Proverbs 5
1 My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:
Ka capa, ka cyihnaak ngai nawh, kak kawcyihnaak awh nang haa keng lah.
2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, —and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it.
Khawkpoek thainaak ce khoem nawh, na hui nam lai ing simthainaak nam tu naak hamna.
3 For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;
Nukche a hui awhkawng khawitui cip nawh, am lai ce situi anglakawh plai hy.
4 But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!
A dytnaakna ankhamyihna kha nawh, pinhai amyihna hqaat hy.
A khaw ing thihnaak lam pan nawh, a khawngkham ing ceikhui lam pan hy. (Sheol h7585)
6 Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not [whither].
Hqingnaak lam am huthai nawh, a cehnaak lam a mam dyng ce am huthai hy.
7 Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.
Ceamyihna awmsaw ka cakhqi aw, kak awi ngai unawh, kam kha awhkaw awi ak cawn law ve koeh mang tak.
8 Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
Na lam ce anih awhkawng lak hla sak nawh, ak chawmkeng koeh va hem.
9 Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:
Cemyih kaataw na dawnaak ce thlang chang ven pe kawm saw, na kum ce khawsak amak leek thlang ven pe kawp ti.
10 Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien.
Thlak changkhqi ce nak thaqui phu ham sak khqi nawh, na bibi phu ce am na siim imlangna pha kaw.
11 So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;
Na haikhaw a dyt lawawh na pum na saana hawn nawh kqaang kawp ti.
12 And thou shalt say—How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;
Cawhce, “Kawhamna cawngpyinaak ak thym ce hoet nawh, kak kawlung ing toelnaak ce kak husit qoe nu,
13 Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear:
A nik cawngpyikungkhqi ak awi am haana nyng, a nik cawngpyikungkhqi venna kang haa am na keng nyng;
14 Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly.
Thlang kqeeng ingkaw thlanghoei anglak-awh ka thih hlo hy,” ti kawp ti.
15 Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
Na tui im awhkaw tui na tuipum ing thaan nawh aw.
16 Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters:
Na tuihaa ce doem sak nawh lam keng awhkaw ak lawng hawk hawk tuinu amyihna coeng sak lah.
17 Let them be for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee.
Namah ham doengna awm seitaw thlak-chang ing koeh ni qup pyi seh.
18 Let thy well-spring be blessed, —and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: —
Na tui im awh zoseennaak awm seitaw, nak thaawm huiawh kaw na zuuawh ce nak kaw zeel sak.
19 A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore.
A nih ce lungnak ak kap saksuk ingkaw ak daw soeih sakkhi amyihna, kawmyih a tym awhawm a lungnak ing nang ce ni zeel sak poe seh.
20 Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?
Ikaw hamnanu nang, ka capa ing nukche awh na zeel hly nawh ak kqang awh nang kooep hly?
21 For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, —and, all his tracks, doth he consider:
Thlanghqing a cehnaak lam boeih ce Bawipa mik huhawh awm boeih nawh, a cehnaak lamkhqi boeih ce kawng sak boeih hy.
22 His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Amah a awmseetnaak ing thlakche ce tu kawm saw, a seetnaak qui ingawh amah ce pinzen kaw.
23 He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.
Cawngpyinaak a khawdeng caming thi kawm saw, a qawnak caming plam kaw.
