¹³ L’anno secentesimoprimo di Noè, il primo mese, il primo giorno del mese, le acque erano asciugate sulla terra; e Noè scoperchiò l’arca, guardò, ed ecco che la superficie del suolo era asciutta.

²⁵ Così parla l’Eterno: Se io non ho stabilito il mio patto col giorno e con la notte, e se non ho fissato le leggi del cielo e della terra,

¹ Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

² For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

³ Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

⁴ 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.

⁵ So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

⁶ 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.