1 K ei tokomaha koutou ki te whakaako, e oku teina, e matau ana hoki koutou rahi ake te he e tau ki a tatou.

My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.

2 H e maha hoki nga mea e tapepa ai tatou katoa. Ki te kore tetahi e tapepa i te kupu, he tino tika tena tangata, e taea ano e ia te paraire te tinana katoa.

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

3 N a, ka panga nei e tatou nga paraire ki nga mangai o nga hoiho, kia rongo ai ratou ki a tatou; a pareparea ana e tatou to ratou tinana katoa.

Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.

4 W hakaaroa nga kaipuke, nga mea nunui rawa nei, he mea aki nei e nga hau kaha, heoi e pareparea ana e te urungi nohinohi rawa ki te wahi e hiahia ai te hinengaro o te kaiurungi:

Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.

5 W aihoki ko te arero he wahi nohinohi ia, nui atu hoki tona whakapehapeha. Nana, te nui o te wahie e whakaungia ana e te ahi nohinohi!

Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!

6 H e kapura ano hoki te arero, ko te ao maori o te kino: pera tonu te arero i roto i o tatou wahi, poke iho i a ia te tinana katoa, ngiha ana i a ia huri noa nga mea katoa o te tangata, he mea whakau ano ia na te reinga.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

7 K o nga momo kararehe katoa hoki, ko nga manu, ko nga mea ngokingoki, ko nga mea i te moana, e whakararatatia ana, kua whakararatatia ano hoki i mua e te tangata:

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

8 K o te arero ia e kore tena e taea e tetahi tangata te whakarata; he kino ia e kore e taea te pehi, ki tonu i te wai whakamate.

But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

9 K o ta tatou mea ia hei whakapai i te Atua, i te Matua; ko ta tatou mea ano ia hei kanga i nga tangata, i hanga kia rite ki te Atua.

With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.

10 K otahi tonu te mangai puta ake ana i roto ko te manaaki, ko te kanga. Ehara i te pai, e oku teina, kia penei enei mea.

Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

11 E pupu ake ana ranei i te puna ko te reka, ko te kawa, i roto i te poka kotahi?

Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?

12 E hua ranei he oriwa ma te piki, e oku teina, he piki ranei ma te waina? e kore ano hoki e pupu ake i te wai tai he wai reka.

Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom

13 K o wai te tangata whakaaro nui, te tangata matau i roto i a koutou? ma tona whakahaere pai e whakaatu ana mahi, kei runga i te mahaki o te whakaaro nui.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.

14 T ena ko tenei he hae nanakia to koutou, he totohe i roto i o koutou ngakau, kaua e whakamanamana, kaua hoki e teka ki te pono.

But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

15 E hara tenei matauranga i te mea e heke iho ana i runga; no te whenua ia, no te ngakau maori, no te rewera.

This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.

16 I te wahi hoki e noho ai te hae me te totohe, ko reira ano te noho kino me nga mahi he katoa.

For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.

17 K o te matauranga ia o runga, he mea kinokore i te tuatahi, muri iho he rangimarie, he ngawari, he hohoro ki te whakarongo, ki tonu i te mahi tohu, i nga hua pai, kahore ana whiriwhiringa i te tangata, kahore ona tinihanga.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

18 A e ruia ana nga hua o te tika i roto i te rangimarie ma te hunga hohou rongo.

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.