Palungha Lok 24
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
World English Bible
1Kasae kaminawk to awt hmah; nihcae hoi angkom han doeh poek hmah.
1Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
2Nihcae loe palung thung hoi amro han khue ni poek o, pahni hoiah raihaih sak han khue to a thuih o.
2for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.
3Im loe palunghahaih hoiah sak moe, panoekhaih hoiah caksak;
3Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
4palunghahaih mah imkhaannawk to atho kana hmuenmae, koeh kaom hmuennawk hoiah koisak.
4by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.
5Palungha kami loe thacak; ue, palunghahaih tawn kami loe thacakhaih pung aep.
5A wise man has great power. A knowledgeable man increases strength,
6Palungha kami khae hoi poekhaih lak pacoengah, misa tuh ah; ngancuem hanah kahoih poekhaih paekkung pop tawnh han angaih.
6for by wise guidance you wage your war, and victory is in many advisors.
7Palunghahaih loe sang pongah kamthu mah pha thai ai; kami pop amkhuenghaih khongkha ah lokthui thai ai.
7Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
8Kahoih ai hmuen sak pacaeng kami loe raihaih sah kami ni, tiah kawk o tih.
8One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
9Kamthu poekhaih loe zaehaih ah oh, minawk pahnui thuih kami loe panuet thoh.
9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
10Raihaih phak naah palung boeng nahaeloe, thazok kami ah ni na oh.
10If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
11Duekhaih loklam ah zaeh ih kami to pahlong ah; humhaih ahmuen ah caehhaih ih kami to hoi let ah.
11Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
12Khenah, hae kawng hae ka panoek ai, tiah na thuih nahaeloe, palungthin khenkung mah panoek mak ai maw? Na hinghaih khenkung mah panoek mak ai maw? Kami mah sak ih hmuen baktiah anih mah pathok mak ai maw?
12If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not give to every man according to his work?
13Ka capa, khoitui loe hoih pongah nae ah; khoi lutui loe pataeng naah luep dueng;
13My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
14to baktih toengah palunghahaih loe na hing thungah luep tih; na hnuk naah nang han tangqum ah om tih; na oephaih anghma mak ai.
14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.
15Aw katoeng ai kami, katoeng kami ih im to toep hmah; anih ohhaih ahmuen to amrosak hmah;
15Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;
16katoeng kami loe vai sarihto amtim cadoeh, angthawk let tih; toe kasae kami loe raihaih mah amtimsak tih.
16for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
17Na misa amtim naah anghoe hmah; anih amthaek naah palung anghoe hmah;
17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
18nang hoe nahaeloe Angraeng mah hnu ueloe, poeknawm mak ai, to kami nuiah Anih palungphuihaih to dip ving tih.
18lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19Kahoih ai kami pongah palungboeng hmah; kahoih ai kami doeh awt hmah;
19Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;
20kasae kami loe hmabang kaom oephaih to tawn ai; kasae kami ih hmaithaw loe paduek pae ving tih.
20for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21Ka capa, Angraeng hoi siangpahrang to zii ah; misa angthawk koeh kami hoiah angkom hmah;
21My son, fear the LORD and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
22akra ai ah nihcae nuiah amrohaih pha tih; kawbaktih raihaih maw nihcae mah omsak tih, tito mi mah maw panoek thai tih?
22for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
23Hae baktih hmuennawk doeh palungha kami mah thuih ih lok ah ni oh. Lok takroek naah mikhmai khet han hoih ai.
23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24Kasae kami khaeah, Nang loe na toeng, tiah thui kami loe minawk mah kasae thui o ueloe, prae kaminawk mah panuet o tih.
24He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—
25Toe minawk thuitaekkung loe poeknawm ueloe, tahamhoihaih to hnu tih.
25but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.
26Kami boih mah toenghaih lokthui kami ih pahni to mok o tih.
26An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
27Tasa bang ih tok to sah hmaloe ah, nangmah hanah laikok atok pacoengah, na ohhaih im to sah ah.
27Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
28Takung om ai ah na imtaeng kami to zaehaih net hmah; alinghaih lok thui hmah.
28Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
29Kai khaeah sak ih hmuen baktih toengah, anih nuiah doeh ka sak toeng han; a sak ih hmuen baktih toengah ka pathok let han, tiah thui hmah.
29Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30Thasae kami ih lawk ah ka caeh moe, poekhaih tawn ai kami ih misur takha thungah ka caeh naah,
30I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
31khenah, soekhring cing ah oh, long doeh phroh cing ah oh; thlung hoi pakaa ih sipae doeh amtimh boih.
31Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
32Ka hnuk ih hmuen to palung thung hoi ka poek het naah, ka khet ih hmuen nuiah amtuk han koi ka hnuk.
32Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
33Nawnetta iih, nawnetta iih angam, iih hanah nawnetta thungah ban pakhuem moe, nang hak nathuem ah,
33a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
34amtanghaih mah kholong caeh kami baktih, vawthaih mah maiphaw sin kami baktiah na pha thui tih.
34so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
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