Proverbs 2
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
1Ka ca, ka ol na doe tih ka olpaek he na khuiah na khoem atah,
2So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;
2Cueihnah te na hna neh hnatung lamtah na lungbuei te lungcuei taengla maelh.
3Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
3Yakmingnah ham te khue tih lungcuei ham na ol na huel atah,
4If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
4Te te cak bangla na moeh tih kawn bangla na thaih atah,
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
5BOEIPA hinyahnah te yakming lamtah Pathen kah mingnah te dang van.
6For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;
6BOEIPA long tah a ka dong lamkah cueihnah ni mingnah neh lungcuei la a paek.
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
7Aka thuem ham tah lungming cueihnah khaw a khoem a khoem pah tih thincaknah neh aka cet ham photling la om.
8That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.
8Tiktamnah kah caehlong te a kueinah tih a hlangcim, hlangcim kah longpuei tah a ngaithuen pah.
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path.
9Te daengah ni duengnah, tiktamnah, vanat la namtlak then boeih te na yakming eh.
10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
10Cueihnah te na lungbuei khuila ha kun vaengah mingnah loh na hinglu te a hmae sak ni.
11Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;
11Thuepnah loh nang te n'ngaithuen vetih lungcuei loh nang n'kueinah ni.
12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
12Boethae longpuei lamkah khaw, calaak ol aka thui hlang taeng lamkah khaw nang ng'huul ni.
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
13Hmaisuep longpuei ah pongpa hamla, a dueng caehlong a toeng.
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
14Boethae saii ham ko aka hoe loh boethae calaak dongah omngaih uh.
15Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;
15A caehlong aka paihaeh sak rhoek loh a namtlak ah kho a hmang.
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
16Kholong hlanglak nu taeng lamkah neh anih kah hoem ol khui lamloh nang aka huul ham ni.
17That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
17A camoe kah a boeihlum te a hnoo tih a Pathen kah paipi te a hnilh.
18For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;
18A imkhui khaw duek hamla aka a namtlak khaw sairhai taengla ngooi coeng.
19None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
19Anih taengla aka pawk boeih tah ha mael uh voel pawt dae hingnah caehlong khaw kae uh hae pawh.
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
20Te daengah ni hlang then longpuei ah na pongpa vetih hlang dueng kah caehlong khaw na ngaithuen eh.
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
21Aka thuem rhoek long tah khohmuen te kho a sak uh thil vetih a khuiah kodam la sueng uh ni.
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.
22Tedae halang rhoek tah khohmuen lamloh a hnawt uh vetih hnukpoh rhoek khaw a khui lamkah a phuk uh ni.
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