Semisi 3
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1ʻE hoku kāinga, ke ʻoua naʻa akonaki ʻae tokolahi, he ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻe ʻāsili ai ʻae tautea kiate kitautolu.
1Nolite plures magistri fieri fratres mei, scientes quoniam majus judicium sumitis.
2He ʻoku tau tūkia kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kehekehe. Kapau ʻe ʻikai tūkia ha taha ʻi he lea, ko e tangata haohaoa ia, pea ʻoku faʻa fai ʻe ia ke taʻofi ki he sino kotoa.
2In multis enim offendimus omnes. Si quis in verbo non offendit, hic perfectus est vir: potest etiam freno circumducere totum corpus.
3Vakai, ʻoku tau ʻai ʻae meʻa taʻofi ki he ngutu ʻoe fanga hoosi, koeʻuhi ke nau paongofua kiate kitautolu; pea ʻoku tau puleʻi ʻaki ia honau sino kotoa.
3Si autem equis frena in ora mittimus ad consentiendum nobis, et omne corpus illorum circumferimus.
4Vakai foki ki he ngaahi vaka he neongo ʻoku lalahi, pea fakangaholo ʻe he ngaahi matangi mālohi, ka ʻoku faʻa feliliuʻaki ia ʻae foheʻuli siʻi, ʻo faʻiteliha ʻae tangata ʻoku fakaʻuli.
4Ecce et naves, cum magnæ sint, et a ventis validis minentur, circumferuntur a modico gubernaculo ubi impetus dirigentis voluerit.
5ʻOku pehē foki ki he ʻelelo, ko e kupu siʻi, ka ʻoku ne polepole ki he ngaahi meʻa lahi. Vakai ki hono lahi ʻoe vao ʻakau kuo tutu ʻaki ʻae afi siʻi!
5Ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est, et magna exaltat. Ecce quantus ignis quam magnam silvam incendit !
6Pea ko e afi ʻae ʻelelo, ko e maama angahala: ʻoku pehē ʻae ʻelelo ʻi heʻene ʻi hotau ngaahi kupuʻi sino, ʻoku ne ʻuliʻi ʻae sino kotoa, ʻoku ne fakavela ʻae anga fakakakano; pea kuo tutu ia mei heli.
6Et lingua ignis est, universitas iniquitatis. Lingua constituitur in membris nostris, quæ maculat totum corpus, et inflammat rotam nativitatis nostræ inflammata a gehenna.
7He naʻe fakalalata ʻi muʻa, pea ʻoku kei fakalalata ʻe he kakai, ʻae manu fekai kehekehe kotoa pē, mo e fanga manupuna, mo e ngaahi meʻa totolo, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he tahi:
7Omnis enim natura bestiarum, et volucrum, et serpentium, et ceterorum domantur, et domita sunt a natura humana:
8Ka ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fakalalata ʻe ha tangata ʻae ʻelelo; ko e kovi taʻefaʻataʻofi ʻaia, ʻoku pito ʻi he kona fakamate.
8linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest: inquietum malum, plena veneno mortifero.
9Ko ia ʻoku tau fakafetaʻi ʻaki ki he ʻOtua ko e Tamai; pea ko ia ʻoku kape ʻaki ʻae kakai, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻi he tatau ʻoe ʻOtua.
9In ipsa benedicimus Deum et Patrem: et in ipsa maledicimus homines, qui ad similitudinem Dei facti sunt.
10ʻOku mei he ngutu pe taha ʻae tāpuaki mo e kapekape. ʻE hoku kāinga, ʻe ʻikai siʻi lelei ke pehē ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni.
10Ex ipso ore procedit benedictio et maledictio. Non oportet, fratres mei, hæc ita fieri.
11He ʻoku puna mai mei ha matavai pe taha ʻa e vai melie mo e vai kona?
11Numquid fons de eodem foramine emanat dulcem et amaram aquam?
12ʻE hoku kāinga, ʻe faʻa tupu ʻi he fiki ʻae fua ʻoe ʻolive? Pe ʻi he vaine ʻae fua ʻoe fiki? Pea pehē, ʻoku ʻikai ha matavai ʻe puna mei ai ʻa e vai kona mo e vai melie.
12Numquid potest, fratres mei, ficus uvas facere, aut vitis ficus? Sic neque salsa dulcem potest facere aquam.
13Ko hai ha taha ʻoku poto mo ʻilo lahi ʻiate kimoutolu? Ke fakahā ʻe ia ʻi he ʻulungāanga lelei ʻa ʻene ngaahi ngāue ʻi he angavaivai mo e poto.
13Quis sapiens et disciplinatus inter vos? Ostendat ex bona conversatione operationem suam in mansuetudine sapientiæ.
14Pea kapau ʻoku ʻi homou loto ʻae feinga kovi mo e fekeʻikeʻi, ʻoua naʻa mou polepole ai, mo lohiakiʻi ʻae moʻoni.
14Quod si zelum amarum habetis, et contentiones sint in cordibus vestris: nolite gloriari, et mendaces esse adversus veritatem:
15ʻOku ʻikai ʻalu hifo mei ʻolunga ʻae poto ni, ka ʻoku fakamaama, mo fakakakano, pea fakatēvolo.
15non est enim ista sapientia desursum descendens: sed terrena, animalis, diabolica.
16He ko ia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae meheka mo e fekeʻikeʻi, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae maveuveu mo e ngāue kovi kotoa pē.
16Ubi enim zelus et contentio, ibi inconstantia et omne opus pravum.
17Ka ko e poto ʻoku mei ʻolunga ʻoku fuofua maʻa, pea fakamelino, pea angavaivai, pea ongongofua ki he kole, ʻoku pito ʻi he ʻaloʻofa mo e ngaahi fua lelei, ʻoku ʻikai filifilimānako, ʻoku ʻikai ke mālualoi.
17Quæ autem desursum est sapientia, primum quidem pudica est, deinde pacifica, modesta, suadibilis, bonus consentiens, plena misericordia et fructibus bonis, non judicans, sine simulatione.
18Pea kuo tūtuuʻi ʻae fua ʻoe māʻoniʻoni ʻi he melino maʻanautolu ʻoku faʻa fakalelei.
18Fructus autem justitiæ, in pace seminatur, facientibus pacem.
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