Olcueih 8
1 Cueihnah loh n'khue moenih a? Lungcuei loh a ol a huel dae ta.
Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
2 Longpuei taengkah hmuensang som ah a im kah a hawn ah khaw pai ta.
On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
3 Vangpuei la a kun phai kah vongka hmoi ah khaw thohka kah a rhai ah khaw tamhoe ta.
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
4 Aw hlang rhoek, nangmih te kang khue tih ka olthang he khaw hlang capa ham ni.
“I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
5 Hlangyoe rhoek loh khinglangnah yakming lamtah aka ang rhoek loh lungbuei te yakming lah.
You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
6 Hnatun uh, rhaengsang la ka thui dongah ka hmuilai ka ongnah he vanat la om.
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
7 Ka ka loh oltak a thuep tih halangnah te ka hmuilai kah a tueilaehkoi ni.
For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 Ka ka dongkah duengnah olthui boeih he a hloo vilvak moenih.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9 Aka yakming ham tah boeih langya tih mingnah aka dang ham tah thuem ngawn.
They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
10 Ka thuituennah tangka nen pawt tih, mingnah he sui a coelh lakah khaw lo lah.
Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 Cueihnah tah lungvang lakah then tih ngaihnah sarhui khaw te nen te vanat sak thai pawh.
For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
12 Kamah tah cueihnah, khinglangnah neh kho ka sak tih thuepnah dongkah mingnah te ka hmuh.
“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
13 BOEIPA hinyahnah dongah a thae la koevoeinah te thiinah ham ni hoemdamnah neh a thae longpuei khaw, calaak ol khaw ka hmuhuet.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
14 Cilsuep neh lungming cueihnah tah kamah taengah, ka yakmingnah neh, kamah ham thayung thamal la om.
Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
15 Kai rhangneh manghai rhoek loh manghai tih boeica rhoek loh duengnah neh a taem uh.
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16 Kai rhangneh mangpa rhoek khaw boei uh tih hlangcong boeih loh duengnah lai a tloek uh.
By me princes rule, nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
17 Kai aka lung, aka lungnah te ka lungnah tih kai aka toem rhoek loh kai m'hmuh uh.
I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
18 Khuehtawn neh thangpomnah khaw, aka nguel boeirhaeng neh duengnah khaw kamah taengah om.
With me are riches, honour, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
19 Sui neh suicilh lakah ka thaih then tih ka cangvuei khaw cak lakah cae.
My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
20 Duengnah caehlong ah tiktamnah a hawn khui la ka pongpa.
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,
21 Kai aka lungnah tah ka koe ka pang sak tih a thakvoh te ka koei pah.
that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
22 Daengrhae daengkhoi lamkah a bibi, hlamat kah a longpuei a tongcuek ah BOEIPA loh kai n'lai coeng.
“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
23 Khosuen lamloh, a lu lamloh, diklai khothoeng lamloh kai n'hloe.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
24 Kai ka poe vaengah tuidung khaw ana om pawh, tuisih tui ana phul pawh.
When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Tlang a buek hlan ah som a tueng hlan ah ka cuen coeng.
Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;
26 Te vaengah diklai khaw, tollong khaw, lunglai dongkah laipi lamhma khaw ana saii moenih.
while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27 Vaan a soepsoei ham vaengkah, tuidung hman kah a kueluek te a tarhit ham vaengkah khaw kamah ni.
When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
28 A sang hmuen kah khomong thah sak ham khaw, tuidung tuiphuet tanglue sak ham vaengah khaw,
when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
29 Tuitunli te a rhi suem pah ham vaengah khaw ka om coeng. Te dongah tui loh BOEIPA ol te poe pawh. Diklai kah a yung te a tarhit ham vaengah ka om coeng.
when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 Amah taengah bibi thai la ka om tih hnin bal hnin bal hlahmaenah neh ka om. A tue boeih dongah amah mikhmuh ah ka luem.
then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,
31 A khohmuen kah lunglai dongah aka luem loh hlang ca te khaw ka hlahmaenah coeng.
rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
32 Te dongah ca rhoek loh kamah taengah hnatun uh lamtah kamah kah yoethen longpuei ngaithuen uh.
“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Thuituennah he hnatun lamtah cueih lamtah hlahpham boeh.
Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
34 Kamah taengah aka hnatun Ka thohkhaih taengah a hnin a hnin ah aka hak, ka thohka kah rhungsut aka ngaithuen hlang tah a yoethen pai.
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
35 Kai aka hmu long tah hingnah te a hmuh rhoe a hmuh tih, BOEIPA taengkah kolonah a dang.
For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favour from the LORD.
36 Tedae kai aka hmaang long tah a hinglu a huet, kai aka thiinah boeih loh dueknah te a lungnah.
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
