Palungha Lok 28
1 Kahoih ai kami loe mi mah doeh patom ai to mah a cawnh; toe katoeng kaminawk loe kaipui baktiah misahoih o.
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
2 Prae thungah zaehaih pung pongah, ukkung doeh pop; toe khopoek thaih kami hoi palungha kami hoiah ni prae to cak.
By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right — it is prolonged.
3 Kamtang pacaekthlaek kami loe thingthai athaisak ai khotui baktiah oh.
A man — poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
4 Patukhaih lok pahnawt kami loe kahoih ai kami to thapaek, toe patukhaih lok baktiah khosah kami loe nihcae ih lok to aek.
Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
5 Kasae kami loe toenghaih to panoek ai; toe Angraeng pakrong kami loe hmuen to panoek boih.
Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.
6 Kahoih ai hmuen sah angraeng pongah loe toenghaih hoi khosah mithoe to hoih kue.
Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
7 Patukhaih lok pazui kami loe palungha kami ah oh; toe angzoeh koeh kami hoi ampui sah kami loe ampa to mikhmai setsak.
Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
8 Katoeng ai loklam hoiah hak ih phoisa hoi hmuenmae patung mangh kami loe, kamtang tahmen thaih kami hanah ni patung pae.
Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
9 Patukhaih lok pazui ai kami loe, anih ih lawkthuihaih doeh panuet thoh.
Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
10 Katoeng kami loklam amkhraengsak kami loe, angmah ih tangqom thungah krah tih; toe katoeng kami loe kahoih hmuen to toep tih.
Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
11 Long angraeng loe angmah hoi angmah to palungha kami ah poek; toe poek thaihaih katawn mithoe loe anih pongah panoek kue.
A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
12 Katoeng kami palung anghoe naah, kating ai lensawkhaih to oh; kasae kami thacak naah loe kaminawk anghawk o king.
In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
13 Angmah ih zaehaih angphat kami loe khosak hoih mak ai; toe a zaehaih taphong moe, caehtaak kami loe, Sithaw palungnathaih to hnu tih.
Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
14 Angraeng zithaih tawn poe kami loe tahamhoih; toe palungthah kami loe raihaih thungah amtim tih.
O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
15 Ukkung kahoih ai loe hmawhsaeng kaipui, to tih ai boeh loe taqom baktiah oh.
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
16 Panoekthaihaih tawn ai ukkung loe pacaekthlaek kami ah oh; toe uthaih hnuma kami loe hinglung sawk tih.
A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
17 Athii palong kami loe tangqom thungah caeh tih; anih to mi mah doeh angdoe haih hmah nasoe.
A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
18 Katoeng loklam ah caeh kami loe ngancuem tih; toe lam amkhraeng kami loe amtim roep tih.
Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
19 Lawk toksah kami loe caaknaek tawn mang tih; toe tidoeh avang ai kami hnukbang kami loe amtang tih.
Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.
20 Oepthok kami loe tahamhoihaih hnu tih; toe karangah angraeng koeh kami loe toenghaih hoiah toksah mak ai.
A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
21 Minawk mikhmai khet han hoih ai; kami loe takaw kae maeto hak hanah kasae hmuen to sak thaih.
To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
22 Karangah angraeng koeh kami loe kahoih ai mik to tawnh; anih mah a nuiah amtanghaih pha tih, tito panoek ai.
Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
23 Pakha hoi pakoeh kami pongah loe, minawk thuitaek kami to hnukkhuem ah pakoehhaih hak tih.
Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
24 Ampa hoi amno ih hmuenmae to lomh ah, zaehaih ah om ai, tiah thui kami loe, amrosak kami ih ampui ah ni oh.
Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
25 Amoekhaih palungthin tawn kami mah angzoehhaih to ohsak; toe Angraeng oep kami loe zok amhah tih.
Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
26 A poekhaih angoep kami loe kamthu ni; toe palunghahaih hoiah caeh kami loe loihaih to hnu tih.
Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.
27 Kamtang abomh kami loe amtang mak ai; toe kamtang to hnu ai kami baktiah angsah kami loe, kasaethuihaih to hnu tih.
Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
28 Katoeng ai kami angraeng naah minawk mah anghawk taak; toe nihcae duek naah, katoeng kaminawk to qoeng o tahang tih.
In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!
