Thuchihbu 8
1 Chihnan kho ahin sap teng jatei ding gon, chule thil hetkhen nan lhang asap teng ngaijin.
It is as if wisdom, with great understanding [of many things], is calling [PRS] out [to people].
2 Lampi pam le lhangvum dung a, chihna chu ading le'in ahi.
Wisdom stands on hilltops and at crossroads.
3 Khopi lutna kelkot phung dung a, kholen tinchang maija, chule kotjum lutna thei jousea lhang asam in ahi.
[Wisdom also stands] at the city gates and shouts loudly,
4 “Mijouse jah-a kakou ahin, mihem chapa jouse kakou ahi.
“I am calling to everyone! I am shouting loudly to all people!
5 Milham ho nahiu vin, lunggel them hina din kihil un, mingol ho jeng in jong lunglut in ngaijun.
You people who do not know how to do things that are smart to do, get sound judgment; you foolish people, get good understanding!
6 Ngaitem un, keiman thil phachom tah nahil uvinge, kakam sunga kon thudih jengbou pot ding ahi.
Listen to me, because I have some excellent/important things to say. What I say is what is fair/right.
7 Ajeh chu kakam in thudih bou aseiji ding, adihlou sei kiti hi kakam in ajahda ahi.
I speak what is true; I detest speaking [MTY] what is false/deceptive.
8 Kakam akon thu kisei jouse adih ahin, akikal le ache khel ding ima um lou ahi.
Everything that I say is honest; there is nothing that I say that deceives [people].
9 Kathu hil hekhen theipa chun adih akisan ding, hetthemna neipa dinga chu adih bou ahi.
My words are clear to those who have good sense; those who are wise know that what I say is right.
10 Sumlepai sang in kathu hil kilhen un, Sana thengsel sanga jong hetna naki lhen joh diu ahi.
[If someone offers you the kind of teaching I give] or offers you silver, choose my teaching. [If he offers to show you how to be wise] or offers you gold, choose to know how to be wise,
11 Ajeh chu sana kijem pah sanga chihna hi thupi ahin, na lungdei chan toh kitekah thei ahipoi.
because wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you desire [is as valuable] as being wise.
12 Chihna hi keima kahin chingthei tah'a um kahi, hetna le thil hetkhen themna nei kahi.
I, wisdom, and understanding of what is smart to do, cannot be separated. We are like two people who live in the same house. I know how to be wise and how to make smart decisions.
13 Yahweh Pakai ginna chun thilse ahotbol in, hijeh chun keiman kiletsahna le hoithona, thil aphalou, ahilou louva thu kisei chan chu kathet ahi.
[All the people] who revere Yahweh hate evil. I, wisdom, hate [people who are] proud and [people] who think they are more important [than others]. I hate [people who] behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive [others].
14 Keima'a kon hin, chihna giltah le phachom tah'a kihilna aum in, asung thua hetna le thahat chu keija bou um ahi.
I give [people] good advice and I enable them to do things that are wise. I understand how things really are, and I am strong.
15 Keijal'a lenghon vai-apoh ahin, keijal'a bou vaihom ten adih'a thu tanna anei ahi.
When kings are wise, they rule [well]; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair.
16 Keijal'a alen alal ten vai ahop jiu, chule keijal'a bou alal ten vai apoh theiyu ahi.
Rulers govern their people with the help of me, wisdom, and those who have authority decide things fairly/just with my help.
17 Keima eingailu ho kangailun, giltah'a eihol ten eimu tei jiuvin ahi.
I, [wisdom], love [all] those who love me, and [all] those who truly seek me [will] find me.
18 Keima haona le jabolna jousen eijui in, phattheina le haona chun eidalha jipoi.
I enable [people] to become rich and to be honored; [I enable them to have] wealth that will last and to be successful.
19 Ka thilpeh hohi sana sanga phachom ahin, sana thengsel sanga jong hoijoa, chule kanatoh jong sum le pai sanga phajo ahi.
What I can give people is more valuable than fine/pure gold and the best silver.
20 Keima thudih tah'a lamlha jing kahin, thutanna adih lam jeng chu kaho-ji ahi.
I always do what is righteous and just/fair.
21 Keima eingailu hon gou alo diu kasem peh in, agou kholnau jouse kasuh dimpeh-jin ahi.
I give wealth to those who love me; I fill their houses with valuable things.
22 Yahweh Pakai in atil abulla athilsem apat ei-umsah ahin, khanglui apat athilsem masapen kahitai.
Yahweh created me, [wisdom], when he began [to create the world]; he created me [to do my work] before he created anything else.
23 Atil-a leiset kisem masang, kum asang sang masanga pat keima tundohsa chu kahi tai.
He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth.
24 Kapen chun anem, atong lai jong ana um pon, twi putna jouse jong khatcha ana um poi.
I was born before the oceans were [created], when there were no springs from which water flowed.
25 Mol le lhang kigol toh masang, chule thinglhang jouse kisemtoh masanga pat ana um kahitai.
I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;
26 Elohim Pathen in leiset le tollhang asem masang, vannoija leigum kisemdoh masanga pat um kahi.
[I, wisdom], was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth.
27 Elohim Pathen in vanho atundoh masanga um kahin, twikhanglen kuol khum vanthamjol alhundoh masanga jong um kahitai.
I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place [in the distance] where the sky and the oceans [seem to] come together.
28 Elohim Pathen in chunglam'a vanthamjol ho atundoh ahin, leinoija pat twi aput dohsah masanga jong um kahin,
I was there when Yahweh put the clouds above [the earth] and when he caused the water that is inside the earth to be secure.
29 Twikhanglen geilah jong alet lhahna lou dinga asem toh, twipi jeng in jong athu angaina dinga asem toh, leiset khompi jouse jong atundoh masanga pat um kahi.
I was there when he fixed a boundary for the seas, so that the water in the seas would not go past those boundaries, and when he put down the foundations which support the earth.
30 Keima tah jong akom-cha'a khut them bang um kahin, nitin le phat tin in akom-a kapansan kipatah in kaum jing in ahi.
I was at the side of Yahweh, the master worker (OR, as though I was his child). I caused him to be happy every day, and I was always rejoicing when I was with him.
31 Elohim Pathen in mihemte chenna dia leiset atundoh ahin, keima jong kipah tah-in kaum in, mihemte lah'a thanopnan kadim e.
I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too.
32 Hijeh chun kachate ho kasei ngaijun, kathu ngaija ka lampia che jing ho kipah ding'u ahi.
So, [you people who are like] my sons, listen to me. [I am] pleased with [all] those who obey my teachings.
33 Kathuhil ho ngaijun lang ching theijun, kahilchah-nau hi tuh chah jing un.
Listen [carefully] to what I teach you and become wise. Do not reject my teaching!
34 Ka thusei ngaija mihem chu anunnom hi ding, amachun nitin'a kakot phunga anga jing ding, ka kotpi phunga tatlouvin ading in ahi
[I am] pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting [for me to come out].
35 Ajeh chu keima eimudoh chan chun hinna akimu tan, chule Yahweh Pakaija kon in hepina achang'un ahi.
Those who find me will have [a long] life, and Yahweh [will] be pleased with them.
36 Amavang keima eidonlou chan chun, ama le aman gimna akimu jin, keima ei hot chan chun, thina jeng angai chat ahibouve.”
But those who stray away from me [just] harm themselves. All those who hate me, [it is as though] [IRO] they are loving death.”
