Cingthuilawk 5
1 Ka capa, poukpanueknae na tawn nahane hoi, na pahni ni panuenae a pâkuem thai nahanelah,
My son, listen carefully to some [more] wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you.
2 kaie lungangnae hah thai nateh, kaie thaipanueknae dawk na hnâpakeng haw.
If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely [what to do], and you will know [the right things] to say [MTY].
3 Bangkongtetpawiteh, napui kathoutnaw e pahni teh, khoitui patetlah a radip, a lawk teh sathaw hlak hai a pâhnan.
What an immoral woman says [to you may be] as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil [feels on your skin],
4 Hatei, apoutnae koe lateh, hmue patetlah a kha teh, avoivang kahran e sarai patetlah a hran.
but the result [of being with her] will be bitter like gall and [injure you as badly], like being cut with a sharp two-edged sword.
If you go where she goes [MTY], you will go down to where the dead people are. Her steps will lead you straight 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 is not concerned about the roads that lead to a [long] life. She walks [down] a crooked path, and she does not realize [that she is on the wrong road].
7 Hatdawkvah, ka canaw, atuvah, ka lawk thai awh haw. Ka dei e lawknaw hah pahnawt awh hanh.
So now, my sons, listen to me. (Never turn aside from/always remember) [LIT] what I am about to tell you.
8 Hatei, ahlanae koe kampuen awh nateh, ahnie im takhang hoi hai hnai awh hanh.
Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
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.
If you enter the home of one of them, you will lose your (self-respect/good reputation) and [that woman’s husband] will not act mercifully toward you; he will [kill you and] take everything that you have acquired during your life!
10 Hoehpawiteh, ramlouknaw ni na tawntanae dawk nawm awh vaiteh, na thaw tawk e a pawnaw hah ramlouknaw im vah phat payon vaih.
Foreigners will take your money, and [all] the good things that you have worked for will (end up in their hands/become their possessions).
11 Apoutnae koe lah, na takthai a kamsoe toteh, na khui payon vaih.
And when you are about to die, you will groan [with severe pain] because diseases [that you have gotten from being immoral] will be destroying your body.
12 Bangtelamaw, cangkhainae hah koe ka hmuhma teh, yuenae hah ka lungthin hoi koe ka dudam toe.
Then you will say, “I hated it [when people tried to] correct me. I despised [people when they] reproved/rebuked me.
13 Na kacangkhaikung e lawk hah koe ka tarawi ngaihoeh niteh, na cangkhainae hah koe ka thai ngaihoeh heh ma.
I did not heed what my teachers said! I paid no attention to those who [tried to] teach me [something about my behavior].
14 Tamimaya hoi kamkhuengnaw koe rawknae kâhmo hoeh e dueng doeh hei na ti han na kaima.
[Now] I am almost ruined, and I will be disgraced in public gatherings.”
15 Nange tuikhu, na tuikhu hoi ka tâcawt e tui roeroe hah na nei han.
Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well [MET], enjoy [having sex] [EUP] only with your own wife.
16 Na tuiphuek hah ram tangkuem lawng vaiteh tamimaya ceinae lamnaw dawk a lawng han na maw.
Like you would not waste good water by pouring it into the street, [you should not have sex with other women]. [MET, EUP]
17 Nama hanelah dueng awm seh, ayâ alouke hoi kâkabawpkhai hane nahoeh.
Enjoy [having sex] only with your wife; do not [have sex with] other women.
18 Na tuikhu teh yawhawi seh, na naw nah e na yu koe na lungkuep lawih.
Let your wife be a source of great pleasure to you. (Be happy/[Enjoy sex]) with the woman whom you married when you were both 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.
She is as pretty and graceful [as] a young female deer. Allow her breasts to always satisfy you. Allow her lovemaking to excite you.
20 Bangtelamaw, ka capa nang ni napui kahawihoehe hah na ngai vaiteh, khuet na tapam han vaw.
My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
21 Bangkongtetpawiteh, tami hringnae lamthungnaw teh, BAWIPA ni koung a hmu teh, a lamthung pueng koung a pouk pouh.
[I say that] because Yahweh sees clearly everything that we do; he knows [where we are going on] the roads that we walk on.
22 Ama pouknae ni tamikayon teh a man vaiteh, a yonnae tangron hoi pâkhi lah ao han.
Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are [like] ropes that bind them.
23 Cangkhainae a vout dawkvah, a due vaiteh, puenghoi a pathu dawkvah, a kahma han.
Evil men [will] die because they are unable to say “No” to their desires; they [will] (go astray/be lost) because of the foolish things that they do.
