Olcueih 9
1 Cueihnah loh a im a sak tih a tung parhih a vueh.
Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:
2 A maeh te a ngawn tih misurtui neh a thoek tih a caboei te a tawn.
She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.
3 Amah kah hula rhoek te a tueih tih, vangpuei hmuensang dangdoe lamkah a khue.
She has sent forth her maidens: she cries upon the highest places of the city,
4 Te phoeiah, “Unim hlangyoe, anih te lungbuei a talh khaw pahoi nong tak saeh.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
5 Halo, ka buh he ang uh lamtah misur ka thoek he o uh.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Hlangyoe te hnoo lamtah hing uh, yakmingnah longpuei te uem uh.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7 Hmuiyoi aka toel tah amah loh yah a poh tih, halang aka tluung tah amah loh nganboh a yook.
He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
8 Hmuiyoi te tluung boeh namah m'hmuhuet ve. Aka cueih tah na tluung cakhaw nang n'lungnah ni.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Aka cueih te pae lah taoe cueih ni, aka dueng te na tukkil atah rhingtuknah a thap ni.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 BOEIPA hinyahnah tah cueihnah lamhma la om tih aka cim mingnah he yakmingnah la om.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11 Kai rhangneh na khohnin te puh vetih nang hamla hingnah kum khaw a thap ni.
For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
12 Na cueih la na cueih mak atah namah ham ngawn ni. Hmui na yoih atah nang namah long ni na phueih eh.
If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
13 Angvawk nu loh a poeyoek la kawk tih bang khaw ming pawh.
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.
14 Tedae a im thohka neh vangpuei hmuensang kah ngolkhoel dongah ngol.
For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 Te vaengah a caehlong a dueng la longpuei ah aka pongpa rhoek te a khue.
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16 “Hlangyoe neh lungbuei aka talh tah pahoi ha pah saeh.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
17 A tui huen aka tui sak tih yinhnuk buh neh aka hmae,” a ti.
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
