Proverbs 1
1 [the] proverbs of Solomon [the] son of David [the] king of Israel.
Isarel siangpahrang, Devit capa Solomon e cingthuilawknaw:
2 To learn wisdom and discipline to teach words of understanding.
Lungangnae hoi cangkhainae panue hane hoi thaipanuenae lawk hah thaipanuek hane hoi,
3 To receive correction of insight righteousness and justice and uprightness.
lungangnae, lannae, lawkcengnae hoi lannae koelah cangkhainae pang hane hoi,
4 To give to naive people prudence to a youth knowledge and discretion.
kamawngrame kâhruetcuet poe hane hoi, thoundounnaw ni panuenae hoi poukthainae a tawn awh nahanlah,
5 Let him listen a prudent [one] and let him increase insight and a discerning [one] wise directions let him get.
tami lungkaang ni a thai navah lungang a kâthap vaiteh, thaipanueknae ka tawn e ni lamthung patue thainae a hmu han.
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma [the] words of learned ones and parables their.
Cingthuilawk hoi bangnuenae, lungangnae hoi kâpâvêinae naw thaipanuek nahanlah,
7 [the] fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge wisdom and discipline fools they despise.
BAWIPA takinae teh panuenae kamtawngnae doeh. Hatei, tamipathunaw ni teh lungangnae hoi cingthuinae hah a dudam awh.
8 Listen to O son my [the] correction of father your and may not you reject [the] instruction of mother your.
Ka capa, na pa e pâtunae hah thai nateh, na manu e kâlawk hai pahnawt hanh.
9 For - [will be] a wreath of favor they for head your and necklaces for neck your.
Hothateh na lû dawk kamthoupnae sammuem lah awm vaiteh, na lahuen dawk awi e dingyin lah ao han.
10 O son my if they will entice you sinners may not you be willing.
Ka capa, tamikayonnaw ni na pasawt pawiteh, ngai pouh hanh.
11 If they will say come! with us let us lie in wait for blood let us lie hidden for an innocent [one] 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.
12 Let us engulf them like Sheol alive and complete like [those who] go down of [the] pit. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol patetlah a hring lahoi payawp awh vaiteh, kadungpoung e tangkom dawk ka bawt e patetlah, (Sheol h7585)
13 All wealth prized we will find we will fill houses our plunder.
Aphu kaawm e hno pueng la awh vaiteh, lawphno hoi mamae im dawk kawi sak awh sei.
14 Lot your you will cast in midst of us a bag one it will belong to all of us.
Kaimouh koe kambawng van leih, maimae tangkabom suekâvan sak awh sei ati awh nakunghai,
15 O son my may not you walk in [the] way with them restrain foot your from pathway their.
ka capa, ahnimouh koe kambawng hanh. Ahnimae lamthung hah roun hanelah kâyawmh.
16 For feet their to evil they run and they may make haste to shed blood.
Ahnimae khok teh yonnae koe lah a yawng teh, tami thei hanelah a hue a rang awh.
17 For in vain [is] spread out the net in [the] eyes of every owner of a wing.
Bangpatet e tava nakunghai a hmunae koe tamlawk yangda pawiteh, ayawm doeh.
18 And they for own blood their they lie in wait they lie hidden for own life their.
Hatei, ahnimouh teh amamouh hoi amamouh kâthei hanlah a kâpawp awh teh, amamae hringnae arulahoi ka pawm e lah doeh ao awh.
19 [are] thus [the] paths of Every [one who] gains unjustly unjust gain [the] life of owners its it will take.
Hot patetlah, kamsoumhoehe pungdawnae koe lah kahounlounnaw e hringnae teh, katawnkung hringnae hah a thei awh.
20 Wisdom in the street it cries aloud in the open places she gives voice her.
Lungangnae ni a lawi lahoi kacaipounglah a kaw teh, lam tangkuem dawk lawk ceiceikapanglah a oung.
21 At [the] top of noisy [places] she calls out at [the] entrances of [the] gates in the city sayings her she utters.
Tami kamkhuengnae koe a oung teh, khopui kâennae longkha koe lawk a dei.
22 Until when? - O naive people will you love naivete and mockers mockery do they delight in? themselves and fools will they 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 You will turn back to rebuke my here! I will pour out to you spirit my let me declare words my you.
Kaie yuenae koe kamlang awh, nangmae thung ka muitha ka awi vaiteh, ka lawk hah na panue sak han.
24 Because I called and you refused I offered hand my and there not [was] an attentive [one].
Na kaw awh ei, na ngai awh hoeh. Ka kut ka dâw ei, apinihai banglah na pouk awh hoeh.
25 And you ignored all advice my and rebuke my not you yielded to.
Kâhruetcuet na poe awh e puenghai na hnoun awh teh, na yuenae puenghai buet touh boehai bout na tarawi awh hoeh.
26 Also I at calamity your I will laugh I will mock when comes dread your.
Hatdawkvah, yawthoenae na kâhmo awh toteh, na panuikhai vaiteh, lungpuennae na kâhmo awh to hai na panuikhai awh han.
27 When comes (like devastation *Q(K)*) dread your and calamity your like a storm-wind it will arrive when comes on you trouble and distress.
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 will call to me and not I will answer they will earnestly seek me and not they will find me.
Hatnavah, na kaw awh han, hatei, na pato awh mahoeh. Atangcalah na tawng awh han, hatei, na hmawt awh mahoeh.
29 Because for they hated knowledge and [the] fear of Yahweh not they chose.
Panuethainae hah a hmuhma awh teh, BAWIPA taki hane hah na kârawi awh hoeh.
30 Not they yielded to advice my they spurned all rebuke my.
Pouknae ka poe e hah ngai awh hoeh, ka yuenae puenghai banglah noutna awh hoeh.
31 So they may eat from [the] fruit of way their and from own schemes their they will be surfeited.
Hatdawkvah, a hringnuen pawhik hah amamouh ni a ca awh han. A khopouk awh e ni letlang a paha sak han.
32 For [the] waywardness of naive people it will ruin them and [the] ease of fools it will destroy 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 [one who] listens to me he will dwell security and he will be at ease from dread of trouble.
Hatei, ka lawk ka tarawi e teh, karoumcalah kho a sak han. Thoenae taket laipalah karoumcalah ao awh han.
