< Olcueih 23 >
1 Aka taemrhai taengah buh ang ham na ngol vaengah, na mikhmuh kah aka om te tah, na yakming rhoe na yakming ham om.
When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;
2 Hinglu neh na boei atah na olrhong ni tumca neh na nuen.
And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
3 Laithae buh la a om dongah amih kah antui te ngaidam boeh.
Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
4 Boei ham khaw kohnue boeh, na yakmingnah nen khaw toeng dae.
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
5 A taengah na mik na hoih la na hoih nama? Tedae om hae mahpawh. A phae cawn, cawn vetih, atha bangla vaan ah a ding lamni a ding eh.
Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
6 Moeithae kah buh te caak pah boeh. Anih kah antui te khaw ngaidam rhoela ngaidam boeh.
Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
7 A hinglu neh aka nainong bangla amah loh nang taengah, “Ca van, o van,” a ti tangloeng. Tedae, a lungbuei tah nang taengah a khueh moenih.
For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
8 Namah kah kamat ca na caak te na lok hae vetih, na ol ding ni na poeih rhung eh.
The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
9 Hlang ang hna ah thui pah boeh. Na olthui dongkah lungmingnah te a hnoelrhoeng hae ni.
Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
10 Khosuen kah rhi te rhawt boeh, cadah kah khohmuen te khaw cuk thil boeh.
Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
11 Amah, amih aka tlan tah tlungluen tih, amih kah tuituknah te nang taengah ni han suk eh.
For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
12 Thuituennah he na lungbuei ah, mingnah ol he na hna ah dueh lah.
Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Thuituennah dongah camoe te hloh boeh. Cungcik neh anih na boh akhaw duek aih mahpawh.
Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
14 Nang loh caitueng neh na taam cakhaw, a hinglu ni saelkhui lamkah na huul pah. (Sheol )
Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld. (Sheol )
15 Ka ca, na lungbuei ni a. cueih atah, kai khaw ka lungbuei a kohoe van ni.
My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
16 Ka kuel pataeng sundaep ngawn ni ta, na hmuilai loh vanat la a thui vaengah te.
And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
17 Hlangtholh rhoek taengah na lungbuei te thatlai boel saeh. Tedae BOEIPA mah hnin takuem ah hinyahnah.
Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
18 Khohmai he a om pueng oeh dongah na ngaiuepnah khaw muei mahpawh.
For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Ka ca nang loh hnatun lamtah cueih lah. Te vaengah na lungbuei kah a longpuei khaw uem van saeh.
Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
20 Amih yumii taengah, maehkai taengah om boeh.
Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
21 Yumii neh carhut long tah khodaeng a pang vetih, ihdut long khaw hnipen ni a. bai eh.
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
22 Nang aka cun na pa ol te hnatun lamtah, na nu khaw a patong vaengah hnoelrhoeng boeh.
Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
23 Oltak he vawtthaih lamtah cueihnah, thuituennah, yakmingnah khaw yoi boeh.
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
24 Omngaih coeng, omngaih coeng, hlang dueng aka cun a napa tah omngaih rhoela omngaih coeng. Hlang cueih aka cun khaw a soah a kohoe coeng.
The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
25 Na nu neh na pa te a kohoe saeh lamtah nang aka cun khaw omngaih saeh.
Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
26 Ka ca na lungbuei te kamah taengla m'pae. Na mik loh ka longpuei he a ngaingaih la khueinah saeh.
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
27 Pumyoi he vaam a dung, kholong nu khaw tangrhom caek la om.
For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
28 Anih khaw dingca bangla rhongngol tih, hlang rhoek taengah hnukpoh la a thap pah.
Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
29 Anunae, unim ca te, ngaisahueng la unim ca te, unimca olpungkacan neh hohmuhnah, kohuetnah aka khueh te unim ca? Lungli lungla la tloh aka yook te unim, a mik aka lingduk te unim.
Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
30 Misurtui dongah aka bol, yu hoem hamla aka pong dae ni te.
Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
31 Misurtui te sungsa dongah a thimyum la a lang vaengah, a mikhmuh boengloeng khuiah vanat la a caeh vaengah khaw so boeh.
Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
32 A hmailong ah rhul kah a tuk bangla, rhulthae kah a phuh bangla om ni.
In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
33 Na mik loh a lang la a hmuh vetih, na lungbuei long khaw calaak ol ni a thui eh.
Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
34 Tuitun tuilung kah aka yalh bangla, cungkui soi ah aka yalh bangla na om ni.
Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.
35 Kai he n'taam uh dae a tloh moenih, kai n'thoek uh dae ka yaak moenih. Me vaengah nim ka haenghang vetih a tloe neh ka khoep ham ka hmuh ve,” na ti hae ni.
They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.