Proverbs 4
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence.
1Ka caanawk, ampa thuitaekhaih lok to tahngai oh; panoekhaih tawnh hanah kahoih ah tahngai oh.
2I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.
2Patukhaih kahoih kang paek o, to pongah kang patuk ih lok hae pahnawt o hmah.
3For I also was my father’s son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:
3Kam pa hanah kai loe nawkta ah ka oh, kam no han loe palung ih capa, nawkta ah ka oh.
4And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
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.
5Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.
5Palunghahaih to amtuk ah loe panoekhaih to cang ah; pahnet hmah loe, ka thuih ih loknawk hae angqoi taak hmah.
6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.
6Palunghahaih to pahnawt hmah, palunghahaih mah ni nang to pakaa tih; palunghahaih to palung ah, to tih nahaeloe palunghahaih mah na toep tih.
7The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.
7Palunghahaih loe lokpui ah oh; to pongah palunghahaih to amtuk ah; nam tuk ih hmuennawk boih thungah panoekhaih to amtuk oh.
8Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.
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.
9She shall give to thy head increase of graces, and protect thee with a noble crown.
9Na lu ah tahmenhaih lumuek hoiah zaeng ueloe, lensawkhaih angraeng lumuek to angmueksak tih.
10Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee.
10Ka capa, ka thuih ih lok hae tahngaih loe, tapom ah; to tih nahaeloe na hinghaih saning to sawk tih.
11I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths of equity:
11Palunghahaih loklam to kang patuek o moe, katoeng loklam ah kang caeh o haih.
12Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock.
12Na caeh o naah lam tamcaek ah na pha o mak ai; na cawnh o naah doeh nam thaek o mak ai.
13Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.
13Thuitaekhaih lok hae patawn caeng ah, kangthla ah caehsak hmah; na hinghaih ah oh pongah, kahoih ah pakuem ah.
14Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.
14Kasae kaminawk ih loklam ah khok takan hmah loe, kasae kaminawk ih loklam to pazui hmah.
15Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.
15Caeh hmah, ayae ah; amlaem taak ah loe, angqoi taak ving ah.
16For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.
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.
17They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.
17Nihcae loe sethaih takaw to caak o moe, athii longhaih misurtui to a naek o.
18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.
18Katoeng kami ih loklam loe ni aengh baktiah oh moe, khodai khoek to aang aep aep.
19The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.
19Toe kasae kami ih loklam loe khoving baktiah ving; tih mah maw nihcae to amtimsak, tito panoek o ai.
20My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.
20Ka capa, ka thuih ih loknawk hae tahngai ah; ka thuih ih loknawk bangah naa to patueng ah.
21Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:
21Na mik hoi kangthla ah suem hmah, na palung thungah suem ah.
22For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.
22Hae tiah patukhaih loe hnu kaminawk hanah hinghaih ah oh moe, taksa ngantuihaih ah oh.
23With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.
23Palung loe hinghaih lokpui koekah oh pongah, na palung to kahoih ah khenzawn ah.
24Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.
24Oep om ai lok to pakha thung hoiah tacawtsak hmah loe, angaek thaih pahni to kangthla ah suem ah.
25Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.
25Na mik mah hmabang to katoeng ah khen nasoe, na hmaa to kahoih ah dan ah.
26Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.
26Na caehhaih loklam to poek ah, na loklamnawk boih to caksak ah.
27Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.
27Bangqoi bantang angqoi hmah; sethaih thungah caeh han ai ah ayae ah.
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