Proverbs 4
1 to hear: hear son: descendant/people discipline: instruction father and to listen to/for to know understanding
Pa kah thuituennah te ca rhoek loh hnatun saeh lamtah yakmingnah dang hamla hnatung saeh.
2 for teaching pleasant to give: give to/for you instruction my not to leave: neglect
Nangmih taengah aka then rhingtuknah kam paek coeng dongah ka olkhueng he hnoo boeh.
3 for son: child to be to/for father my tender and only to/for face mother my
Ka camoe vaengah a pa taengah mongkawt la, a nu mikhmuh ah oingaih cangloeng la ka om.
4 and to show me and to say to/for me to grasp word my heart your to keep: obey commandment my and to live
Te vaengah kai n'thuinuet tih kamah taengah, “Ka ol he na lungbuei ah dueh lamtah ka olpaek ngaithuen neh hing puei.
5 to buy wisdom to buy understanding not to forget and not to stretch from word lip my
Cueihnah te lai lamtah yakmingnah khaw lai lah. Ka ka dong lamkah olthui he hnilh boeh, phaelh boeh.
6 not to leave: forsake her and to keep: obey you to love: lover her and to watch you
Cueihnah te hnoo boeh, na lungnah daengah ni namah te n'ngaithuen vetih nang te n'kueinah eh.
7 first: beginning wisdom to buy wisdom and in/on/with all acquisition your to buy understanding
Cueihnah he ni tanglue, cueihnah he lai lamtah na hnopai boeih nen khaw yakmingnah he lai lah.
8 to build her and to exalt you to honor: honour you for to embrace her
Cueihnah te picai lamtah namah te n'pomsang bitni. Namah te n'thangpom atah amah te kop van.
9 to give: put to/for head your wreath favor crown beauty to deliver you
Na lu dongah mikdaithen kah lukhueng la om vetih nang taengah boeimang rhuisam han tloeng ni.
10 to hear: hear son: child my and to take: recieve word my and to multiply to/for you year life
Ka ca ka hnatun lamtah ka olthui he doe lah. Te daengah ni na hingnah ah kum loh nang hamla a puh eh.
11 in/on/with way: conduct wisdom to show you to tread you in/on/with track uprightness
Cueihnah longpuei neh nang te ka thuinuet vetih namtlak then ah nang te kan cuuk sak ni.
12 in/on/with to go: walk you not be distressed step your and if to run: run not to stumble
Na caeh vaengah na khokan loh puenca pawt vetih na yong vaengah tongtah mahpawh.
13 to strengthen: hold in/on/with discipline: instruction not to slacken to watch her for he/she/it life your
Thuituennah te tu lamtah hlong boeh, na hingnah hamla kueinah.
14 in/on/with way wicked not to come (in): come and not to bless in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil
Halang kah caehlong ah pongpa boeh, boethae rhoek kah longpuei dongah uem puei boeh.
15 to neglect him not to pass in/on/with him to turn aside from upon him and to pass
Te te dul laeh, a taengla paan boeh. A taeng lamloh taengphael lamtah khum tak.
16 for not to sleep if: until not be evil and to plunder sleep their if: until not (to stumble *Q(K)*)
Thaehuet pawt atah ip uh tloel dae a ih loh a hmil atah hlang paloe sak ham te paloe sak uh thai pawh.
17 for to feed on food: bread wickedness and wine violence to drink
Halangnah buh te a ang uh tih kuthlahnah misurtui tul uh thae.
18 and way righteous like/as light brightness to go: continue and to light till to establish: prepare [the] day
Khothaih kah koshae a cikngae vanbangla aka dueng kah caehlong khaw khosae kah a aa bangla a thoeng pah.
19 way: conduct wicked like/as darkness not to know in/on/with what? to stumble
Halang rhoek kah longpuei tah khohmuep bangla om tih mebang neh a tongtah khaw ming uh pawh.
20 son: child my to/for word my to listen [emph?] to/for word my to stretch ear your
Ka ca, ka ol he hnatung lamtah ka olthui he na hna kaeng lah.
21 not be devious from eye: seeing your to keep: obey them in/on/with midst heart your
Na mik long khaw khohmang boel saeh lamtah na thinko khui ah te te ngaithuen.
22 for life they(masc.) to/for to find them and to/for all flesh his healing
Te te aka hmuh rhoek ham tah amamih kah hingnah neh a pumsa boeih ham khaw hoeihnah la om.
23 from all custody to watch heart your for from him outgoing life
Na lungbuei te kueinah khingrhing lah hingnah kah a dawn tah te lamkah ni.
24 to turn aside: remove from you crookedness lip: word and perversity lip: words to remove from you
Ka dongkah olhmaang te na taeng lamloh thaek lamtah hmuilai dongkah olrhong oling khaw namah lamloh lakhla sak.
25 eye your to/for before to look and eyelid your to smooth before you
Na mik loh phek paelki saeh lamtah na mikkhu loh namah hmaiah buelh dueng saeh.
26 to envy track foot your and all way: conduct your to establish: establish
Na kho ham namtlak te saelh pah saeh lamtah na longpuei khaw boeih cikngae saeh.
27 not to stretch right and left to turn aside: depart foot your from bad: evil
Banvoei bantang la phael boeh, na kho te a thae dong lamloh hoeptlang lah.
