Lettera di Giacomo 3

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Nolite plures magistri fieri, fra tres mei, scientes quoniam maiusiudicium accipiemus.	1 Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment.
2 In multis enim offendimus omnes. Si quis in verbo nonoffendit, hic perfectus est vir, potens etiam freno circumducere totum corpus.	2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.
3 Si autem equorum frenos in ora mittimus ad oboediendum nobis, et omne corpusillorum circumferimus.	3 For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
4 Ecce et naves, cum tam magnae sint et a ventis validisminentur, circumferuntur a minimo gubernaculo, ubi impetus dirigentis voluerit;	4 Behold also ships, whereas they are great, and are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of the governor willeth.
5 ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est et magna exsultat. Ecce quantus ignisquam magnam silvam incendit!	5 Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.
6 Et lingua ignis est, universitas iniquitatis;lingua constituitur in membris nostris, quae maculat totum corpus et inflammatrotam nativitatis et inflammatur a gehenna.	6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.
7 Omnis enim natura et bestiarum etvolucrum et serpentium et etiam cetorum domatur et domita est a natura humana;	7 For every nature of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of the rest, is tamed, and hath been tamed, by the nature of man:
8 linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest, inquietum malum, plena venenomortifero.	8 But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.
9 In ipsa benedicimus Dominum et Patrem et in ipsa maledicimushomines, qui ad similitudinem Dei facti sunt;	9 By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.
10 ex ipso ore procedit benedictioet maledictio. Non oportet, fratres mei, haec ita fieri.	10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Numquid fons deeodem foramine emanat dulcem et amaram aquam?	11 Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?
12 Numquid potest, fratres mei,ficus olivas facere, aut vitis ficus? Neque salsa dulcem potest facere aquam.	12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes; or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.
13 Quis sapiens et disciplinatus inter vos? Ostendat ex bona conversationeoperationem suam in mansuetudine sapientiae.	13 Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew, by a good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.
14 Quod si zelum amarum habetis etcontentiones in cordibus vestris, nolite gloriari et mendaces esse adversusveritatem.	14 But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contentions in your hearts; glory not, and be not liars against the truth.
15 Non est ista sapientia desursum descendens, sed terrena, animalis,diabolica;	15 For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 ubi enim zelus et contentio, ibi inconstantia et omne opus pravum.	16 For where envying and contention is, there is inconstancy, and every evil work.
17 Quae autem desursum est sapientia primum quidem pudica est, deinde pacifica,modesta, suadibilis, plena misericordia et fructibus bonis, non iudicans, sinesimulatione;	17 But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.
18 fructus autem iustitiae in pace seminatur facientibus pacem.	18 And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace.