Proverbs 28
1 Wicked [people] run away [even] when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good [people are not afraid]; they are as brave as lions.
Migilou chu koima dellou in ajam jin, mikitah vang chu keipi bahkai bang in hangtah in apang jin ahi.
2 When [the people of] a nation sin, they will have one ruler after another; but when their leaders are wise and have good sense, their government will last for a long time.
Namkhat in suhkhel anei tengleh achunga thunei ding atam jin, hinlah namsung dinsotna ding hin, miching hetkhen themna nei angaije.
3 A poor person who oppresses [other] poor [people] is [like] [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that [destroys the crops], with the result that there is no food [for people to eat].
Miphalou vaichate gim le hesoh thohsahpa chu, gobah julha tobang ahin, khenchom aneiji poi.
4 Those who reject/disobey [God’s] laws always speak well of wicked [people]; but those who obey [God’s] laws [always] oppose what wicked people do.
Kivaipohna Dan thu nit te chun migilou ho adou jing ahi.
5 Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
Mi-engsen thu adih a kitan kitihi ahethem thei pon, amavang Yahweh Pakai holten phatah in ahethem un ahi.
6 It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
Mihao lungdihlou hisang in, mivaicha lungtheng hi aphajoi.
7 Young people who obey the laws are wise [IDM]; parents whose children associate with those who (carouse/go to wild parties) are humiliated/disgraced because of what their children do.
Chapa chingtah kiti chu Dan thu kitup tah'a juipa ahin, milungsel to kivop pan anu le apa jumna apohlut peh jin ahi.
8 When people become very rich by charging very high interest [DOU], their money will [eventually] go to someone who does kind things for the poor.
Thil veikan dinga lha'a punbe sah pa chun, vaichate khotopa sakhao sung adip peh ahibouve.
9 If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
Koi hileh Dan thu jahda jeh'a akol heimang achu, atao na jeng jong Elohim Pathen dinga thet um ahi.
10 Those who cause honest/good [people] to do what is evil will fall into their own pits/traps, but good things will happen to those who (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
Milungdih lamsea pui achu, amatah jong ama kokhuh sunga lhalut ding, hinlah milungdih vang chun gou phatah alo ding ahi.
11 [Many] rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not.
Mihao kiti chu ama mitmun aching dan in akigel jin, hinlah hetthemna nei mivaichan achih louna amatdoh tei ding ahi.
12 When righteous/good [people] (succeed/win [elections]), everyone (celebrates/is happy); but when wicked [people win], everyone hides [because they are afraid of what the wicked people will do].
Mikitah ten goljona anei teng kipa loupina ahin, miphaloute ahung seilet tengleh mipi akidalse jin ahi.
13 Those who refuse to confess/admit their sins will not prosper, but [God] acts mercifully/kindly toward those who confess their sins and turn away from their sinful behavior.
Asuhkhel selmang chan chu khangtou louhel ding, chule hitobang hi chonset ahipoi ti seipa jong, mi manthah sahpa ahibouve.
14 [God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
Phattin a Yahweh Pakai gingpa chu anunnom ahin, amavang milungtah pa vang chu manthahna chu tei ding ahi.
15 Wicked people who [mistreat] poor people whom they rule are [as dangerous to them as] [SIM] a lion roaring [at them] or a bear springing up [to attack them].
Migilou vaicha chunga vaihompa chu, keipi bahkai kitumlet lut le vompi midel hamthe thu tobang ahi.
16 Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress [the people they rule], but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving [people] will live (OR, rule) for a long time.
Thil hetthemna neilou vaihompa chu, migenthei te engse tah a sugimpa ahin; amavang thildihlou thetpa vang chu ahinkho sotding ahi.
17 Those who are guilty of murdering [MTY] another person will (be fugitives/keep running away) until they die; do not help them to escape.
Tol thatpa chonset chung gihna chu, athi kahsea kichou mahthah ding, chule koiman adonlou ding ahi.
18 Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
Lung dettah'a lampi jotpa chu huhdoh a um tei ding, hinlah achena jousea akaleh akalouva chonpa vang chu hetman louva kisumang ding ahi.
19 Farmers who work [hard] in their fields will [produce good crops and always] have plenty of food [to eat], but those who spend all their time (on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone) will become very poor.
Koi hileh ama gam leiset lhoupa chun, neh le chah kimsel a anei ding; hinlah phatchomna beija donva lepa vang chu vaicha tei ding ahi.
20 [God] will greatly bless those who (are trustworthy/always do what they say that they will do), but he will certainly punish [LIT] those who try to become rich quickly.
Tahsan umtah pa chu phattheina chang jing ding, hinlah gangtah'a haodoh ding ngaito pan gimna ato lo ding ahi.
21 It is not good [for judges] to decide matters unfairly/unjustly, but [some] people will do what is wrong [even] if they receive [only] a very small bribe [HYP] [for doing it].
Langneina kiti hi apha ahipoi, hinlah mihem in thil neochan jong adihlou abol jeng theije.
22 Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
Mi kikhit them chu gangtah'a haoding mano ahin, hinlah hetman louva vaichatnan ahin lhun den ding ahepha jipoi.
23 Those who rebuke someone will be appreciated/thanked more than those who [say nice things to others merely] to (flatter them/cause them to feel good).
Lei kileh pil'a thu alhem-a sei sang in, lung thengsel'a miphoh pan lung lhaina ahin mujoh ding ahi.
24 Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
Koi hileh anu le apa thilgua “Hiche hi chon dihlou akitipoi,” tia seija chu mi manthah sahpa ahibouve.
25 Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
Neipap kiloset hin kinahna asodoh sahjin, hinlah Yahweh Pakaija kingaipa vang chu haodoh tei ding ahi.
26 Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
Ama lungthim jenga kisongpa chu angol ahin, hinlah chihna thua lamlha jingpa vang hoidoh ding ahi.
27 Those who give things to poor [people] will not become poor, but many [people] will curse those who refuse to help [IDM] poor people.
Koi hileh vaicha khotona'a dimpa chu lhasam louhel ding, amavang mivaichate khoto lou chu sapset chang ding ahi.
28 When wicked [people] become rulers, people hide [because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do]; but when wicked people are no longer rulers, good/righteous [people will] become the rulers.
Migilouten vai ahomteng, mihem amacham cham in akidalse jin, hinlah hitobang miho chu abei teng; adih akhang in apung jitai.
