Olcueih 27
1 Thangvuen khohnin ham te yan boeh, khohnin pakhat loh mebang hang khuen ham khaw na ming moenih.
Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
2 Hlanglak loh nang n'thangthen saeh lamtah, namah kah ka long boel saeh. Kholong long saeh lamtah, namah kah hmuilai long boel saeh.
Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
3 Lungto kah a rhih neh laivin kah a khiing khaw om. Te rhoi lakkah hlang ang kah konoinah tah rhih.
A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
4 Kosi kah a muennah neh thintoek lungpook khaw tho coeng dae, thatlainah hmai ah ulae aka pai thai?
Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
5 Hmantang kah toelthamnah he, aka thuh uh lungnah lakah then.
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
6 Lungnah dongah hlang loh n'tloh sak tah tangnah ham om dae, lunguet kah moknah tah rhoekoe.
The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
7 Aka hah kah hinglu loh khoilitui pataeng a suntlae dae, aka pongnaeng kah hinglu long tah khahing khaw boeih a didip sak.
The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
8 A hmuen lamkah aka poeng hlang khaw, a bu dong lamkah aka coe vaa bangla om.
Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
9 Situi neh bo-ul loh lungbuei ko a hoe sak. Hinglu dongkah cilsuep loh a hui taengah olding la om.
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
10 Namah hui neh olrhoep khaw na pa kah a hui khaw hnoo boeh. Rhainah hnin ah na manuca kah im te na cet pawt ve ne. A hla kah manuca lakah a yoei kah na imben te then ngai.
Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.
11 Ka ca nang cueih lamtah ka lungbuei a kohoe saeh. Te daengah ni kai aka veet te ol ka thuung thai eh.
My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
12 Aka thaai long tah boethae a hmuh vaengah a thuh tak, hlangyoe rhoek long tah a paan uh dongah lai a sah uh.
The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
13 Hlanglak kah rhi a khang pah vaengah a himbai mah lo saeh, kholong nu ham atah a laikoi pa akhaw.
Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
14 Mincang a thoh neh ol ue la a hui yoethen aka pae khaw, anih te rhunkhuennah lamni a nawt eh.
He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.
15 Hohmuhnah neh olpungkacan nu khaw, tlanbuk hnin vaengkah tuicip a puh neh vai uh.
Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
16 Anih aka khoem te khohli aka khoem bangla, a bantang kut bueng neh situi aka paco bangla om.
He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
17 Thi te thi loh a haat sak bangla, hlang khaw a hui kah mikhmuh long ni a haat sak.
Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
18 Thaibu aka kueinah loh a thaih a caak vetih, a boei kah bitat aka ngaithuen te a thangpom ni.
Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
19 Tui sokah maelhmai neh a maelhmai a loh uh bangla, hlang kah lungbuei he hlang taeng long ni a tueng.
Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
20 Saelkhui neh Abaddon, Abaddon long tah hah rhoi tlaih pawh. Hlang kah a mik he khaw hah tlaih pawh. (Sheol h7585)
The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough. (Sheol h7585)
21 Cak hamla cak am, sui hamla hmai-ulh om dae, hlang tah a ka dongkah a hoemnah minguh.
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
22 Hlang ang te sum khuikah canghum lakli ah sumkhal neh na daeng cakhaw a khui lamkah a anglat te coe mahpawh.
Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
23 Na boiva kah a hmuethma te ming rhoe ming lah, tuping taengla na lungbuei te khueh.
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
24 Khohrhang he kumhal ham moenih, rhuisam khaw cadilcahma kah cadilcahma, tekah cadilcahma patoeng duela nguel mahpawh.
For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
25 Sulrham khaw tlaai, toian khaw poe dae tlang kah baelhing bangla a coi uh.
The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
26 Tuca rhoek te na pueinak la, kikong te khohmuen phu la om.
The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
27 Maae suktui carhil ngawn tah na buh la om. na imkhui ham khaw buh la, na hula ham khaw hingnah la coeng.
There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
