Proverbs 26
1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor [is] not fitting for a fool.
Nipui tue ih dantui baktih, cang aah tue ah angzo khotui baktiah, kamthu to pakoeh han hoih ai.
2 As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause does not come.
Takung om ai ah kasae thuihaih loe ahmuen kruekah kamhet parit caa hoi anghak ai ah azawk pungpae baktiah ni oh.
3 A whip is for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, And a rod for the back of fools.
Quiboeng hoiah hrang to boh moe, sum hoiah laa hrang ih tahmawh moem pae baktih toengah, kamthu to cung hoiah bop ah.
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you are like to him—even you.
Kamthu to amthuhaih baktiah pathok hmah; na pathok nahaeloe nang doeh kamthu baktiah ni na om tih.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he is wise in his own eyes.
Kamthu ih lok to na pathim nahaeloe, a mik hnukah palungha kami ah poek moeng tih.
6 He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
Kamthu khaeah pat ih lok loe a khok to takroek pat moe, amrohaih tui naek baktiah ni oh.
7 The two legs of the lame have been weak, And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
Kamthu pakha pong ih palunghahaih lok loe, adue ai khokkhaem kami ih khok baktiah oh.
8 As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honor to a fool.
Kamthu pakoeh kami loe, ngazai pongah lawkthluem moep sut baktiah ni oh.
9 A thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
Kamthu pakha pong ih palunghahaih lok loe soekhring mah thun ih mu paqui ban baktiah ni oh.
10 The Former of all [is] great, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.
Kalen Sithaw mah hmuen boih to sak; kamthu hoi zaehaih sah kami hanah doeh toksakhaih atho to paek boih.
11 As a dog has returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
Ui mah angmah ih tamlok to caak let baktiah, kamthu loe angmah amthuhaih thungah amlaem let.
12 You have seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
Angmah hoi angmah palungha kami ah poek kami to na hnuk maw? To kami pongah loe kamthu to oepthoh kue.
13 The slothful has said, “A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.”
Thasae kami mah loe loklam ah kaipui oh; loklam ah hmawsaeng kaipui oh, tiah thuih.
14 The door turns around on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.
Thok loe takhing ih sum nuiah angbang baktih toengah, thasae kami doeh angmah ih iihkhun nuiah angbet caeng.
15 The slothful has hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
Thasae kami loe laom thungah ban to tapawh boeh, toe pakha ah buh abah hanah paqak.
16 Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.
Thasae kami loe khopoek thaih kami sarihto pongah, angmah hoi angmah to palungha kue ah poek.
17 Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife [that is] not his own.
Lamcaeh naah angmah hoi asaenghaih om ai angzoehhaih pongah kathum kami loe, ui naa patawn caeng kami hoiah anghmong.
18 As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
Tamhnuilok ni ka thuih, tiah thuih moe, a imtaeng kami aling kami loe kangqong hmai vah ih baktih, duekhaih phasak kalii kaat kamthu hoiah anghmong.
19 So has a man deceived his neighbor, And has said, “Am I not playing?”
20 Fire is going out without wood, And contention ceases without a tale-bearer,
Thing om ai pongah hmai to duek; pronghaih lok kaom ai ahmuen ah loe, angzoehhaih to om ai.
21 Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
Hmaisaae to amngaeh moe, thing angqong baktih toengah, angzoeh koeh kami mah lok pungsak thaih.
22 The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
Pronghaih lok loe kahoih caaknaek baktiah, kami ih takpum thungah akun.
23 Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
Lok loe hoih, toe poeksae palungthin loe anui ah rong nok dui ih long laom baktiah oh.
24 A hater pretends by his lips, And he places deceit in his heart,
Minawk hnuma kami loe pahni hoiah kahoih hmuen to thuih, toe a palung thungah loe alinghaih hoiah koi.
25 When his voice is gracious do not trust in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart.
Anih mah thuih ih lok loe hoih, toe tang hmah; anih ih palung thungah panuet thok hmuen sarihto oh.
26 Hatred is covered by deceit, Its wickedness is revealed in an assembly.
Anih mah hnukmahaih to alinghaih hoiah kraeng khoep, toe anih sethaih to minawk hmaa ah angphong let tih.
27 Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, And the roller of a stone, it turns to him.
Qumqai kami loe angmah qumqaih ih tangqom thungah krah tih; thlung palet kami doeh a palet ih thlung to angmah nuiah amlet let tih.
28 A lying tongue hates its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth works an overthrow!
Amsawnlok thui palai loe angmah pacaekthlaek ih kami to hnukma; lokcaep thaih pakha mah kami to amrosak.
