Palungha Lok 4
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
World English Bible
1Ka caanawk, ampa thuitaekhaih lok to tahngai oh; panoekhaih tawnh hanah kahoih ah tahngai oh.
1Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
2Patukhaih kahoih kang paek o, to pongah kang patuk ih lok hae pahnawt o hmah.
2for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
3Kam pa hanah kai loe nawkta ah ka oh, kam no han loe palung ih capa, nawkta ah ka oh.
3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4Kam pa mah kang thuih ih loknawk hae palung thungah suem ah, kang paek ih loknawk hae pakuemh loe, hing haih ah, tiah ang patuk.
4He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
5Palunghahaih to amtuk ah loe panoekhaih to cang ah; pahnet hmah loe, ka thuih ih loknawk hae angqoi taak hmah.
5Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
6Palunghahaih to pahnawt hmah, palunghahaih mah ni nang to pakaa tih; palunghahaih to palung ah, to tih nahaeloe palunghahaih mah na toep tih.
6Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
7Palunghahaih loe lokpui ah oh; to pongah palunghahaih to amtuk ah; nam tuk ih hmuennawk boih thungah panoekhaih to amtuk oh.
7Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
8Palunghahaih to lokpui ah suem ah; to tih nahaeloe anih mah na qoengsak tahang tih; anih to na patawnh caeng nahaeloe, khingzahaih na hnu tih.
8Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
9Na lu ah tahmenhaih lumuek hoiah zaeng ueloe, lensawkhaih angraeng lumuek to angmueksak tih.
9She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
10Ka capa, ka thuih ih lok hae tahngaih loe, tapom ah; to tih nahaeloe na hinghaih saning to sawk tih.
10Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
11Palunghahaih loklam to kang patuek o moe, katoeng loklam ah kang caeh o haih.
11I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
12Na caeh o naah lam tamcaek ah na pha o mak ai; na cawnh o naah doeh nam thaek o mak ai.
12When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
13Thuitaekhaih lok hae patawn caeng ah, kangthla ah caehsak hmah; na hinghaih ah oh pongah, kahoih ah pakuem ah.
13Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
14Kasae kaminawk ih loklam ah khok takan hmah loe, kasae kaminawk ih loklam to pazui hmah.
14Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
15Caeh hmah, ayae ah; amlaem taak ah loe, angqoi taak ving ah.
15Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
16To baktih kaminawk loe kasae hmuen sah ai ah loe iip o thai ai; thoemto kaminawk loe amtimsak ai ah loe iip o thai ai.
16For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
17Nihcae loe sethaih takaw to caak o moe, athii longhaih misurtui to a naek o.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
18Katoeng kami ih loklam loe ni aengh baktiah oh moe, khodai khoek to aang aep aep.
18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
19Toe kasae kami ih loklam loe khoving baktiah ving; tih mah maw nihcae to amtimsak, tito panoek o ai.
19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
20Ka capa, ka thuih ih loknawk hae tahngai ah; ka thuih ih loknawk bangah naa to patueng ah.
20My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
21Na mik hoi kangthla ah suem hmah, na palung thungah suem ah.
21Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
22Hae tiah patukhaih loe hnu kaminawk hanah hinghaih ah oh moe, taksa ngantuihaih ah oh.
22For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
23Palung loe hinghaih lokpui koekah oh pongah, na palung to kahoih ah khenzawn ah.
23Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
24Oep om ai lok to pakha thung hoiah tacawtsak hmah loe, angaek thaih pahni to kangthla ah suem ah.
24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
25Na mik mah hmabang to katoeng ah khen nasoe, na hmaa to kahoih ah dan ah.
25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
26Na caehhaih loklam to poek ah, na loklamnawk boih to caksak ah.
26Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
27Bangqoi bantang angqoi hmah; sethaih thungah caeh han ai ah ayae ah.
27Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
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