< Proverbs 14 >
1 A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne handes.
A lungkaang e napui ni teh a im hah a sak, hatei ka pathu e ni teh amae kut hoi ouk a raphoe.
2 He that walketh in his righteousnes, feareth the Lord: but he that is lewde in his wayes, despiseth him.
Kalanlah ka hring e ni BAWIPA a bari, hatei a hringnae ka longkawi e ni teh a dumdam.
3 In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.
Tamipathu e pahni dawk kaisuenae bongpai ao, hatei tamilungkaang e pahni ni teh kânguenae a poe.
4 Where none oxen are, there the cribbe is emptie: but much increase cometh by the strength of the oxe.
Maitotan ohoehnae koe maito im a thoung, hatei moikapap pungnae teh maitotha dawk doeh ao.
5 A faithfull witnes will not lye: but a false record will speake lyes.
Yuemkamcu e ka panuekkhaikung teh laithoe dei hoeh, hatei kapanuekkhaikung kaphawk ni doeh laithoe ouk a dei.
6 A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
Ka dudam e tami ni teh lungangnae ka tawng nakunghai hmawt mahoeh, hatei kathaipanueknaw hanelah teh panuenae heh ayawica.
7 Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.
A pahni panuenae na hmu hoeh toteh, tamipathu teh cettakhai yawkaw.
8 The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.
Ma e coungnae panue e heh poukthainae ka tawn e lungangnae doeh, hatei tamipathunaw e pathunae teh dumnae doeh.
9 The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.
Tamipathu ni teh yonnae a panuikhai, hatei tamikalannaw koe ngaikhainae ao.
10 The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, and the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.
Lungthin patawnae heh lungthin ni doeh a panue, ayânaw ni teh lunghawinae hai hmawngkhai katang hoeh.
11 The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.
Tamikathout imthung teh ka rawk han doeh, hatei tamikalan e rim teh a kamhlawng han.
12 There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.
Tami pouknae lahoi teh lam kalan lah a kamcu eiteh, apoutnae koe lah duenae koe ka phat e lam hai ao.
13 Euen in laughing the heart is sorowful, and the ende of that mirth is heauinesse.
Panui lahun nahai lung a mathoe teh, panuinae a poutnae heh lungmathoenae lah a coung thai.
14 The heart that declineth, shall be saciate with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from him.
Lungthin hoi hnuklah ka ban e teh, ama ngainae hoi a kawi han, hatei tamikahawi teh hot patet e lathueng vah ao dawkvah a lunghawi han.
15 The foolish will beleeue euery thing: but the prudent will consider his steppes.
Kamawngrame ni dei e pueng a yuem awh, hatei kâhruetcuet e tami ni teh a cei nahane lamthung kahawicalah a pouk.
16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.
Tamilungkaang ni teh a taki dawkvah yonnae hah a roun, hatei tamipathu ni teh amahoima a kâyuem teh a taran a hawi sak.
17 He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.
Tami lungkaduem teh pathu laihoi a kâroe, hatei tamikathout e noenae teh hmuhmanae doeh.
18 The foolish do inherite follie: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Kamawngrame e coe e teh pathunae doeh, hatei kho ka pouk e teh panuenae kâmuksak lah ao.
19 The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Tamikahawi teh tamikahawi hmalah a tabut vaiteh, tamikathout teh tamikalan e takhang koe a tabut han.
20 The poore is hated euen of his own neighbour: but the friendes of the rich are many.
Tamikathout teh a imri ni hai a hmuhma, hatei tami ka tawnta ni hui moi a tawn.
21 The sinner despiseth his neighbour: but he that hath mercie on the poore, is blessed.
A imri ka dudam e teh tamikayon doeh, hatei tamimathoe ka pahren e teh a lungkahawi e lah ao.
22 Doe not they erre that imagine euill? but to them that thinke on good things, shalbe mercie and trueth.
Hnokathout ka pouk e teh lam a phen toung nahoehmaw, hatei lungmanae hoi lawkkatang teh hawinae kapouknaw hane doeh.
23 In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.
Tawknae pueng dawk meknae ao teh, pahni hoi dei rumram e teh voutnae doeh.
24 The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.
Tamilungkaangnaw e bawilukhung teh tawntanae doeh, hatei tamipathu pathunae hateh a pathunae doeh.
25 A faithfull witnes deliuereth soules: but a deceiuer speaketh lyes.
Kapanuekkhaikung katang ni teh hringnae a rungngang, hatei kapanuekkhaikung kaphawk ni teh laithoe ouk a dei.
26 In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength, and his children shall haue hope.
BAWIPA takinae dawkvah a taranhawi laihoi a tha ao teh, a canaw ni kânguenae a pang awh han.
27 The feare of the Lord is as a welspring of life, to auoyde the snares of death.
BAWIPA takinae teh hringnae tuiphuek lah ao teh, duenae karap dawk hoi kamlang sakkung lah ao.
28 In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people commeth the destruction of the Prince.
Tamimaya koe siangpahrang barinae ao teh, tami younca koe e ukkung teh rawkphainae doeh.
29 He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.
A lung kasawe ni thaipanueknae a tawn, hatei tami lungkaduem e teh pathu tawmrasangnae doeh.
30 A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.
Lungthin damnae teh tak hanelah hringnae lah ao teh utsinnae teh hru ka rawk sakkung doeh.
31 He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.
Tamimathoe repcoungroe e teh ama kasakkung dudam e lah ao, hatei kasakkung ka bari e ni tami kavoutthoupnaw pahrennae a tawn.
32 The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Tamikathout teh a thoenae ni letlang a pâlei teh, tamikalan teh a duenae koe kânguenae a tawn.
33 Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.
Thaipanueknae katawnnaw lungthin dawk lungangnae ao, hatei tamipathu e lungthung kaawm e teh kamnue sak lah ao toe.
34 Iustice exalteth a nation, but sinne is a shame to the people.
Lannae ni miphun a tawmrasang, hatei yonnae teh tami pueng hanelah min mathoenae doeh.
35 The pleasure of a King is in a wise seruant: but his wrath shalbe toward him that is lewde.
Tamilungkaang okhai e teh siangpahrang ni a ngai pouh, hatei yeirai ka po sakkung koe a lung ouk a khuek