Yakobo 3
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Ndugu zangu, wengi wenu msiwe walimu. Kama mjuavyo, sisi walimu tutapata hukumu kubwa zaidi kuliko wengine.
1Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment.
2Lakini kama mtu hakosi katika usemi wake, basi, huyo ni mkamilifu, na anaweza kutawala nafsi yake yote.
2For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.
3Sisi huwatia farasi lijamu kinywani mwao ili watutii; na kwa njia hiyo twaweza kuwaongoza kokote tunakotaka.
3For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
4Meli nazo pia, ingawa ni kubwa sana, na husukumwa na upepo mkali, huweza kugeuzwa kwa usukani mdogo sana, zikaelekea kokote nahodha anakotaka.
4Behold also ships, whereas they are great, and are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of the governor willeth.
5Vivyo hivyo, ulimi, ingawa ni kiungo kidogo cha mwili, hujisifia makuu sana. Moto mdogo waweza kuteketeza msitu mkubwa.
5Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.
6Hali kadhalika ulimi ni kama moto. Umejaa maovu chungu nzima, unayo nafasi yake katika miili yetu na hueneza ubaya katika nafsi zetu zote. Huteketeza maisha yetu yote kwa moto utokao Jehanamu kwenyewe.
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.
7Binadamu anaweza kuwafuga wanyama, na amefaulu kufuga viumbe vyote—wanyama wa mwituni, ndege, nyoka na viumbe vya baharini.
7For every nature of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of the rest, is tamed, and hath been tamed, by the nature of man:
8Lakini hakuna mtu aliyeweza kuufuga ulimi. Ulimi ni kitu kiovu, hakitawaliki, na kimejaa sumu inayoua.
8But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.
9Kwa ulimi sisi twamshukuru Bwana na Baba yetu. Kwa ulimi huohuo twawalaani watu, watu ambao wameumbwa kwa mfano wa Mungu.
9By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.
10Maneno ya laana na ya kusifia hutoka katika kinywa kimoja. Ndugu zangu, mambo haya hayapaswi kuwa hivyo.
10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11Je, chemchemi moja yaweza kutoa maji matamu na maji machungu pamoja?
11Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?
12Ndugu zangu, je, mti wa mtini waweza kuzaa zeituni? Au, mzabibu waweza kuzaa tini? Chemchemi ya maji ya chumvi haiwezi kutoa maji matamu.
12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes; or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.
13Je, ni nani mwenye hekima na akili miongoni mwenu? Basi, aonyeshe jambo hilo kwa mwenendo wake mzuri na kwa matendo yake mema yanayofanyika kwa unyenyekevu na hekima.
13Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew, by a good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.
14Lakini ikiwa mioyo yenu imejaa wivu, chuki na ubinafsi, basi, msijisifu na kusema uongo dhidi ya ukweli.
14But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contentions in your hearts; glory not, and be not liars against the truth.
15Hekima ya namna hiyo haitoki juu mbinguni; hekima hiyo ni ya ulimwengu, na ya kidunia, tena ni ya kishetani.
15For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish.
16Maana popote palipo na wivu na ubinafsi hapo pana fujo na kila aina ya uovu.
16For where envying and contention is, there is inconstancy, and every evil work.
17Lakini hekima itokayo juu mbinguni, kwanza ni safi; inapenda amani, upole na huwajali watu; imejaa huruma na huzaa matunda ya matendo mema; haina ubaguzi wala unafiki.
17But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.
18Uadilifu ni mazao ya mbegu ambazo wapenda amani hupanda katika amani.
18And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace.
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