Lettera di Giacomo 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Nolite plures magistri fieri, fra tres mei, scientes quoniam maiusiudicium accipiemus.	1 Only a few of you, my brothers, should be teachers, bearing in mind that we shal receive a stricterjudgement.
2 In multis enim offendimus omnes. Si quis in verbo nonoffendit, hic perfectus est vir, potens etiam freno circumducere totum corpus.	2 For we all trip up in many ways. Someone who does not trip up in speech has reached perfection andis able to keep the whole body on a tight rein.
3 Si autem equorum frenos in ora mittimus ad oboediendum nobis, et omne corpusillorum circumferimus.	3 Once we put a bit in the horse's mouth, to make it do what we want, we have the whole animal underour control.
4 Ecce et naves, cum tam magnae sint et a ventis validisminentur, circumferuntur a minimo gubernaculo, ubi impetus dirigentis voluerit;	4 Or think of ships: no matter how big they are, even if a gale is driving them, they are directed by a tinyrudder wherever the whim of the helmsman decides.
5 ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est et magna exsultat. Ecce quantus ignisquam magnam silvam incendit!	5 So the tongue is only a tiny part of the body, but its boasts are great. Think how smal a flame can setfire to a huge forest;
6 Et lingua ignis est, universitas iniquitatis;lingua constituitur in membris nostris, quae maculat totum corpus et inflammatrotam nativitatis et inflammatur a gehenna.	6 The tongue is a flame too. Among al the parts of the body, the tongue is a whole wicked world: itinfects the whole body; catching fire itself from hel , it sets fire to the whole wheel of creation.
7 Omnis enim natura et bestiarum etvolucrum et serpentium et etiam cetorum domatur et domita est a natura humana;	7 Wild animals and birds, reptiles and fish of every kind can al be tamed, and have been tamed, byhumans;
8 linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest, inquietum malum, plena venenomortifero.	8 but nobody can tame the tongue -- it is a pest that wil not keep stil , ful of deadly poison.
9 In ipsa benedicimus Dominum et Patrem et in ipsa maledicimushomines, qui ad similitudinem Dei facti sunt;	9 We use it to bless the Lord and Father, but we also use it to curse people who are made in God'simage:
10 ex ipso ore procedit benedictioet maledictio. Non oportet, fratres mei, haec ita fieri.	10 the blessing and curse come out of the same mouth. My brothers, this must be wrong-
11 Numquid fons deeodem foramine emanat dulcem et amaram aquam?	11 does any water supply give a flow of fresh water and salt water out of the same pipe?
12 Numquid potest, fratres mei,ficus olivas facere, aut vitis ficus? Neque salsa dulcem potest facere aquam.	12 Can a fig tree yield olives, my brothers, or a vine yield figs? No more can sea water yield fresh water.
13 Quis sapiens et disciplinatus inter vos? Ostendat ex bona conversationeoperationem suam in mansuetudine sapientiae.	13 Anyone who is wise or understanding among you should from a good life give evidence of deeds donein the gentleness of wisdom.
14 Quod si zelum amarum habetis etcontentiones in cordibus vestris, nolite gloriari et mendaces esse adversusveritatem.	14 But if at heart you have the bitterness of jealousy, or selfish ambition, do not be boastful or hide thetruth with lies;
15 Non est ista sapientia desursum descendens, sed terrena, animalis,diabolica;	15 this is not the wisdom that comes from above, but earthly, human and devilish.
16 ubi enim zelus et contentio, ibi inconstantia et omne opus pravum.	16 Wherever there are jealousy and ambition, there are also disharmony and wickedness of every kind;
17 Quae autem desursum est sapientia primum quidem pudica est, deinde pacifica,modesta, suadibilis, plena misericordia et fructibus bonis, non iudicans, sinesimulatione;	17 whereas the wisdom that comes down from above is essential y something pure; it is also peaceable,kindly and considerate; it is ful of mercy and shows itself by doing good; nor is there any trace of partiality orhypocrisy in it.
18 fructus autem iustitiae in pace seminatur facientibus pacem.	18 The peace sown by peacemakers brings a harvest of justice.