1Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
1Ay atmaten-iw, ur țnadit ara aț-țuɣalem meṛṛa d wid yesselmaden, axaṭer teẓram belli d nukni s wid yesselmaden, ara yețțuḥasben akteṛ n wiyaḍ,
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.
2axaṭer nɣelleḍ meṛṛa, yal yiwen deg-nneɣ amek i gɣelleḍ. Win ur nɣelleḍ ara deg umeslay-is d amdan ikemlen, ula d lǧețța-s yezmer ad iḥkem deg-s.
3Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
3Ma yella nerra aleggam deg yimi n uɛewdiw iwakken a ɣ-yaɣ awal, lǧețța-ines meṛṛa txeddem akken nebɣa.
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.
4Walit daɣen lbabuṛ, ɣas d ameqqran, yețsuḍu deg-s waḍu iǧehden, meɛna s yiwen ujeggu d ameẓyan, lqebṭan-ines issedduy-it ɣer wanda yebɣa.
5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
5Akken daɣen ula d iles ; ɣas mecṭuḥ deg yiman-is, yețzuxxu s lecɣal imeqqranen. Walit times tamecṭuḥt i gzemren aț-țesseṛɣ tiẓgi tameqqrant.
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
6Iles daɣen ț-țimes, d bab n lbaṭel, yesɛa amkan di lǧețța-nneɣ yerna yessamas akk taṛwiḥt-nneɣ, yesseṛɣay akk tudert-nneɣ s tmes n ǧahennama i seg d-yuɣ aẓar.
7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.
7Amdan yezmer ad iḥeṛṛeb yal ṣṣenf n lewḥuc : ama d wid iteddun ɣef ṛebɛa iḍaṛṛen, ama d ifṛax, ama d izerman ama d lewḥuc n lebḥeṛ yerna ț-țideț iɣleb-iten meṛṛa.
8But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
8Ma d iles, ulac amdan i gzemren a t-yeɣleb. Yeččuṛ d ssem ineqqen ; d lehlak ur nesɛi ddwa.
9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.
9Yis i nḥemmed Sidi Ṛebbi baba tneɣ, yis daɣen i nenneɛɛel imdanen i d-ixleq Sidi Ṛebbi ɣer ccbiha-s.
10Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
10Seg yimi-agi i d-țeffɣent ddeɛwat n lxiṛ d nneɛlat. Ay atmaten-iw, ur ilaq ara ad yili wakka.
11Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
11Eɛni yezmer yiwen n lɛinseṛ a d-yefk aman ḥlawen akk-d wid ṛẓagen ?
12Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
12Ay atmaten-iw, ulac taneqleț ara d-yefken azemmur, neɣ tara ara d-yefken tibexsisin, lɛinseṛ meṛṛiɣen ur yezmir ara a d-yefk aman yelhan.
13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
13Ma yella yiwen deg-wen yefhem yetɛeqqel, ilaq a t-id-isbeggen s tikli-ines yelhan akk-d lecɣal i gxeddem s tmusni d wannuz.
14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
14Meɛna ma yella ul-nwen yeččuṛ ț-țismin tirẓaganin yerna tebɣam a d-tekkem sennig wiyaḍ ; ur xeddmet ara ccan i yiman-nwen, ur skiddibet ara, ur nekkṛet ara tideț.
15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
15Lefhama am tagi ur d-tekki ara s ɣuṛ Ṛebbi meɛna d lefhama n ddunit akk-d yemdanen, tekka-d daɣen s ɣuṛ Cciṭan.
16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
16Axaṭer anda llant tismin d wemḥizwer, yella ussexṛeb d mkul ccɣel n diri yellan.
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.
17Lefhama n bab igenwan uqbel kullec teṣfa, ț-țamhennit, ț-țuṛẓint, teččuṛ d leḥnana akk-d lecɣal yelhan, ur tesɛi timrurit ur tesɛi sin wudmawen.
18Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
18Imawlan n lehna țeẓẓun s lehna ayen i d-issemɣayen ayen yellan d lḥeqq ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi.