Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Misurtui loe tamhnui tabu ah ni oh; mu mah angzoehhaih to ohsak; mu paquih loe amthuhaih ah ni oh.
2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
Siangpahrang palungphuihaih loe kahang kaipui kabtiah oh; anih palungphui han sah kami loe a hinghaih zaehaih sahsak kami ah oh.
3 It is an honor for a person to keep away from strife, but every fool quarrels.
Angzoehhaih dipsakkung loe khingya han krak; toe kamthu mah angzoehhaih to tacawtsak.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Thasae kami loe atue naah laikok atok ai pongah, cang aah tue ah minawk khaeah hni cadoeh, hak mak ai.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Kami ih palung thung hoi sak atimhaih loe kathuk tui baktiah oh; toe panoekhaih tawn kami mah ni la thai tih.
6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
Kami boih mah a sak o ih kahoih hmuen to thuih o boih; toe mi mah maw oepthok kami to hnu thai tih?
7 A righteous man walks in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
Katoeng kami loe a toenghaih loklam to pazui pongah, a caanawk loe tahamhoih o.
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Siangpahrang mah lokcaek hanah angraeng tangkhang pongah anghnut naah, kahoih ai hmuennawk to a mik hoiah pathlaeng thaih boih.
9 Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"
Ka palung hae ka ciimsak boeh, zaehaih ka tawn ai, tiah mi mah maw thui thai tih?
10 Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Angvan ai hmuenzit tahhaih patoh hoi angvan ai kasawk tahhaih patohhaih to Angraeng mah panuet.
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Nawkta loe a sak ih hmuen toeng maw toeng ai, ciim maw ciim ai, tito a sak ih hmuen hoiah amtueng.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah has made even both of them.
Thaihhaih naa hoi hnukhaih mik loe, Angraeng mah ni sak hmaek.
13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Iih koeh hmoek hmah; nam tang tih; na mik to padai ah, to tiah nahaeloe takaw hoiah zok nam hah tih.
14 "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Hmuen qankung mah hmuen to qan naah, Hoih ai, hoih ai, tiah thuih; toe nawnetta caeh pacoengah loe, a qan ih hmuen to amoek haih.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
Sui to oh moe, atho kana thlung kathim doeh oh mangh; toe palunghahaih lokthui pahni to hoih kue.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
Panoek ai ih kami hanah phoisa coi han lokkam kami loe angmah ih kahni to la pae ving tih, panoek ai ih angvin nongpata hanah lokkamhaih sah kami loe angmah ih hmuenmae to naeh pae tih.
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Alinghaih hoiah hnuk ih caaknaek loe khraem parai; toe hnukkhuem ah loe pakha to thlungcaret hoiah koi tih.
18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war.
Na timhaih sah ai naah minawk khae hoi kahoih poekhaih to la ah; kahoih poekhaih paekkung na tawnh naah, misa to tuh ah.
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore do not keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
Pakhaa cip ai kami mah tamqu hmuen to angphongsak; to pongah pakha cip ai kami hoiah angkom hmah.
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Amno hoi ampa pasoih kami loe, khoving thungah anih ih hmaithaw paduek pae ving tih.
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
Karangah angraenghaih loe, hnukkhuem ah tahamsethaih ah om tih.
22 Do not say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Jehovah, and he will save you.
Sak ih zaehaih baktiah ka pathok let han, tiah thui hmah; Angraeng to mah oep ah, anih mah na pahlong tih.
23 Jehovah detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are no good.
Katoeng ai hmuenzit tahhaih to Angraeng mah panuet; anih loe amsoem ai coi tahhaih nuiah anghoe ai.
24 A man's steps are from Jehovah; how then can man understand his way?
Kami ih khok takan loe Angraeng mah ni zaeh; kami mah kawbangmaw a caehhaih loklam to panoek thai tih?
25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
Poek het ai ah tawthaih hoi Sithaw khaeah lokkamhaih sah kami, lokkam pacoengah a lokkamhaih dawnpakhuem let kami loe, aimah hanah dongh patung kami ah oh.
26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
Palungha siangpahrang loe kahoih ai kaminawk to anghaehsak phaeng moe, cang kaehhaih hoiah nihcae to a kaeh.
27 The spirit of man is Jehovah's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
Kami ih muithla loe, angmah palung thung ih hmuennawk pakronghaih, Angraeng ih hmaithawk ah oh.
28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
Amlunghaih hoi oepthohhaih mah siangpahrang to ngancuemsak; amlunghaih mah angraeng tangkhang to caksak.
29 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
Thacakhaih loe thendoeng lensawkhaih ah oh moe, sampok loe mitong kranghoihaih ah oh.
30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
Nganbawh kana hakhaih hoi ahmaa caakhaih mah kasae hmuen to ciimsak; bohhaih mah palungthin thung ih sethaih to pasaeh.
