Olcueih 24
1 Hlang thae rhoek taengah thatlai boeh. Amih taengah om hamla nai rhoe nai boeh.
Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
2 Amih kah lungbuei loh rhoelrhanah te a taeng tih, a hmuilai loh thakthaenah ni a. thui.
because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).
3 Cueihnah neh im a sak tih a lungcuei neh a thoh.
People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.
4 Mingnah loh boeirhaeng neh a kuel a ka, a naep a noi boeih khaw imkhui ah a khawk sak.
By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.
5 Cueih he tah hlang kah sarhi la om tih, mingnah loh hlang kah thadueng a cong pah.
Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.
6 Caemtloek vaengah nang hamla a niing hang hol vetih, uentonah cungkuem neh loeihnah hang khueh ni.
Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
7 Cueihnah he aka ang ham tah sang aih. Vongka ah a ka a ong pah moenih.
Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].
8 Thaehuet ham aka moeh tah, “Tangkhuepnah boei,” la a khue uh ni.
Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.
9 Anglat kah a tholh khaw khonuen rhamtat, hmuiyoi hlang khaw tueilaehkoi ni.
It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].
10 Citcai tue vaengah na tahah tih, na thadueng khaw tla.
If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.
11 Duek sak ham a khuen uh te huul uh laeh, ngawnnah la aka yalh te khaw hloh uh laeh.
[If it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].
12 “Ka ming uh moenih ko he,” na ti cakhaw, amah loh lungbuei a khiinglang tih yakming mahpawt a? Na hinglu aka kueinah loh a ming ta. Te dongah hlang he amah kah bisai bangla a thuung ni ta.
If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.
13 Ka ca, khoitui tah then tih ca lah. Khoilitui tah na ka dongah didip ta.
My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.
14 Cueihnah te na hinglu ham ming van lah. Na hmuh atah na hmailong khui vetih, na ngaiuepnah khaw yoe mahpawh.
Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].
15 Halang aw, hlang dueng tolkhoeng ke rhongngol thil boeh, a kolhmuen te khaw rhoelrhak pah boeh.
Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.
16 Aka dueng tah voei rhih a cungku akhaw koep thoo dae, halang rhoek tah yoethae nen ni a. tongtah uh.
[Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.
17 Na thunkha, na thunkha te a cungku vaengah kokhahnah boeh, a paloe vaengah khaw na lungbuei omngaih sak boeh.
Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,
18 BOEIPA loh a hmuh vaengah a mik lolh vetih, anih taengkah a thintoek te vik lat ve.
because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.
19 Thaehuet dongah sai boeh. Halang rhoek taengah khaw thatlai boeh.
Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
20 Boethae ham a hmailong a khui pah moenih, halang kah hmaithoi khaw a thih pah ni.
because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
21 Ka ca, BOEIPA khaw, manghai khaw rhih lah. Aka thovael neh pitpom boeh.
My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
22 Amih te rhainah loh buengrhuet a pai thil vetih, amih rhoi kah yoethaenah te ulong a ming?
because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
23 He rhoek khaw hlang cueih kah a hut ni. Laitloeknah dongah maelhmai loha sak khaw then pawh.
Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
24 Halang te, “Na dueng,” aka ti nah tah, amah te pilnam loh a tap vetih, namtu loh kosi a sah thil ni.
If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,
25 Tedae amih aka tluung rhoek te hoel ti vetih, a soah yoethennah hnothen loh a thoeng pah ni.
but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).
26 Langya la olka aka mael tah, a hmuilai te a mok pah.
Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
27 Na bibi te vongvoel ah khaw cikngae sak. Anih te a hnukah na lo ah a sikim phoeiah na im te thoh.
First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.
28 Na hui te ahong mai neh laipai la om thil boeh. Namah kah hmuilai neh na hloih a?
[In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].
29 “Kai taengah a saii bangla amah te ka saii van ni, hlang te amah kah bisai bangla ka thuung ni,” ti boeh.
Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”
30 Kolhnaw hlang kah lohma longah khaw, lungbuei aka talh hlang kah misur taengah khaw ka cet coeng.
One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
31 Lo pum ah dohui daih tih, canghli ah lota loh a thing. A vongtung dongkah lungto khaw a koengloeng coeng ke.
I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).
32 Ka hmuh vaengah kai long tah, ka lungbuei ah ka khueh tih, ka sawt vaengah thuituennah la ka loh.
When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
33 Bet ip, bet ngam, kut bet a poem neh yalh pahoi.
[If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
34 Te vaengah na khodaeng loh aka cetpaitai bangla, na tloelnah loh photling aka bai hlang bangla ha pawk.
[soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].
