Cingthuilawk 17
1 Kâyue kâoun laihoi im dawk yikkawi e pawitonae bu hlakvah karoumcalah lahoi bukaro kam touh ca e ahawihnawn.
Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house [full] of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.
2 A lungkaang e san ni yeirai ka phawt e capa hah a uk teh, hmaunawnghanaw hoi cungtalah râw a coe han.
A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.
3 Ngun sôlêi nahanelah manang, sui sôlêi nahanelah takhuenhmai, hatei BAWIPA ni lungthin a tanouk.
As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.
4 Thoenae kasaknaw ni teh laithoe dueng a thai ngai awh teh, laithoe kadeinaw ni hai laithoe lawk a thai ngai awh.
A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.
5 Tamimathoe ka dudam e ni kasakkung a dudam teh, ayânaw runae a kâhmo navah a lungkahawi e tami hai hlout mahoeh.
He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.
6 Mincanaw teh matawngnaw e bawilukhung doeh, camonaw bawilennae teh a napanaw doeh.
Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.
7 Lawkkanem hoi tamipathu kamcu hoeh, laithoe deinae pahni teh bawi hoi hoe kamcu hoeh.
Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
8 Tadawnghno teh ka dâw e tami koe talung phukaawm hoi a kâvan, a kangvawi tangkuem koe hawinae a hmu.
Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.
9 Lawkeknae ka ramuk pouh e ni lungpatawnae a tawng, hatei boutbout ka dei pouh e tami ni teh huiko a kapek.
He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide [them] separates friends and kindred.
10 Tamipathu avai cum touh hem e hlak tamilungkaang vai touh yue e aphuohnawn.
A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
11 Tamikahawihoeh ni kâtaran nahane dueng doeh a tawng, hatdawkvah patoune kathout hoi a kâhmo han.
Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.
12 Tamipathu a pathu lahun nah kâhmo e hlak teh, a ca kahmat e tavom hoi kâhmo pawiteh bet ahawihnawn.
Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
13 Hawinae hah thoenae hoi ka pathung e tami teh hnokathout ni a imthung tâcawt takhai mahoeh.
Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.
14 Kâyuenae teh tuiim dawk hoi tui ka yu e patetlah ao, hatdawkvah kâyue hoehnahlan kâounnae hah roun lawih.
Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
15 Tamikayon a yon ka ngaithoum e tami hoi, tamikalan yon kapen e tami hah BAWIPA ni a panuet
He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God.
16 Tamipathu ni lungangnae a ngai hoeh dawkvah, lungangnae ran nahane hnopai hah bangkongmaw ahni kut dawk poe han vaw.
Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.
17 Hui ni teh nâtuek hai lung na pataw teh, hmaunawngha teh runae kâhmo tueng nahanelah doeh a khe.
Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born.
18 Thaipanueknae ka tawn hoeh e niteh kuttabei kâtambei hoi a hui hmalah lawk a kam.
A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, [as he] also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.
19 Lawkeknae ka ngai e ni teh kâyuenae hai a ngai, a longkha ka rasangsak e ni rawknae hah a tawng.
A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;
20 Dumyennae lungthin ka tawn e ni hnokahawi hmawt mahoeh, laithoe ka dei e tami teh runae hoi a kâhmo han.
and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;
21 Tamipathu ka khe e tami teh amahoima a lungmathoe sak, ka pathu e capa ka tawn e tami teh konawmnae tawn hoeh.
and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.
22 Lungthin konawm e heh kahawipoung e tâsi hoi a kâvan teh, lungthin reknae ni hru a ke sak.
A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.
23 Tamikathout ni lannae lamthung phen hanelah a hnukkhu lahoi hno ouk a lawp.
The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in [his] bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.
24 Lungangnae teh thaipanueknae katawnkung hmalah ao teh, tamipathu e mit ni teh talai pout totouh ouk a khet.
The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool [go] to the ends of the earth.
25 Capa pathu e teh na pa lung kamathoutsakkung lah ao teh, kakhekung manu hanelah hai ka khat poung e lah ao.
A foolish son [is a cause of] anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.
26 Tamikalan rek hanelah awm hoeh, ka talue e hai a hawi nahlangva hem hanelah awm hoeh.
[It is] not right to punish a righteous man, nor [is it] holy to plot against righteous princes.
27 Panuenae ka tawn e ni lawk a kâsum teh, thaipanueknae ka tawn e teh roumnae muitha ka tawn e doeh.
He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.
28 Tamipathu hai duem awm pawiteh, tamilungkaang patetlah pouk e lah ao, a pahnicakuep pawiteh thaipanueknae ka tawn patetlah pouk e lah ao.
Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.
