Thuchihbu 10
1 Solomon thuchih ho: Chapa chingin apa aki pasah jin; Chapa ngol vang anu ding in lungkham na bep ahi.
These [are more] proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon: If children are wise, they cause their parents to be happy; but if children are foolish, they cause their parents to be very sad.
2 Gitlouna le engset jeh'a kilamdoh gouchu phat chompi thei ahipon, hinlah chondih nahin hinkho jeng jong ahuhdoh jin ahi.
Money that you get by doing dishonest/wicked things will really not benefit you; but by living righteously you will live for (a long time/many years).
3 Yahweh Pakai in michonpha chu kelthoh in akoi jipon, chule milungthim phalou ho ngaichat akhohsah jipoi.
Yahweh does not allow righteous [people] to starve, but he will prevent wicked [people] from getting what they want.
4 Khut chaloh sah nomlou thase chun vaichatna alhut ding, khut umthim thei lou chun haosatna amu ding ahi.
Lazy people [soon] become poor; it is those who work hard who become rich.
5 Chapa ching in nipi laileh neh akikhol khomin, neh kikhol khom laija kinomsah chapa vang chun jumna amu tei ding ahi.
Those who are wise, harvest the crops when they are ripe; it is shameful/disgraceful to sleep [and not work] during harvest time.
6 Michonpha luchanga phattheina gobang in ajun, mikitah ho kamsunga vang pumtho changa thuseina jeng apot in ahi.
Righteous [people will] be blessed [by God]; [the nice things] that wicked [people] say [MTY] [sometimes] conceal the fact that they [are planning to] act violently.
7 Mikitah chu akisumil thei jipon, mikitah lou ho min vang chomlou kah'a kisumil ding ahi.
After righteous [people die], other people are blessed as they remember [what those people did before they died]; but we will soon forget wicked people [MTY] after they die.
8 Miching in thu kisei chan asanje ahen, amoh a thusei vang chu mangthah ding ahi.
Wise people heed good instruction/advice, but people who talk foolishly will ruin themselves.
9 Lungthim kitah a kalsonna chu monna ahin, achena tinchang kisuh boi-achu matdoh a um tei ding ahi.
Honest people will be safe, but [others] (OR, God) will find out those who are dishonest.
10 Aphalou lam galdot chun gimna asodoh jin, hangsan tah'a mi phohsal a sudih chun chamna asemdoh jin ahi.
Those who signal with their eyes [that they are about to do something that is wrong] cause trouble, but those who rebuke others truthfully cause them to be peaceful.
11 Michonpha kamsung chu hinna twinah tobang ahin, miphalou ho kamsunga vang ki nah na ding thuseina jeng apot in ahi.
What righteous [people] say [MTY] is [like] a fountain that (gives life/enables people to live many years) [MET], but what wicked [people] say [MTY] hides [the fact] that they intend to act violently.
12 Kivetda nahin kinahna asodoh sah jin, ngailut na vang chun thilse jouse asel mang jitai.
When we hate others, it causes quarrels, but if we love others, we forgive them [for the wrong things that they do].
13 Thil hetthemna neipa vang chun akamsunga kon thu aseidoh chan le chihna amu jin, lungthim beipa vang chun aphahsam a moltum adou jing ding ahi.
Those who have good sense say [MTY] what is wise, but people who do not have good sense must be punished.
14 Miching hon hetna akhol chen un, mingol kamtam hon hamset na akiloilut jiuvin ahi.
Wise people continue to learn all that they can, but when foolish people speak, they soon cause trouble.
15 Mihaoho nei leh gou hi akulpia apang jin, vaichate neilal na vang chun manthahna asojin ahi.
The wealth that rich people have [protects them like a city is protected by a] strong wall around it [MET], but people who are poor suffer much [because they have no one to help them].
16 Michonpha chun atohga dungjui'a hinna alhut jin, migilou ho phatchomna vang chun chonsetna alhut jitan ahi.
If you are righteous, your reward will be a good life, [but] all that sinful people gain is to sin more.
17 Min ahilna ngaipha chun hinna lam ajot jin, min aphona ngaimahpa vang chu avah mang jitai.
Those who pay attention when others try to (correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong) will live (happily/for many years); but those who reject being rebuked will not find the road to life (OR, cause others to go astray).
18 Alungthim'a mudana neipa chun jouthu jeng asei jin, mi enghotna thuseipa vang angol ahi.
Those who will not admit that they hate [others] are liars, and those who slander [others] are foolish.
19 Thu tamseina hin seikhel aumsah teijin, hinlah akam kihup them mi chu mi ching ahi.
When people talk a lot, that will lead them to sin a lot [by what they say]; if you are wise, you will refuse to say very much.
20 Mikitah pa kamcheng hi dangka manlu tobang ahin, mikitah lou ho lungthim vang pannabei jeng ahi.
What righteous/good [people] say [MTY] is [as valuable as] pure silver [MET]; what wicked [people] think is worthless.
21 Mikitah pa kamsunga kon in mitampi vah va na ding thu apot jin, mingol ho vang lungthim beijin amang thah jitauve.
What righteous [people] say [MTY] benefits many [people], but foolish people die because of the stupid [things that they do].
22 Yahweh Pakai phattheina chan hi haodohna ahin, hichun lungkhamna asodoh sah jipon ahi.
Yahweh blesses [some people] by enabling them to become rich, and working hard will not make them to become richer (OR, and he will not also cause them to become sad).
23 Thilse bol hi mingol ding in kichep golnop abang jin, thil hetthemna neipa ding in limgeh a chon hi lungkimna ahi.
Foolish people (have fun/enjoy) doing what is wrong, but wise/sensible people enjoy doing what is wise.
24 Miphalou in mi akichat sahna chu ama chunga ale-lhun jin, mikitah ding in angaichat chan Elohim Pathen in apeh tei ding ahi.
Righteous [people] will get the good things that they want/desire, but what wicked [people] are afraid of is what will happen to them.
25 Khopi hui alan a gopi ajuh teng, miphalou chu atol tha jitan, hinlah mikitah vang tonsot geija tundoh ahitai.
When storms come, the wicked will (be blown away/never be safe), but righteous [people will] be safe forever.
26 Juthuh hin ha ajatsah bang le, meikhun mit athipsah bang in, mithase jong agolpa ding in doujou ahipoi.
We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do, [just] like we do not like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes.
27 Elohim Pathen ginna hi hinkho sotna ahin, miphalou ho hinkho vang kisuchom ding ahi.
If you revere Yahweh, you will live for a long time; but wicked [people] die before they become old.
28 Mikitah ho kinepna chu kipana ahin, miphalou ho kinepna vang pannabei ahi.
Righteous [people] confidently expect [that good things will happen to them], and that causes them to be happy/joyful; but when wicked [people] confidently expect something good to happen, it does not happen.
29 Mikitah ding in Yahweh Pakai hi bitna ahin, thil phalou bolte dinga vang manthahna ahi.
Yahweh protects [MET] those who live righteously, but he destroys those who do what is evil.
30 Mikitah chu kisuloh lou hel ding, miphalou ho vang gamsunga kon'a kichon mang ding'u ahi.
Righteous [people] will always be secure [LIT], but wicked people will be removed from their land (OR, from this earth).
31 Mikitah kamsunga kon in chihna apot jin, aphalouva thu motsei vang chu aleigui kitan ding ahi.
Righteous people [MTY] say things that are wise, but [God] will shut the mouths of people [MTY] who say what is not true.
32 Mikitah chun akam sunga kon in lahthei aseidoh jin, miphalou ho kamsunga kon in vang thu chavei jeng apot jin ahi.
Righteous people [MTY] know what to say that is acceptable, but wicked [people] [MTY] are [constantly] saying things that are not true.
