Proverbs 24
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:
1Kasae kaminawk to awt hmah; nihcae hoi angkom han doeh poek hmah.
2Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits.
2Nihcae loe palung thung hoi amro han khue ni poek o, pahni hoiah raihaih sak han khue to a thuih o.
3By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.
3Im loe palunghahaih hoiah sak moe, panoekhaih hoiah caksak;
4By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth.
4palunghahaih mah imkhaannawk to atho kana hmuenmae, koeh kaom hmuennawk hoiah koisak.
5A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.
5Palungha kami loe thacak; ue, palunghahaih tawn kami loe thacakhaih pung aep.
6Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.
6Palungha kami khae hoi poekhaih lak pacoengah, misa tuh ah; ngancuem hanah kahoih poekhaih paekkung pop tawnh han angaih.
7Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth.
7Palunghahaih loe sang pongah kamthu mah pha thai ai; kami pop amkhuenghaih khongkha ah lokthui thai ai.
8He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool.
8Kahoih ai hmuen sak pacaeng kami loe raihaih sah kami ni, tiah kawk o tih.
9The thought of a fool is sin: and the detracter is the abomination of men.
9Kamthu poekhaih loe zaehaih ah oh, minawk pahnui thuih kami loe panuet thoh.
10If thou lose hope being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished.
10Raihaih phak naah palung boeng nahaeloe, thazok kami ah ni na oh.
11Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver.
11Duekhaih loklam ah zaeh ih kami to pahlong ah; humhaih ahmuen ah caehhaih ih kami to hoi let ah.
12If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works.
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?
13Fat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat:
13Ka capa, khoitui loe hoih pongah nae ah; khoi lutui loe pataeng naah luep dueng;
14So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.
14to baktih toengah palunghahaih loe na hing thungah luep tih; na hnuk naah nang han tangqum ah om tih; na oephaih anghma mak ai.
15Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.
15Aw katoeng ai kami, katoeng kami ih im to toep hmah; anih ohhaih ahmuen to amrosak hmah;
16For a just mall shall fall seven times and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil.
16katoeng kami loe vai sarihto amtim cadoeh, angthawk let tih; toe kasae kami loe raihaih mah amtimsak tih.
17When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:
17Na misa amtim naah anghoe hmah; anih amthaek naah palung anghoe hmah;
18Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
18nang hoe nahaeloe Angraeng mah hnu ueloe, poeknawm mak ai, to kami nuiah Anih palungphuihaih to dip ving tih.
19Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly:
19Kahoih ai kami pongah palungboeng hmah; kahoih ai kami doeh awt hmah;
20For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
20kasae kami loe hmabang kaom oephaih to tawn ai; kasae kami ih hmaithaw loe paduek pae ving tih.
21My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters.
21Ka capa, Angraeng hoi siangpahrang to zii ah; misa angthawk koeh kami hoiah angkom hmah;
22For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?
22akra ai ah nihcae nuiah amrohaih pha tih; kawbaktih raihaih maw nihcae mah omsak tih, tito mi mah maw panoek thai tih?
23These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.
23Hae baktih hmuennawk doeh palungha kami mah thuih ih lok ah ni oh. Lok takroek naah mikhmai khet han hoih ai.
24They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them.
24Kasae kami khaeah, Nang loe na toeng, tiah thui kami loe minawk mah kasae thui o ueloe, prae kaminawk mah panuet o tih.
25They that rebuke him, shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.
25Toe minawk thuitaekkung loe poeknawm ueloe, tahamhoihaih to hnu tih.
26He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.
26Kami boih mah toenghaih lokthui kami ih pahni to mok o tih.
27Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.
27Tasa bang ih tok to sah hmaloe ah, nangmah hanah laikok atok pacoengah, na ohhaih im to sah ah.
28Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.
28Takung om ai ah na imtaeng kami to zaehaih net hmah; alinghaih lok thui hmah.
29Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.
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.
30I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:
30Thasae kami ih lawk ah ka caeh moe, poekhaih tawn ai kami ih misur takha thungah ka caeh naah,
31And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.
31khenah, soekhring cing ah oh, long doeh phroh cing ah oh; thlung hoi pakaa ih sipae doeh amtimh boih.
32Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.
32Ka hnuk ih hmuen to palung thung hoi ka poek het naah, ka khet ih hmuen nuiah amtuk han koi ka hnuk.
33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:
33Nawnetta iih, nawnetta iih angam, iih hanah nawnetta thungah ban pakhuem moe, nang hak nathuem ah,
34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.
34amtanghaih mah kholong caeh kami baktih, vawthaih mah maiphaw sin kami baktiah na pha thui tih.
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