Cingthuilawk 20
1 Misurtui teh ayâ ni panuikhainae doeh, yamu teh kâyuenae doeh, hot patet e hno ni tami lungang sak boihoeh.
Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
2 Siangpahrang lungkhuek e teh sendek ka huk e patetlah ao, a lung ka khuek sak e tami teh a hringnae hanlah runae doeh.
Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
3 Kâyuenae karoumsakkung teh bari a kamcu, tamipathu ni kâhemnae pou a kamtawng.
[People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
4 Tami ka pangak ni a pâding dawk laikawk kanawk ngaihoeh, canga toteh a ca hane banghai tawn mahoeh.
[If] a lazy man does not plow [his fields at the right/proper time], he will look for [crops] at harvest [time], but there will be nothing there.
5 Tami lungthin hoi pouknae teh ka dungpoung e tui hoi a kâvan, hatei thaipanueknae ka tawn e ni teh haw hoi a tâco sak han.
[Just] as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking, but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking.
6 Tami kapap ni amamouh hawinae dueng doeh ouk a dei awh, hatei apinimaw yuemkamcu e a hmu thai han.
Many people proclaim that they can be trusted [to do what they say that they will do], but it is very difficult to find [RHQ] someone who can really be trusted.
7 Tamikalan teh yuemkamcu lah ouk a hring, a canaw ni hai ahnie yawhawi ouk a hmawng awh.
If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
8 Lawkcengnae tungkhung dawk ka tahung e siangpahrang ni, a mithmu e hnokathout pueng koung a takhoe.
A king who sits on his throne to judge people can [easily] [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
9 Ka lungthin ka thoung sak toe, yon hoi ka hlout toe telah apinimaw a dei thai.
There is no one [RHQ] who can truthfully say, “I do not know of any wrong things that I have done; I have (gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful).”
10 Yawcu kânginghoehe hoi khinglung ka kuep hoeh e teh BAWIPA hmalah panuet a tho.
Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
11 Camo hai a tawk e lahoi panue thai, a tawk e hno a thoung hoi a lan e lahoi bangnue thai.
Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether (what they do/their behavior) is honest and right [or not].
12 Thaithainae hnâ hoi hmuthainae mit heh BAWIPA ni a sak e doeh.
Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
13 I e hah lungpataw hanh na mathoe han, na mit pakkaw lah khenhaw! cakhuem rawca na tawn han.
If you want to sleep [all the time], you will become poor; if you stay awake [and work], you will have plenty of food.
14 Hno karankung ni hawihoeh ati, hatei a cei hnukkhu a ran e hah a kâoupkhai.
People [look at things that they are about] to buy, [and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they] say, “(It is no good/It is poor quality),” but [after they buy it], they go and boast [about having bought it for a cheap price].
15 Sui hoi talung phukaawm moikapap ao, hatei panuenae pahni teh talung phukaawm e lah ao.
Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
16 Tamitavan hanelah amahkhankung teh angki amahkhan nahanelah la pouh lah ao vaiteh napui koe poe naseh.
If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it [DOU], [you deserve to] have someone take your coat from you.
17 Dumnae vaiyei teh a tui eiteh, a ca hnukkhu a kâko dawk sadi hoi a kawi han.
People [may] think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later [they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy] eating gravel/sand.
18 Noenae heh kâpankhai hnukkhu caksak lah ouk ao, kahawicalah kâpan hnukkhu na taran hah tuk.
When people give you good advice, [if you do what they suggest], your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.
19 Yapliyaplap kaawm e tami ni arulawk hah ouk a pâpho, hatdawkvah a lawk ka pâhnan e tami hoi kamyawng hanh.
Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
20 Apipatethai, a manu hoehpawiteh a na pa thoe ka bo e teh, khohmo um a hmaiim a due pouh han.
If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
21 Râw hah hmaloe pang thai eiteh, apoutnae koe yawhawinae lah awm hoeh.
If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
22 Moi ka pathung han telah tet hanh, BAWIPA hah ring haw, ama ni na rungngang han.
Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh [to do something about it], and he will (help you/[do what is right]).
23 Khinglung kâvan hoeh e heh BAWIPA mithmu vah panuet a tho teh, kânging hoeh e yawcu hai hawihoeh.
Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
24 Tami ceinae lamthungnaw heh BAWIPA ni a sak e doeh, hatdawkvah tami ni ama ceinae lamnaw hah bangtelamaw a panue thai han.
Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so (how can we (understand/know) what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot (understand/know) what will happen before it happens.) [RHQ]
25 Hetheh poehno kathoung doeh telah lungrang laihoi dei e teh tami hanelah karap doeh, lawkkam hnukkhu pankângainae ouk ao.
You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.
26 A lungkaang e siangpahrang ni tamikathoutnaw hah a kâyatsak teh lengkhok hoi a coungroe.
Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
27 Tami e muitha teh BAWIPA e hmaiim doeh, a lungthin thung e pueng pheng a tue.
Our consciences are [like] lamps that Yahweh [has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking] [MET]; they reveal what is hidden deep in our (minds/inner beings).
28 Lungmanae hoi lawkkatang ni siangpahrang teh a kountouk, a bawitungkhung teh lungpatawnae lahoi kangdue sak lah ao.
Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.
29 Thoundounnaw e bawilennae teh a thaonae doeh, matawngnaw e kamcunae teh a sampo doeh.
We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
30 Puenghoi hemnae ni hno kathout a thoung sak, hemnae ni thung lah von dawk e pueng hai a thoung sak.
When we are beaten or whipped, it [can] cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us [by punishing us], it [can] cause our behavior to become good.
