Incwadzi YaJakobe 3:1-18
3 Bazalwane, akusini nonkhe lokufanele nibe bafundzisi, njengobe sati kutsi sitawutfola sehlulelo lesimatima.*+
2 Ngobe sonkhe siyona* tikhatsi letinyenti.+ Nangabe kukhona longoni ngemavi, loyo muntfu ute sono,* uyakwati nekulawula umtimba wakhe wonkhe shengatsi uwufake ematomu.
3 Emahhashi nasiwafaka ematomu kuze atosilalela, sisuke silawula nemitimba yawo yonkhe.
4 Ngisho nemikhumbi, nanobe imikhulu futsi ihanjiswa ngumoya lomkhulu, icondziswa ngeliphini lelincane kakhulu iye lapho loyo loshayelako afuna iye khona.
5 Lulwimi nalo lusitfo semtimba lesincane, kodvwa lutigabatisa kakhulu. Asewubuke nje kutsi mncane kangakanani umlilo longalumeka lihlatsi lelikhulu!
6 Nelulwimi lungumlilo.+ Kuto tonkhe titfo temitimba yetfu, lulwimi lugcwele kungalungi, ngobe lungcolisa wonkhe umtimba+ luphindze lulumeke konkhe kuphila* kwemuntfu ngemlilo, futsi nalo lushiswa yiGehena.*
7 Tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane tesiganga, tetinyoni, tetilwane letihumako,* nato tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane taselwandle tiyafundziswa futsi tifundziswa bantfu.
8 Kodvwa kute umuntfu longacecesha lulwimi. Alulawuleki, luyalimata, futsi lugcwele shevu lobulalako.+
9 Ngalo sibonga Jehova,* longuBabe, futsi ngalo siphindze sicalekise bantfu labentiwe “ngemfanekiso waNkulunkulu.”+
10 Umlomo munye uyabusisa uphindze ucalekise.
Bazalwane bami, akukafaneli tintfo tenteke ngalendlela.+
11 Kuyenteka yini kutsi umtfombo ukhiphe emanti lamnandzi* nalababako ngemlomo munye?
12 Bazalwane bami, kungenteka yini kutsi sihlahla semkhiwa sitsele titselo temncumo, nesihlahla semagilebisi sitsele emakhiwa?+ Nemtfombo wemanti laneluswayi ngeke ukhiphe emanti lamnandzi.
13 Ngubani lohlakaniphile futsi lonekucondza emkhatsini wenu? Ngekutiphatsa kwakhe lokuhle, akakhombise kutsi imisebenti yakhe uyenta ngemoya lophansi loletfwa kuhlakanipha.
14 Kodvwa nangabe ninemona lomubi+ kanye nemibango*+ etinhlitiyweni tenu, ningabotigabatisa+ ngobe nanenta loko, liciniso nilenta emanga.
15 Loko akusiko kuhlakanipha lokuvela ezulwini; kodvwa kwasemhlabeni,+ kubulwane, futsi kubudimoni.
16 Ngobe nobe ngukuphi lapho kunemona nemibango* khona, kutawuba netiphitsiphitsi nayo yonkhe inhlobo yebubi.+
17 Kodvwa kuhlakanipha lokuvela ezulwini kucale kwente umuntfu abe msulwa,+ bese uba nekuthula,+ acabangele,+ alungele kulalela, agcwale umusa netitselo letinhle,+ angakhetsi,+ futsi angatentisi.+
18 Ngetulu kwaloko, sitselo sekulunga sihlanyelwa etimeni letinekuthula,+ sihlanyelelwe labo* labakha kuthula.+
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ Nobe “lesicinile.”
^ Nobe “siyawenta emaphutsa.”
^ Nobe “uphelele.”
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “lonkhe lisondvo lekuphila.”
^ Fundza Tinchazelo Temagama.
^ Nobe “letihamba ngesisu.”
^ Fundza Sandzisanchazo A5.
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “lacabulako.”
^ Kungaphindze kubekwe ngekutsi, “kufuna tintfo ngebugovu.”
^ Kungaphindze kubekwe ngekutsi, “kufuna tintfo ngebugovu.”
^ Kungaphindze kubekwe ngekutsi, “sihlanyelwe ngulabo.”
