Proverbs 4
1 Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Ka canaw, na pa ni na cangkhainae hah thai awh nateh, thaipanueknae hah panue hanelah na hnâpakeng awh.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake you not my law.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, cangkhainae kahawi hah na poe dawkvah, kaie kâlawk hah cettakhai hanh.
3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Apa e capa lah ka o navah, anu e capa a pahren e tawntoe e capa lah ka o.
4 He taught me also, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Pâtu hai na pâtu teh, na lungthin hoi ka lawknaw hah pâkuem haw. Kaie kâpoelawknaw hah tarawi nateh hring haw.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Lungangnae hah tawn nateh, thaipanueknae hah tawn haw. Ka pahni dawk hoi ka tâcawt e lawknaw hah pahnim laipalah, kamlang takhai hanh.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you.
Cettakhai hanh, na ring nakaima. Lungpataw haw na ngue han kaima.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding.
Lungangnae teh a lawkpui poung doeh.
8 Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honor, when you do embrace her.
Talue sak haw, na tawmrasang han. Tapam haw, barinae koe na ceikhai han.
9 She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you.
Na lû dawk lungmanae na kâmuk sak han, bawilennae bawilakhung hah na kâmuk sak han.
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many.
Ka capa, ka dei e hah thai nateh, dâw haw. Na hringyung a saw sak han.
11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
Lungangnae lamthung na cangkhai teh, lamkalan dawk na hrawi.
12 When you go, your steps shall not be straitened; and when you run, you shall not stumble.
Na cei navah, na khok hanelah kamthuinae awm mahoeh, na yawng navah na tâlaw mahoeh.
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.
Na cangkhainae hah kacaklah kuen nateh, tha laipalah pou kuen haw. Bangkongtetpawiteh, na hringnae doeh.
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Tamikathoutnaw e lamthung dawk kâen awh hanh. Tami kahawihoehnaw e lamthung dawn hanh.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Roun nateh, khoeroe dawn hanh, kamlang takhai nateh, cettakhaih.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, hno kathout sak hoeh pawiteh, ip thai awh hoeh niteh, tami buetbuet touh tâlaw sak hoehpawiteh, ihmu tho awh hoeh.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, thoenae vaiyei hah a ca awh teh, rektapnae yamu hah a nei awh.
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
Hatei, tamikalannaw e lamthung teh, kanî raeng, kanî tuengtalueng a thunnae kanî ang patetlah ao.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Tamikathoutnaw e lamthung teh khohmo patetlah ao teh, tâlawnae akungcing hai panuek awh hoeh.
20 My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
Ka capa, ka lawk kahawicalah thai haw, ka dei e hah atangcalah pouk.
21 Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the middle of your heart.
Na mit hoi kâhlat sak hanh, na lungthin dawk pâkuemh.
22 For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, kahmawtnaw hanelah hringnae lah ao teh, a takthai abuemlah hanelah damnae lah ao.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Hno pueng hlak hoi na lungthin hah kahawicalah ring haw. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hringnae akungtuen lah ao.
24 Put away from you a fraudulent mouth, and perverse lips put far from you.
Dumyennae pahni hah pahnawt nateh, payonnae pahni hah ahlanae koe takhoe haw.
25 Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
Na mit hoi hmalah kalan lah khen nateh, na hmalah kalan lah radoung haw.
26 Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
Na lamthung hah hmaloe rip nateh, na lamthung pueng hah cak sak.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil.
Aranglah nakunghai, avoilah nakunghai phen hanh. Thoenae lamthung hah roun haw.
