Palungha Lok 1
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Haenawk loe Israel siangpahrang, David capa, Solomon ih palungha lok ah oh;
1THE PROVERBS of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2palungha lok mah palunghahaih, thuitaekhaih hoi kathuk lokhlongnawk panoekhaih to na paek tih;
2To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the words of understanding;
3thuitaek thaihaih, katoeng ah lokcaekhaih, kangvan ah lok takroekhaih to na hnu tih;
3To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;
4kami rumramnawk khaeah palunghahaih to paek ueloe, thendoeng mah panoekhaih hoi poek thaihaih to tawn tih.
4To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion;
5Palungha kami loe lok tahngai ueloe, panoekhaih to pung tih; panoekhaih tawn kami loe palungha kami mah thuih ih lok to talawk tih;
5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;
6palungha lok hoi patahhaih loknawk, palungha kami mah thuih ih palunghahaih lok hoi kathuk loknawk to panoek thai hanah,
6To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7Sithaw zithaih loe palunghahaih takung ah oh; toe amthu mah loe palunghahaih hoi thuitaekhaih to patoek.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
8Ka capa, nam pa thuitaekhaih lok to tahngaih loe, nam no mah patukhaih to pahnawt sut hmah.
8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
9To tiah thuitaekhaih hoi patukhaih loe na lu hanah apawk lumuek baktih, na tahnong hanah bungmu ah om tih.
9For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10Ka capa, kami zaenawk mah na zoek cadoeh, nihcae ih lok to tahngai hmah.
10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11Nihcae mah, Kaicae hnuk ah na bang ah, kami athii palong hanah zing si loe, zaehaih tawn ai kaminawk to angang si;
11If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;
12nihcae to taprong baktih, tangqom thungah caeh kaminawk baktiah, kahing ah paaeh boih si;
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
13to tiah nahaeloe atho kana hmuenmae to a hnu o ueloe, aicae ih im doeh minawk khae hoi lomh ih hmuenmae hoiah koi tih;
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
14kaicae hoi nawnto taham khethaih phoisa to va ah; a hnuk o ih phoisa doeh kangvan ah amzet si, tiah na naa o cadoeh,
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse' —
15ka capa, nihcae hnukah bang hmah; nihcae caehhaih loklam ah caeh hmah:
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path;
16nihcae loe zaehaih sak hanah cawnh o moe, athii palong hanah angtawt rang o.
16For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
17Tavaa mah hnuk naah palok payang nahaeloe tih atho maw om tih!
17For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;
18To baktih kaminawk loe angmacae athii long hanah zing o moe, angmacae hinghaih lak han ih ni angang o!
18And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.
19Amsoem ai ah hmuen hak koeh hmoek kaminawk boih loe, hnukkhuem ah angmacae hinghaih to ni a lak o.
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20Palunghahaih loe tasa bangah hangh moe, loklamnawk ah tha hoiah a hangh;
20Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;
21kami angpophaih ahmuennawk hoi vangpui khongkhanawk ah a hangh; vangpui thungah a hang ih loknawk loe,
21She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:
22nangcae kami rumramnawk, khosak rumramhaih to nasetto maw na palung o han vop? Nangcae loe minawk mah pahnuithuihaih to na koeh o, amthu kaminawk loe palunghahaih to nasetto maw hnuma o vop tih?
22'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23Kang thuitaek o haih lok hae tahngai oh loe, amlaem oh; khenah, ka muithla nangcae nuiah ka kraih moe, ka thuih ih loknawk to kang panoek o sak han.
23Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24Kang kawk o naah, nang maak o; ka ban payangh naah, tidoeh nang sah o ai;
24Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,
25kang thuih ih lok to tidoeh na sah o ai moe, kang thuitaek o haih lok doeh na tahngai o ai pongah,
25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof;
26raihaih na tongh o naah kang pahnuih thuih moe, zithaih na tongh o naah,
26I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;
27na nuiah raihaih mah takhi sae baktiah phak moe, amrohaih mah takhi kamhae baktiah angzoh thuih naah, palungsethaih hoi raihaih mah na nuiah krak thuih naah doeh kang pahnui o thuih toeng han:
27When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.
28Kai nang kawk o naah, kang pathim o mak ai; nihcae mah kai to pakrong o tih, toe na hnu o mak ai.
28Then will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.
29Nihcae loe palunghahaih to hnukma o, Angraeng zithaih to qoi o ai.
29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
30Ka thuih ih lok to nihcae mah tahngai o ai, ka zoehhaih loknawk boih doeh patoek o.
30They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
31To pongah nihcae mah a caeh o haih loklam ih athaih to caa o ueloe, sak han a poek o ih hmuen hoiah koi o tih.
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32Poekhaih tawn ai kaminawk loe loklam amkhraeng o moe, duek o; amthu kaminawk khosakhoihaih loe angmacae amrohaih ah oh.
32For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.
33Toe ka lok tahngai kami loe ngancuem ueloe, kasae zithaih om ai ah monghaih hoiah khosah tih.
33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.'
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