Proverbs 1
1 Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Israel manghai David capa Solomon kah he,
2 For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
cueihnah ming sak ham neh ol yakmingnah te yakming sak ham thuituennah la om.
3 For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
Thuituennah la loh ham neh duengnah, tiktamnah neh vanatnah te aka cangbam sak la om.
4 For giving to simple ones—prudence, To a youth—knowledge and discretion.
Camoe hlangyoe taengah mingnah neh thuepnah, khinglangnah aka pae la om.
5 (The wise hear and increase learning, And the intelligent obtain counsels.)
Aka cueih loh hnatun saeh lamtah rhingtuknah la thap thil saeh, aka yakming loh a niing la hol saeh.
6 For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
Aka cueih rhoek kah, nuettahnah olka neh amih kah olkael aka yakming sak la om.
7 Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
BOEIPA hinyahnah tah cueihnah, mingnah a tongnah la om tih aka ang loh thuituennah a hnoelrhoeng.
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, And do not leave the law of your mother,
Ka ca aw na pa kah thuituennah he hnatun lamtah na nu kah olkhueng khaw tloeng sut boeh.
9 For they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, And chains to your neck.
Te te na lu ham mikdaithen kah lukhueng neh na rhawn ham oi la om.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing.
Ka ca nang te hlangtholh rhoek loh n'hloih cakhaw rhoih boeh.
11 If they say, “Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
“Kaimih taengah pongpa lamtah hlang thii te rhongngol thil sih, ommongsitoe te a tloengtlaih la dawn sih.
Amih te saelkhui bangla a hing la dolh sih lamtah tangrhom ah a pum la a cungpung bangla om saeh. (Sheol h7585)
13 We find every precious substance, We fill our houses [with] spoil,
A boei a rhaeng boeih neh a phu aka tlo te n'dang uh vetih mamih im he kutbuem neh m'baetawt sak mako.
14 You cast your lot among us, One purse is—to all of us.”
Na hmulung te kaimih lakli ah naan lamtah mamih boeih ham sungsa pakhat la om saeh,” a ti uh atah,
15 My son! Do not go in the way with them, Withhold your foot from their path,
Ka ca aw, amih kah longpuei ah cet boel lamtah na kho te amih kah a hawn lamloh hoi lah.
16 For their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed blood.
Amih kah a kho tah boethae hamla cungpoeh uh tih thii long sak ham loe uh.
17 Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
Vaa phae boeih kah a hmaiah a tloengtlaih la lawk a tung uh.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood, They watch secretly for their own lives.
Amih loh amamih kah a thii te a rhongngol thil uh tih a hinglu te a mae uh.
19 So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, It takes the life of its owners.
Mueluemnah dongah aka mueluem boeih kah a khosing te tah a boei kah a hinglu ni a rhawt pah.
20 Wisdom cries aloud in an out-place, She gives forth her voice in broad places,
Cueihnah tah vongvoel ah tamhoe tih toltung ah a ol a huel.
21 She calls at the head of the multitudes, In the openings of the gates, In the city she says her sayings:
Thohka ah aka kawk rhoek kah a lu ah a pang pah tih khopuei vongka ah ol a thui.
22 “Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools hate knowledge?
Hlangyoe nang loh mevaeng hil nim hlangyoe na lungnah ve, hmuiyoi rhoek tah amamih kah saipaat dongah naep uh tih, aka ang rhoek loh mingnah te a hmuhuet uh.
23 Turn back at my reproof, behold, I pour forth my spirit to you, I make known my words with you.
Ka toelthamnah he mael thil lah, ka mueihla he nang hamla kan thaa saeh lamtah ka ol he khaw nang kam ming sak eh.
24 Because I have called, and you refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
Kang khue vaengah na aal uh tih ka kut kan cavaih vaengah nim te hnatung uh pawh.
25 And you slight all my counsel, And you have not desired my reproof.
Kai kah cilsuep boeih te na dul uh tih, kai kah toelthamnah khaw na ngaih uh pawh.
26 I also laugh in your calamity, I deride when your fear comes,
Kai khaw nangmih kah rhainah te ka nueih thil vetih nangmih ah birhihnah a thoeng vaengah kan tamdaeng ni.
27 When your fear comes as destruction, And your calamity comes as a windstorm, When adversity and distress come on you.
Nangmih kah birhihnah tah khohli rhamrhael bangla ha pawk vetih na rhainah loh cangpalam bangla halo vaengah, citcai neh khobing loh nangmih te m'paan vaengah,
28 Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and do not find me.
Kai ng'khue uh cakhaw ka doo mahpawh, kai n'toem uh cakhaw m'hmu uh bal mahpawh.
29 Because that they have hated knowledge, And have not chosen the fear of YHWH.
Te yueng te mingnah a hmuhuet uh tih BOEIPA kah hinyahnah te tuek uh pawh.
30 They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
Kai cilsuep dongah naep uh pawt tih, kai kah toelthamnah khaw boeih a tlaitlaek uh.
31 And they eat of the fruit of their way, And they are filled from their own counsels.
A khosing kah a thaih te a caak uh vetih a cilkhih loh a lawn uh bitni.
32 For the turning of the simple slays them, And the security of the foolish destroys them.
Hlangyoe hnuknong loh amih te a ngawn vetih aka ang kah ommongnah loh amih te a milh sak ni.
33 And whoever is listening to me dwells confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!”
Tedae kai taengah aka hnatun long tah ngaikhuek la kho a sak vetih yoethae kah birhihnah khuiah khaw rhalthal van ni.
