Proverbs 26
1 As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.
Nipui tue ih dantui baktih, cang aah tue ah angzo khotui baktiah, kamthu to pakoeh han hoih ai.
2 As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.
Takung om ai ah kasae thuihaih loe ahmuen kruekah kamhet parit caa hoi anghak ai ah azawk pungpae baktiah ni oh.
3 A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
Quiboeng hoiah hrang to boh moe, sum hoiah laa hrang ih tahmawh moem pae baktih toengah, kamthu to cung hoiah bop ah.
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.
Kamthu to amthuhaih baktiah pathok hmah; na pathok nahaeloe nang doeh kamthu baktiah ni na om tih.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
Kamthu ih lok to na pathim nahaeloe, a mik hnukah palungha kami ah poek moeng tih.
6 He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.
Kamthu khaeah pat ih lok loe a khok to takroek pat moe, amrohaih tui naek baktiah ni oh.
7 As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
Kamthu pakha pong ih palunghahaih lok loe, adue ai khokkhaem kami ih khok baktiah oh.
8 As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Kamthu pakoeh kami loe, ngazai pongah lawkthluem moep sut baktiah ni oh.
9 As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Kamthu pakha pong ih palunghahaih lok loe soekhring mah thun ih mu paqui ban baktiah ni oh.
10 Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.
Kalen Sithaw mah hmuen boih to sak; kamthu hoi zaehaih sah kami hanah doeh toksakhaih atho to paek boih.
11 As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly.
Ui mah angmah ih tamlok to caak let baktiah, kamthu loe angmah amthuhaih thungah amlaem let.
12 Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.
Angmah hoi angmah palungha kami ah poek kami to na hnuk maw? To kami pongah loe kamthu to oepthoh kue.
13 The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.
Thasae kami mah loe loklam ah kaipui oh; loklam ah hmawsaeng kaipui oh, tiah thuih.
14 As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
Thok loe takhing ih sum nuiah angbang baktih toengah, thasae kami doeh angmah ih iihkhun nuiah angbet caeng.
15 The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.
Thasae kami loe laom thungah ban to tapawh boeh, toe pakha ah buh abah hanah paqak.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.
Thasae kami loe khopoek thaih kami sarihto pongah, angmah hoi angmah to palungha kue ah poek.
17 As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man’s quarrel.
Lamcaeh naah angmah hoi asaenghaih om ai angzoehhaih pongah kathum kami loe, ui naa patawn caeng kami hoiah anghmong.
18 As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death:
Tamhnuilok ni ka thuih, tiah thuih moe, a imtaeng kami aling kami loe kangqong hmai vah ih baktih, duekhaih phasak kalii kaat kamthu hoiah anghmong.
19 So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.
20 When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.
Thing om ai pongah hmai to duek; pronghaih lok kaom ai ahmuen ah loe, angzoehhaih to om ai.
21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.
Hmaisaae to amngaeh moe, thing angqong baktih toengah, angzoeh koeh kami mah lok pungsak thaih.
22 The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.
Pronghaih lok loe kahoih caaknaek baktiah, kami ih takpum thungah akun.
23 Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.
Lok loe hoih, toe poeksae palungthin loe anui ah rong nok dui ih long laom baktiah oh.
24 An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit.
Minawk hnuma kami loe pahni hoiah kahoih hmuen to thuih, toe a palung thungah loe alinghaih hoiah koi.
25 When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.
Anih mah thuih ih lok loe hoih, toe tang hmah; anih ih palung thungah panuet thok hmuen sarihto oh.
26 He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly.
Anih mah hnukmahaih to alinghaih hoiah kraeng khoep, toe anih sethaih to minawk hmaa ah angphong let tih.
27 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him.
Qumqai kami loe angmah qumqaih ih tangqom thungah krah tih; thlung palet kami doeh a palet ih thlung to angmah nuiah amlet let tih.
28 A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.
Amsawnlok thui palai loe angmah pacaekthlaek ih kami to hnukma; lokcaep thaih pakha mah kami to amrosak.
