Proverbs 5
1 My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:
Ka capa, poukpanueknae na tawn nahane hoi, na pahni ni panuenae a pâkuem thai nahanelah,
2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, —and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it.
kaie lungangnae hah thai nateh, kaie thaipanueknae dawk na hnâpakeng haw.
3 For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;
Bangkongtetpawiteh, napui kathoutnaw e pahni teh, khoitui patetlah a radip, a lawk teh sathaw hlak hai a pâhnan.
4 But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!
Hatei, apoutnae koe lateh, hmue patetlah a kha teh, avoivang kahran e sarai patetlah a hran.
A khok ni duenae lamthung a pâtam teh, a khok takan ni sheol hmai a pâtam. (Sheol h7585)
6 Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not [whither].
Hoehpawiteh, a hringnae lamthung na pouk hoeh vaiteh, a lamthung a cak hoeh e hah na panuek mahoeh.
7 Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.
Hatdawkvah, ka canaw, atuvah, ka lawk thai awh haw. Ka dei e lawknaw hah pahnawt awh hanh.
8 Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
Hatei, ahlanae koe kampuen awh nateh, ahnie im takhang hoi hai hnai awh hanh.
9 Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:
Hoehpawiteh, barinae na hmu e hah ayâ alouk koe kampuen payon vaih. Tami nuen kamathoutnaw rahak vah, na hringnae be na hno payon vaih.
10 Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien.
Hoehpawiteh, ramlouknaw ni na tawntanae dawk nawm awh vaiteh, na thaw tawk e a pawnaw hah ramlouknaw im vah phat payon vaih.
11 So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;
Apoutnae koe lah, na takthai a kamsoe toteh, na khui payon vaih.
12 And thou shalt say—How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;
Bangtelamaw, cangkhainae hah koe ka hmuhma teh, yuenae hah ka lungthin hoi koe ka dudam toe.
13 Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear:
Na kacangkhaikung e lawk hah koe ka tarawi ngaihoeh niteh, na cangkhainae hah koe ka thai ngaihoeh heh ma.
14 Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly.
Tamimaya hoi kamkhuengnaw koe rawknae kâhmo hoeh e dueng doeh hei na ti han na kaima.
15 Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
Nange tuikhu, na tuikhu hoi ka tâcawt e tui roeroe hah na nei han.
16 Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters:
Na tuiphuek hah ram tangkuem lawng vaiteh tamimaya ceinae lamnaw dawk a lawng han na maw.
17 Let them be for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee.
Nama hanelah dueng awm seh, ayâ alouke hoi kâkabawpkhai hane nahoeh.
18 Let thy well-spring be blessed, —and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: —
Na tuikhu teh yawhawi seh, na naw nah e na yu koe na lungkuep lawih.
19 A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore.
Ngai kaawm e sayuk hoi a meikahawi e sayukhre patetlah, a sannunaw ni na lungkuep sak naseh. A lungpatawnae ni na lungkuep sak naseh.
20 Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?
Bangtelamaw, ka capa nang ni napui kahawihoehe hah na ngai vaiteh, khuet na tapam han vaw.
21 For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, —and, all his tracks, doth he consider:
Bangkongtetpawiteh, tami hringnae lamthungnaw teh, BAWIPA ni koung a hmu teh, a lamthung pueng koung a pouk pouh.
22 His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Ama pouknae ni tamikayon teh a man vaiteh, a yonnae tangron hoi pâkhi lah ao han.
23 He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.
Cangkhainae a vout dawkvah, a due vaiteh, puenghoi a pathu dawkvah, a kahma han.
