< Proverbs 20 >

1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ju kiti hi nuijat le chatvei sosah ahin, khamna thei kiti jong hi kanah le baotamna jeng ahi. Khamna theija lop chu miching ahipoi.
2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
Lengpa lunghan kigin nahi keipi bahkai ngih tobang ahin, koi hileh lengpa phin lung hang chan chu ahinkhoa tijat umtah ahi.
3 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Kinah baotamna'a kon kidalse ding hi mijabolna ahin, mingol kiti chu mitoh kina'a baotamji ahi.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
Koi hileh nipi laija natong nom lou chun, thaset jeh'a chang-at ding amujou lou ding ahi.
5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Mihem khat in alunggil'a angaito hi twi thuh tah tobang ahin, hinlah thil hetkhen themna nei mihem dingin; hitobang thuh tah chu twi thal'a athal ding ahi.
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Mihem tampin ama ama kitahna cheh aphon ding, hinlah mihem kitah mong koiyin amudoh tadem?
7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
Hitobang mi chu lungthim dihtah'a lamlha pa ahin, anungjui-ah achapa te jeng jong phatthei chang ding ahi.
8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Athuthanna laltouna'a tou lengpan, ijakai amit tenin aven ase le apha atetoh jin ahi.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Mihem koiham, “Kalung thim kasutheng in; kachonsetna kon in katheng tai,” tia sei ngam ding?
10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
Thil tena dihlou le thil tena kitoh lou chu, Yahweh Pakai dinga thet umtah ahi cheh lhon e.
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
Naosen jeng jong achaloh aum chan in, itobang mi ahi aphongdoh in; hijeh chun athilbol chu adih ham athenga ham ti aseidoh theijin ahi.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Kho jahna bikol hihen chule kho muna mit hijongleh, anitah'a Yahweh Pakai in asem ahi.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Imut ding bou gel hih hel'in, ajeh chu vaichatnan nahin phah lo ding ahi; na mit teni hasah inlang vetan, chutileh an neh ding neng jeng junga nanei ding ahi.
14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Thilchoa pang pan, “Man bei ahibouve,” atin, hinlah ama chu ache mang teng hoitho nan adim jitai.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
Chihna le hetna kamsunga kon thucheng hohi, sana le song mantam sang in aman tamjon ahi.
16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Hetkhah louhel mi kom'a thilman a kitungsa mipa chu, aponsil aboncha kichom peh a; chule hetphah louhel mite dinga hitobang mihem chu kiman jeng thei ahidem?
17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Koitobang khat dingin changlhah kigua kine hi atui chomdan'in angaito in, hinlah phat chomkhat jouteng akamsunga song chang tobang adim jin ahi.
18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Ki-thu mopto them na jeh'in thilgon ho alolhing thei jin, chingthei tah'a kilam kaina jeh'a galsat'a kikonji ahi.
19 He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Akam tam le seiding hol'a chun thuguh jouse aseidoh jin, hijeh chun ngol the thua thuseipa chutoh kivop hih in.
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Koi hileh anu le apa gaosap chan chu, muthim lah'a athao mei kimut mit peh tei ding ahi.
21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Apatna kino chenga kimuji nei le gou chu, achaina lam tengleh phattheina bei ding ahitai.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
“Keiman thilse ka lethuh ding ahi,” tin jong seihih in; Yahweh Pakai ngah in chule Aman na kithopi tei ding ahi.
23 Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
Thil tena adihlouva kimangcha chu, Yahweh Pakai dinga dei-umlou tah ahi; chule thil asao le achom tena adihlou jong chu aphapoi.
24 Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Yahweh Pakai thusah jal'a bou mihem in akal asonji ahin, achutileh mihem in amacham tah'a akalsonna ding iti ahetkhen thei ding ham?
25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Ama deidan tah a, “Hiche hi thil theng ahibouve,” tia sei chu; kipal lhuhna dinga thangkol kisong ahin, hiche hin Yahweh Pakaija kitepna le kigahna chu amin mai maija aphondoh ahi.
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Lengpa ching thei tah chun migilouho pum'a kijap bangin ajapdoh jin, achunga akol-in akipei lele sah jin ahi.
27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Mihem lhagao kiti hi Yahweh Pakai thaomei vah ahin, hijeh chun mihem lunggil hi ahesoh keijin ahi.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Kitahna le tantih neilouva ngailutna chun lengpa ahinso ahin, Alaltouna jeng jong ngailutnan ahendet ahibouve.
29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
Gollhang ho loupina hi athahat jal-u ahin, tehse ho melhoina vang hi asam kan'u hi ahi.
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Thilse doudalna'a tahsa kijepna maha chu damdoi phatah ahin, hitobang kijepna chun mihem lung laigil geija asuhtheng ahi.

< Proverbs 20 >