Cingthuilawk 1
1 Isarel siangpahrang, Devit capa Solomon e cingthuilawknaw:
[the] proverbs of Solomon [the] son of David [the] king of Israel.
2 Lungangnae hoi cangkhainae panue hane hoi thaipanuenae lawk hah thaipanuek hane hoi,
To learn wisdom and discipline to teach words of understanding.
3 lungangnae, lannae, lawkcengnae hoi lannae koelah cangkhainae pang hane hoi,
To receive correction of insight righteousness and justice and uprightness.
4 kamawngrame kâhruetcuet poe hane hoi, thoundounnaw ni panuenae hoi poukthainae a tawn awh nahanlah,
To give to naive people prudence to a youth knowledge and discretion.
5 tami lungkaang ni a thai navah lungang a kâthap vaiteh, thaipanueknae ka tawn e ni lamthung patue thainae a hmu han.
Let him listen a prudent [one] and let him increase insight and a discerning [one] wise directions let him get.
6 Cingthuilawk hoi bangnuenae, lungangnae hoi kâpâvêinae naw thaipanuek nahanlah,
To understand a proverb and an enigma [the] words of learned ones and parables their.
7 BAWIPA takinae teh panuenae kamtawngnae doeh. Hatei, tamipathunaw ni teh lungangnae hoi cingthuinae hah a dudam awh.
[the] fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge wisdom and discipline fools they despise.
8 Ka capa, na pa e pâtunae hah thai nateh, na manu e kâlawk hai pahnawt hanh.
Listen to O son my [the] correction of father your and may not you reject [the] instruction of mother your.
9 Hothateh na lû dawk kamthoupnae sammuem lah awm vaiteh, na lahuen dawk awi e dingyin lah ao han.
For - [will be] a wreath of favor they for head your and necklaces for neck your.
10 Ka capa, tamikayonnaw ni na pasawt pawiteh, ngai pouh hanh.
O son my if they will entice you sinners may not you be willing.
11 Kai koe tho van haw, tami thei hanelah pawm sei. A khuekhaw awm laipalah yonnae ka tawn hoeh naw hah arulahoi pawm awh sei.
If they will say come! with us let us lie in wait for blood let us lie hidden for an innocent [one] without cause.
12 Sheol patetlah a hring lahoi payawp awh vaiteh, kadungpoung e tangkom dawk ka bawt e patetlah, (Sheol h7585)
Let us engulf them like Sheol alive and complete like [those who] go down of [the] pit. (Sheol h7585)
13 Aphu kaawm e hno pueng la awh vaiteh, lawphno hoi mamae im dawk kawi sak awh sei.
All wealth prized we will find we will fill houses our plunder.
14 Kaimouh koe kambawng van leih, maimae tangkabom suekâvan sak awh sei ati awh nakunghai,
Lot your you will cast in midst of us a bag one it will belong to all of us.
15 ka capa, ahnimouh koe kambawng hanh. Ahnimae lamthung hah roun hanelah kâyawmh.
O son my may not you walk in [the] way with them restrain foot your from pathway their.
16 Ahnimae khok teh yonnae koe lah a yawng teh, tami thei hanelah a hue a rang awh.
For feet their to evil they run and they may make haste to shed blood.
17 Bangpatet e tava nakunghai a hmunae koe tamlawk yangda pawiteh, ayawm doeh.
For in vain [is] spread out the net in [the] eyes of every owner of a wing.
18 Hatei, ahnimouh teh amamouh hoi amamouh kâthei hanlah a kâpawp awh teh, amamae hringnae arulahoi ka pawm e lah doeh ao awh.
And they for own blood their they lie in wait they lie hidden for own life their.
19 Hot patetlah, kamsoumhoehe pungdawnae koe lah kahounlounnaw e hringnae teh, katawnkung hringnae hah a thei awh.
[are] thus [the] paths of Every [one who] gains unjustly unjust gain [the] life of owners its it will take.
20 Lungangnae ni a lawi lahoi kacaipounglah a kaw teh, lam tangkuem dawk lawk ceiceikapanglah a oung.
Wisdom in the street it cries aloud in the open places she gives voice her.
21 Tami kamkhuengnae koe a oung teh, khopui kâennae longkha koe lawk a dei.
At [the] top of noisy [places] she calls out at [the] entrances of [the] gates in the city sayings her she utters.
22 Nangmouh kamawngramenaw, nâtotouh maw cungkeihoehe kamawngrame hah na lungpataw awh han rah. Kadudamnaw ni, dudamnae dawk a nawm awh teh, tamipathunaw ni panuethainae hah a hmuhma awh.
Until when? - O naive people will you love naivete and mockers mockery do they delight in? themselves and fools will they hate? knowledge.
23 Kaie yuenae koe kamlang awh, nangmae thung ka muitha ka awi vaiteh, ka lawk hah na panue sak han.
You will turn back to rebuke my here! I will pour out to you spirit my let me declare words my you.
24 Na kaw awh ei, na ngai awh hoeh. Ka kut ka dâw ei, apinihai banglah na pouk awh hoeh.
Because I called and you refused I offered hand my and there not [was] an attentive [one].
25 Kâhruetcuet na poe awh e puenghai na hnoun awh teh, na yuenae puenghai buet touh boehai bout na tarawi awh hoeh.
And you ignored all advice my and rebuke my not you yielded to.
26 Hatdawkvah, yawthoenae na kâhmo awh toteh, na panuikhai vaiteh, lungpuennae na kâhmo awh to hai na panuikhai awh han.
Also I at calamity your I will laugh I will mock when comes dread your.
27 Takinae kahlî kathout ni na kanawi awh teh, bongparui ni na parit awh toteh, kângairu temdengnae a tho toteh, na panuikhai han.
When comes (like devastation *Q(K)*) dread your and calamity your like a storm-wind it will arrive when comes on you trouble and distress.
28 Hatnavah, na kaw awh han, hatei, na pato awh mahoeh. Atangcalah na tawng awh han, hatei, na hmawt awh mahoeh.
Then they will call to me and not I will answer they will earnestly seek me and not they will find me.
29 Panuethainae hah a hmuhma awh teh, BAWIPA taki hane hah na kârawi awh hoeh.
Because for they hated knowledge and [the] fear of Yahweh not they chose.
30 Pouknae ka poe e hah ngai awh hoeh, ka yuenae puenghai banglah noutna awh hoeh.
Not they yielded to advice my they spurned all rebuke my.
31 Hatdawkvah, a hringnuen pawhik hah amamouh ni a ca awh han. A khopouk awh e ni letlang a paha sak han.
So they may eat from [the] fruit of way their and from own schemes their they will be surfeited.
32 Bangkongtetpawiteh, kamawngrame ni a phen saknae ni a thei awh vaiteh, lawlulawlei ka panuek laipalah, a onae ni a raphoe awh han.
For [the] waywardness of naive people it will ruin them and [the] ease of fools it will destroy them.
33 Hatei, ka lawk ka tarawi e teh, karoumcalah kho a sak han. Thoenae taket laipalah karoumcalah ao awh han.
And [one who] listens to me he will dwell security and he will be at ease from dread of trouble.
