Proverbs 1
1 Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Isarel siangpahrang, Devit capa Solomon e cingthuilawknaw:
2 For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
Lungangnae hoi cangkhainae panue hane hoi thaipanuenae lawk hah thaipanuek hane hoi,
3 For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
lungangnae, lannae, lawkcengnae hoi lannae koelah cangkhainae pang hane hoi,
4 For giving to simple ones—prudence, To a youth—knowledge and discretion.
kamawngrame kâhruetcuet poe hane hoi, thoundounnaw ni panuenae hoi poukthainae a tawn awh nahanlah,
5 (The wise hear and increase learning, And the intelligent obtain counsels.)
tami lungkaang ni a thai navah lungang a kâthap vaiteh, thaipanueknae ka tawn e ni lamthung patue thainae a hmu han.
6 For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
Cingthuilawk hoi bangnuenae, lungangnae hoi kâpâvêinae naw thaipanuek nahanlah,
7 Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
BAWIPA takinae teh panuenae kamtawngnae doeh. Hatei, tamipathunaw ni teh lungangnae hoi cingthuinae hah a dudam awh.
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, And do not leave the law of your mother,
Ka capa, na pa e pâtunae hah thai nateh, na manu e kâlawk hai pahnawt hanh.
9 For they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, And chains to your neck.
Hothateh na lû dawk kamthoupnae sammuem lah awm vaiteh, na lahuen dawk awi e dingyin lah ao han.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing.
Ka capa, tamikayonnaw ni na pasawt pawiteh, ngai pouh hanh.
11 If they say, “Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
Kai koe tho van haw, tami thei hanelah pawm sei. A khuekhaw awm laipalah yonnae ka tawn hoeh naw hah arulahoi pawm awh sei.
Sheol patetlah a hring lahoi payawp awh vaiteh, kadungpoung e tangkom dawk ka bawt e patetlah, (Sheol h7585)
13 We find every precious substance, We fill our houses [with] spoil,
Aphu kaawm e hno pueng la awh vaiteh, lawphno hoi mamae im dawk kawi sak awh sei.
14 You cast your lot among us, One purse is—to all of us.”
Kaimouh koe kambawng van leih, maimae tangkabom suekâvan sak awh sei ati awh nakunghai,
15 My son! Do not go in the way with them, Withhold your foot from their path,
ka capa, ahnimouh koe kambawng hanh. Ahnimae lamthung hah roun hanelah kâyawmh.
16 For their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed blood.
Ahnimae khok teh yonnae koe lah a yawng teh, tami thei hanelah a hue a rang awh.
17 Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
Bangpatet e tava nakunghai a hmunae koe tamlawk yangda pawiteh, ayawm doeh.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood, They watch secretly for their own lives.
Hatei, ahnimouh teh amamouh hoi amamouh kâthei hanlah a kâpawp awh teh, amamae hringnae arulahoi ka pawm e lah doeh ao awh.
19 So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, It takes the life of its owners.
Hot patetlah, kamsoumhoehe pungdawnae koe lah kahounlounnaw e hringnae teh, katawnkung hringnae hah a thei awh.
20 Wisdom cries aloud in an out-place, She gives forth her voice in broad places,
Lungangnae ni a lawi lahoi kacaipounglah a kaw teh, lam tangkuem dawk lawk ceiceikapanglah a oung.
21 She calls at the head of the multitudes, In the openings of the gates, In the city she says her sayings:
Tami kamkhuengnae koe a oung teh, khopui kâennae longkha koe lawk a dei.
22 “Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools hate knowledge?
Nangmouh kamawngramenaw, nâtotouh maw cungkeihoehe kamawngrame hah na lungpataw awh han rah. Kadudamnaw ni, dudamnae dawk a nawm awh teh, tamipathunaw ni panuethainae hah a hmuhma awh.
23 Turn back at my reproof, behold, I pour forth my spirit to you, I make known my words with you.
Kaie yuenae koe kamlang awh, nangmae thung ka muitha ka awi vaiteh, ka lawk hah na panue sak han.
24 Because I have called, and you refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
Na kaw awh ei, na ngai awh hoeh. Ka kut ka dâw ei, apinihai banglah na pouk awh hoeh.
25 And you slight all my counsel, And you have not desired my reproof.
Kâhruetcuet na poe awh e puenghai na hnoun awh teh, na yuenae puenghai buet touh boehai bout na tarawi awh hoeh.
26 I also laugh in your calamity, I deride when your fear comes,
Hatdawkvah, yawthoenae na kâhmo awh toteh, na panuikhai vaiteh, lungpuennae na kâhmo awh to hai na panuikhai awh han.
27 When your fear comes as destruction, And your calamity comes as a windstorm, When adversity and distress come on you.
Takinae kahlî kathout ni na kanawi awh teh, bongparui ni na parit awh toteh, kângairu temdengnae a tho toteh, na panuikhai han.
28 Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and do not find me.
Hatnavah, na kaw awh han, hatei, na pato awh mahoeh. Atangcalah na tawng awh han, hatei, na hmawt awh mahoeh.
29 Because that they have hated knowledge, And have not chosen the fear of YHWH.
Panuethainae hah a hmuhma awh teh, BAWIPA taki hane hah na kârawi awh hoeh.
30 They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
Pouknae ka poe e hah ngai awh hoeh, ka yuenae puenghai banglah noutna awh hoeh.
31 And they eat of the fruit of their way, And they are filled from their own counsels.
Hatdawkvah, a hringnuen pawhik hah amamouh ni a ca awh han. A khopouk awh e ni letlang a paha sak han.
32 For the turning of the simple slays them, And the security of the foolish destroys them.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, kamawngrame ni a phen saknae ni a thei awh vaiteh, lawlulawlei ka panuek laipalah, a onae ni a raphoe awh han.
33 And whoever is listening to me dwells confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!”
Hatei, ka lawk ka tarawi e teh, karoumcalah kho a sak han. Thoenae taket laipalah karoumcalah ao awh han.
