Olcueih 6
1 Ka ca, na hui ham rhi na khang tih kholong ham na kut na tum atah,
My son, if you be surety for your friend, if you have stricken your hand with a stranger,
2 Na ka dongkah olthui loh n'hlaeh coeng tih na ka dongkah olthui loh n'khaih.
You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.
3 Te te na saii dongah ka ca aw, na huul uh cakhaw na hui kah kut ah ni na pha hae. Te dongah cet, mawn lamtah na hui hloep laeh.
Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.
4 Na mik te ih sak boeh, na mikkhu te ngam boeh.
Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Kut dongkah kirhang bangla sayuep kut dongkah vaa bangla namah huul uh laeh.
Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Kolhnaw aw lunghi taengla cet lah, anih kah khosing ke hmu lamtah cueih van lah.
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 A taengah rhalboei khaw, rhoiboei khaw, aka taemrhai ham khaw om mai pawh.
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Khohal ah a buh te a soepsoei tih cangah ah a caak te a yoep.
Provides her meat in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
9 Kolhnaw aw me hil nim na yalh vetih na ih lamloh me vaengah nim na thoh ve?
How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?
10 Bet ih, bet ngam, kut poem bet neh na yalh.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 Te vaengah na khodaeng te aka cet paitai bangla, na tloelnah loh photling aka bai hlang bangla ha pawk ni.
So shall your poverty come as one that travels, and your want as an armed man.
12 Aka muen hlang neh boethae hlang tah a ka dongkah olhmaang nen ni a pongpa.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a fraudulent mouth.
13 A mik neh a mikhip, a kho neh a thui, a kutdawn neh a thuinuet.
He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers;
14 A lungbuei kah a calaak neh a tuetang takuem ah boethae bueng a paem tih, tingtoehnah neh hohmuhnah a khuen.
Frowardness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
15 Te dongah amah kah rhainah loh buengrhuet a thoeng thil vetih hoeihnah om kolla khaem pahoi ni.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16 He parhuk he BOEIPA loh a thinah tih a hinglu dongah tueilaehkoi khuikah tueilaehkoi parhih tah.
These six things does the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him:
17 A honghi lai aka ludoeng kah a mik, ommongsitoe kah thii aka long sak kah a kut,
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 Boethae kopoek aka paem lungbuei, boethae dongla aka yong paitok kho,
An heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A hong kah laipai loh laithae ol a sat tih pacaboeina lakli ah tingtoehnah la a khuen.
A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brothers.
20 Ka ca, na pa kah olpaek te kueinah lamtah na nu kah olkhueng phap sut boeh.
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother:
21 Na lungbuei ah rhawp hlaengtang lamtah na rhawn ah rhawp laikoeinah lah.
Bind them continually on your heart, and tie them about your neck.
22 Na caeh vaengah nang m'mawt vetih na yalh vaengah nang te n'tawt ni, na haenghang vaengah nang n'lolmang puei ni.
When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you wake, it shall talk with you.
23 Olpaek tah hmaithoi ni, olkhueng khaw vangnah ni, thuituennah dongkah toelthamnah khaw hingnah longpuei ni.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 Huta thae taeng lamkah neh kholong nu ol hnal lamloh nang aka ngaithuen ham ni.
To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 A sakthen te na thinko nen khaw nai boeh, a mikkhu neh nang te n'hloih boel saeh.
Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.
26 Pumyoi nu tah buh hluem ham ni, tedae hlang yuu loh hinglu phutlo khaw a hoem.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27 Hlang kah a rhang dongah hmai a poep lalah a himbai te hoeh mahpawt a?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Hlang pakhat te hmai-alh dongah a caeh lalah a kho te duih mahpawt a?
Can one go on hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29 A hui kah yuu te aka kun thil tih aka ben tah pakhat khaw hmil tangloeng mahpawh.
So he that goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
30 A hinglu kah a lamlum dip sak hamla a huen atah hlanghuen te hlang loh hnoelrhoeng mahpawt a?
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31 A hmuh uh atah a pueh parhih la sah saeh lamtah a im kah a boei a rhaeng te boeih a phai saeh.
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32 Lungbuei aka talh huta tah samphaih, a hinglu aka phae long ni te te a saii.
But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul.
33 Tlohtat neh yah a dong vetih anih kokhahnah te hmata mahpawh.
A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 Phulohnah khohnin ah a va kah kosi neh thatlainah dongah lungma ti mahpawh.
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 A mikhmuh kah tlansum pakhat khaw khuen pah pawt vetih kapbaih yet cakhaw huem pah mahpawh.
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
