Proverbs 5
1 My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,
Ka ca aw, ka cueihnah he hnatung lamtah ka lungcuei dongla na hna kaeng lah.
2 To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
Thuepnah neh mingnah te ngaithuen hamla na hmuilai long khaw tuem uh saeh.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,
Rhalawt nu kah a hmuilai ah khoilitui cip tih a lai khaw situi lakah hnal.
4 And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.
Tedae hmailong ah tah anih te pantong bangla khahing tih cunghang paihat bangla haat.
A kho te dueknah khuila suntla tih a khokan loh saelkhui la a doek. (Sheol h7585)
6 The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.
Hingnah caehlong lakah a ming pawh a namtlak likloek te saelh ve ne.
7 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
Te dongah ka ca rhoek kai ol he hnatun uh laeh, ka ka dongkah olthui te nong tak boeh.
8 Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,
Na longpuei te anih neh lakhla sak lamtah a im thohka lam khaw mop boeh.
9 Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,
Na mueithennah te a tloe taengla ham pae vetih na kum muenying muenyang la hang khueh ve.
10 Lest strangers be filled [with] thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,
Na thadueng te rhalawt rhoek cung uh vetih na patangnah phu te kholong imkhui la pawk ve.
11 And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
Na hmailong ah na nguek vetih na pum na saa khaw hmawn hae ni.
12 And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
Te vaengah, “Thuituennah te ka hmuhuet tih toelthamnah khaw ka lungbuei loh a tlaitlaek pai.
13 And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.
Ka saya ol te ka hnatun pawh kai aka cang puei taengah khaw ka hna ka kaeng pawh.
14 As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.
Hlangping neh rhaengpuei lakli kah boethae sumsiit te vat ka pha,” na ti hae ni
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.
Na tuitung dongkah tui neh na tuito lamtah aka sih te o.
16 Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.
Na tuisih te kawtpoeng ah, sokca tui te toltung ah phuet saeh.
17 Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.
Nang namah bueng hamla om saeh lamtah na taengkah kholong ham boel saeh.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,
Na thunsih te yoethen la om saeh lamtah na camoe kah na yuu dongah kohoe sak.
19 A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.
Anih tah sayuk rhuinu lunguem bangla, a sukbam te sakhi rhuinu mikdaithen bangla a tuetang boeih ah nang te m'hmilhmal sak saeh lamtah a lungnah loh m'palang sak yoeyah saeh.
20 And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
Ba ham lae ka ca loh rhalawt la na palang vetih kholong kah a rhang te na kop eh.
21 For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
Hlang kah longpuei neh a namtlak boeih a saelh te khaw BOEIPA mikhmuh ah om.
22 His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Halang te amah kathaesainah loh amah te a tuuk tih a tholhnah rhui loh a ban.
23 He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!
Anih thuituennah a om pawt dongah duek vetih a anglat aih dongah palang ni.
