Proverbs 20
1 Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
Misurtui tah hmuiyoi la om tih yu long khaw hue a sak. Te dongah anih loh a palang sak hlang boeih tah cueih voel pawh.
2 Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
Manghai kah a mueirhih tah sathueng kah a kawk bangla om tih, anih aka paan ngawn tah a hinglu ni a phai coeng.
3 [People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
Tuituknah lamloh aka hoep uh hlang ham thangpomnah la om tih, aka ang boeih long tah tohhaemnah a puek sak.
4 [If] a lazy man does not plow [his fields at the right/proper time], he will look for [crops] at harvest [time], but there will be nothing there.
Kolhnaw loh sikca ah pataeng caai voel pawh. Te dongah cangah ah a dawt tah a dawt dae dang voel pawh.
5 [Just] as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking, but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking.
Hlang lungbuei kah cilsuep tah tui aka dung bangla om tih, hlang lungcuei loh a dueh.
6 Many people proclaim that they can be trusted [to do what they say that they will do], but it is very difficult to find [RHQ] someone who can really be trusted.
Hlang pilnu amah kah sitlohnah te boeih a doek dae, oltak hlang te u long a hmuh?
7 If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
A thincaknah neh aka cet hlang dueng tah amah hnukah a ca rhoek khaw a yoethen.
8 A king who sits on his throne to judge people can [easily] [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
Manghai tah laitloeknah ngolkhoel dongah ngol tih, boethae boeih te a mik neh a thaek.
9 There is no one [RHQ] who can truthfully say, “I do not know of any wrong things that I have done; I have (gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful).”
“Ka lungbuei ka cael sak tih ka tholh lamloh ka caihcil,” tila ulong a ti thai.
10 Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
Lungto neh lungto khaw, cangnoek neh cangnoek khaw BOEIPA ham a boktlap la tueilaehkoi ni.
11 Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether (what they do/their behavior) is honest and right [or not].
A khoboe dongah camoe pataeng khaw loha coeng. A bisai loh cil tih a thuem atah.
12 Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
Hna loh yaak tih mik loh a hmuh he khaw a boktlap la BOEIPA long ni a saii.
13 If you want to sleep [all the time], you will become poor; if you stay awake [and work], you will have plenty of food.
Ih he lungnah boeh na khodaeng na pang ve. Na mik a tueng daengah ni buh na cung eh.
14 People [look at things that they are about] to buy, [and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they] say, “(It is no good/It is poor quality),” but [after they buy it], they go and boast [about having bought it for a cheap price].
Hno aka lai loh a thae, a thae la a thui tih amah a khawk vaengah tah lat thangthen bal.
15 Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
Sui neh lungvang he khawk mai dae, mingnah hmuilai he tah umponah hnopai bangla kuel.
16 If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it [DOU], [you deserve to] have someone take your coat from you.
Kholong ham rhi a khang pah vaengkah a himbai neh kholong nu, kholong nu ham a laikoi pah te khaw lo laeh.
17 People [may] think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later [they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy] eating gravel/sand.
Laithae buh he hlang hamla tui dae, a hnukah a ka dongah lungcang muep baetawt.
18 When people give you good advice, [if you do what they suggest], your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.
Kopoek he cilsuep neh cikngae sak lamtah, caemtloek khaw a niing khueh lah.
19 Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
Baecenol he caemtuh loh a hliphen tih a caeh puei. Te dongah a ka neh aka hloih te rhikhang pah boeh.
20 If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
A manu neh a napa aka hnaep tah a hmaithoi a thih pah vetih, yinthuem kah yinthuem ah hmaisuep la om ni.
21 If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
Rho he khaw a lamhma lah banlak a kawt dae, a hmailong ah a yoethen mahpawh.
22 Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh [to do something about it], and he will (help you/[do what is right]).
A thae te, “Ka thuung van ni,” ti nah boeh. BOEIPA mah lamtawn lamtah namah te ng'khang bitni.
23 Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
Coilung neh coilung khaw BOEIPA kah a tueilaehkoi ni. Te dongah hlangthai palat kah cooi tah a then moenih.
24 Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so (how can we (understand/know) what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot (understand/know) what will happen before it happens.) [RHQ]
Hlang kah a khokan he BOEIPA taeng lamkah ni. Te dongah hlang loh a longpuei te metlam a yakming eh?
25 You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.
Hmuencim te a cukhat thil tih olcaeng hnukah a hnukdawn te hlang ham hlaeh la om.
26 Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
Manghai aka cueih loh halang rhoek te a thaek tih, amih te lengkho neh a paluet thil.
27 Our consciences are [like] lamps that Yahweh [has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking] [MET]; they reveal what is hidden deep in our (minds/inner beings).
BOEIPA kah hmaithoi long tah hlang kah a hiil neh a bungko kah a khui khaw boeih a thaih.
28 Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.
Sitlohnah neh oltak loh manghai te a kueinah tih, sitlohnah loh a ngolkhoel a duel pah.
29 We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
Tongpang rhoek kah a thadueng tah amamih kah a boei a mang la om tih, sampok he khaw patong rhoek kah rhuepomnah ni.
30 When we are beaten or whipped, it [can] cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us [by punishing us], it [can] cause our behavior to become good.
Tloh kah a hma a met vanbangla, bungko khui kah hmasoe loh a thae a cing sak.
