Thuchihbu 1
1 Hiche hi Israel leng David chapa Solomon thuchih ho ahi.
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2 Hiche hi mihemten chihna le kigah chahna, thuchih kiseiho hi ipi kiseina ham, ti ahetdoh theina diu ahi.
For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
3 Chule ahoi-apha adihlam'a kihilna kisan them'a adih le thudih agom'a kisanlut ding,
For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
4 Chuteng milham ho dinga lunglim-geh'a hinna, chule khangdong hon hetna le thil detkhen themna anei diu ahi.
For giving to simple ones—prudence, To a youth—knowledge and discretion.
5 Miching jeng jong khodah'a thepna alambe ding, hetkhenna nei mihem in jong kihilchahna alambe ding ahi.
(The wise hear and increase learning, And the intelligent obtain counsels.)
6 Hiche thuchih kiseiho le thil umdan hetthemna anei ding, miching hon thu asei teng, thulem aseidoh jouseu hettheina tha anei ding ahi.
For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
7 Yahweh Pakai ginna hi hetna dinga abulpi ahin, mingol hon vang chihna le hilchah nan asang thei poi.
Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
8 Kachapa, napan nahilna ngaijin lang, nanun nahilna jong sang teijin,
Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, And do not leave the law of your mother,
9 Ijeh inem itileh, amanin nahilna jouse khotona lallukhuh'a nakikhuh ding, chule jana na ngong changa khivui oa naki'o ding ahi.
For they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, And chains to your neck.
10 Kachapa michonseten jol lhah ding nago jong leu, athu'u nangai lou hel ding ahi.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing.
11 Amahon na henga ahin seidiu, “Hung'in cheu hitin mihem thadin ngah-ute; suhkhel neilou ho jong chu inop chabep uva ibol diuvin nga lhih tau hite.
If they say, “Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
12 Ahing changa lhankhuh in aval lhum'a abah gam bang in, eihon jong ahing in bahgam-u hitin, thina kokhuh'a lhalutsa bang in, apum chang in val lhum gam tau hite. (Sheol h7585)
We swallow them as Sheol—alive, And whole—as those going down [to] the pit, (Sheol h7585)
13 Chuteng thil thupi tahtah imu diu, mi thil lelo ichomdoh hou chu in dimset'a isit diu ahi.
We find every precious substance, We fill our houses [with] spoil,
14 Keiho kom'a chan hung neijin lang, sumdip kikhong in sum khol khom u-hite, tia ahinsei diu ahi.”
You cast your lot among us, One purse is—to all of us.”
15 Hinlah kachapa, amaho toh kilhon khom hih hel'in, amaho lam lhahna akon chun kidalse jon,
My son! Do not go in the way with them, Withhold your foot from their path,
16 Ajeh chu amaho thilpha lou bolnan akeng-u ajangkhai in, gangtah in thisan aso jiuve.
For their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed blood.
17 Hijeh chun vachan ao nading thang kikam amu teng, pannabei asoh jitai.
Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
18 Hitobang miho hin ama hole amaho thisan sodohna dinga midang achan lhih jiu ahin, amaho thina ding jenga bou mi achan jiu ahi.
And they lay wait for their own blood, They watch secretly for their own lives.
19 Koi hileh hitobang pumtho changa ama phatchomna ding ngaito bang bep ahiuvin, thil lelo neipa ahivang in thina atoh jitan ahi.
So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, It takes the life of its owners.
20 Chihna hin lamlen lah'a kho asamjin, japi lah jenga jong ogin kithong tah'in apeng jin ahi.
Wisdom cries aloud in an out-place, She gives forth her voice in broad places,
21 Chihna hi lamlen dunga jong apeng jah jeng in, khopi kelkot mai'a jong thu aphong doh jin ahi.
She calls at the head of the multitudes, In the openings of the gates, In the city she says her sayings:
22 “Vo mihemte, itih chanpi mihem mei meija hin ding nagot u-ham, anop nop'a paohon itih chanpi michunga nanop pao diu ham? Angol hon itih chanpi hetna nathet diu hitam?
“Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools hate knowledge?
23 Kathumop nahi ngai phau vin, ajeh chu keiman nangho dinga kalunggel ngaito kasei ding, chuteng kathuseija kon chihna nalam doh diu ahi.
Turn back at my reproof, behold, I pour forth my spirit to you, I make known my words with you.
24 Ijeh inem itileh keiman nang ho kakou un, nang hon nei donbut deh pouve. Kakhut ban in kahin sang uvin, iman jong nagel deh pouvin ahi.
Because I have called, and you refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
25 Kahilna abonchan nadonse pouvin, kagihsal na jouse jong khatcha nadonse pouvin ahi.
And you slight all my counsel, And you have not desired my reproof.
26 Hijeh chun hahsatna dinmun nalhun teng uleh kanuisat diu, manthah nan nalhun den tengu jong leh kanuisat ding nahiuve.
I also laugh in your calamity, I deride when your fear comes,
27 Huipi hattah banga manthahnan nahin lhun khum diu, chimpei banga hahsatna nahin to diu, chule gim le hesoh hoise tah in nalhun dendiu hijongleh ka khohsah louhel ding nahi tauve.
When your fear comes as destruction, And your calamity comes as a windstorm, When adversity and distress come on you.
28 Hinlah amahon panpi ngaija eihin kou-diu, keiman kadonbut dehlou diu, gil tah'a eihol jing diu, ahin eihol doh jou deh lou diu ahi.
Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and do not find me.
29 Ajeh chu amahon hetna athet uvin, Yahweh Pakai gin ding jong alheng deh pouvin ahi.
Because that they have hated knowledge, And have not chosen the fear of YHWH.
30 Amahon kahilna asang pouvin, kagih salna jouse jong pannabei aso tauvin ahi.
They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
31 Chule amahon anop chabep uva atoh-gau aneh diu, thilpha lou angaito jouseu thao twi banga jol lha diu ahi.
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And they are filled from their own counsels.
32 Ajeh chu amahon lamdih jot louvin, milham ho chunga thina alhung lo jitan, lungthim beiho kiletsahna chu amaho manthahna asoh jin ahi.
For the turning of the simple slays them, And the security of the foolish destroys them.
33 Koi hileh kasei phatah'a ngaija chun lungmonna anei ding, gin ding neiloua lungmong sel'a cheng jing ding ahi.”
And whoever is listening to me dwells confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!”
