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

¹Neka vas, braćo moja, ne bude mnogo učitelja! Ta znate: bit ćemo strože suđeni.

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.

²Doista, svi mnogo griješimo. Ako tko u govoru ne griješi, savršen je čovjek, vrstan zauzdati i cijelo tijelo.

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

³Ubacimo li uzde u usta konjima da ih sebi upokorimo, upravljamo i cijelim tijelom njihovim.

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.

⁴Evo i lađa: tolike su i silni ih vjetrovi gone, a neznatno ih kormilo upravlja kamo kormilarova volja hoće.

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

⁵Tako i jezik: malen je ud, a velikim se može ponositi. Evo: kolicna vatra koliku šumu zapali!

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

⁶I jezik je vatra, svijet nepravda jezik je među našim udovima, kalja cijelo tijelo te, zapaljen od pakla, zapaljuje kotač života.

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

⁷Doista, sav rod zvijeri i ptica, gmazova i morskih životinja dade se ukrotiti, i rod ih je ljudski ukrotio,

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

⁸a jezik - zlo nemirno, pun otrova smrtonosnog - nitko od ljudi ne može ukrotiti.

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

⁹Njime blagoslivljamo Gospodina i Oca, njime i proklinjemo ljude na sliku Božju stvorene:

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

¹⁰iz istih usta izlazi blagoslov i prokletstvo. Ne smije se, braćo moja, tako događati!

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

¹¹Zar vrelo na isti otvor šiklja slatko i gorko?

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

¹²Može li, braćo moja, smokva roditi maslinama ili trs smokvama? Ni slan izvor ne može dati slatke vode.

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

¹³Je li tko mudar i razborit među vama? Neka dobrim življenjem pokaže svoja djela u mudroj blagosti.

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

¹⁴Ako u srcu imate gorku zavist i svadljivost, ne uznosite se i ne lažite protiv istine!

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

¹⁵Nije to mudrost koja odozgor silazi, nego zemaljska, ljudska, đavolska.

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

¹⁶Ta gdje je zavist i svadljivost, ondje je nered i svako zlo djelo.

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.

¹⁷A mudrost odozgor ponajprije čista je, zatim mirotvorna, milostiva, poučljiva, puna milosrđa i dobrih plodova, postojana, nehinjena.

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

¹⁸Plod se pak pravednosti u miru sije onima koji tvore mir.