Proverbs 20
1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.
Misurtui teh ayâ ni panuikhainae doeh, yamu teh kâyuenae doeh, hot patet e hno ni tami lungang sak boihoeh.
2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoever] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
Siangpahrang lungkhuek e teh sendek ka huk e patetlah ao, a lung ka khuek sak e tami teh a hringnae hanlah runae doeh.
3 [It is] an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Kâyuenae karoumsakkung teh bari a kamcu, tamipathu ni kâhemnae pou a kamtawng.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
Tami ka pangak ni a pâding dawk laikawk kanawk ngaihoeh, canga toteh a ca hane banghai tawn mahoeh.
5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Tami lungthin hoi pouknae teh ka dungpoung e tui hoi a kâvan, hatei thaipanueknae ka tawn e ni teh haw hoi a tâco sak han.
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Tami kapap ni amamouh hawinae dueng doeh ouk a dei awh, hatei apinimaw yuemkamcu e a hmu thai han.
7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
Tamikalan teh yuemkamcu lah ouk a hring, a canaw ni hai ahnie yawhawi ouk a hmawng awh.
8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Lawkcengnae tungkhung dawk ka tahung e siangpahrang ni, a mithmu e hnokathout pueng koung a takhoe.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Ka lungthin ka thoung sak toe, yon hoi ka hlout toe telah apinimaw a dei thai.
10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
Yawcu kânginghoehe hoi khinglung ka kuep hoeh e teh BAWIPA hmalah panuet a tho.
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [is] pure, and whether [it is] right.
Camo hai a tawk e lahoi panue thai, a tawk e hno a thoung hoi a lan e lahoi bangnue thai.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Thaithainae hnâ hoi hmuthainae mit heh BAWIPA ni a sak e doeh.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
I e hah lungpataw hanh na mathoe han, na mit pakkaw lah khenhaw! cakhuem rawca na tawn han.
14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.
Hno karankung ni hawihoeh ati, hatei a cei hnukkhu a ran e hah a kâoupkhai.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
Sui hoi talung phukaawm moikapap ao, hatei panuenae pahni teh talung phukaawm e lah ao.
16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Tamitavan hanelah amahkhankung teh angki amahkhan nahanelah la pouh lah ao vaiteh napui koe poe naseh.
17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Dumnae vaiyei teh a tui eiteh, a ca hnukkhu a kâko dawk sadi hoi a kawi han.
18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Noenae heh kâpankhai hnukkhu caksak lah ouk ao, kahawicalah kâpan hnukkhu na taran hah tuk.
19 He that goeth about [as] a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Yapliyaplap kaawm e tami ni arulawk hah ouk a pâpho, hatdawkvah a lawk ka pâhnan e tami hoi kamyawng hanh.
20 Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Apipatethai, a manu hoehpawiteh a na pa thoe ka bo e teh, khohmo um a hmaiim a due pouh han.
21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
Râw hah hmaloe pang thai eiteh, apoutnae koe yawhawinae lah awm hoeh.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Moi ka pathung han telah tet hanh, BAWIPA hah ring haw, ama ni na rungngang han.
23 Divers weights [are] an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
Khinglung kâvan hoeh e heh BAWIPA mithmu vah panuet a tho teh, kânging hoeh e yawcu hai hawihoeh.
24 Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Tami ceinae lamthungnaw heh BAWIPA ni a sak e doeh, hatdawkvah tami ni ama ceinae lamnaw hah bangtelamaw a panue thai han.
25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
Hetheh poehno kathoung doeh telah lungrang laihoi dei e teh tami hanelah karap doeh, lawkkam hnukkhu pankângainae ouk ao.
26 A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
A lungkaang e siangpahrang ni tamikathoutnaw hah a kâyatsak teh lengkhok hoi a coungroe.
27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Tami e muitha teh BAWIPA e hmaiim doeh, a lungthin thung e pueng pheng a tue.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.
Lungmanae hoi lawkkatang ni siangpahrang teh a kountouk, a bawitungkhung teh lungpatawnae lahoi kangdue sak lah ao.
29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
Thoundounnaw e bawilennae teh a thaonae doeh, matawngnaw e kamcunae teh a sampo doeh.
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Puenghoi hemnae ni hno kathout a thoung sak, hemnae ni thung lah von dawk e pueng hai a thoung sak.
