Thuchihbu 20
1 Ju kiti hi nuijat le chatvei sosah ahin, khamna thei kiti jong hi kanah le baotamna jeng ahi. Khamna theija lop chu miching ahipoi.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2 Lengpa lunghan kigin nahi keipi bahkai ngih tobang ahin, koi hileh lengpa phin lung hang chan chu ahinkhoa tijat umtah ahi.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.
3 Kinah baotamna’a kon kidalse ding hi mijabolna ahin, mingol kiti chu mitoh kina’a baotamji ahi.
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4 Koi hileh nipi laiya natong nom lou chun, thaset jeh’a chang-at ding amujou lou ding ahi.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 Mihem khat in alunggil’a angaito hi twi thuh tah tobang ahin, hinlah thil hetkhen themna nei mihem dingin; hitobang thuh tah chu twi thal’a athal ding ahi.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Mihem tampin ama ama kitahna cheh aphon ding, hinlah mihem kitah mong koijin amudoh tadem?
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7 Hitobang mi chu lungthim dihtah’a lamlha pa ahin, anungjui-ah achapa te jeng jong phatthei chang ding ahi.
The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
8 Athuthanna laltouna’a tou lengpan, ijakai amit tenin aven ase le apha atetoh jin ahi.
A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9 Mihem koiham, “Kalung thim kasutheng in; kachonsetna kon in katheng tai,” tia sei ngam ding?
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10 Thil tena dihlou le thil tena kitoh lou chu, Pakai dinga thet umtah ahi cheh lhon e.
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
11 Naosen jeng jong achaloh aum chan in, itobang mi ahi aphongdoh in; hijeh chun athilbol chu adih ham athenga ham ti aseidoh theijin ahi.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12 Kho jahna bikol hihen chule kho muna mit hijongleh, anitah’a Pakaiyin asem ahi.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
13 Imut ding bou gel hih hel’in, ajeh chu vaichatnan nahin phah lo ding ahi; na mit teni hasah inlang vetan, chutileh an neh ding neng jeng junga nanei ding ahi.
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 Thilchoa pang pan, “Man bei ahibouve,” atin, hinlah ama chu achemang teng hoitho nan adim jitai.
It is naught, it is naught, says the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 Chihna le hetna kamsung'a kon thucheng hohi, sana le song mantam sang in aman tamjon ahi.
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 Hetkhah louhel mi kom’a thilman a kitungsa mipa chu, aponsil aboncha kichom peh a; chule hetphah louhel mite dinga hitobang mihem chu kiman jeng thei ahidem?
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17 Koitobang khat dingin changlhah kigua kine hi atui chomdan’in angaito in, hinlah phat chomkhat jouteng akamsunga song chang tobang adim jin ahi.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 Ki-thumop to themna jeh’in thilgon ho alolhing thei jin, chingthei tah’a kilam kaina jeh’a galsat’a kikonji ahi.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19 Akam tam le seiding hol’a chun thuguh jouse aseidoh jin, hijeh chun ngol the thua thuseipa chutoh kivop hih in.
He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.
20 Koi hileh anu le apa gaosap chan chu, muthim lah’a athao mei kimut mit peh tei ding ahi.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21 Apatna kino chenga kimuji nei le gou chu, achaina lam tengleh phattheina bei ding ahitai.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 “Keiman thilse ka lethuh ding ahi,” tinjong seihih in; Pakai ngah in chule Aman na kithopi tei ding ahi.
Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.
23 Thil tena adihlouva kimangcha chu, Pakai dinga dei-umlou tah ahi; chule thil asao le achom tena adihlou jong chu aphapoi.
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
24 Pakai thusah jal’a bou mihem in akal asonji ahin, achutileh mihem in amacham tah’a akalsonna ding iti ahetkhen thei ding ham?
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25 Ama deidan tah a, “Hiche hi thil theng ahibouve,” tia sei chu; kipal lhuhna dinga thangkol kisong ahin, hiche hin Pakaija kitepna le kigahna chu amin mai maija aphondoh ahi.
It is a snare to the man who devours that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
26 Lengpa ching thei tah chun migilouho pum’a kijap bangin ajapdoh jin, achunga akol-in akipei lele sah jin ahi.
A wise king scatters the wicked, and brings the wheel over them.
27 Mihem lhagao kiti hi Pakai thaomei vah ahin, hijeh chun mihem lunggil hi ahesoh keijin ahi.
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28 Kitahna le tantih neilouva ngailutna chun lengpa ahinso ahin, Alaltouna jeng jong ngailutnan ahendet ahibouve.
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.
29 Gollhang ho loupina hi athahat jal-u ahin, tehseho melhoina vang hi asam kan’u hi ahi.
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
30 Thilse doudalna’a tahsa kijepna maha chu damdoi phatah ahin, hitobang kijepna chun mihem lung laigil geija asuhtheng ahi.
The blueness of a wound cleans away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
