Proverbs 2
1 My son, if you accept what I say and value my instructions,
Ka ca, ka ol na doe tih ka olpaek he na khuiah na khoem atah,
2 if you pay attention to wisdom and really try to understand;
Cueihnah te na hna neh hnatung lamtah na lungbuei te lungcuei taengla maelh.
3 if you cry out for insight and call loudly for help in understanding;
Yakmingnah ham te khue tih lungcuei ham na ol na huel atah,
4 if you look for it as if it were silver and search for it as if it were hidden treasure;
Te te cak bangla na moeh tih kawn bangla na thaih atah,
5 then you will understand how to relate to the Lord and discover the truth about God.
BOEIPA hinyahnah te yakming lamtah Pathen kah mingnah te dang van.
6 The Lord is the source of wisdom; what he says provides knowledge that makes sense.
BOEIPA long tah a ka dong lamkah cueihnah ni mingnah neh lungcuei la a paek.
7 He gives good judgment to those who live right; he defends those who have good sense.
Aka thuem ham tah lungming cueihnah khaw a khoem a khoem pah tih thincaknah neh aka cet ham photling la om.
8 He supports those who act fairly and protects those who trust in him.
Tiktamnah kah caehlong te a kueinah tih a hlangcim, hlangcim kah longpuei tah a ngaithuen pah.
9 Then you will be able to recognize what is right and just and fair, in fact all that is good in the way you should live.
Te daengah ni duengnah, tiktamnah, vanat la namtlak then boeih te na yakming eh.
10 For wisdom will fill your mind, and knowledge will make you happy.
Cueihnah te na lungbuei khuila ha kun vaengah mingnah loh na hinglu te a hmae sak ni.
11 Good decisions will keep you on track; thinking logically will keep you safe.
Thuepnah loh nang te n'ngaithuen vetih lungcuei loh nang n'kueinah ni.
12 Doing this will save you from the ways of evil, from men who tell twisted lies,
Boethae longpuei lamkah khaw, calaak ol aka thui hlang taeng lamkah khaw nang ng'huul ni.
13 who turn away from following what is right to walk down paths of darkness.
Hmaisuep longpuei ah pongpa hamla, a dueng caehlong a toeng.
14 They happily do wrong; they love how twisted evil is.
Boethae saii ham ko aka hoe loh boethae calaak dongah omngaih uh.
15 They live crooked lives doing deceitful things.
A caehlong aka paihaeh sak rhoek loh a namtlak ah kho a hmang.
16 Doing this will also save you from a woman who acts immorally, from a woman who like a prostitute tries to seduce you with flattering words.
Kholong hlanglak nu taeng lamkah neh anih kah hoem ol khui lamloh nang aka huul ham ni.
17 Such a woman has left her husband she married when she was young, forgetting the promises she made before God.
A camoe kah a boeihlum te a hnoo tih a Pathen kah paipi te a hnilh.
18 What happens in her house leads to death; following her way leads to the grave.
A imkhui khaw duek hamla aka a namtlak khaw sairhai taengla ngooi coeng.
19 No one who goes to her comes back; they don't ever find the way back to life again.
Anih taengla aka pawk boeih tah ha mael uh voel pawt dae hingnah caehlong khaw kae uh hae pawh.
20 So you should follow the way of the good, and make sure you stay on the paths of those who do right.
Te daengah ni hlang then longpuei ah na pongpa vetih hlang dueng kah caehlong khaw na ngaithuen eh.
21 For only people who live right will live in the land; only honest people will remain there.
Aka thuem rhoek long tah khohmuen te kho a sak uh thil vetih a khuiah kodam la sueng uh ni.
22 But the wicked will be thrown out of the land; those who are untrustworthy will be pulled out by the roots.
Tedae halang rhoek tah khohmuen lamloh a hnawt uh vetih hnukpoh rhoek khaw a khui lamkah a phuk uh ni.
