Olcueih 21
1 Manghai kah a lungbuei tah sokca tui bangla BOEIPA kut dongah om tih, a ngaih bangla boeih a hoihaeng.
As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.
2 Longpuei boeih he hlang loh amah mikhmuh nen tah a thuem sak. Tedae BOEIPA long tah lungbuei ni a khiing a lang.
Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.
3 Duengnah neh tiktamnah saii ham te BOEIPA loh hmueih lakah a ngaih.
To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
4 Mik dongkah buhuengpomnah neh lungbuei a mungkung he halang rhoek kah tholhnah hmaithoi ni.
A high-minded man is stout-hearted in [his] pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.
5 Bi haam kah kopoek tah kumkonah la om yoeyah tih, aka cukhat boeih khaw tloelnah la om yoeyah.
6 A hong ol lamkah bisai neh thakvoh tah ahonghi la huu tih, dueknah ni kang a toem coeng.
He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity [on] to the snares of death.
7 Halang loh a tiktam la saii ham a aal dongah, amamih kah a rhoelrhanah loh amamih a hmuh bitni.
Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.
8 A ko aka boi hlang kah longpuei tah kawn dae, aka cil tah a bisai a thuem pah.
To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.
9 Hohmuhnah la aka om yuu neh hoilh aka khueh kah im lakah tah, imphu bangkil ah khosak te then ngai.
[It is] better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered [rooms] with unrighteousness, and in an open house.
10 Halang kah a hinglu long tah boethae a ngaidam tih, a mikhmuh kah a hui te khaw rhen pawh.
The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man.
11 Hmuiyoi loh lai a sah vaengah hlangyoe khaw cueih tih, a cueih hamla a cangbam vaengah mingnah khaw a dang.
When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.
12 Hlang dueng long tah halang imkhui khaw a cangbam mai dae, halang rhoek long tah a thae la a paimaelh.
A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.
13 Tattloel kah a doek te a hna aka buem thil tah, amah a pang van vaengah doo uh mahpawh.
He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear [him].
14 A huephael kah kutdoe loh thintoek, a rhang dongkah kapbaih loh kosi aka tlung te a daeh sak.
A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.
15 Hlang dueng hamtah tah a tiktamnah a saii te kohoenah la om tih, boethae aka saii rhoek ham tah porhaknah la om.
[It is] the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy [man] is abominable with evil-doers.
16 Hlang aka cangbam kah longpuei lamloh kho aka hmang hlang tah, sairhai kah hlangping lakli ah duem.
A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants.
17 Kohoenah aka lungnah aih khaw hlang kah a tloelnah la poeh tih, misurtui neh situi aka lungnah khaw boei mahpawh.
A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;
18 Halang te hlang dueng ham, hnukpoh te aka thuem ham tlansum la om.
and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man.
19 Hohmuhnah, konoinah neh yuu taengah olpungkacan la om lakah tah, khosoek khohmuen ah khosak he then ngai.
[It is] better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.
20 Hlang cueih tolkhoeng kah thakvoh neh situi tah a naikap dae, hlang ang long tah te te a yoop.
A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.
21 Duengnah neh sitlohnah aka hloem long tah, duengnah neh thangpomnah dongkah hingnah te a dang ni.
The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.
22 Hlangrhalh rhoek kah khopuei te hlang cueih pakhat long ni a paan tih, a sarhi la a pangtungnah uh khaw a phil pah.
A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted.
23 A ol a ka aka tuem long tah, a hinglu te citcai khui lamkah a hoep a tlang.
He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.
24 Thinlen, moemlal, a ming ah hmuiyoi long tah, thinpom althanah neh a saii.
A bold and self-willed and insolent [man] is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.
25 A kut loh a saii ham a aal dongah kolhnaw kah hoehhamnah loh amah a duek sak ni.
Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.
26 Hnin takuem ah hoehhamnah te a ngaidam dae, aka dueng long tah a paek phoeiah khaw a hnaih moneih.
An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.
27 Halang kah hmueih he tueilaehkoi ti bal vaengah, khonuen rhamtat la a khuen bal pueng.
The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.
28 Laithae kah laipai tah paltham vetih, aka hnatun hlang long ni a thui yoeyah eh.
A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.
29 Halang loh a mikhmuh dawk neh hlang a tanglue sak. Tedae aka thuem long tah a long, long ah a rhuep tih a yakming.
An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways.
30 BOEIPA aka tlai thil thai cueihnah khaw om pawh, lungcuei khaw om pawh, cilsuep khaw om thai pawh.
There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.
31 Marhang khaw caemtloek hnin kah ham a tawn coeng dae, BOEIPA daengah ni loeihnah a dang.
A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord.
