Cingthuilawk 8
1 Lungangnae ni a kaw teh, thaipanueknae ni a lawk a cai sak nahoehmaw.
Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?
2 Monsom vah tahungnae a sak teh, lam teng hoi lamtalawi koe ouk a kangdue.
Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths.
3 Khopui kâennae longkha koehoi, kâennae thonaw koevah, kacaipounglah a oung.
Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:
4 Oe, taminaw, nangmouh hah na kaw awh. Ka lawk hah taminaw hane doeh.
O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
5 Oe kamawngrame, lungangnae hah thaipanuek awh. Nangmouh tamipathunaw thaipanueknae lungthin tawn awh haw.
O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice.
6 Thai awh haw, kahawi poung e hah ka dei vaiteh, ka pahni dawk hoi ka tâcawt e teh, kalan e han doeh.
Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.
7 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka pahni ni lawkkatang a dei han, thoenae teh ka pahni hanelah panuet a tho.
My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.
8 Ka pahni hoi ka dei e lawk pueng teh, lannae doeh. Kâcawngmet e hoi ka longkawi e awm hoeh.
All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.
9 Kathaipanueknaw hanelah a kamceng teh, panuenae katawnnaw hanelah a lan.
They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.
10 Tangka hlak kaie cangkhainae hah dâw awh. Sui kahawi hlak panuenae heh kârawi awh.
Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
11 Bangkongtetpawiteh, lungangnae teh Rubies talung hlak ahawihnawn. Ngai kawi e hno pueng hoi hote hno hah bangnue thai mahoeh.
For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.
12 Kai, lungangnae teh lungang laihoi ka o. Panuinae hoi poukthainae hai ka tawn.
I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.
13 BAWIPA taki e teh yon hmuhma e doeh. Kâoupnae hoi kaisuenae, yonnae lamthung hoi lawk kalan deihoehnae pahninaw heh ka hmuhma.
The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
14 Kâpankhainae hoi lungangnae katang hateh, kaie naw doeh. Thaipanueknae lah ka o teh thaonae ka tawn.
Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.
15 Kai pawlawk hoi siangpahrangnaw ni a uk awh teh, ukkungnaw ni kalan lah laidei ouk a tâtueng awh.
By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things,
16 Kai pawlawk hoi ukkungnaw hoi tami kalennaw hoi bari kaawmnaw hoi talai van e lawkcengkung pueng ni uknae kâ a tawn awh.
By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.
17 Kai lungpataw e teh, kai ni ka lungpataw van, atangcalah na katawngnaw ni na hmu awh han.
I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.
18 Tawntanae hoi barinae teh kai koe kaawm e naw doeh. Kangning e tawntanae hoi lannae doeh.
With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.
19 Kaie a paw teh sui hlak hai ahawihnawn. Bokheiyah, sui kathoung hlak hai ahawihnawn. Hahoi ka hmu e hnopai teh, kahawi e ngun hlak hai ahawihnawn.
For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.
20 Lannae hoi kângingnae lamthung lungui vah ka cei.
I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
21 Hottelah, kai lungpataw naw koe hnopai tabu dawk, hno akawi nahanlah hnopai ka coe sak han.
That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.
22 BAWIPA ni a kamtawng lahun nahoi, ayan e thaw a tawk hoehnahlan vah, yo na tawn toe.
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.
23 Talai ao hoehnahlan hoi a kamtawng hoehnahlan vah, a yungyoe caksak lah ka o toe.
I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made.
24 Kadungpoung e talî ao hoehnahlan hoi, tuinaw pueng a tâco hoehnahlan vah, yo ka tâco toe.
The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out:
25 Talai hoi vaiphu ao hoehnahlan, talai hoi ramnaw a sak hoehnahlan,
The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:
26 Montamnaw ao hoehnahlan vah, yo ka tâco toe.
He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.
27 Kalvannaw a rakueng lahun navah, yo ka o toe. Kadungpoung e talî dawk e kâheinae a sak navah,
When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:
28 Kalvan e tâmai a yam sak navah, kadungpoung e talî, ka lawng e palang, tha a poe navah,
When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
29 Tui ni a kâpoelawk a ek hoeh nahanlah, talîpui hanelah a langri a khuen pouh navah, talai du a ung navah,
When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;
30 Kai teh kawk e capa patetlah ama koe ka o teh, pout laipalah ama lung kahawi sakkung lah ka o. A hmalah ka konawm.
I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;
31 O nahanelah a sak e talai ni, ka konawm sak, taminaw ni ka ko hoe a nawm sak.
Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.
32 Hatdawkvah, ka canaw, atu ka lawk thai awh haw. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka lamthung kadawnnaw teh tami yaw kahawi e lah ao awh.
Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Cangkhainae heh thai awh nateh, lungang awh haw, banglah noutna laipalah awm hanh awh.
Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Hnin tangkuem kaie longkha koehoi na ring teh, takhang koehoi na ngaihawi. Ka lawk ka ngâi e teh, tami yaw kahawi e doeh.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.
35 Bangkongtetpawiteh, kai na kahmawt e pueng teh hringnae ka hmawt e lah ao. BAWIPA ni ngaikhainae hai ouk a hmu awh.
He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:
36 Hatei, kai dawk yonnae kasaknaw ni amae hringnae a raphoe teh, na ka maithoe e pueng teh duenae ka lungpataw naw doeh.
But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.
