Proverbs 9
1 [It is as though] wisdom [is a woman who] has built a [big] house for herself, and has set up seven columns [to support the roof],
Cueihnah loh a im a sak tih a tung parhih a vueh.
2 and has slaughtered an animal [and cooked the meat], and has mixed [nice spices] in the wine, and has put [the food] on the table.
A maeh te a ngawn tih misurtui neh a thoek tih a caboei te a tawn.
3 [It is as though then] she sent out her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town,
Amah kah hula rhoek te a tueih tih, vangpuei hmuensang dangdoe lamkah a khue.
4 “You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, [it is as though] she calls out,
Te phoeiah, “Unim hlangyoe, anih te lungbuei a talh khaw pahoi nong tak saeh.
5 “Come and eat the food that I [have prepared], and drink the [good] wine that I have mixed!
Halo, ka buh he ang uh lamtah misur ka thoek he o uh.
6 (Leave/Go away from) [other] foolish people, and [if you do that, you will continue to] live. Walk on the road that will enable you to (have knowledge/know what is true and what is not true).”
Hlangyoe te hnoo lamtah hing uh, yakmingnah longpuei te uem uh.
7 If you rebuke someone who will not allow others to correct him, he will insult you. If you reprove/scold an evil man, he will hurt you.
Hmuiyoi aka toel tah amah loh yah a poh tih, halang aka tluung tah amah loh nganboh a yook.
8 Do not rebuke someone who will not allow others to (correct him/tell him what he has done is wrong), because he will hate you for doing that. [But] if you rebuke a wise person, he will respect you.
Hmuiyoi te tluung boeh namah m'hmuhuet ve. Aka cueih tah na tluung cakhaw nang n'lungnah ni.
9 If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more.
Aka cueih te pae lah taoe cueih ni, aka dueng te na tukkil atah rhingtuknah a thap ni.
10 If you want to be wise, you must start by revering Yahweh, and if you know God, the Holy One, you will understand [which teachings are wise/true].
BOEIPA hinyahnah tah cueihnah lamhma la om tih aka cim mingnah he yakmingnah la om.
11 If you become wise, you will live many years [DOU].
Kai rhangneh na khohnin te puh vetih nang hamla hingnah kum khaw a thap ni.
12 If you are wise, you are the one who will benefit from it; if you ridicule [becoming wise], you are the one who will suffer.
Na cueih la na cueih mak atah namah ham ngawn ni. Hmui na yoih atah nang namah long ni na phueih eh.
13 Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed [of the wrong things that they do].
Angvawk nu loh a poeyoek la kawk tih bang khaw ming pawh.
14 They sit at the doors of their houses [or] they sit on the top [of the hills] in the town,
Tedae a im thohka neh vangpuei hmuensang kah ngolkhoel dongah ngol.
15 and they call out to the men who are passing by, who are trying to be concerned with their own affairs,
Te vaengah a caehlong a dueng la longpuei ah aka pongpa rhoek te a khue.
16 “You people who need to understand more, come into [my house]!” And to those who are ignorant, they call out,
“Hlangyoe neh lungbuei aka talh tah pahoi ha pah saeh.
17 “[Just as] water which you have stolen tastes very good and food that you eat by yourself tastes the best, [if you have sex secretly with someone to whom you are not married, you will enjoy it very much].”
A tui huen aka tui sak tih yinhnuk buh neh aka hmae,” a ti.
