate kaŋ cine danji kayna ga saaji lunku-lunku ton.

⁵So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

⁶ Deene mo danji no. Ndunnya no kaŋ to da laala. Iri gaahamo jare fo no kaŋ ga gaahamo kulu ziibandi. Danji* bangu danjo ga deene diyandi, a ga naŋ iri fundey me-a-me ma ton mo.

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

⁷ Woodin banda, boro ga hin ka ganji hamey kulu gooji, da curey da gande fanakey da hamey kaŋ go teeko ra, i goro mo Adam-izey goojiyaŋ cire.

⁷For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

⁸ Amma boro kulu sinda dabari ka deene gooji. Ilaalo no kaŋ si fulanzam, a to mo da naaji kaŋ ga boro wi.

⁸But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

⁹ Deene no iri goono ga Rabbi nda Baabo saabu nd'a. Deene mo no iri goono ga borey laali nd'a, kaŋ Irikoy te nga himando boŋ.

⁹With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

¹⁰ Saabuyaŋ da laaliyaŋ mo goono ga fun me folloŋ ra. Ay nya-izey, a si hima yaadin ma te.

¹⁰Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

¹¹ Mansaare go no kaŋ ga hari kaano da hari fotto kaa taray hari mo follonku ra no?.

¹¹Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?

¹² Ay nya-izey, jeejay nya ga hin ka zeytun* ize hay no? Wala reyzin* nya ga hin ka jeejay ize hay no? Mansaare kaŋ gonda ciiri mo si hin ka hari kaŋ ga kaan kaa taray.

¹²Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

¹³ Araŋ ra may no ga ti laakalkooni nda fahamante? Bora ma nga goray hanna cabe nga goyey do kaŋ a ga te da lalabu kaŋ ga fun laakal ra.

¹³Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

¹⁴ Amma d'araŋ gonda canse fotto da kakaw araŋ biney ra, araŋ ma si fooma ka tangari te cimi boŋ.

¹⁴But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

¹⁵ Laakal wo manti laakal kaŋ fun beene no, amma ndunnya wane no, Adam-ize daa laala wane no, Iblisi* wane mo no.

¹⁵This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

¹⁶ Zama nango kaŋ canse nda kakaw go, noodin ga bara nda yanje nda goy laalo dumi kulu mo.

¹⁶For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

¹⁷ Amma laakal kaŋ ga fun beene, sintina day a ga hanan, laakal kanay wane no, baani wane no, boŋ-dogonay wane mo no. Toonante no da suuji nda goy hannoyaŋ. A si sanni ci ka tun a boŋ, a sinda munaficitaray mo.

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.

¹⁸ Borey kaŋ ga laakal kanay ceeci, kaŋ ga duma laakal kanay ra ga adilitaray albarka wi.

¹⁸Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.