Palungha Lok 19
1 Lok kangkoih ah apae thaih kamthu pongah loe, toenghaih loklam pazui amtang kami to hoih kue.
Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
2 Kahoih ai poekhaih loe, panoekhaih tawn ai; tawt hoi khok takan kami loe loklam caeh pazae.
Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
3 Kami amthuhaih mah a caehhaih loklam to amkhraengsak moe, palung thung hoiah Angraeng to kasae a thuih.
By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
4 Hmuenmae angraeng kami loe ampui tawnh mang; toe kamtang loe a imtaeng kami mah doeh caehtaak.
Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
5 Amsoem ai hmuen hnukung ah om kami loe danpaek ai ah om mak ai; amsawnlok thui kami doeh loih mak ai.
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
6 Pop parai kaminawk loe ukkung palung anghoehaih to sak hanah koeh o; tangqum paek thaih kami loe kami boih hoiah ampui ah oh.
Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.
7 Amtang kami loe angmah ih nawkamyanawk mah doeh hnukma o; angmah ih ampuinawk mah cae loe kawkruk maw ayae o taak tih! Anih loe tahmenhaih hnik hanah nihcae hnukah patom, toe nihcae mah anghmat o taak boih.
All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
8 Palunghahaih tawn kami loe a hinghaih to palung; panoekhaih amtuk kami loe khosak hoihaih to hnu tih.
He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.
9 Amsoem ai hmuen hnukungah om kami loe danpaek ai ah om mak ai; amsawnlok thui kami loe amro tih.
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
10 Kamthu loe kahnaep ah khosak han krah ai; tamna mah angraengnawk uk hanah krah ai.
Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
11 Palungha kami loe palungphuihaih to pauep thaih; minawk sakpazaehaih tahmen kami loe lensawkhaih to tawnh.
A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.
12 Siangpahrang palungphuihaih loe kahang kaipui baktiah oh moe, anih hoihhaih loe phroh nui ih dantui baktiah oh.
The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
13 Caa kamthu loe ampa amrohaih ah oh, angzoeh koeh zu loe apet ai ah kaca tui baktiah oh.
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
14 Im hoi hmuenmae loe ampa ih qawk ah oh; toe palungha zu loe Angraeng khae hoi hak ih qawk ni.
House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
15 Thasae kami loe iih sawk, thasae kami pakhra loe zok amthlam tih.
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
16 Thuitaekhaih lok tahngai kami loe hinglung sawk; toe a caehhaih loklam patoek kami loe dueh tih.
He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.
17 Amtang khenzawn kami loe Angraeng hanah hmuen coi pae baktiah ni oh; anih loe a sak ih hmuen baktiah atho hnu let tih.
He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
18 Thuitaek thaih koiah oh naah, na caa to thuitaek ah; anih qahhaih to tahmen hmah.
Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
19 Palungphui kami loe danpaekhaih to hnu tih; anih to na pahlong nahaeloe, anih to na pahlong tuektuek han angai tih.
A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.
20 Thuitaekhaih lok to tahngai ah loe, patukhaih lok to talawk ah, to tiah nahaeloe atue boeng naah palung na ha tih.
Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.
21 Kami ih palung thungah sak atimhaih oh mangh; toe Angraeng khokhanhaih mah ni sak atimhaih to caksak tih.
A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
22 Boeng thai ai amlunghaih loe kami mah koeh ih hmuen ah oh; amtang kami loe lok amlai kami pongah hoih kue.
The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
23 Angraeng zithaih loe hinghaih ah oh; to tiah poekhaih tawn kami loe koehhaih to acung tih; raihaih tidoeh tongh mak ai.
The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
24 Thasae kami loe saoek nui hoiah a ban to azuh moe, buh abah han mataeng doeh paqak.
The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
25 Minawk tiah doeh sah ai kami to danpaek ah, poekhaih tawn ai kami to palungha lat tih; khopoek thaih kami to zoeh ah, palungha aep tih.
When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.
26 Ampa ih hmuenmae to pasaengh boih moe, amno to haek kami loe, azathaih paek capa, kasaethuihaih tongsak capa ah oh.
He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.
27 Ka capa, thuitaekhaih lok to tahngai ai ah na oh nahaeloe, thuitaek ih panoekhaih loknawk hoiah nam khraeng ving tih.
A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.
28 Lok amlai kami han hnukungah om kami loe, katoengah lokcaekhaih tiah doeh sah ai kami ah oh; kahoih ai kami loe kahoih ai hmuen to kakhraem caaknaek baktiah a caak.
A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.
29 Kami tiah doeh sah ai kami hanah danpaekhaih to oh, kamthu hanah loe bohhaih to oh.
Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
