Proverbs 20
1 Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
Misurtui ing thlang thekhanaak pe nawh, zuu ing awipungnaak coeng sak hy.
2 Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
Sangpahrang ak kawsonaak taw samthyn a kaawk ing myih nawh, kaw ak so sak taw amah a hqingnaak ak khawng ni.
3 [People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
Kawsonaak ak qei thlang ing kyihcahnaak hu kawm saw, cehlai thlakqaw ingtaw hqo hu hy.
4 [If] a lazy man does not plow [his fields at the right/proper time], he will look for [crops] at harvest [time], but there will be nothing there.
Thlang thakdam ing khaw a dingawh lai a thawl ngak nawh; cedawngawh caang ah huiawh ai thoeh kawm saw, ikawawm am ta kaw.
5 [Just] as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking, but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking.
Kawlung khuiawh cainaak taw tui amyihna dung hlai hy, simnaak ak ta thlang ing ni ik-oeih a coeng sak hy.
6 Many people proclaim that they can be trusted [to do what they say that they will do], but it is very difficult to find [RHQ] someone who can really be trusted.
Thlak ypawmna kqawn qu mai kawm uh, ak ypawm tang unu ak awm?
7 If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
Thlakdyng, khawkpoek khawkhan thainaak ak ta a cakhqi taw thlang zoseenkhqi ni.
8 A king who sits on his throne to judge people can [easily] [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
Awitlyknaak awh Sangpahrang ing awi ak tlyk awh, a mik ing theem amak leek boeih ce khqaa ing zah amyihna zaap boeih hy.
9 There is no one [RHQ] who can truthfully say, “I do not know of any wrong things that I have done; I have (gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful).”
“Kak kawlung ciim sak nyng, thawlhnaak awhkawng ciimcaih nyng,” tinawh uing ak kqawn thai?
10 Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
Tahnaak amak thym ingkaw tehnaak amak thym boeih Bawipa ing tyih qawi haih hy.
11 Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether (what they do/their behavior) is honest and right [or not].
Nasen awm a bibi ing ak thym ak thawlh dang sak hy.
12 Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
Zaaknaak haa ingkaw huhnaak mik ve Bawipa ing ni a sai qawi haih.
13 If you want to sleep [all the time], you will become poor; if you stay awake [and work], you will have plenty of food.
Ih koeh lungna khawdeng kawp ti; hqak nawh meet lah awklek ainaa ta kawp ti.
14 People [look at things that they are about] to buy, [and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they] say, “(It is no good/It is poor quality),” but [after they buy it], they go and boast [about having bought it for a cheap price].
Them ak thlaikung ing them ak thlaihawh “Am leek hy, am leek hy,” tinawh, ang voei huna a them thlaihawh oequ hy.
15 Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
Sui awm nawh, cak phu tlo awm awm moe, cyihnaak awi ak kqawn hui taw lung phu tlo soeih ing myih hy.
16 If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it [DOU], [you deserve to] have someone take your coat from you.
Thlangchang asyng naak ham ak dyihpyi-kung ingkaw nukche ak dyihpyikung ing a hii ce hawlh seh.
17 People [may] think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later [they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy] eating gravel/sand.
Quuk buh ang hypna ai ve thlang ing tui sak hy, cehlai a huna am kha ce lungqiit ing be kaw.
18 When people give you good advice, [if you do what they suggest], your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.
Thlang doet nawh ik-oeih cainaak ta. Ak leekna cai hqeet nawh ceemqal ce tlyk.
19 Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
Thlang awihpung khawlakawh ak van ing awihyp ce pho sak hy; Ceamyihna awmsaw awi ak pung thlang ce koeh pyi na.
20 If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
A nu mai aw, a pa mai aw qun ak khy pek taw, thanlung ak hyp huiawh a maihchoei him pekna awm kaw.
21 If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
Ak cykawh ang tawnna huh qo cetaw a huna zoseetnaak na awm kaw.
22 Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh [to do something about it], and he will (help you/[do what is right]).
“Thawlh thung lah vang,” koeh ti, Khawsa ce qeh cang nawh, anih ing ni loet sak kaw.
23 Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
Tahnaak amak thym taw Bawipa mikhuhawh tuih kawi ni, amak thym tehnaak awm am leek hy.
24 Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so (how can we (understand/know) what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot (understand/know) what will happen before it happens.) [RHQ]
Thlanghqing a khawkhannaak Bawipa ing a hqui ni, cekkaana thlanghqing ing ikawmyihna a sim hly thai?
25 You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.
Poek kaana hqingtawnnaak ing Khawsa them pek ingkaw awikam coengawh hu ak nawng tlaih taw amah ham thang ak dun khoeng ak thlang ni.
26 Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
Sangpahrang ak cyi ing thlakche ce hqimqa nawh awideng hy.
27 Our consciences are [like] lamps that Yahweh [has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking] [MET]; they reveal what is hidden deep in our (minds/inner beings).
Thlanghqing kak kawlung taw Bawipa a maihchoeina awm nawh, kawlung khui a dungnaak dy coei pheng thai hy.
28 Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.
Lungnaak ingkaw awitak ing sangpahrang ce syng sak nawh; lungnaak ingawh ang ngawih-naak ce cak sak hy.
29 We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
Cacoen a boeimangnaak taw ak thamahnaak ni, Pacawng a dawnaak taw a lumkqawk sampainaak ni.
30 When we are beaten or whipped, it [can] cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us [by punishing us], it [can] cause our behavior to become good.
Mynmaa kawlawknaak ing boeibaai caih sak nawh, vyyknaak ing kawlung ak khui dy ciim sak hy.
