James 3pcm

1My brodas and sistas, evribody nor go fit bi tisha, bikos yu know sey wi wey dey tish, na awa judgement go big pass,

2bikos wi dey make many mistake. If pesin nor dey make mistake for wetin e dey tok, dat mean sey e dey pafet and e go fit kontrol en body.

3If wi tie rope for horse mout make e for obey us, dat mean sey wi dey kontrol en body.

4Look ship for wota: E big well-well and na strong breeze dey fit push am, but na one small wheel di driver dey use take kontrol am.

5Na so di tongue bi too: naim small pass for di body, but di tins wey e fit do big well-well. Make una tink how small fire fit burn big forest rish groun.

6Di tongue na fire! Na der bad tins full pass for pesin body. E dey spoil di whole body and kause fire for pesin life and dis kind fire dey kom from hell.

7Human being dey fit kontrol bird, animal wey dey creep for groun and animal wey dey stay for wota.

8But nobody don ever fit kontrol en tongue well. Di tongue na bad tin wey nor dey stay one place, bikos e get poizin wey fit kill pesin.

9Na di tongue wi take dey praiz awa Papa and Oga God Jesus Christ and naim wi still dey use take curse pipol wey God kreate like ensef.

10My brodas and sistas, na di same tongue wi dey use take praiz and curse pipol. But e nor suppose bi like dat.

11Wota wey dey kom out from groun, nor dey bring out fresh and bitter wota from di same place, abi e dey do so?

12My brodas and sistas, fig tree go fit bear olive, abi vine fit bear fig? So too, wota wey dey kom out from groun and e taste like salt, nor go fit taste like fresh wota at-all.

13Who get sense among una? Di way di pesin dey bihave go show di gentolness wey wisdom dey bring.

14But if jealousy and sefishnes dey en mind, make e nor boast and lie against di trut.

15Dat kind wisdom nor kom from God, but e kom from dis eart wey wiked well-well.

16Bikos where jealousy and long-trot dey, wahala and bad tins wey pipol dey do, dey der too.

17But God wisdom dey pure; e get peace; dey gentol; dey asept pipol and good fruit and mesi full am; e nor dey do wayo or pritend.

18Pipol wey nor like trobol, dey plant fruit wey dey bring raitiousness.

© 2019, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. in cooperation with The Nigerian Pidgin Translation Committee

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