Proverbs 20
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
1Misurtui loe tamhnui tabu ah ni oh; mu mah angzoehhaih to ohsak; mu paquih loe amthuhaih ah ni oh.
2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
2Siangpahrang palungphuihaih loe kahang kaipui kabtiah oh; anih palungphui han sah kami loe a hinghaih zaehaih sahsak kami ah oh.
3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
3Angzoehhaih dipsakkung loe khingya han krak; toe kamthu mah angzoehhaih to tacawtsak.
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
4Thasae kami loe atue naah laikok atok ai pongah, cang aah tue ah minawk khaeah hni cadoeh, hak mak ai.
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
5Kami ih palung thung hoi sak atimhaih loe kathuk tui baktiah oh; toe panoekhaih tawn kami mah ni la thai tih.
6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
6Kami boih mah a sak o ih kahoih hmuen to thuih o boih; toe mi mah maw oepthok kami to hnu thai tih?
7A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
7Katoeng kami loe a toenghaih loklam to pazui pongah, a caanawk loe tahamhoih o.
8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
8Siangpahrang mah lokcaek hanah angraeng tangkhang pongah anghnut naah, kahoih ai hmuennawk to a mik hoiah pathlaeng thaih boih.
9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
9Ka palung hae ka ciimsak boeh, zaehaih ka tawn ai, tiah mi mah maw thui thai tih?
10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
10Angvan ai hmuenzit tahhaih patoh hoi angvan ai kasawk tahhaih patohhaih to Angraeng mah panuet.
11Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
11Nawkta loe a sak ih hmuen toeng maw toeng ai, ciim maw ciim ai, tito a sak ih hmuen hoiah amtueng.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
12Thaihhaih naa hoi hnukhaih mik loe, Angraeng mah ni sak hmaek.
13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
13Iih koeh hmoek hmah; nam tang tih; na mik to padai ah, to tiah nahaeloe takaw hoiah zok nam hah tih.
14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
14Hmuen qankung mah hmuen to qan naah, Hoih ai, hoih ai, tiah thuih; toe nawnetta caeh pacoengah loe, a qan ih hmuen to amoek haih.
15There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
15Sui to oh moe, atho kana thlung kathim doeh oh mangh; toe palunghahaih lokthui pahni to hoih kue.
16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
16Panoek ai ih kami hanah phoisa coi han lokkam kami loe angmah ih kahni to la pae ving tih, panoek ai ih angvin nongpata hanah lokkamhaih sah kami loe angmah ih hmuenmae to naeh pae tih.
17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
17Alinghaih hoiah hnuk ih caaknaek loe khraem parai; toe hnukkhuem ah loe pakha to thlungcaret hoiah koi tih.
18Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
18Na timhaih sah ai naah minawk khae hoi kahoih poekhaih to la ah; kahoih poekhaih paekkung na tawnh naah, misa to tuh ah.
19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
19Pakhaa cip ai kami mah tamqu hmuen to angphongsak; to pongah pakha cip ai kami hoiah angkom hmah.
20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
20Amno hoi ampa pasoih kami loe, khoving thungah anih ih hmaithaw paduek pae ving tih.
21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
21Karangah angraenghaih loe, hnukkhuem ah tahamsethaih ah om tih.
22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.
22Sak ih zaehaih baktiah ka pathok let han, tiah thui hmah; Angraeng to mah oep ah, anih mah na pahlong tih.
23The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
23Katoeng ai hmuenzit tahhaih to Angraeng mah panuet; anih loe amsoem ai coi tahhaih nuiah anghoe ai.
24A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
24Kami ih khok takan loe Angraeng mah ni zaeh; kami mah kawbangmaw a caehhaih loklam to panoek thai tih?
25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
25Poek het ai ah tawthaih hoi Sithaw khaeah lokkamhaih sah kami, lokkam pacoengah a lokkamhaih dawnpakhuem let kami loe, aimah hanah dongh patung kami ah oh.
26A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
26Palungha siangpahrang loe kahoih ai kaminawk to anghaehsak phaeng moe, cang kaehhaih hoiah nihcae to a kaeh.
27The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
27Kami ih muithla loe, angmah palung thung ih hmuennawk pakronghaih, Angraeng ih hmaithawk ah oh.
28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
28Amlunghaih hoi oepthohhaih mah siangpahrang to ngancuemsak; amlunghaih mah angraeng tangkhang to caksak.
29The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
29Thacakhaih loe thendoeng lensawkhaih ah oh moe, sampok loe mitong kranghoihaih ah oh.
30Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
30Nganbawh kana hakhaih hoi ahmaa caakhaih mah kasae hmuen to ciimsak; bohhaih mah palungthin thung ih sethaih to pasaeh.
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