Proverbs 8
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Doth not wisdom call, and understanding put forth her voice?
1Palunghahaih mah kami to kawk ai maw? Panoekhaih mah doeh tha hoi lokthui ai maw?
2In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;
2Anih loe hmuensang hoi lamkrung taengah angdoet.
3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
3Anih loe vangpui thung akunhaih khongkha taeng, thoknawk taengah angdoet moe, tha hoi a hangh.
4'Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
4Aw kahing kaminawk, kang kawk o; kaminawk hanah lok ka thuih pae.
5O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
5Aw poekhaih tawn ai kami rumramnawk, palunghahaih to panoek oh; Aw amthu kaminawk, panoekhaih palungthin to tawn oh.
6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
6Tahngai oh, hmuen kahoih kang thuih o han; toenghaih lok to kang thuih o han.
7For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
7Ka pakha mah loktang lok to thui ueloe, ka pahni mah sethaih to panuet tih.
8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing perverse or crooked in them.
8Ka pakha pong ih loknawk boih loe toeng, angkawnh moe, amsoem ai lok maeto doeh om ai.
9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
9Thaikop kami hanah loe hmuennawk boih to zoi, palunghahaih pakrong kami han loe toenghaih ah oh.
10Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
10Sumkanglung pongah loe ka thuitaekhaih hae talawk ah loe, sui pongah loe palunghahaih to qoi ah.
11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.
11Atho kana thlung kathim pongah loe palunghahaih to hoih kue, to loe koeh ih hmuennawk boih hoiah patah thai ai.
12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.
12Ka palunghahaih loe acoehaih hoiah amraep pongah, palunghahaih hoi panoekhaih to ohsak.
13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
13Kahoih ai hmuen zithaih loe, Angraeng zithaih ah oh; amoekhaih, poeksanghaih, sethaih loklam hoi lok kangkoiah thuihaih to ka hnukma.
14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.
14Poek kahoih paekhaih hoi palunghahaih loe kai ih ni; kai loe panoekhaih hoi sakthaihaih tha to ka tawnh.
15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
15Siangpahrangnawk loe kai rang hoiah ni angraeng tangkhang nuiah anghnut o moe, katoeng patukhaih to angraengnawk mah pazui o.
16By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
16Kai rang hoiah angraeng capanawk, angraengnawk hoi lokcaekkungnawk mah, long kaminawk to uk o.
17I love them that love me, and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.
17Kai palung kaminawk to ka palung, palung tang hoi kai pakrong kaminawk mah loe kai to ang hnuk o.
18Riches and honour are with me; yea, enduring riches and righteousness.
18Angraenghaih hoi pakoehhaih loe kai khaeah oh; ue, atue kasawkah kakaan angraenghaih hoi toenghaih doeh oh.
19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.
19Kai ih athaih loe sui pongah hoih kue; ue, kaciim suitui pongah doeh hoih kue; kai khae hoi hakih hmuen loe, qoih het ih sumkanglung pongah doeh hoih kue.
20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
20Kai loe toenghaih hoi katoeng lokcaekhaih loklam um li ah ka caeh pongah,
21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
21kai palung kaminawk khaeah qawktoephaih to ka paek, nihcae hmuen patunghaih ahmuen to ka koisak han.
22The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.
22Kai loe canghnii ih hmuennawk sah ai nathuem, a tok sak amtong tangsuek na hoi boeh ni Angraeng ih hmuen ah ka oh.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
23Kai loe long om ai vop, long oh amtong tangsuek nathuem hoiah dungzan ah ang caksak boeh.
24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
24Tuipuinawk om o ai vop, vapui tui doeh long ai naah, kai hae ang tapen boeh.
25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
25Maenawk om ai vop, maesomnawk doeh om ai naah, kai hae ang tapen boeh;
26While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
26long hoi tawnawk to sah ai vop, long nui ih maiphu doeh sah ai naah, kai hae ang tapen boeh.
27When He established the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep,
27Vannawk to sak moe, tuipuinawk hmaa ah kaom hmuennawk to a sak nathuem,
28When He made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep showed their might,
28van ranui ih tamainawk to a sak moe, tuipui thung ih tuinawk to thacaksak nathuem;
29When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
29a paek ih lok to tui mah poeng thai han ai ah, long angdoethaih ahmuen a sak naah kai ka oh boeh:
30Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him,
30to naah kai loe anih hoi nawnto qoeng tahang capa baktiah, anih taengah ka oh; ni thokkruek anih anghoehaih ah ka oh; a hmaa ah anghoehaih hoiah ka koi poe;
31Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.
31a sak ih long nuiah anghoehaih ka tawnh moe, kami capanawk nuiah doeh oephaih ka tawnh.
32Now therefore, ye children, hearken unto me; for happy are they that keep my ways.
32To pongah Aw ka caanawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; kai ih loklam pazui kaminawk loe tahamhoih o.
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
33Kang thuitaekhaih lok to tahngai oh, pahnawt o hmah loe, palungha oh.
34Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
34Ka lok tahngaih moe, ni thokkruek kai ih khongkhanawk to toep pacoengah, kai ih thok tungnawk taengah zing kami loe, tahamhoih.
35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
35Kai hnu kami loe hinghaih to hnuk; Angraeng anghoehaih to a hnuk.
36But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death.'
36Toe ka hmaa ah zaehaih sah kami loe, a hinghaih paro kami ah oh; kai hnuma kaminawk boih loe, duekhaih palung kami ah ni oh o.
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