Palungha Lok 26
1 Nipui tue ih dantui baktih, cang aah tue ah angzo khotui baktiah, kamthu to pakoeh han hoih ai.
In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish.
2 Takung om ai ah kasae thuihaih loe ahmuen kruekah kamhet parit caa hoi anghak ai ah azawk pungpae baktiah ni oh.
Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.
3 Quiboeng hoiah hrang to boh moe, sum hoiah laa hrang ih tahmawh moem pae baktih toengah, kamthu to cung hoiah bop ah.
A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.
4 Kamthu to amthuhaih baktiah pathok hmah; na pathok nahaeloe nang doeh kamthu baktiah ni na om tih.
Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.
5 Kamthu ih lok to na pathim nahaeloe, a mik hnukah palungha kami ah poek moeng tih.
Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
6 Kamthu khaeah pat ih lok loe a khok to takroek pat moe, amrohaih tui naek baktiah ni oh.
Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.
7 Kamthu pakha pong ih palunghahaih lok loe, adue ai khokkhaem kami ih khok baktiah oh.
In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish.
8 Kamthu pakoeh kami loe, ngazai pongah lawkthluem moep sut baktiah ni oh.
Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.
9 Kamthu pakha pong ih palunghahaih lok loe soekhring mah thun ih mu paqui ban baktiah ni oh.
In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish.
10 Kalen Sithaw mah hmuen boih to sak; kamthu hoi zaehaih sah kami hanah doeh toksakhaih atho to paek boih.
Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger.
11 Ui mah angmah ih tamlok to caak let baktiah, kamthu loe angmah amthuhaih thungah amlaem let.
Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.
12 Angmah hoi angmah palungha kami ah poek kami to na hnuk maw? To kami pongah loe kamthu to oepthoh kue.
Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.
13 Thasae kami mah loe loklam ah kaipui oh; loklam ah hmawsaeng kaipui oh, tiah thuih.
The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.”
14 Thok loe takhing ih sum nuiah angbang baktih toengah, thasae kami doeh angmah ih iihkhun nuiah angbet caeng.
Just as a door turns upon its hinges, so also does the lazy one turn upon his bed.
15 Thasae kami loe laom thungah ban to tapawh boeh, toe pakha ah buh abah hanah paqak.
The lazy one conceals his hand under his arms, and it is a labor for him to move it to his mouth.
16 Thasae kami loe khopoek thaih kami sarihto pongah, angmah hoi angmah to palungha kue ah poek.
The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.
17 Lamcaeh naah angmah hoi asaenghaih om ai angzoehhaih pongah kathum kami loe, ui naa patawn caeng kami hoiah anghmong.
Just like one who takes hold of a dog by the ears, so also is he who crosses impatiently and meddles in the quarrels of another.
18 Tamhnuilok ni ka thuih, tiah thuih moe, a imtaeng kami aling kami loe kangqong hmai vah ih baktih, duekhaih phasak kalii kaat kamthu hoiah anghmong.
Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death,
so also is the man who harms his friend by deceitfulness. And when he has been apprehended, he says, “I did it jokingly.”
20 Thing om ai pongah hmai to duek; pronghaih lok kaom ai ahmuen ah loe, angzoehhaih to om ai.
When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.
21 Hmaisaae to amngaeh moe, thing angqong baktih toengah, angzoeh koeh kami mah lok pungsak thaih.
Just as charcoals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so also is an angry man who stirs up quarrels.
22 Pronghaih lok loe kahoih caaknaek baktiah, kami ih takpum thungah akun.
The words of a whisperer seem simple, but they penetrate to the innermost parts of the self.
23 Lok loe hoih, toe poeksae palungthin loe anui ah rong nok dui ih long laom baktiah oh.
In the same manner as an earthen vessel, if it were adorned with impure silver, conceited lips are allied with a wicked heart.
24 Minawk hnuma kami loe pahni hoiah kahoih hmuen to thuih, toe a palung thungah loe alinghaih hoiah koi.
An enemy is known by his lips, though it is from his heart that he draws out deceit.
25 Anih mah thuih ih lok loe hoih, toe tang hmah; anih ih palung thungah panuet thok hmuen sarihto oh.
When he will have lowered his voice, do not believe him, for there are seven vices in his heart.
26 Anih mah hnukmahaih to alinghaih hoiah kraeng khoep, toe anih sethaih to minawk hmaa ah angphong let tih.
Whoever covers hatred with deceit, his malice shall be revealed in the assembly.
27 Qumqai kami loe angmah qumqaih ih tangqom thungah krah tih; thlung palet kami doeh a palet ih thlung to angmah nuiah amlet let tih.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him.
28 Amsawnlok thui palai loe angmah pacaekthlaek ih kami to hnukma; lokcaep thaih pakha mah kami to amrosak.
A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin.
