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James 3
Latin original · 18 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
📖 This chapter exists in 2 other originals —
side by side (Greek New Testament, Ge'ez Bible)
3:1
Nolite plures magistri fieri fratres mei, scientes quoniam majus judicium sumitis.
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
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。
3:2
In multis enim offendimus omnes. Si quis in verbo non offendit, hic perfectus est vir : potest etiam freno circumducere totum corpus.
For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.
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。
3:3
Si autem equis frena in ora mittimus ad consentiendum nobis, et omne corpus illorum circumferimus.
Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their 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。
3:4
Ecce et naves, cum magnae sint, et a ventis validis minentur, circumferuntur a modico gubernaculo ubi impetus dirigentis voluerit.
Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
看哪，船隻雖然甚大，又被大風催逼，只用小小的舵，就隨着掌舵的意思轉動。
3:5
Ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est, et magna exaltat. Ecce quantus ignis quam magnam silvam incendit !
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
這樣，舌頭在百體裏也是最小的，卻能說大話。 看哪，最小的火能點着最大的樹林。
3:6
Et lingua ignis est, universitas iniquitatis. Lingua constituitur in membris nostris, quae maculat totum corpus, et inflammat rotam nativitatis nostrae inflammata a gehenna.
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
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，並且是從地獄裏點着的。
3:7
Omnis enim natura bestiarum, et volucrum, et serpentium, et ceterorum domantur, et domita sunt a natura humana :
For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
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；
3:8
linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest : inquietum malum, plena veneno mortifero.
but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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。
3:9
In ipsa benedicimus Deum et Patrem : et in ipsa maledicimus homines, qui ad similitudinem Dei facti sunt.
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
我們用舌頭頌讚那為主、為父的，又用舌頭咒詛那照着上帝形像被造的人。
3:10
Ex ipso ore procedit benedictio et maledictio. Non oportet, fratres mei, haec ita fieri.
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
頌讚和咒詛從一個口裏出來！我的弟兄們，這是不應當的！
3:11
Numquid fons de eodem foramine emanat dulcem et amaram aquam ?
Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
泉源從一個眼裏能發出甜苦兩樣的水嗎？
3:12
Numquid potest, fratres mei, ficus uvas facere, aut vitis ficus ? Sic neque salsa dulcem potest facere aquam.
Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh 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。
3:13
Quis sapiens et disciplinatus inter vos ? Ostendat ex bona conversatione operationem suam in mansuetudine sapientiae.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
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。
3:14
Quod si zelum amarum habetis, et contentiones sint in cordibus vestris : nolite gloriari, et mendaces esse adversus veritatem :
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
你們心裏若懷着苦毒的嫉妒和紛爭，就不可自誇，也不可說謊話抵擋真道。
3:15
non est enim ista sapientia desursum descendens : sed terrena, animalis, diabolica.
This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
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。
3:16
Ubi enim zelus et contentio, ibi inconstantia et omne opus pravum.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
在何處有嫉妒、紛爭，就在何處有擾亂和各樣的壞事。
3:17
Quae autem desursum est sapientia, primum quidem pudica est, deinde pacifica, modesta, suadibilis, bonis consentiens, plena misericordia et fructibus bonis, non judicans, sine simulatione.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
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。
3:18
Fructus autem justitiae, in pace seminatur, facientibus pacem.
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
並且使人和平的，是用和平所栽種的義果。