Proverbs 23
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face.
1Ukkung hoi buh nawnto caak han nang hnut naah, na tuinuen to kahoihah angsum ah;
2And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.
2buhcaak nam oeh hmoek nahaeloe, na qawnh to haita hoi aah baktiah ni oh.
3Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.
3Kakhraem anih ih buh to khit hmah; to buh loe alinghaih buh ah ni oh.
4Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
4Angraeng thai hanah toksah hmah; na palunghahaih to oep hmah.
5Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
5Nawnetta ah anghma thaih hmuen to na khet maw? Tangtang ni van bangah kazawk tahmu baktih toengah, angraenghaih doeh pakhraeh tawnh moe, azawk ving.
6Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:
6Uthaih tawn kami ih buh to caa pae hmah; anih ih kahoih caaknaek doeh khit pae hmah;
7Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.
7anih loe a palung thung hoi poek ih baktih toengah oh; caa ah loe nae ah, tiah ang naa, toe palung tang hoiah thui ai.
8The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words.
8Zetta na caak ih buh to palok roep ueloe, kahoih loknawk to na sung moeng tih.
9Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.
9Kamthu khaeah lokthui hmah; anih loe na thuih ih palunghahaih lok to patoek tih.
10Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:
10Canghnii ih prae angzithaih ramri to pathui hmah; naqah ih lawk to lomh pae hmah;
11For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.
11anih krangkung loe thacak; Angraeng mah nihcae kawng pongah na thuitaek tih.
12Let thy heart apply itself to instruction: and thy ears to words of knowledge.
12Thuitaekhaih bangah palung paek ah loe, palunghahaih lok bangah na naa to patueng ah.
13Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.
13Nawkta to thuitaek hanah paquem hmah; anih to cung hoiah na boh cadoeh dueh mak ai.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.
14Hell thung hoiah anih to pahlong hanah, cung hoiah bop ah.
15My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee:
15Ka capa, palunghahaih na tawnh nahaeloe, ka palung hae anghoe tih.
16And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right.
16Ue, na pahni mah katoeng hmuen to thuih naah, ka palung hae anghoe tih.
17Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:
17Kazae kaminawk to awt hmah; Angraeng zithaih khue to palung thung hoi poek ah.
18Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.
18Na oephaih loe hmabang ah oh, na oephaih loe boeng mak ai.
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.
19Ka capa, tahngai ah loe palungha ah; katoeng loklam ah na poekhaih palung to suem ah.
20Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:
20Mu coih kami, moi caak koeh hmoek kami hoi angkom hmah.
21Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
21Mu coih kami hoi caaknaek amoeh kaminawk loe amtang tih; iih koeh hmoek kami loe amtanghaih mah khuk hmoek tih.
22Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.
22Na tapenkung nam pa ih lok to tahngai ah, nam no mitong naah hnap hmah.
23Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
23Loktang to qan ah, zaw let hmah; palunghahaih, thuitaekhaih hoi panoekhaih to talawk ah.
24The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that hath begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him.
24Katoeng kami ih ampa loe paroeai anghoe tih; palungha caa tapen ampa loe a caa nuiah anghoe tih.
25Let thy father, and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee.
25Nam no hoi nam pa to anghoe tih, nang tapenkung loe anghoehaih tawn tih.
26My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways.
26Ka capa, palung to na paek ah loe, ka loklamnawk hae na mik hoiah khen ah.
27For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
27Tangzat zaw nongpata loe kathuk tangqom baktih, minawk zoek thaih nongpata loe tamcaek tuikhaw baktiah oh.
28She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.
28Mingcah baktiah kami to angang moe, nongpanawk zaehaih to pungsak.
29Who hath woe? whose father hath woe? who hath contentions? who falls into pits? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
29Khosak bing kami loe mi maw? Mi maw palungsae? Mi maw patangh? Mi maw amoek? Tidoeh na ai ah mi maw nganbawh kana hak? Mi maw mik kamlingh?
30Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink of their cups.
30To baktih kaminawk loe mu naek angsum thai ai kami, tasi hoi atok ih mu naek hanah pakrong kaminawk ni.
31Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,
31Mu kathim maw, boengloeng pong lawn naah rong kampha mu maw, naek naah akun kahoih mu kathim maw to khen hmah.
32But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.
32Boenghaih ah loe pahui baktiah kami to patuk moe, pahui sae ih kasoetui baktiah oh.
33Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
33Na mik mah kahoih ai nongpata to khen ueloe, na poekhaih palungthin to amkhraengsak ving tih.
34And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep, when the stern is lost.
34Ue, nang loe tuipui um ah iip kami baktih, palong paehhaih qui nuiah iip kami baktiah na om tih.
35And thou shalt say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake, and find wine again?
35Nihcae mah ang boh o, toe kana panoek ai; ang caep o, toe tidoeh ka panoek ai! Kang thawk naah, naek hanah mu to pakrong let han vop, tiah ni na thui tih.
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