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

¹Murhe phral, chi trobul te avel but narodo mashkar tumende kai sicharel, ke zhanen ke ame kai sicharas avasa dine pe kris mai zurales ke sar le kolaver.

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.

²Ame savorhe shubisavas ande but dieli, numa te si iek manush kai chi shubilpe ande so mothol, kodo manush vorta lo ai sai inkerel sa pesko stato po drom o lasho.

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

³Ashun, ame thas o sastri ando mui grastengo, saxke te keren so mangas lendar; ai kadia sai angeras sa lengo stato kai ame mangas.

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.

⁴Vai den tume goji kal pharaxoduria, marka ke si bare, ai ke le bare barvalia spiden le, sa won ingerde le katar iek tsinorho guvernai, ai zhan kotse kai o manush kai si po pharaxodo mangel.

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

⁵Kadia vi e shib, woi si iek tsinorho kotor kai si ando stato, numa sai luvudilpe anda bare dieli. Ashun, ai den tume goji ka baro versh ke iek tsinorhi iag dosta si te lel sa iag!

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

⁶E shib si sar iek iag, woi si o bezex la lumiako; ai si la lako than ande amaro stato, ai marel sa amaro stato, ai del iag sa amaro traio la iagasa kai avel katar o iado.

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

⁷O manush sai kerel anda swako fielo zhigania kai si nasul, so wo mangel, andal chiriklia, sapa, ai mashe, ai vunzhe kerdia kodia.

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

⁸Numa inker chi iek manush nashti kerdia la shibasa so wo manglia. Ke shib si iek nasulimos kai nashtisaras te aterdiaras, ande late si iek vilino kai mudarel.

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

⁹La shibasa ame naisisaras le Dadeske ando rhaio, ai la shibasa ame vi das armaia le manushen kai kerdia O Del te miazon pe leste.

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

¹⁰Vorbi naisimaske ai armaiange anklen anda iek mui. Murhe phral, chi trobul te avel kadia!

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

¹¹Sai ek xaiin del po iek than o pai o lasho ai vi o chorho?

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

¹²Sai ek khash kai barion le figi pe leste, murhe phral, bariol masleni pe leste? Ai po khash kai bariol o struguro, bariol figi pe leste? Ai o pai o londo nashtil te del pai kai nai londo.

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

¹³Te si mashkar tumende vari kon kai si pachivalo ai gojaver? Trobul te sikavel peske traiosa, o lashimos kai kerel ando prostomo ai ande goji.

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

¹⁴Numa te si ande tumare ile iek zhaluzia nasulimaski, ai gindo te keren nasulimos tumare vortakoske, na luvudin tume, ai na xoxaven ke chi mangen te mothon o chachimos.

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

¹⁵Ke kasaviatar goji chi avel katar O Del, kadala lumiaki la, le manushenge, ai katar o beng avel.

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

¹⁶Ke kotse kai si e zhaluzia ai o gindo te keres nasulimos, che vortakoske, kotse si vi o traio o bi malado ai vi o but nasulimos.

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.

¹⁷Numa e goji kai avel anda rhaio vuzhi la, ai porme del pacha, rodel o mishtimos savorhengo, lashi la, ai mangel te kerel so mangel O Del, ai pherdo lashimos la. Ai kerel o lashimos, ai chi rodel te xoxavel numa chachi la.

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

¹⁸Kodola kai keren e pacha kruglom pendar bariaren ande pacha ai e fruta kai len si iek chacho traio.