Proverbs 4
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
1Pa kah thuituennah te ca rhoek loh hnatun saeh lamtah yakmingnah dang hamla hnatung saeh.
2For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.
2Nangmih taengah aka then rhingtuknah kam paek coeng dongah ka olkhueng he hnoo boeh.
3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
3Ka camoe vaengah a pa taengah mongkawt la, a nu mikhmuh ah oingaih cangloeng la ka om.
4And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;
4Te vaengah kai n'thuinuet tih kamah taengah, “Ka ol he na lungbuei ah dueh lamtah ka olpaek ngaithuen neh hing puei .
5Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
5Cueihnah te lai lamtah yakmingnah khaw lai lah. Ka ka dong lamkah olthui he hnilh boeh, phaelh boeh.
6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee.
6Cueihnah te hnoo boeh, na lungnah daengah ni namah te n'ngaithuen vetih nang te n'kueinah eh.
7The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
7Cueihnah he ni tanglue, cueihnah he lai lamtah na hnopai boeih nen khaw yakmingnah he lai lah.
8Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
8Cueihnah te picai lamtah namah te n'pomsang bitni. Namah te n'thangpom atah amah te kop van.
9She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'
9Na lu dongah mikdaithen kah lukhueng la om vetih nang taengah boeimang rhuisam han tloeng ni.
10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
10Ka ca ka hnatun lamtah ka olthui he doe lah. Te daengah ni na hingnah ah kum loh nang hamla a puh eh.
11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
11Cueihnah longpuei neh nang te ka thuinuet vetih namtlak then ah nang te kan cuuk sak ni.
12When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
12Na caeh vaengah na khokan loh puenca pawt vetih na yong vaengah tongtah mahpawh.
13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.
13Thuituennah te tu lamtah hlong boeh, na hingnah hamla kueinah.
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.
14Halang kah caehlong ah pongpa boeh, boethae rhoek kah longpuei dongah uem puei boeh.
15Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
15Te te dul laeh, a taengla paan boeh. A taeng lamloh taengphael lamtah khum tak.
16For they sleep not, except they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
16Thaehuet pawt atah ip uh tloel dae a ih loh a hmil atah hlang paloe sak ham te paloe sak uh thai pawh.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
17Halangnah buh te a ang uh tih kuthlahnah misurtui tul uh thae.
18But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
18Khothaih kah koshae a cikngae vanbangla aka dueng kah caehlong khaw khosae kah a aa bangla a thoeng pah.
19The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
19Halang rhoek kah longpuei tah khohmuep bangla om tih mebang neh a tongtah khaw ming uh pawh.
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
20Ka ca, ka ol he hnatung lamtah ka olthui he na hna kaeng lah.
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
21Na mik long khaw khohmang boel saeh lamtah na thinko khui ah te te ngaithuen.
22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
22Te te aka hmuh rhoek ham tah amamih kah hingnah neh a pumsa boeih ham khaw hoeihnah la om.
23Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.
23Na lungbuei te kueinah khingrhing lah hingnah kah a dawn tah te lamkah ni.
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
24Ka dongkah olhmaang te na taeng lamloh thaek lamtah hmuilai dongkah olrhong oling khaw namah lamloh lakhla sak.
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
25Na mik loh phek paelki saeh lamtah na mikkhu loh namah hmaiah buelh dueng saeh.
26Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
26Na kho ham namtlak te saelh pah saeh lamtah na longpuei khaw boeih cikngae saeh.
27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
27Banvoei bantang la phael boeh, na kho te a thae dong lamloh hoeptlang lah.
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