Thuchihbu 6
1 Kachapa, naheng nakom dinga batsahna dinga kitung nahim, hetkhah lou mikhat tou batsahna dinga naum khah a,
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 Nangma thuseija kon kipalna naneija, nakama kon’a phondohsa thuchun nakipalsah khah leh,
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 Kachapa, ka thuhil hi ngaijin lang bol ding gon, ajeh chu naheng nakom’in na chunga thu anei tah jeh in, chen lang naheng nakompa ang-sunga taovin.
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 Jan choldo louvin, namit teni jeng jong sing-hih in, namit geija keh mitmul ho jong kichol da hen.
Do not wait until tomorrow; [go immediately]! Do not rest until you [go and talk with him].
5 Sadelpa masanga sakhigol ajammang bang in, nangma tah kihuh hing ding gotan, vacha thangkol-a kitoldoh bang in nangma tah kihuh hing loijin.
Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter [or] like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.
6 Vo mi thase ho, cheuvin sihmi khu gave tim un, aum chan u-khun kihil unlang chingdoh tauvin.
You lazy individual, learn something from [watching] the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
7 Amahon natonga agoi diu lengle gamvaipo, vaihom aneilou vang un,
They do not have a king or a governor or any [other] person who rules them [and forces them to work],
8 Amahon nipi laiya neh ding aki-khol khom un, khokhal teng nehding aki-khol khom theijun ahi.
[but] they work hard [all] during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
9 Hinlah vo mithase hiche mun’a hi itih chan na-imut ding hitam? Nalup mun’a kon itih phat’a thoding nagot hitam?
[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 Na i-mut a, namoh kijam jeng a, nakhut chalo-sah louva namoh um jenga ahileh,
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 Vaichat nan motva banga nahin phah ding, gucha banga nahin del khum thei ahi.
and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have.
12 Mi pannabei le midihlou chu thudihlou sei phong in ache leuvin ahi.
[I will describe for you what] worthless and evil people [are like]. They constantly lie;
13 Ajon chihnau amit lhap uva akilang jin, akhut jung uvin hichu akoh jiuvin ahi.
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 Alungthim phatlou nauvin thilse agong un, tantih neilouvin kitomana ding jeng abol jiuvin ahi.
They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.
15 Hiche ho jeh chun, amaho chunga gangtah in manthahna achujin, damdoh vah thei loua umdiu ahi.
But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.
16 Pakaiyin athet tah thil gup aum in, Ama ding in thil sagima adei lou aum in ahi.
There are six, [maybe] seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. [They are]:
17 Kiletsah mitvet, jou seina leigui, mona beija thisansoa panla khut teni,
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 Thilse gonna lungthim, thilse bo dinga lhai keng teni,
people who plan to do evil deeds; people [SYN] who run quickly to do wrong things;
19 Thujouseina-a jou sakhia pang, chule asopi lah-a kitomona muchi thea pangpa ahi.
people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members.
20 Kachapa, napa thupeh hohi jui jing in, chule nanun nahilna jong don louvin koi hih in.
My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.
21 Hichu nalung sunga chingtup jing in, na ngonga khivui on ki-o jing in.
Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be [like a beautiful necklace] around your neck.
22 Hiche hochun nakal sonna jousea napui hoi ding, na-imut teng jongleh nachin tup diu, nahung khahdoh teng jongleh nahil’a pang kit ding ahi.
[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 Ajeh chu thupeh chengse hi thaomeia pang ahin, kihilna jeng jong thaomei vah tobang, chule kiphosalna le kigah chahna jouse jong hinna lampia pang ahibouve.
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 Hichun numei phalouva kon navenbit ding, akam them jehju numeia kon chu nahoidoh thei ding ahi.
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 Melhoinu khu nalung in deicha hih beh in, amit vetdan akon in jong kilhep lhahsah hih hel in.
[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 Ajeh chu numei kijohnu chu changlhah khat jengseh a jong muthei ahin, hitobang numei pasaltoh jongji chun pasal hinkho chu manthahna asoji ahitai.
[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 Mihem khat chun adip-a mei-al apoh theijem? Chule aponsil jeng jong kavam louva akoi thei lou ahi.
Can you carry hot coals in your pocket and not be burned [RHQ]?
28 Mihem khat chu mei-al chunga vahle theijem? Akengto phang teni jong kalouva akoi thei lou ahi.
Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch/burn your feet?
29 Aheng akompa jinu jonpi jong hiche tobangbep chu hiding, aheng akompa jinu lup khompi tapou chu dan in amat tei ding ahi.
[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 Gilkel khat chun neh ding deija thil aguh tah-a ahileh, hichepa chu mihemte muda chang cheh ahi.
We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry.
31 Hinlah gucha chu akimat khah tahleh, aguhdoh jat chu jat sagi jen’a ale ding, anei le agou jouse aguchat jeh’a asahna’a anei ding ahitai
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 Chule mitoh jon thanhoi bolpa chu lungthim neilou ahin, thildihlou abolna chun manthahna alhun den ding ahi.
[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 Amapa chun jumna maha aput ding, min amuda na jong beitih umlou ding ahi.
[That woman’s husband] will wound him badly, and [other people] will despise him. His shame will never end.
34 Ajeh chu thangset kiti hin mihem alung sousah jin, datkhen um louva phulahna aneiji ahi.
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 Amapa chun leona man akilah nom lou ding, thil ijat pebe jong lechun asan thei lou ding ahi.
And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to (appease him/cause him to stop being angry).
