Cingthuilawk 1
1 Isarel siangpahrang, Devit capa Solomon e cingthuilawknaw:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 Lungangnae hoi cangkhainae panue hane hoi thaipanuenae lawk hah thaipanuek hane hoi,
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 lungangnae, lannae, lawkcengnae hoi lannae koelah cangkhainae pang hane hoi,
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 kamawngrame kâhruetcuet poe hane hoi, thoundounnaw ni panuenae hoi poukthainae a tawn awh nahanlah,
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 tami lungkaang ni a thai navah lungang a kâthap vaiteh, thaipanueknae ka tawn e ni lamthung patue thainae a hmu han.
A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 Cingthuilawk hoi bangnuenae, lungangnae hoi kâpâvêinae naw thaipanuek nahanlah,
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 BAWIPA takinae teh panuenae kamtawngnae doeh. Hatei, tamipathunaw ni teh lungangnae hoi cingthuinae hah a dudam awh.
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Ka capa, na pa e pâtunae hah thai nateh, na manu e kâlawk hai pahnawt hanh.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 Hothateh na lû dawk kamthoupnae sammuem lah awm vaiteh, na lahuen dawk awi e dingyin lah ao han.
For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 Ka capa, tamikayonnaw ni na pasawt pawiteh, ngai pouh hanh.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 Kai koe tho van haw, tami thei hanelah pawm sei. A khuekhaw awm laipalah yonnae ka tawn hoeh naw hah arulahoi pawm awh sei.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Sheol patetlah a hring lahoi payawp awh vaiteh, kadungpoung e tangkom dawk ka bawt e patetlah, (Sheol h7585)
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: (Sheol h7585)
13 Aphu kaawm e hno pueng la awh vaiteh, lawphno hoi mamae im dawk kawi sak awh sei.
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Kaimouh koe kambawng van leih, maimae tangkabom suekâvan sak awh sei ati awh nakunghai,
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 ka capa, ahnimouh koe kambawng hanh. Ahnimae lamthung hah roun hanelah kâyawmh.
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16 Ahnimae khok teh yonnae koe lah a yawng teh, tami thei hanelah a hue a rang awh.
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Bangpatet e tava nakunghai a hmunae koe tamlawk yangda pawiteh, ayawm doeh.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 Hatei, ahnimouh teh amamouh hoi amamouh kâthei hanlah a kâpawp awh teh, amamae hringnae arulahoi ka pawm e lah doeh ao awh.
And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.
19 Hot patetlah, kamsoumhoehe pungdawnae koe lah kahounlounnaw e hringnae teh, katawnkung hringnae hah a thei awh.
So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Lungangnae ni a lawi lahoi kacaipounglah a kaw teh, lam tangkuem dawk lawk ceiceikapanglah a oung.
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 Tami kamkhuengnae koe a oung teh, khopui kâennae longkha koe lawk a dei.
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],
22 Nangmouh kamawngramenaw, nâtotouh maw cungkeihoehe kamawngrame hah na lungpataw awh han rah. Kadudamnaw ni, dudamnae dawk a nawm awh teh, tamipathunaw ni panuethainae hah a hmuhma awh.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Kaie yuenae koe kamlang awh, nangmae thung ka muitha ka awi vaiteh, ka lawk hah na panue sak han.
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Na kaw awh ei, na ngai awh hoeh. Ka kut ka dâw ei, apinihai banglah na pouk awh hoeh.
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 Kâhruetcuet na poe awh e puenghai na hnoun awh teh, na yuenae puenghai buet touh boehai bout na tarawi awh hoeh.
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 Hatdawkvah, yawthoenae na kâhmo awh toteh, na panuikhai vaiteh, lungpuennae na kâhmo awh to hai na panuikhai awh han.
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 Takinae kahlî kathout ni na kanawi awh teh, bongparui ni na parit awh toteh, kângairu temdengnae a tho toteh, na panuikhai han.
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Hatnavah, na kaw awh han, hatei, na pato awh mahoeh. Atangcalah na tawng awh han, hatei, na hmawt awh mahoeh.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 Panuethainae hah a hmuhma awh teh, BAWIPA taki hane hah na kârawi awh hoeh.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30 Pouknae ka poe e hah ngai awh hoeh, ka yuenae puenghai banglah noutna awh hoeh.
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Hatdawkvah, a hringnuen pawhik hah amamouh ni a ca awh han. A khopouk awh e ni letlang a paha sak han.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 Bangkongtetpawiteh, kamawngrame ni a phen saknae ni a thei awh vaiteh, lawlulawlei ka panuek laipalah, a onae ni a raphoe awh han.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 Hatei, ka lawk ka tarawi e teh, karoumcalah kho a sak han. Thoenae taket laipalah karoumcalah ao awh han.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
