Cingthuilawk 5
1 Ka capa, poukpanueknae na tawn nahane hoi, na pahni ni panuenae a pâkuem thai nahanelah,
My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen carefully as I explain what makes sense,
2 kaie lungangnae hah thai nateh, kaie thaipanueknae dawk na hnâpakeng haw.
so you can make good decisions and protect knowledge with your lips.
3 Bangkongtetpawiteh, napui kathoutnaw e pahni teh, khoitui patetlah a radip, a lawk teh sathaw hlak hai a pâhnan.
For the lips of an immoral woman may taste as sweet as honey, the kisses of her mouth may be as smooth as oil,
4 Hatei, apoutnae koe lateh, hmue patetlah a kha teh, avoivang kahran e sarai patetlah a hran.
but in the end what you get from her is the bitterness of wormwood and the sharp pain of being cut with a two-edged sword.
She leads you down to death; she takes you down to the grave. (Sheol h7585)
6 Hoehpawiteh, a hringnae lamthung na pouk hoeh vaiteh, a lamthung a cak hoeh e hah na panuek mahoeh.
She doesn't follow the path that leads to life—she wanders away and doesn't even know she's lost.
7 Hatdawkvah, ka canaw, atuvah, ka lawk thai awh haw. Ka dei e lawknaw hah pahnawt awh hanh.
Now, my son, listen to me; don't reject what I have taught you.
8 Hatei, ahlanae koe kampuen awh nateh, ahnie im takhang hoi hai hnai awh hanh.
Stay far away from her! Don't go near the door of her house!
9 Hoehpawiteh, barinae na hmu e hah ayâ alouk koe kampuen payon vaih. Tami nuen kamathoutnaw rahak vah, na hringnae be na hno payon vaih.
Otherwise you'll surrender your honor to others, and your character to cruel people.
10 Hoehpawiteh, ramlouknaw ni na tawntanae dawk nawm awh vaiteh, na thaw tawk e a pawnaw hah ramlouknaw im vah phat payon vaih.
Strangers will spend your wealth; everything you've worked for will go to someone else.
11 Apoutnae koe lah, na takthai a kamsoe toteh, na khui payon vaih.
When you come to the end of your life you'll moan in pain as disease destroys your body.
12 Bangtelamaw, cangkhainae hah koe ka hmuhma teh, yuenae hah ka lungthin hoi koe ka dudam toe.
You'll say, “How I used to hate discipline, and my mind rebelled against being corrected!
13 Na kacangkhaikung e lawk hah koe ka tarawi ngaihoeh niteh, na cangkhainae hah koe ka thai ngaihoeh heh ma.
I didn't listen to what my teacher said. I didn't pay attention to my instructors.
14 Tamimaya hoi kamkhuengnaw koe rawknae kâhmo hoeh e dueng doeh hei na ti han na kaima.
Now I'm on the verge of being completely disgraced before everyone in the community.”
15 Nange tuikhu, na tuikhu hoi ka tâcawt e tui roeroe hah na nei han.
Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
16 Na tuiphuek hah ram tangkuem lawng vaiteh tamimaya ceinae lamnaw dawk a lawng han na maw.
Why should your springs be spilled outside, your streams of water poured out in the streets?
17 Nama hanelah dueng awm seh, ayâ alouke hoi kâkabawpkhai hane nahoeh.
Keep them for yourselves alone. They're not for you to share with strangers.
18 Na tuikhu teh yawhawi seh, na naw nah e na yu koe na lungkuep lawih.
May your spring of water be blessed, and may you enjoy the wife you married when you were young.
19 Ngai kaawm e sayuk hoi a meikahawi e sayukhre patetlah, a sannunaw ni na lungkuep sak naseh. A lungpatawnae ni na lungkuep sak naseh.
May she be to you a loving deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts always be intoxicating to you; may you be drunk on her love forever.
20 Bangtelamaw, ka capa nang ni napui kahawihoehe hah na ngai vaiteh, khuet na tapam han vaw.
Why, my son, become intoxicated with an immoral woman? Why embrace the breasts of a woman who acts like a prostitute?
21 Bangkongtetpawiteh, tami hringnae lamthungnaw teh, BAWIPA ni koung a hmu teh, a lamthung pueng koung a pouk pouh.
For the Lord sees everything people do, the Lord investigates everywhere they go.
22 Ama pouknae ni tamikayon teh a man vaiteh, a yonnae tangron hoi pâkhi lah ao han.
The wicked are trapped by their evil actions; the cords of their sins tie them up.
23 Cangkhainae a vout dawkvah, a due vaiteh, puenghoi a pathu dawkvah, a kahma han.
They will die because they lack self-control, lost because of their great stupidity.
