James 3
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Kadede Kap (Pohnpeian New Testament and Psalms)
1Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
1RI ai ko, me jota mau, ma komail me toto inon ion jaunpadakala, pwe komail aja, me kitail pan lel on kadeik laud.
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.
2Pwe pan pak toto kitail kin japun, a ma amen jota kin japunki lokaia kij, nan i ol melel amen, o a kak koaki pali war a pokon.
3Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
3Kilan, kitail kin ki on nan au en oj kijin mata, pwe ren peiki on kitail, o kitail kin kawuk jili war arail pokon.
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.
4Kilan, pil jop akan! Irail me kalaimun o an kin ipir wei, ari jo, men ilil tikitik kak kawuki on waja, me kaptin kin inon ion ia.
5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
5Iduen lo me kokon tikitik eu, a a juaijuai lapalap. Kilan, duen kijiniai tikitik kin ijikada nana kalaimun!
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.
6Iduen lo en aramaj, a raj on kijiniai o aude pan japun karoj. Lo o kijan kokon atail, ap kajaminela war pon, a kin ijikada wiawia en nan maur atail karoj, a pein i ijij jan nan pweleko.
7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
7Pwe jon en man laualo karoj, o manpir, o me karop, o man akan, me kin memaur nan jed, kin kamandala o kaloedi ren aramaj akan.
8but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
8A lo o jota aramaj amen me kak kaloedi, nan me jued kot, me dir en men kamela.
9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
9I me kitail kapinaki Kaun o Jam, o kitail kariaki i aramaj akan, me wiauier ni mom en Kot.
10Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
10Jon ni au ota kapai o kariu kin tapi jan ia. Ri ai ko, me jota pun, mepukat en wiaui due.
11Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
11Daduen utun pil pot, a kin ki wei pil iau o jadik jan ni por ta ieu?
12Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
12Ri ai ko, pik pot pil kak wu wan le, de wain pan kak wan pik? Pil dueta parer jol eu jota kak kida pil.
13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
13Ij me lolekon re omail, o erekila padak? I en kajaleda ni lamalam mau a wiawia kan ni impai o lolekon.
14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
14A ma peirin o akamai mier nan monion omail, komail der juaiki palian melel o der kalikame me melel.
15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
15Pwe lolekon wet, me jota tapi jan poa a udan pa et, pali uduk, pali tewil.
16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
16Pwe waja peirin o akamai mia, nan i wajan jaminimin o dodok jued karoj kin wiauiaui ia.
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.
17A lolekon, me tapi jan ni pali poa, maj a kin makelekel, ap pil kaminimin, o kampai, o matarok, o dir en kadek, o wa mau, o jo peikajal, o jo malaun.
18Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
18A wan pun pan kamoredi ni popol ren ir, me kin tom pena.
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