Olcueih 6
1 Ka ca, na hui ham rhi na khang tih kholong ham na kut na tum atah,
My son, if someone has borrowed money from a friend or a stranger, and if you have promised that you will pay the money back if that person is unable to pay back the money he borrowed,
2 Na ka dongkah olthui loh n'hlaeh coeng tih na ka dongkah olthui loh n'khaih.
you may be trapped by what you have agreed to do, [because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it]. What you have said that you will do will be like a snare to you.
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.
So, my son, I will tell you what you should do to escape from your difficulty, so that the moneylender does not get control over your [wealth: ] Humbly go to your friend and plead with him [to cancel the agreement]!
4 Na mik te ih sak boeh, na mikkhu te ngam boeh.
Do not wait until tomorrow; [go immediately]! Do not rest until you [go and talk with him].
5 Kut dongkah kirhang bangla sayuep kut dongkah vaa bangla namah huul uh laeh.
Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter [or] like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.
6 Kolhnaw aw lunghi taengla cet lah, anih kah khosing ke hmu lamtah cueih van lah.
You lazy individual, learn something from [watching] the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
7 A taengah rhalboei khaw, rhoiboei khaw, aka taemrhai ham khaw om mai pawh.
They do not have a king or a governor or any [other] person who rules them [and forces them to work],
8 Khohal ah a buh te a soepsoei tih cangah ah a caak te a yoep.
[but] they work hard [all] during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
9 Kolhnaw aw me hil nim na yalh vetih na ih lamloh me vaengah nim na thoh ve?
[But], you lazy loafer, how long will you [continue to] sleep [RHQ]? Are you never going to get up from sleeping [and go to work]?
10 Bet ih, bet ngam, kut poem bet neh na yalh.
You sleep a for a little time; [you say, “I will take] just a short nap.” You lie down and fold/lay your hands [across your chest] and rest;
11 Te vaengah na khodaeng te aka cet paitai bangla, na tloelnah loh photling aka bai hlang bangla ha pawk ni.
and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have.
12 Aka muen hlang neh boethae hlang tah a ka dongkah olhmaang nen ni a pongpa.
[I will describe for you what] worthless and evil people [are like]. They constantly lie;
13 A mik neh a mikhip, a kho neh a thui, a kutdawn neh a thuinuet.
by winking their eyes and moving their feet and making signs with their fingers, they signal [to their friends what they are intending/planning to do].
14 A lungbuei kah a calaak neh a tuetang takuem ah boethae bueng a paem tih, tingtoehnah neh hohmuhnah a khuen.
They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.
15 Te dongah amah kah rhainah loh buengrhuet a thoeng thil vetih hoeihnah om kolla khaem pahoi ni.
But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.
16 He parhuk he BOEIPA loh a thinah tih a hinglu dongah tueilaehkoi khuikah tueilaehkoi parhih tah.
There are six, [maybe] seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. [They are]:
17 A honghi lai aka ludoeng kah a mik, ommongsitoe kah thii aka long sak kah a kut,
People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie [MTY]; people [SYN] who kill others [SYN] who have done nothing wrong;
18 Boethae kopoek aka paem lungbuei, boethae dongla aka yong paitok kho,
people who plan to do evil deeds; people [SYN] who run quickly to do wrong things;
19 A hong kah laipai loh laithae ol a sat tih pacaboeina lakli ah tingtoehnah la a khuen.
people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members.
20 Ka ca, na pa kah olpaek te kueinah lamtah na nu kah olkhueng phap sut boeh.
My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.
21 Na lungbuei ah rhawp hlaengtang lamtah na rhawn ah rhawp laikoeinah lah.
Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be [like a beautiful necklace] around 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.
[If you follow our advice, it will be as though] what we have taught you [PRS] will lead you, wherever you go. When you sleep, they will protect you. And when you wake up in the morning, they will teach/instruct you.
23 Olpaek tah hmaithoi ni, olkhueng khaw vangnah ni, thuituennah dongkah toelthamnah khaw hingnah longpuei ni.
These commands and what we teach you [will be like] a lamp to light your path [MET]. When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, we will be showing you the road to having [a good] life.
24 Huta thae taeng lamkah neh kholong nu ol hnal lamloh nang aka ngaithuen ham ni.
Heeding [PRS] these commands and things that we have taught you will enable you to keep away from immoral women and from [listening to] the enticing words of an adulterous woman.
25 A sakthen te na thinko nen khaw nai boeh, a mikkhu neh nang te n'hloih boel saeh.
[Even] if such a woman is beautiful and has lovely eyes, do not desire to go with her. Do not let her persuade you to go with her (with her eyes/by the way she looks at you).
26 Pumyoi nu tah buh hluem ham ni, tedae hlang yuu loh hinglu phutlo khaw a hoem.
[Do not forget that] you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but [if you sleep with] another man’s wife, (it may cost you/you may lose) your life.
27 Hlang kah a rhang dongah hmai a poep lalah a himbai te hoeh mahpawt a?
Can you carry hot coals in your pocket and not be burned [RHQ]?
28 Hlang pakhat te hmai-alh dongah a caeh lalah a kho te duih mahpawt a?
Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch/burn your feet?
29 A hui kah yuu te aka kun thil tih aka ben tah pakhat khaw hmil tangloeng mahpawh.
[No]! And in the same way, anyone who (sleeps with/has sex with) another man’s wife will [suffer for doing that]. [He will certainly] [LIT] be punished severely.
30 A hinglu kah a lamlum dip sak hamla a huen atah hlanghuen te hlang loh hnoelrhoeng mahpawt a?
We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry.
31 A hmuh uh atah a pueh parhih la a sah saeh lamtah a im kah a boei a rhaeng te boeih a phai saeh.
But [if he steals something and then] is caught [by the police], he will have to pay back (seven times as much as/much more than) he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house [to get enough money to pay it back].
32 Lungbuei aka talh huta tah samphaih, a hinglu aka phae long ni te te a saii.
[But] a man who commits adultery with some woman is very foolish, [because] he is destroying his own self/soul [by what he is doing].
33 Tlohtat neh yah a dong vetih anih kokhahnah te hmata mahpawh.
[That woman’s husband] will wound him badly, and [other people] will despise him. His shame will never end.
34 Phulohnah khohnin ah a va kah kosi neh thatlainah dongah lungma ti mahpawh.
Because that woman’s husband will (be jealous/not want anyone else to sleep with her), he will become furious, and when he gets revenge, he will not act mercifully [toward the man who slept with his wife].
35 A mikhmuh kah tlansum pakhat khaw khuen pah pawt vetih kapbaih yet cakhaw huem pah mahpawh.
And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to (appease him/cause him to stop being angry).
