James 3
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
1Nolite plures magistri fieri fratres mei, scientes quoniam majus judicium sumitis.
2For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.
2In multis enim offendimus omnes. Si quis in verbo non offendit, hic perfectus est vir: potest etiam freno circumducere totum corpus.
3Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
3Si autem equis frena in ora mittimus ad consentiendum nobis, et omne corpus illorum circumferimus.
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.
4Ecce et naves, cum magnæ sint, et a ventis validis minentur, circumferuntur a modico gubernaculo ubi impetus dirigentis voluerit.
5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
5Ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est, et magna exaltat. Ecce quantus ignis quam magnam silvam incendit !
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.
6Et lingua ignis est, universitas iniquitatis. Lingua constituitur in membris nostris, quæ maculat totum corpus, et inflammat rotam nativitatis nostræ inflammata a gehenna.
7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
7Omnis enim natura bestiarum, et volucrum, et serpentium, et ceterorum domantur, et domita sunt a natura humana:
8but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
8linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest: inquietum malum, plena veneno mortifero.
9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
9In ipsa benedicimus Deum et Patrem: et in ipsa maledicimus homines, qui ad similitudinem Dei facti sunt.
10Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
10Ex ipso ore procedit benedictio et maledictio. Non oportet, fratres mei, hæc ita fieri.
11Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
11Numquid fons de eodem foramine emanat dulcem et amaram aquam?
12Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
12Numquid potest, fratres mei, ficus uvas facere, aut vitis ficus? Sic neque salsa dulcem potest facere aquam.
13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
13Quis sapiens et disciplinatus inter vos? Ostendat ex bona conversatione operationem suam in mansuetudine sapientiæ.
14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
14Quod si zelum amarum habetis, et contentiones sint in cordibus vestris: nolite gloriari, et mendaces esse adversus veritatem:
15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
15non est enim ista sapientia desursum descendens: sed terrena, animalis, diabolica.
16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
16Ubi enim zelus et contentio, ibi inconstantia et omne opus pravum.
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.
17Quæ autem desursum est sapientia, primum quidem pudica est, deinde pacifica, modesta, suadibilis, bonus consentiens, plena misericordia et fructibus bonis, non judicans, sine simulatione.
18Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
18Fructus autem justitiæ, in pace seminatur, facientibus pacem.
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