我的弟兄們，不要多人作師傅，因為曉得我們要受更重的判斷。
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
我的弟兄們，不要多人作師傅，因為曉得我們要受更重的判斷。
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
原來我們在許多事上都有過失；若有人在話語上沒有過失，他就是完全人，也能勒住自己的全身。
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
我們若把嚼環放在馬嘴裏，叫牠順服，就能調動牠的全身。
If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.
看哪，船隻雖然甚大，又被大風催逼，只用小小的舵，就隨著掌舵的意思轉動。
Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.
這樣，舌頭在百體裏也是最小的，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點著最大的樹林。
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
舌頭就是火，在我們百體中，舌頭是個罪惡的世界，能污穢全身，也能把生命的輪子點起來，並且是從地獄裏點著的。
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
各類的走獸、飛禽、昆蟲、水族，本來都可以制伏，也已經被人制伏了；
For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,
惟獨舌頭沒有人能制伏，是不止息的惡物，滿了害死人的毒氣。
but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
我們用舌頭頌讚那為主、為父的，又用舌頭咒詛那照著神形像被造的人。
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.
頌讚和咒詛從一個口裏出來！我的弟兄們，這是不應當的！
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
泉源從一個眼裏能發出甜苦兩樣的水嗎？
Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?
我的弟兄們，無花果樹能生橄欖嗎？葡萄樹能結無花果嗎？鹹水裏也不能發出甜水來。
Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
你們中間誰是有智慧有見識的呢？他就當在智慧的溫柔上顯出他的善行來。
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
你們心裏若懷著苦毒的嫉妒和紛爭，就不可自誇，也不可說謊話抵擋真道。
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
這樣的智慧不是從上頭來的，乃是屬地的，屬情慾的，屬鬼魔的。
This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
在何處有嫉妒、紛爭，就在何處有擾亂和各樣的壞事。
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
惟獨從上頭來的智慧，先是清潔，後是和平，溫良柔順，滿有憐憫，多結善果，沒有偏見，沒有假冒。
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
並且使人和平的，是用和平所栽種的義果。
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.