Proverbs 8
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1Doth not wisdom call, and understanding put forth her voice?
1Cueihnah loh n'khue moenih a? Lungcuei loh a ol a huel dae ta.
2In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;
2Longpuei taengkah hmuensang som ah a im kah a hawn ah khaw pai ta.
3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
3Vangpuei la a kun phai kah vongka hmoi ah khaw thohka kah a rhai ah khaw tamhoe ta.
4'Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
4Aw hlang rhoek, nangmih te kang khue tih ka olthang he khaw hlang capa ham ni.
5O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
5Hlangyoe rhoek loh khinglangnah yakming lamtah aka ang rhoek loh lungbuei te yakming lah.
6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
6Hnatun uh, rhaengsang la ka thui dongah ka hmuilai ka ongnah he vanat la om.
7For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
7Ka ka loh oltak a thuep tih halangnah te ka hmuilai kah a tueilaehkoi ni.
8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing perverse or crooked in them.
8Ka ka dongkah duengnah olthui boeih he a hloo vilvak moenih.
9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
9Aka yakming ham tah boeih langya tih mingnah aka dang ham tah thuem ngawn.
10Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
10Ka thuituennah tangka nen pawt tih, mingnah he sui a coelh lakah khaw lo lah.
11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.
11Cueihnah tah lungvang lakah then tih ngaihnah sarhui khaw te nen te vanat sak thai pawh.
12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.
12Kamah tah cueihnah, khinglangnah neh kho ka sak tih thuepnah dongkah mingnah te ka hmuh.
13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
13BOEIPA hinyahnah dongah a thae la koevoeinah te thiinah ham ni hoemdamnah neh a thae longpuei khaw, calaak ol khaw ka hmuhuet.
14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.
14Cilsuep neh lungming cueihnah tah kamah taengah, ka yakmingnah neh, kamah ham thayung thamal la om.
15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
15Kai rhangneh manghai rhoek loh manghai tih boeica rhoek loh duengnah neh a taem uh.
16By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
16Kai rhangneh mangpa rhoek khaw boei uh tih hlangcong boeih loh duengnah lai a tloek uh.
17I love them that love me, and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.
17Kai aka lung, aka lungnah te ka lungnah tih kai aka toem rhoek loh kai m'hmuh uh.
18Riches and honour are with me; yea, enduring riches and righteousness.
18Khuehtawn neh thangpomnah khaw, aka nguel boeirhaeng neh duengnah khaw kamah taengah om.
19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.
19Sui neh suicilh lakah ka thaih then tih ka cangvuei khaw cak lakah cae.
20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
20Duengnah caehlong ah tiktamnah a hawn khui la ka pongpa.
21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
21Kai aka lungnah tah ka koe ka pang sak tih a thakvoh te ka koei pah.
22The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.
22Daengrhae daengkhoi lamkah a bibi, hlamat kah a longpuei a tongcuek ah BOEIPA loh kai n'lai coeng.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
23Khosuen lamloh, a lu lamloh, diklai khothoeng lamloh kai n'hloe.
24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
24Kai ka poe vaengah tuidung khaw ana om pawh, tuisih tui ana phul pawh.
25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
25Tlang a buek hlan ah som a tueng hlan ah ka cuen coeng.
26While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
26Te vaengah diklai khaw, tollong khaw, lunglai dongkah laipi lamhma khaw ana saii moenih.
27When He established the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep,
27Vaan a soepsoei ham vaengkah, tuidung hman kah a kueluek te a tarhit ham vaengkah khaw kamah ni.
28When He made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep showed their might,
28A sang hmuen kah khomong thah sak ham khaw, tuidung tuiphuet tanglue sak ham vaengah khaw,
29When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
29Tuitunli te a rhi suem pah ham vaengah khaw ka om coeng. Te dongah tui loh BOEIPA ol te poe pawh. Diklai kah a yung te a tarhit ham vaengah ka om coeng.
30Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him,
30Amah taengah bibi thai la ka om tih hnin bal hnin bal hlahmaenah neh ka om. A tue boeih dongah amah mikhmuh ah ka luem.
31Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.
31A khohmuen kah lunglai dongah aka luem loh hlang ca te khaw ka hlahmaenah coeng.
32Now therefore, ye children, hearken unto me; for happy are they that keep my ways.
32Te dongah ca rhoek loh kamah taengah hnatun uh lamtah kamah kah yoethen longpuei ngaithuen uh.
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
33Thuituennah he hnatun lamtah cueih lamtah hlahpham boeh.
34Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
34Kamah taengah aka hnatun Ka thohkhaih taengah a hnin a hnin ah aka hak, ka thohka kah rhungsut aka ngaithuen hlang tah a yoethen pai.
35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
35Kai aka hmu long tah hingnah te a hmuh rhoe a hmuh tih, BOEIPA taengkah kolonah a dang.
36But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death.'
36Tedae kai aka hmaang long tah a hinglu a huet, kai aka thiinah boeih loh dueknah te a lungnah.
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