Proverbs 23
1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
Aka taemrhai taengah buh ang ham na ngol vaengah, na mikhmuh kah aka om te tah, na yakming rhoe na yakming ham om.
2 put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Hinglu neh na boei atah na olrhong ni tumca neh na nuen.
3 Do not be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.
Laithae buh la a om dongah amih kah antui te ngaidam boeh.
4 Do not weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
Boei ham khaw kohnue boeh, na yakmingnah nen khaw toeng dae.
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
A taengah na mik na hoih la na hoih nama? Tedae om hae mahpawh. A phae cawn, cawn vetih, atha bangla vaan ah a ding lamni a ding eh.
6 Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies:
Moeithae kah buh te caak pah boeh. Anih kah antui te khaw ngaidam rhoela ngaidam boeh.
7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink." he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
A hinglu neh aka nainong bangla amah loh nang taengah, “Ca van, o van,” a ti tangloeng. Tedae, a lungbuei tah nang taengah a khueh moenih.
8 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
Namah kah kamat ca na caak te na lok hae vetih, na ol ding ni na poeih rhung eh.
9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Hlang ang hna ah thui pah boeh. Na olthui dongkah lungmingnah te a hnoelrhoeng hae ni.
10 Do not move the ancient boundary stone. Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
Khosuen kah rhi te rhawt boeh, cadah kah khohmuen te khaw cuk thil boeh.
11 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
Amah, amih aka tlan tah tlungluen tih, amih kah tuituknah te nang taengah ni han suk eh.
12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Thuituennah he na lungbuei ah, mingnah ol he na hna ah dueh lah.
13 Do not withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Thuituennah dongah camoe te hloh boeh. Cungcik neh anih na boh akhaw duek aih mahpawh.
Nang loh caitueng neh na taam cakhaw, a hinglu ni saelkhui lamkah na huul pah. (Sheol h7585)
15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
Ka ca, na lungbuei ni a cueih atah, kai khaw ka lungbuei a kohoe van ni.
16 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.
Ka kuel pataeng sundaep ngawn ni ta, na hmuilai loh vanat la a thui vaengah te.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear the LORD all the day long.
Hlangtholh rhoek taengah na lungbuei te thatlai boel saeh. Tedae BOEIPA mah hnin takuem ah hinyahnah.
18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Khohmai he a om pueng oeh dongah na ngaiuepnah khaw muei mahpawh.
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.
Ka ca nang loh hnatun lamtah cueih lah. Te vaengah na lungbuei kah a longpuei khaw uem van saeh.
20 Do not be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
Amih yumii taengah, maehkai taengah om boeh.
21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Yumii neh carhut long tah khodaeng a pang vetih, ihdut long khaw hnipen ni a bai eh.
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Nang aka cun na pa ol te hnatun lamtah, na nu khaw a patong vaengah hnoelrhoeng boeh.
23 Buy the truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Oltak he vawtthaih lamtah cueihnah, thuituennah, yakmingnah khaw yoi boeh.
24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Omngaih coeng, omngaih coeng, hlang dueng aka cun a napa tah omngaih rhoela omngaih coeng. Hlang cueih aka cun khaw a soah a kohoe coeng.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad. Let her who bore you rejoice.
Na nu neh na pa te a kohoe saeh lamtah nang aka cun khaw omngaih saeh.
26 My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
Ka ca na lungbuei te kamah taengla m'pae. Na mik loh ka longpuei he a ngaingaih la khueinah saeh.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Pumyoi he vaam a dung, kholong nu khaw tangrhom caek la om.
28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
Anih khaw dingca bangla rhongngol tih, hlang rhoek taengah hnukpoh la a thap pah.
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Anunae, unim ca te, ngaisahueng la unim ca te, unimca olpungkacan neh hohmuhnah, kohuetnah aka khueh te unim ca? Lungli lungla la tloh aka yook te unim, a mik aka lingduk te unim.
30 Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
Misurtui dongah aka bol, yu hoem hamla aka pong dae ni te.
31 Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Misurtui te sungsa dongah a thimyum la a lang vaengah, a mikhmuh boengloeng khuiah vanat la a caeh vaengah khaw so boeh.
32 In the end, it bites like a serpent, and poisons like a viper.
A hmailong ah rhul kah a tuk bangla, rhulthae kah a phuh bangla om ni.
33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Na mik loh a lang la a hmuh vetih, na lungbuei long khaw calaak ol ni a thui eh.
34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
Tuitun tuilung kah aka yalh bangla, cungkui soi ah aka yalh bangla na om ni.
35 "They hit me, and I was not hurt. They beat me, and I do not feel it. When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."
Kai he n'taam uh dae a tloh moenih, kai n'thoek uh dae ka yaak moenih. Me vaengah nim ka haenghang vetih a tloe neh ka khoep ham ka hmuh ve,” na ti hae ni.
