The Tongue
1 My friends, we should not all try to become teachers. In fact, teachers will be judged more strictly than others. 2 All of us do many wrong things. But if you can control your tongue, you are mature and able to control your whole body.
3 By putting a bit into the mouth of a horse, we can turn the horse in different directions. 4 It takes strong winds to move a large sailing ship, but the captain uses only a small rudder to make it go in any direction. 5 Our tongues are small too, and yet they brag about big things.
It takes only a spark to start a forest fire! 6 The tongue is like a spark. It is an evil power that dirties the rest of the body and sets a person's entire life on fire with flames that come from hell itself. 7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures can be tamed and have been tamed. 8 But our tongues get out of control. They are restless and evil, and always spreading deadly poison.
9-10 My dear friends, with our tongues we speak both praises and curses. We praise our Lord and Father, and we curse people who were created to be like God, and this isn't right. 11 Can clean water and dirty water both flow from the same spring? 12 Can a fig tree produce olives or a grapevine produce figs? Does fresh water come from a well full of salt water?
Wisdom from Above
13 Are any of you wise or sensible? Then show it by living right and by being humble and wise in everything you do. 14 But if your heart is full of bitter jealousy and selfishness, don't brag or lie to cover up the truth. 15 This kind of wisdom doesn't come from above. It is earthly and selfish and comes from the devil himself. 16 Whenever people are jealous or selfish, they cause trouble and do all sorts of cruel things. 17 But the wisdom that comes from above leads us to be pure, friendly, gentle, sensible, kind, helpful, genuine, and sincere. 18 When peacemakers plant seeds of peace, they will harvest justice.
Yaamaroo, neŋ maroo la kuwo to
1 M baadiŋolu*, ali moo jamaa kana ke karandirilaalu ti, baawo ali ye a loŋ ne ko, ntolu mennu ka karandiroo ke, ǹ na kiitiyo le be koleyaa la ka tambi moo doolu la. 2 Ntolu bee ka boyi kuu jamaa le to. Niŋ moo-wo-moo buka boyi kumoolu kono, a ka mennu fo, wo maarii timmata le, aduŋ a si a baloo bee mara noo le.
3 Niŋ ŋà karafewolu bula suwoolu daalu la, fo ì si soŋ m̀ ma, ǹ ka mara ì baloo bee le la. 4 Ali kuluŋ baalu fanaa la kuwo juubee! Ì warata baake le, aduŋ foño baa ka ì borindi. Bari wo ñaa-wo-ñaa, baaroo le ka a mara, meŋ dooyaata baake, aduŋ kuluŋo ka taa, a borindilaa lafita a la daameŋ. 5 Neŋo la kuwo fanaa be wo le ñaama. Ate le dooyaata balasuufoolu bee ti, bari ate le ka kibiri kuu baalu la.
Sutoo si wara ñaa-wo-ñaa, a janoo ka dati niŋ dimbaariŋ ne la. 6 Neŋo mu dimbaa le ti, a mu ñiŋ duniyaa tilimbaloo la jooraŋo le ti m̀ balasuufoolu kono. Ate le ka baloo bee nondi, a ka dimbaa mala ka baluwo bee kasaara, aduŋ a la wo dimbaa bota Jahannaba le.
7 Daafeŋ siifaa-wo-siifaa, fo wulakono feŋolu le mu baŋ, kunoolu, kuruntu feŋolu waraŋ baakono feŋolu, ì bee ka malayandi noo le, aduŋ hadamadiŋolu ye ì malayandi le. 8 Bari neŋo mu feŋ ne ti, moo maŋ meŋ mara noo. A mu feŋ jawoo le ti, meŋ buka i dahaa, aduŋ a be faariŋ saayaa kunoo la le. 9 Ǹ ka Maariyo m̀ Faamaa jayi niŋ neŋo le la, aduŋ moolu mennu daata Alla sawuroo la, ǹ ka wolu danka niŋ ate wo neŋ kiliŋo le la. 10 Jayiroo niŋ dankaroo ka bo daa kiliŋo kono! M baadiŋolu, wo maŋ ñaŋ na ke la muumeeke. 11 Fo woyi kiliŋo ka jiisewo niŋ koojiyo bee bondi ñoo la le baŋ? 12 Fo sooto suŋo si olifu* diŋolu diŋ noo baŋ, waraŋ fo sooto diŋolu ka kati wayini* yiroolu bala le? M baadiŋolu, ali ye ñiŋ loŋ ne ko, koojiyo be daameŋ, jiisewo te bo noo la jee to.
Ñaameŋ tooñaa
13 Jumaa le ye ñaameŋo niŋ fahaamuroo soto alitolu kono? A maarii si a baluuñaa betoo yitandi niŋ a la kebaaroolu la, sooneeyaa kono, meŋ ka soto niŋ ñaameŋo la. 14 Bari niŋ kiiliyaa jawoo niŋ kuŋ kiliŋ nafaa be ali sondomoo kono, wo to ali kana kibiri, kaatu wo mu tooñaa nakaroo le ti. 15 Wo ñaameŋ siifaa maŋ bo Alla yaa. Wo mu duniyaa kuwo le ti, balajaatoo la kuwo, aniŋ seetaani kuwo. 16 Kaatu kiiliyaa niŋ kuŋ kiliŋ nafaa be daameŋ, jakasoo niŋ kuruŋyaa siifaa bee le ka tara jee. 17 Bari ñaameŋo meŋ bota Alla yaa, foloo-foloo a seneyaata le. Ate ñaameŋo mu kayiroo le ti, mooyaa aniŋ ŋaniya betoo. A be faariŋ balafaa le la, a ka kebaara betoolu diŋ, aduŋ faasaaroo niŋ bunaafayiyaa te jee.
18 Kayiramoolu ye meŋ fii kayiroo kono, wo be tiliŋo diŋ na le.
