Proverbs 5
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
1Ka ca aw, ka cueihnah he hnatung lamtah ka lungcuei dongla na hna kaeng lah.
2that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
2Thuepnah neh mingnah te ngaithuen hamla na hmuilai long khaw tuem uh saeh.
3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
3Rhalawt nu kah a hmuilai ah khoilitui cip tih a lai khaw situi lakah hnal.
4in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
4Tedae hmailong ah tah anih te pantong bangla khahing tih cunghang paihat bangla haat.
5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
5A kho te dueknah khuila suntla tih a khokan loh saelkhui la a doek.
6She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
6Hingnah caehlong lakah a ming pawh a namtlak likloek te saelh ve ne.
7So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
7Te dongah ka ca rhoek kai ol he hnatun uh laeh, ka ka dongkah olthui te nong tak boeh.
8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
8Na longpuei te anih neh lakhla sak lamtah a im thohka lam khaw mop boeh.
9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
9Na mueithennah te a tloe taengla ham pae vetih na kum muenying muenyang la hang khueh ve.
10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
10Na thadueng te rhalawt rhoek cung uh vetih na patangnah phu te kholong imkhui la pawk ve.
11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
11Na hmailong ah na nguek vetih na pum na saa khaw hmawn hae ni.
12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
12Te vaengah, “Thuituennah te ka hmuhuet tih toelthamnah khaw ka lungbuei loh a tlaitlaek pai.
13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
13Ka saya ol te ka hnatun pawh kai aka cang puei taengah khaw ka hna ka kaeng pawh.
14I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
14Hlangping neh rhaengpuei lakli kah boethae sumsiit te vat ka pha,” na ti hae ni
15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
15Na tuitung dongkah tui neh na tuito lamtah aka sih te o.
16Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
16Na tuisih te kawtpoeng ah, sokca tui te toltung ah phuet saeh.
17Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
17Nang namah bueng hamla om saeh lamtah na taengkah kholong ham boel saeh.
18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
18Na thunsih te yoethen la om saeh lamtah na camoe kah na yuu dongah kohoe sak.
19A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
19Anih tah sayuk rhuinu lunguem bangla, a sukbam te sakhi rhuinu mikdaithen bangla a tuetang boeih ah nang te m'hmilhmal sak saeh lamtah a lungnah loh m'palang sak yoeyah saeh.
20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
20Ba ham lae ka ca loh rhalawt la na palang vetih kholong kah a rhang te na kop eh.
21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
21Hlang kah longpuei neh a namtlak boeih a saelh te khaw BOEIPA mikhmuh ah om.
22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
22Halang te amah kathaesainah loh amah te a tuuk tih a tholhnah rhui loh a ban.
23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
23Anih thuituennah a om pawt dongah duek vetih a anglat aih dongah palang ni.
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