Palungha Lok 30
1 Jakeh capa Agur mah thuih ih, palunghahaih loknawk loe hae tiah oh; kami maeto mah, Ithiel, Ithiel hoi Ukal khaeah, taphong pae;
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2 kai loe minawk boih pongah poek ka ham kue, kami poekhaih to ka tawn ai.
Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.
3 Palunghahaih to kam tuk ai moe, ciimhaih kawng doeh ka panoek ai.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
4 Mi maw van ah daw tahang moe, long ah anghum tathuk? Azom pui ah takhi naeh kami loe mi maw? Mi maw kahni pongah tui tapawk vai? Long boenghaih ahmuennawk boih caksakkung loe mi maw? To tiah sahkung ih ahmin hoi a caa ih ahmin loe mi maw? Na thui thai tih maw?
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
5 Sithaw ih lok loe ciim boih; anih loe angmah khae amha kaminawk boih hanah abuephaih ah oh.
Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6 Angraeng ih lok to patomh hmah, to tih ai nahaeloe anih mah na zoeh ueloe, na thuih ih amsawnlok to amtueng moeng tih.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7 Aw Angraeng, ka dueh ai naah nang sak pae hanah, hnik ih hmuen hnetto oh;
Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
8 amsoem ai lok hoi amsawn lok hae kai khae hoiah na takhoe pae ving ah; amtanghaih hoi angraenghaih doeh na paek hmah; ni thokkruek caak khawt caaknaek to na paek ah:
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9 to tih ai ah pop hmoek ah ka tawnh nahaeloe, nang kang pahnet ving ueloe, Angraeng loe mi aa? tiah ka thui moeng tih; kam tang hmoek nahaeloe, ka paqu moeng ueloe, ka Sithaw ih ahmin to ka saesak moeng tih.
Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].
10 Angmah ih angraeng khaeah tamna sethaih kawng to thui hmah, kasae na thuih nahaeloe nang to na pasoih ueloe, na nuiah zaehaih om moeng tih.
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
11 Ampa to kasae thui kami, amno tahamhoihaih paek ai kami to oh.
[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
12 Angmacae amhnonghaih to pasae ai ah, angmah mik ah kai loe ciim, tiah poekhaih tawn kami to oh.
[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.
13 Amoekhaih hoiah mikpadai kami, patoekhaih hoi minawk khen kami to oh.
[There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 Haa loe sumsen baktiah oh moe, long ah kaom kamtang hoi mithoenawk to paaeh hanah, toektaboe ahuh haita baktih kaom kami doeh oh.
[There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
15 Taqawt loe canu hnetto tawnh; nihnik loe na paek ah, na paek ah, tiah hangh hoi. Amhah thai ai hmuen thumto oh, ue, khawt boeh, tiah thui vai ai hmuen palitonawk loe,
The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:
16 taprong, caa kak nongpata ih zok, tui amhah thai ai long karoem; zetto mah tiah thui vai ai hmai. (Sheol h7585)
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough. (Sheol h7585)
17 Ampa pahnui thuih moe, amno patoek kami loe, azawn ih pangaahnawk mah anih ih mik to taprok pae ueloe, tahmunawk mah a ngan to caa o tih.
The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
18 Ka dawnrai ih hmuen thumto khue ai ah, ka panoek thai ai ih hmuen palitonawk loe,
There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19 van ih tahmu azawkhaih loklam, cathaeng nui ih pahui caehhaih loklam, tuipui thung ih palongpui caehhaih loklam, thendoeng mah tangla paqaihaih loklam hae ni.
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
20 Sava nuiah oep om ai nongpata caehhaih loklam doeh to tiah oh; to nongpata loe buh to caak moe, pakha a huk pacoengah, kai loe hmuen sakpazaehaih ka tawn ai, tiah thuih.
Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21 Long tasoehsak hmuen thumto khue ai ah, pauep thai ai ih hmuen palitonawk loe,
For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:
22 siangpahrang ah kangcoeng tamna, caaknaek tawn mangh kamthu;
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23 amram aak nongpata sava sakhaih hoi tamna nongpata mah angraeng ih qawktoephaih hae ni.
For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24 Long nuiah tetta ah ni oh, toe paroeai palungha hmuen palitonawk loe,
There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:
25 thacak ai, toe nipui tueah caaknaek patung thaih, cahmatnawk;
The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
26 thacak ai, toe lungsong thungah tabu sah savehnawk;
The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27 siangpahrang tawn ai, toe nawnto hmabangah kacaeh pakhunawk;
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28 angmah ih ban hoiah angdoet, toe siangpahrang im ah ohhaih ahmuen katawn caneknawk cae hae ni.
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
29 Kahoih ah kacaeh thaih hmuen thumto khue ai, ue, kahoih ah kacaeh thaih hmuen palitonawk loe,
There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
30 kasan moinawk thungah thacak koek, kawbaktih hmuen om cadoeh hnuk angnawk taak ai kaipui;
A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
31 misatukhaih hrang, maeh tae hoi misa tawn ai siangpahrang cae hae ni.
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up.
32 Kamthu ah nang coeng moe, nangmah hoi nangmah nam koeh naah maw, to tih ai boeh loe kahoih ai hmuen na poek naah maw, na pakha to tamuep khoep ah!
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.
33 Maitaw tahnutui loe ahaeh khing nahaeloe, amkhawk tih, hnah doeh na hnoih khing nahaeloe, athii long tih; to baktih toengah palungphui hanah pahrue khing nahaeloe, angzoehhaih to om tih.
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
