Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
Cueihnah loh a im a sak tih a tung parhih a vueh.
2 She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
A maeh te a ngawn tih misurtui neh a thoek tih a caboei te a tawn.
3 She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
Amah kah hula rhoek te a tueih tih, vangpuei hmuensang dangdoe lamkah a khue.
4 Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that lack understanding she says,
Te phoeiah, “Unim hlangyoe, anih te lungbuei a talh khaw pahoi nong tak saeh.
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
Halo, ka buh he ang uh lamtah misur ka thoek he o uh.
6 Leave folly, that you may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
Hlangyoe te hnoo lamtah hing uh, yakmingnah longpuei te uem uh.
7 He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself.
Hmuiyoi aka toel tah amah loh yah a poh tih, halang aka tluung tah amah loh nganboh a yook.
8 Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.
Hmuiyoi te tluung boeh namah m'hmuhuet ve. Aka cueih tah na tluung cakhaw nang n'lungnah ni.
9 Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].
Aka cueih te pae lah taoe cueih ni, aka dueng te na tukkil atah rhingtuknah a thap ni.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind.
BOEIPA hinyahnah tah cueihnah lamhma la om tih aka cim mingnah he yakmingnah la om.
11 For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you.
Kai rhangneh na khohnin te puh vetih nang hamla hingnah kum khaw a thap ni.
12 Son, if you be wise for yourself, you shall also be wise for your neighbours; and if you should prove wicked, you alone will bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a [land] appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
Na cueih la na cueih mak atah namah ham ngawn ni. Hmui na yoih atah nang namah long ni na phueih eh.
13 A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to lack a morsel.
Angvawk nu loh a hlangpaw la kawk tih bang khaw ming pawh.
14 She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
Tedae a im thohka neh vangpuei hmuensang kah ngolkhoel dongah ngol.
15 calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
Te vaengah a caehlong a dueng la longpuei ah aka pongpa rhoek te a khue.
16 [saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying,
“Hlangyoe neh lungbuei aka talh tah pahoi ha pah saeh.
17 Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
A tui huen aka tui sak tih yinhnuk buh neh aka hmae,” a ti.
