Proverbs 4
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Pa kah thuituennah te ca rhoek loh hnatun saeh lamtah yakmingnah dang hamla hnatung saeh.
2 For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.
Nangmih taengah aka then rhingtuknah kam paek coeng dongah ka olkhueng he hnoo boeh.
3 For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
Ka camoe vaengah a pa taengah mongkawt la, a nu mikhmuh ah oingaih cangloeng la ka om.
4 And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;
Te vaengah kai n'thuinuet tih kamah taengah, “Ka ol he na lungbuei ah dueh lamtah ka olpaek ngaithuen neh hing puei.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
Cueihnah te lai lamtah yakmingnah khaw lai lah. Ka ka dong lamkah olthui he hnilh boeh, phaelh boeh.
6 Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee.
Cueihnah te hnoo boeh, na lungnah daengah ni namah te n'ngaithuen vetih nang te n'kueinah eh.
7 The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
Cueihnah he ni tanglue, cueihnah he lai lamtah na hnopai boeih nen khaw yakmingnah he lai lah.
8 Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Cueihnah te picai lamtah namah te n'pomsang bitni. Namah te n'thangpom atah amah te kop van.
9 She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'
Na lu dongah mikdaithen kah lukhueng la om vetih nang taengah boeimang rhuisam han tloeng ni.
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Ka ca ka hnatun lamtah ka olthui he doe lah. Te daengah ni na hingnah ah kum loh nang hamla a puh eh.
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
Cueihnah longpuei neh nang te ka thuinuet vetih namtlak then ah nang te kan cuuk sak ni.
12 When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Na caeh vaengah na khokan loh puenca pawt vetih na yong vaengah tongtah mahpawh.
13 Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.
Thuituennah te tu lamtah hlong boeh, na hingnah hamla kueinah.
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.
Halang kah caehlong ah pongpa boeh, boethae rhoek kah longpuei dongah uem puei boeh.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
Te te dul laeh, a taengla paan boeh. A taeng lamloh taengphael lamtah khum tak.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Thaehuet pawt atah ip uh tloel dae a ih loh a hmil atah hlang paloe sak ham te paloe sak uh thai pawh.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Halangnah buh te a ang uh tih kuthlahnah misurtui tul uh thae.
18 But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Khothaih kah koshae a cikngae vanbangla aka dueng kah caehlong khaw khosae kah a aa bangla a thoeng pah.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
Halang rhoek kah longpuei tah khohmuep bangla om tih mebang neh a tongtah khaw ming uh pawh.
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Ka ca, ka ol he hnatung lamtah ka olthui he na hna kaeng lah.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Na mik long khaw khohmang boel saeh lamtah na thinko khui ah te te ngaithuen.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Te te aka hmuh rhoek ham tah amamih kah hingnah neh a pumsa boeih ham khaw hoeihnah la om.
23 Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.
Na lungbuei te kueinah khingrhing lah hingnah kah a dawn tah te lamkah ni.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Ka dongkah olhmaang te na taeng lamloh thaek lamtah hmuilai dongkah olrhong oling khaw namah lamloh lakhla sak.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Na mik loh phek paelki saeh lamtah na mikkhu loh namah hmaiah buelh dueng saeh.
26 Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Na kho ham namtlak te saelh pah saeh lamtah na longpuei khaw boeih cikngae saeh.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
Banvoei bantang la phael boeh, na kho te a thae dong lamloh hoeptlang lah.
