James, 3

1. My brothers, not many of you should choose to become teachers, knowing that you shall receive a stricter judgment.

1. Neka vas, braæo moja, ne bude mnogo uèitelja! Ta znate: bit æemo strože suðeni.

2. For we all offend in many ways. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man. And he is then able, as if with a bridle, to lead the whole body around.

2. Doista, svi mnogo griješimo. Ako tko u govoru ne griješi, savršen je èovjek, vrstan zauzdati i cijelo tijelo.

3. For so we put bridles into the mouths of horses, in order to submit them to our will, and so we turn their whole body around.

3. Ubacimo li uzde u usta konjima da ih sebi upokorimo, upravljamo i cijelim tijelom njihovim.

4. Consider also the ships, which, though they are great and may be driven by strong winds, yet they are turned around with a small rudder, to be directed to wherever the strength of the pilot might will.

4. Evo i laða: tolike su i silni ih vjetrovi gone, a neznatno ih kormilo upravlja kamo kormilarova volja hoæe.

5. So also the tongue certainly is a small part, but it moves great things. Consider that a small fire can set ablaze a great forest.

5. Tako i jezik: malen je ud, a velikim se može ponositi. Evo: kolicna vatra koliku šumu zapali!

6. And so the tongue is like a fire, comprising all iniquity. The tongue, stationed in the midst of our body, can defile the entire body and inflame the wheel of our nativity, setting a fire from Hell.

6. I jezik je vatra, svijet nepravda jezik je meðu našim udovima, kalja cijelo tijelo te, zapaljen od pakla, zapaljuje kotaè života.

7. For the nature of all beasts and birds and serpents and others is ruled over, and has been ruled over, by human nature.

7. Doista, sav rod zvijeri i ptica, gmazova i morskih životinja dade se ukrotiti, i rod ih je ljudski ukrotio,

8. But no man is able to rule over the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

8. a jezik - zlo nemirno, pun otrova smrtonosnog - nitko od ljudi ne može ukrotiti.

9. By it we bless God the Father, and by it we speak evil of men, who have been made in the likeness of God.

9. Njime blagoslivljamo Gospodina i Oca, njime i proklinjemo ljude na sliku Božju stvorene:

10. From the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so!

10. iz istih usta izlazi blagoslov i prokletstvo. Ne smije se, braæo moja, tako dogaðati!

11. Does a fountain emit, out of the same opening, both sweet and bitter water?

11. Zar vrelo na isti otvor šiklja slatko i gorko?

12. My brothers, can the fig tree yield grapes? Or the vine, figs? Then neither is salt water able to produce fresh water.

12. Može li, braæo moja, smokva roditi maslinama ili trs smokvama? Ni slan izvor ne može dati slatke vode.

13. Who is wise and well-taught among you? Let him show, by means of good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.

13. Je li tko mudar i razborit meðu vama? Neka dobrim življenjem pokaže svoja djela u mudroj blagosti.

14. But if you hold a bitter zeal, and if there is contention in your hearts, then do not boast and do not be liars against the truth.

14. Ako u srcu imate gorku zavist i svadljivost, ne uznosite se i ne lažite protiv istine!

15. For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical.

15. Nije to mudrost koja odozgor silazi, nego zemaljska, ljudska, ðavolska.

16. For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.

16. Ta gdje je zavist i svadljivost, ondje je nered i svako zlo djelo.

17. But within the wisdom that is from above, certainly, chastity is first, and next peacefulness, meekness, openness, consenting to what is good, a plenitude of mercy and good fruits, not judging, without falseness.

17. A mudrost odozgor ponajprije èista je, zatim mirotvorna, milostiva, pouèljiva, puna milosrða i dobrih plodova, postojana, nehinjena.

18. And so the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace.

18. Plod se pak pravednosti u miru sije onima koji tvore mir.