Proverbs 24
1 Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
Miphalou ho umchan thangse hih in, chule hitobang miho chu kiloipi din jong ngaicha hih-in.
2 because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).
Ajeh chu alung thim un thilse jeng agong un, akamdung uva jou le nal jeng aseijun ahi.
3 People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.
Chihna jeh chun in akisadoh jin, chule hetkhen themna jal-a kitungdet ji ahi.
4 By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.
Hetkhen themna akon insung dann jousea, thil manlutah tah le; lung lhaina thilpha chom haona dimset-ji ahi.
5 Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.
Miching chu mi thahat sang in ahat jon, hetna nei mi jong atha hatpa sang in ahat cheh jin ahi.
6 Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
Ijeh-inem itileh lungthim thepna jal-a gal kisatji ahin, chule gal jona jong thumop them hoa kingam ahi.
7 Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].
Chihna hi mingol ho din meiphah ahipon, thutanna kotpi mai lah'in jong seiding aneiji tapouve.
8 Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.
Koi hileh thilse bol ding ngaito chan chu, jou le nal-a natongpa tia kikou ding ahi.
9 It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].
Mingol ho thilse gonhi chonset ahin, mi ahilou lam'a tot chaveipa jong mi jousen athet ahibouve.
10 If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.
Kidoupin nahin phah nikho teng jongleh lung lhadai hih in, ajeh chu lhahsamna'a nanei cheh ding ahibouve.
11 [If it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].
Thina lam jon-a kijot hokhu huhhing loijin, chule min athagamna dinga kipal-lhu ho jong huhdoh loijin.
12 If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.
Nangman, “vetem in, keihon hiche hi kahe phapouve,” tin nasei in, Ama bouvin mihem lungthim akholchil-a ahet chin ji hilou ham? Nalhagao vea ching jing pan hitobang hi amelchih jing hilou ham? Aman mihem koi hileh atoh dungjui cheh-a lethuhna anei ding hilou ham?
13 My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.
Kachapa, khoiju hi don in atui lheh jeng e, khoi-phanga apat hung pot khoiju hi nele chun alhum'a lhum ahi.
14 Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].
Chihna kiti hi nalhagao dinga hiche tobang chu ahi. Chule chihna hi namu jouva ahileh khonung dinga phachom tah ahi.
15 Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.
Miphalou bang in mikitah pa chu a-in pang dunga ga chang lhih hih in, mikitah pa in jong chomding gohih hel in.
16 [Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.
Ijeh-inem itileh mikitah kiti hi vel sagi jen lhu jongleh, athoudoh thei jin, hinlah miphalou ho chunga hamsetna ahung lhun teng akhup athal in aleh jitai.
17 Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,
Namelma akipal lhuh teng kipanan neihih hel in, aman kipal lhuhna ato khah jongleh kipa thanopna'a nanei lou ding ahi.
18 because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.
Ajeh chu Yahweh Pakai in hin mudoh leh, lunghanna'a anei loding ahi. Hijeh chun ama kon chun Yahweh Pakai lunghanna peldoh in.
19 Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
Thilse bol ho jeh in nang le nang kisih hih in, chule achon chan-u jong thangsetpi dan.
20 because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
Ajeh chu miphalou ding in khonung thua kinepna abeiyin, chule migilou ho thaomei kimut mit peh tei ding ahi.
21 My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
Kachapa, Yahweh Pakai le lengpa ging in lang, Anitah lhon-a athua nanun ding ahi.
22 because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
Ajeh chu Amania kon hetman louva hamsetna hung lhung ding, Yahweh Pakai le lengpa'a kon hung lhung ding manthahna chu koiman ahe thei poi.
23 Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
Hicheho jouse jong hi miching ho thusei ahisoh keijin: Thutan-a langneina nei kiti jong hi thildih ahipoi.
24 If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,
Migiloupa kom'a, “Nangman themmona nanei poi,” tia sei chu, mitin vaipi gaosap chang ding, namtin in athet ding ahi.
25 but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).
Miphalou phohsal pa chu kipah thanom'a um ding, chule hitobang mi chunga chu phattheina lhung ding ahi.
26 Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
Thu kitohdel-a donbutna chu kigolngai kibeng chop avetsah ahi.
27 First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.
Polam'a natoh ding abonchan kigontoh in lang, chule lou laija natohna ding aboncha naki gonsoh keija; chujou tengleh na chenna ding in sapan tan.
28 [In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].
Ajeh beijin naheng nakom dounan hettohsah in pang hih in, nakam sunga jouthu jong seitahih in.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”
Mi kom'a “Kachunga anatoh bang banga keiman jong achunga katoh ding ahi; chule anatoh bang banga kalethuh tei ding ahi,” tin jong seidan.
30 One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
Keiman mithase khat loulai kahin jot pan, lungthimbei mikhat lengpilei kaho pan ahi.
31 I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).
Hiche loulai chu apum chang in lingle khao akhul lha jeng in, atollham jenga jong ling adimset in, apal jong achimsoh tan ahi.
32 When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
Hichun keiman kaven kagel in, hichea kon hin kihilna khat kaki mudoh in ahi.
33 [If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
Jalkhun a imut jengseh, kichol ding bouseh, chule khut teni umthim sah-a kichol ding kati tai.
34 [soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].
Gucha le michom in mi abulhu banga vaichat nan nahin lhun den ding, nahin delkhumpa bang banga kel thoa um ding nahitai.
