Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Ju kiti hi nuijat le chatvei sosah ahin, khamna thei kiti jong hi kanah le baotamna jeng ahi. Khamna theija lop chu miching ahipoi.
2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
Lengpa lunghan kigin nahi keipi bahkai ngih tobang ahin, koi hileh lengpa phin lung hang chan chu ahinkhoa tijat umtah ahi.
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
Kinah baotamna’a kon kidalse ding hi mijabolna ahin, mingol kiti chu mitoh kina’a baotamji ahi.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Koi hileh nipi laiya natong nom lou chun, thaset jeh’a chang-at ding amujou lou ding ahi.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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.
6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
Mihem tampin ama ama kitahna cheh aphon ding, hinlah mihem kitah mong koijin amudoh tadem?
7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
Hitobang mi chu lungthim dihtah’a lamlha pa ahin, anungjui-ah achapa te jeng jong phatthei chang ding ahi.
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Athuthanna laltouna’a tou lengpan, ijakai amit tenin aven ase le apha atetoh jin ahi.
9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
Mihem koiham, “Kalung thim kasutheng in; kachonsetna kon in katheng tai,” tia sei ngam ding?
10 Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
Thil tena dihlou le thil tena kitoh lou chu, Pakai dinga thet umtah ahi cheh lhon e.
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Naosen jeng jong achaloh aum chan in, itobang mi ahi aphongdoh in; hijeh chun athilbol chu adih ham athenga ham ti aseidoh theijin ahi.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
Kho jahna bikol hihen chule kho muna mit hijongleh, anitah’a Pakaiyin asem ahi.
13 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
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.
14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Thilchoa pang pan, “Man bei ahibouve,” atin, hinlah ama chu achemang teng hoitho nan adim jitai.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
Chihna le hetna kamsung'a kon thucheng hohi, sana le song mantam sang in aman tamjon ahi.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
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?
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Koitobang khat dingin changlhah kigua kine hi atui chomdan’in angaito in, hinlah phat chomkhat jouteng akamsunga song chang tobang adim jin ahi.
18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
Ki-thumop to themna jeh’in thilgon ho alolhing thei jin, chingthei tah’a kilam kaina jeh’a galsat’a kikonji ahi.
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
Akam tam le seiding hol’a chun thuguh jouse aseidoh jin, hijeh chun ngol the thua thuseipa chutoh kivop hih in.
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Koi hileh anu le apa gaosap chan chu, muthim lah’a athao mei kimut mit peh tei ding ahi.
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
Apatna kino chenga kimuji nei le gou chu, achaina lam tengleh phattheina bei ding ahitai.
22 Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
“Keiman thilse ka lethuh ding ahi,” tinjong seihih in; Pakai ngah in chule Aman na kithopi tei ding ahi.
23 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
Thil tena adihlouva kimangcha chu, Pakai dinga dei-umlou tah ahi; chule thil asao le achom tena adihlou jong chu aphapoi.
24 A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
Pakai thusah jal’a bou mihem in akal asonji ahin, achutileh mihem in amacham tah’a akalsonna ding iti ahetkhen thei ding ham?
25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
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.
26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
Lengpa ching thei tah chun migilouho pum’a kijap bangin ajapdoh jin, achunga akol-in akipei lele sah jin ahi.
27 The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
Mihem lhagao kiti hi Pakai thaomei vah ahin, hijeh chun mihem lunggil hi ahesoh keijin ahi.
28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
Kitahna le tantih neilouva ngailutna chun lengpa ahinso ahin, Alaltouna jeng jong ngailutnan ahendet ahibouve.
29 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
Gollhang ho loupina hi athahat jal-u ahin, tehseho melhoina vang hi asam kan’u hi ahi.
30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
Thilse doudalna’a tahsa kijepna maha chu damdoi phatah ahin, hitobang kijepna chun mihem lung laigil geija asuhtheng ahi.
