James:Chapter 3
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| 1我的弟兄們！你們作教師的人，不要太多，該知道我們作教師的，要受更嚴厲的審判。 | 1My brothers and sisters, don't all be teachers! You know that, as teachers, we will be judged most strictly; |
| 2實在，我們眾人都犯許多過失；誰若在言語上不犯過失，他便是個完人，也必能控制全身。 | 2in fact, we make mistakes, like everybody else. A person who commits no offense in speech is perfect and capable of ruling the whole self. |
| 3試看，我們把嚼環放在馬嘴裏，就可叫牠們順服我們，調動牠們的全身。 | 3We put a bit into the horse's mouth to master it and, with this, we control its whole body. |
| 4又看，船隻雖然很大，又為大風所吹動，只用小小的舵，便會隨掌舵者的意思往前轉動； | 4The same is true of ships: however big they are and driven by strong winds, they are guided by a tiny rudder. |
| 5同樣，舌頭雖然是一個小小的肢體，卻能誇大。看，小小的火，能燃着廣大的樹林！ | 5In the same way, the tongue is a tiny part of the body but it is capable of great things. A small flame is enough to set a huge forest on fire. |
| 6舌頭也像是火。舌頭，這不義的世界，安置在我們的肢體中，玷污全身，由地獄取出火來，燃燒生命的輪子。 | 6The tongue is a similar flame; it is in itself a whole world of evil. It infects the whole being and sets fire to our world with the very fire of hell. |
| 7各類的走獸、飛禽、爬蟲、水族，都可以馴服，且已被人類馴服了； | 7Wild animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures of every kind are and have been ruled by the human species. |
| 8至於舌頭，卻沒有人能夠馴服，且是個不止息的惡物，滿含致死的毒汁。 | 8Nobody, however, can control the tongue; it is an untiring whip, full of deadly poison. |
| 9我們用它讚頌上主和父，也用它詛咒那照天主的肖像而受造的人； | 9We use it to bless God, our Father, and also to curse those made in God's likeness. |
| 10讚頌與詛咒竟從同一口裏發出！我的弟兄們，這事決不該這樣！ | 10From the same mouth come both blessing and curse. Brothers and sisters, this should not be the case. |
| 11泉源豈能從同一孔穴，湧出甜水和苦水來？ | 11Can both fresh and salt water gush from the same source? |
| 12我的弟兄們，無花果樹豈能結橄欖，或者葡萄樹豈能結無花果？鹹水也不能產生甜水。 | 12Can a fig tree produce olives or a grapevine give figs? Neither is the sea able to give fresh water. |
| 13你們中誰是有智慧，有見識的呢？讓他用好品行，彰顯他的行為是出於智慧的溫和！ | 13If you consider yourself wise and learned, show it by your good life and let your actions, in all humility, be an example for others. |
| 14若你們心裏懷有惡毒的嫉妒和紛爭，就不可誇耀，不可說謊違反真理。 | 14But if your heart is full of bitter jealousy and ambition, do not try to show off; that would be covering up the truth; |
| 15這種智慧不是從上而來的，而是屬於下地的，屬於血肉的，屬於魔鬼的； | 15this kind of wisdom does not come from above but from the world and it is earthly and devilish. |
| 16因為那裏有嫉妒和紛爭，那裏就有擾亂和種種惡行。 | 16Wherever there is jealousy and ambition, you will also find discord and all that is evil. |
| 17至於從上而來的智慧，它首先是純潔的，其次是和平的，寬仁的，柔順的，滿有仁慈和善果的，不偏不倚的，沒有偽善的。 | 17Instead, the wisdom which comes from above is pure and peace-loving. Persons with this wisdom show understanding and listen to advice; they are full of compassion and good works; they are impartial and sincere. |
| 18為締造和平的人，正義的果實，乃是在和平中種植的。 | 18Peacemakers who sow peace reap a harvest of justice. |
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