Iacobi 3
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Nolite plures magistri fieri fratres mei, scientes quoniam majus judicium sumitis.
1My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
2In multis enim offendimus omnes. Si quis in verbo non offendit, hic perfectus est vir: potest etiam freno circumducere totum corpus.
2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
3Si autem equis frena in ora mittimus ad consentiendum nobis, et omne corpus illorum circumferimus.
3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4Ecce et naves, cum magnæ sint, et a ventis validis minentur, circumferuntur a modico gubernaculo ubi impetus dirigentis voluerit.
4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5Ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est, et magna exaltat. Ecce quantus ignis quam magnam silvam incendit !
5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6Et lingua ignis est, universitas iniquitatis. Lingua constituitur in membris nostris, quæ maculat totum corpus, et inflammat rotam nativitatis nostræ inflammata a gehenna.
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7Omnis enim natura bestiarum, et volucrum, et serpentium, et ceterorum domantur, et domita sunt a natura humana:
7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest: inquietum malum, plena veneno mortifero.
8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9In ipsa benedicimus Deum et Patrem: et in ipsa maledicimus homines, qui ad similitudinem Dei facti sunt.
9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10Ex ipso ore procedit benedictio et maledictio. Non oportet, fratres mei, hæc ita fieri.
10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11Numquid fons de eodem foramine emanat dulcem et amaram aquam?
11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12Numquid potest, fratres mei, ficus uvas facere, aut vitis ficus? Sic neque salsa dulcem potest facere aquam.
12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13Quis sapiens et disciplinatus inter vos? Ostendat ex bona conversatione operationem suam in mansuetudine sapientiæ.
13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14Quod si zelum amarum habetis, et contentiones sint in cordibus vestris: nolite gloriari, et mendaces esse adversus veritatem:
14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15non est enim ista sapientia desursum descendens: sed terrena, animalis, diabolica.
15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16Ubi enim zelus et contentio, ibi inconstantia et omne opus pravum.
16For where envying and strife is , there is confusion and every evil work.
17Quæ autem desursum est sapientia, primum quidem pudica est, deinde pacifica, modesta, suadibilis, bonus consentiens, plena misericordia et fructibus bonis, non judicans, sine simulatione.
17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18Fructus autem justitiæ, in pace seminatur, facientibus pacem.
18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
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