Palungha Lok 5
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Ka capa, ka palunghahaih lok hae tahngaih loe, ka panoekhaih to pakuem ah;
1My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding;
2to tih nahaeloe hmuen panoekhaih na tawn ueloe, na pahni mah panoekhaih to pakuem tih.
2That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3Zaehaih sak koeh nongpata ih pahni loe khoitui baktiah long moe, a thuih ih lok doeh situi pongah amnae kue;
3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
4toe anih boenghaih loe ahmuet baktiah khaa moe, haa hnetto kaom sumsen baktiah noet.
4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-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 take hold on the nether-world;
6Anih loe hinghaih loklam to poek ai, a caehhaih loklamnawk loe cak ai, loklam doeh panoek ai.
6Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.
7To pongah ka caanawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; ka thuih ih lok hae angqoi o taak hmah.
7Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not 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;
8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh 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 thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the 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 be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien;
11Na takpum hoi na ngan to qongh naah, palungset hoiah na om sut tih,
11And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12to naah kawbangmaw thuitaekhaih to ka hnukma moe, zoehhaih lok doeh ka palung mah patoek boeh;
12And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13kai patukkungnawk ih lok to ka tahngai ai, nihcae mah patuk ih loknawk doeh ka tahngai ai.
13Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14Kai loe amkhueng kaminawk salakah kasae kami ah ni ka oh boeh, tiah na thui tih.
14I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.'
15Nangmah ih tui tabu thung ih tui to nae ah loe, nangmah ih tuikhaw thung ih tui to nae ah.
15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16Na tuipuek to ahmuen kruekah long nasoe, vapui tuinawk baktiah loklam boih ah longsak ah.
16Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.
17Nangmah han khue long nasoe, minawk kalah han pazet hmah.
17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
18Na tuipuek loe tahamhoihaih om nasoe loe, na thendoeng nathuem ih zu hoiah kanawm ah khosah ah.
18Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy 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 lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.
20Ka capa, tipongah zaehaih sak koeh nongpata to na koeh moe, tangzat zaw nongpata to na takoih loe?
20Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?
21Kami caehhaih loklamnawk loe Angraeng hmaa ah ni oh, a caehhaih loklamnawk boih Angraeng mah hnuk pae.
21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He maketh even all his paths.
22Kasae kami loe a sakpazaehaih hmuen pongah aman ueloe, a zaehaih quinawk mah anih to zaeng caeng tih.
22His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
23Anih amthuhaih loe nung parai pongah anih loe loklam amkhraeng ving ueloe, thuitaekhaih om ai ah dueh tih.
23He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.
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