Palungha Lok 5
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
Berean Standard Bible
1Ka capa, ka palunghahaih lok hae tahngaih loe, ka panoekhaih to pakuem ah;
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
2to tih nahaeloe hmuen panoekhaih na tawn ueloe, na pahni mah panoekhaih to pakuem tih.
2that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3Zaehaih sak koeh nongpata ih pahni loe khoitui baktiah long moe, a thuih ih lok doeh situi pongah amnae kue;
3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
4toe anih boenghaih loe ahmuet baktiah khaa moe, haa hnetto kaom sumsen baktiah noet.
4in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5Anih ih khoknawk loe duekhaih bangah anghum tathuk moe, a caehhaih loklam doeh hell ah akunh.
5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
6Anih loe hinghaih loklam to poek ai, a caehhaih loklamnawk loe cak ai, loklam doeh panoek ai.
6She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
7To pongah ka caanawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; ka thuih ih lok hae angqoi o taak hmah.
7So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
8To nongpata to kangthla ah caeh o taak ah loe, a im ih thok taengah doeh caeh o hmah;
8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
9to tih ai nahaeloe pakoeh ah na ohhaih to minawk khaeah paek ving ueloe, na hinghaih saningnawk doeh tahmenhaih tawn ai kaminawk khaeah na paek ving moeng tih;
9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
10nang ih hmuenmae hoiah kalah kaminawk ih zok to koi lat ueloe, toksak hoiah na hak ih hmuennawk to minawk im ah cawn ving tih.
10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
11Na takpum hoi na ngan to qongh naah, palungset hoiah na om sut tih,
11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
12to naah kawbangmaw thuitaekhaih to ka hnukma moe, zoehhaih lok doeh ka palung mah patoek boeh;
12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
13kai patukkungnawk ih lok to ka tahngai ai, nihcae mah patuk ih loknawk doeh ka tahngai ai.
13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
14Kai loe amkhueng kaminawk salakah kasae kami ah ni ka oh boeh, tiah na thui tih.
14I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
15Nangmah ih tui tabu thung ih tui to nae ah loe, nangmah ih tuikhaw thung ih tui to nae ah.
15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
16Na tuipuek to ahmuen kruekah long nasoe, vapui tuinawk baktiah loklam boih ah longsak ah.
16Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
17Nangmah han khue long nasoe, minawk kalah han pazet hmah.
17Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
18Na tuipuek loe tahamhoihaih om nasoe loe, na thendoeng nathuem ih zu hoiah kanawm ah khosah ah.
18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
19Anih loe palung koi kaom tasuk amno, koeh koi kaom tasuk baktiah om nasoe loe, anih ih tahnu mah na koehhaih to koepsak poe nasoe; ang palunghaih mah na palung to dipsak nasoe.
19A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
20Ka capa, tipongah zaehaih sak koeh nongpata to na koeh moe, tangzat zaw nongpata to na takoih loe?
20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21Kami caehhaih loklamnawk loe Angraeng hmaa ah ni oh, a caehhaih loklamnawk boih Angraeng mah hnuk pae.
21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
22Kasae kami loe a sakpazaehaih hmuen pongah aman ueloe, a zaehaih quinawk mah anih to zaeng caeng tih.
22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
23Anih amthuhaih loe nung parai pongah anih loe loklam amkhraeng ving ueloe, thuitaekhaih om ai ah dueh tih.
23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
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