Proverbs 20
1 Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.
Misurtui loe tamhnui tabu ah ni oh; mu mah angzoehhaih to ohsak; mu paquih loe amthuhaih ah ni oh.
2 The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
Siangpahrang palungphuihaih loe kahang kaipui kabtiah oh; anih palungphui han sah kami loe a hinghaih zaehaih sahsak kami ah oh.
3 [It is] a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters.
Angzoehhaih dipsakkung loe khingya han krak; toe kamthu mah angzoehhaih to tacawtsak.
4 A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.
Thasae kami loe atue naah laikok atok ai pongah, cang aah tue ah minawk khaeah hni cadoeh, hak mak ai.
5 Counsel in a man's heart is deep water; but a prudent man will draw it out.
Kami ih palung thung hoi sak atimhaih loe kathuk tui baktiah oh; toe panoekhaih tawn kami mah ni la thai tih.
6 A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: but [it is] hard to find a faithful 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 walks blameless in justice, shall leave his children blessed.
Katoeng kami loe a toenghaih loklam to pazui pongah, a caanawk loe tahamhoih o.
8 Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence.
Siangpahrang mah lokcaek hanah angraeng tangkhang pongah anghnut naah, kahoih ai hmuennawk to a mik hoiah pathlaeng thaih boih.
9 Who will boast that he has a pure heart? or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins?
Ka palung hae ka ciimsak boeh, zaehaih ka tawn ai, tiah mi mah maw thui thai tih?
10 A large and small weight, and various measures, are even both of them unclean before the Lord; and [so is] he that makes them.
Angvan ai hmuenzit tahhaih patoh hoi angvan ai kasawk tahhaih patohhaih to Angraeng mah panuet.
11 A youth [when in company] with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and [then] his way will be straight.
Nawkta loe a sak ih hmuen toeng maw toeng ai, ciim maw ciim ai, tito a sak ih hmuen hoiah amtueng.
12 The ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord's work.
Thaihhaih naa hoi hnukhaih mik loe, Angraeng mah ni sak hmaek.
13 Love not to speak ill, lest you be cut off: open your eyes, and be filled with bread.
Iih koeh hmoek hmah; nam tang tih; na mik to padai ah, to tiah nahaeloe takaw hoiah zok nam hah tih.
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.
Sui to oh moe, atho kana thlung kathim doeh oh mangh; toe palunghahaih lokthui pahni to hoih kue.
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.
Alinghaih hoiah hnuk ih caaknaek loe khraem parai; toe hnukkhuem ah loe pakha to thlungcaret hoiah koi tih.
Na timhaih sah ai naah minawk khae hoi kahoih poekhaih to la ah; kahoih poekhaih paekkung na tawnh naah, misa to tuh ah.
Pakhaa cip ai kami mah tamqu hmuen to angphongsak; to pongah pakha cip ai kami hoiah angkom hmah.
20 The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see darkness.
Amno hoi ampa pasoih kami loe, khoving thungah anih ih hmaithaw paduek pae ving tih.
21 A portion hastily gotten at first shall not be blessed in the end.
Karangah angraenghaih loe, hnukkhuem ah tahamsethaih ah om tih.
22 Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help you.
Sak ih zaehaih baktiah ka pathok let han, tiah thui hmah; Angraeng to mah oep ah, anih mah na pahlong tih.
23 A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.
Katoeng ai hmuenzit tahhaih to Angraeng mah panuet; anih loe amsoem ai coi tahhaih nuiah anghoe ai.
24 A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways?
Kami ih khok takan loe Angraeng mah ni zaeh; kami mah kawbangmaw a caehhaih loklam to panoek thai tih?
25 It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for [in that case] repentance comes after vowing.
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 utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon them.
Palungha siangpahrang loe kahoih ai kaminawk to anghaehsak phaeng moe, cang kaehhaih hoiah nihcae to a kaeh.
27 The spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly.
Kami ih muithla loe, angmah palung thung ih hmuennawk pakronghaih, Angraeng ih hmaithawk ah oh.
28 Mercy and truth are a guard to a king, and will surround his throne with righteousness.
Amlunghaih hoi oepthohhaih mah siangpahrang to ngancuemsak; amlunghaih mah angraeng tangkhang to caksak.
29 Wisdom is an ornament to young men; and grey [hairs] are the glory of old men.
Thacakhaih loe thendoeng lensawkhaih ah oh moe, sampok loe mitong kranghoihaih ah oh.
30 Bruises and contusions befall bad men; and plagues [shall come] in the inward parts of [their] belly.
Nganbawh kana hakhaih hoi ahmaa caakhaih mah kasae hmuen to ciimsak; bohhaih mah palungthin thung ih sethaih to pasaeh.
