Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.
Misurtui loe tamhnui tabu ah ni oh; mu mah angzoehhaih to ohsak; mu paquih loe amthuhaih ah ni oh.
2 The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.
Siangpahrang palungphuihaih loe kahang kaipui kabtiah oh; anih palungphui han sah kami loe a hinghaih zaehaih sahsak kami ah oh.
3 It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.
Angzoehhaih dipsakkung loe khingya han krak; toe kamthu mah angzoehhaih to tacawtsak.
4 The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shall he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.
Thasae kami loe atue naah laikok atok ai pongah, cang aah tue ah minawk khaeah hni cadoeh, hak mak ai.
5 The counsell in the heart of man is like deepe waters: but a man that hath vnderstanding, will drawe it out.
Kami ih palung thung hoi sak atimhaih loe kathuk tui baktiah oh; toe panoekhaih tawn kami mah ni la thai tih.
6 Many men wil boast, euery one of his owne goodnes: but who can finde a faithfull man?
Kami boih mah a sak o ih kahoih hmuen to thuih o boih; toe mi mah maw oepthok kami to hnu thai tih?
7 He that walketh in his integritie, is iust: and blessed shall his children be after him.
Katoeng kami loe a toenghaih loklam to pazui pongah, a caanawk loe tahamhoih o.
8 A King that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euill with his eyes.
Siangpahrang mah lokcaek hanah angraeng tangkhang pongah anghnut naah, kahoih ai hmuennawk to a mik hoiah pathlaeng thaih boih.
9 Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne?
Ka palung hae ka ciimsak boeh, zaehaih ka tawn ai, tiah mi mah maw thui thai tih?
10 Diuers weightes, and diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.
Angvan ai hmuenzit tahhaih patoh hoi angvan ai kasawk tahhaih patohhaih to Angraeng mah panuet.
11 A childe also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right.
Nawkta loe a sak ih hmuen toeng maw toeng ai, ciim maw ciim ai, tito a sak ih hmuen hoiah amtueng.
12 The Lord hath made both these, euen the eare to heare, and the eye to see.
Thaihhaih naa hoi hnukhaih mik loe, Angraeng mah ni sak hmaek.
13 Loue not sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Iih koeh hmoek hmah; nam tang tih; na mik to padai ah, to tiah nahaeloe takaw hoiah zok nam hah tih.
14 It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.
Hmuen qankung mah hmuen to qan naah, Hoih ai, hoih ai, tiah thuih; toe nawnetta caeh pacoengah loe, a qan ih hmuen to amoek haih.
15 There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.
Sui to oh moe, atho kana thlung kathim doeh oh mangh; toe palunghahaih lokthui pahni to hoih kue.
16 Take his garment, that is suretie for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
Panoek ai ih kami hanah phoisa coi han lokkam kami loe angmah ih kahni to la pae ving tih, panoek ai ih angvin nongpata hanah lokkamhaih sah kami loe angmah ih hmuenmae to naeh pae tih.
17 The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.
Alinghaih hoiah hnuk ih caaknaek loe khraem parai; toe hnukkhuem ah loe pakha to thlungcaret hoiah koi tih.
18 Establish the thoughtes by counsell: and by counsell make warre.
Na timhaih sah ai naah minawk khae hoi kahoih poekhaih to la ah; kahoih poekhaih paekkung na tawnh naah, misa to tuh ah.
19 He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Pakhaa cip ai kami mah tamqu hmuen to angphongsak; to pongah pakha cip ai kami hoiah angkom hmah.
20 He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.
Amno hoi ampa pasoih kami loe, khoving thungah anih ih hmaithaw paduek pae ving tih.
21 An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Karangah angraenghaih loe, hnukkhuem ah tahamsethaih ah om tih.
22 Say not thou, I wil recompense euill: but waite vpon the Lord, and he shall saue thee.
Sak ih zaehaih baktiah ka pathok let han, tiah thui hmah; Angraeng to mah oep ah, anih mah na pahlong tih.
23 Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.
Katoeng ai hmuenzit tahhaih to Angraeng mah panuet; anih loe amsoem ai coi tahhaih nuiah anghoe ai.
24 The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
Kami ih khok takan loe Angraeng mah ni zaeh; kami mah kawbangmaw a caehhaih loklam to panoek thai tih?
25 It is a destruction for a man to deuoure that which is sanctified, and after the vowes to inquire.
Poek het ai ah tawthaih hoi Sithaw khaeah lokkamhaih sah kami, lokkam pacoengah a lokkamhaih dawnpakhuem let kami loe, aimah hanah dongh patung kami ah oh.
26 A wise King scattereth the wicked, and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them.
Palungha siangpahrang loe kahoih ai kaminawk to anghaehsak phaeng moe, cang kaehhaih hoiah nihcae to a kaeh.
27 The light of the Lord is the breath of man, and searcheth all the bowels of the belly.
Kami ih muithla loe, angmah palung thung ih hmuennawk pakronghaih, Angraeng ih hmaithawk ah oh.
28 Mercie and trueth preserue the King: for his throne shall be established with mercie.
Amlunghaih hoi oepthohhaih mah siangpahrang to ngancuemsak; amlunghaih mah angraeng tangkhang to caksak.
29 The beautie of yong men is their strength, and the glory of the aged is the gray head.
Thacakhaih loe thendoeng lensawkhaih ah oh moe, sampok loe mitong kranghoihaih ah oh.
30 The blewnes of the wound serueth to purge the euill, and the stripes within the bowels of the belly.
Nganbawh kana hakhaih hoi ahmaa caakhaih mah kasae hmuen to ciimsak; bohhaih mah palungthin thung ih sethaih to pasaeh.
