Proverbs 26
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Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
1Nipui tue ih dantui baktih, cang aah tue ah angzo khotui baktiah, kamthu to pakoeh han hoih ai.
2Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
2Takung om ai ah kasae thuihaih loe ahmuen kruekah kamhet parit caa hoi anghak ai ah azawk pungpae baktiah ni oh.
3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
3Quiboeng hoiah hrang to boh moe, sum hoiah laa hrang ih tahmawh moem pae baktih toengah, kamthu to cung hoiah bop ah.
4Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
4Kamthu to amthuhaih baktiah pathok hmah; na pathok nahaeloe nang doeh kamthu baktiah ni na om tih.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
5Kamthu ih lok to na pathim nahaeloe, a mik hnukah palungha kami ah poek moeng tih.
6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
6Kamthu khaeah pat ih lok loe a khok to takroek pat moe, amrohaih tui naek baktiah ni oh.
7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
7Kamthu pakha pong ih palunghahaih lok loe, adue ai khokkhaem kami ih khok baktiah oh.
8As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
8Kamthu pakoeh kami loe, ngazai pongah lawkthluem moep sut baktiah ni oh.
9Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
9Kamthu pakha pong ih palunghahaih lok loe soekhring mah thun ih mu paqui ban baktiah ni oh.
10As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
10Kalen Sithaw mah hmuen boih to sak; kamthu hoi zaehaih sah kami hanah doeh toksakhaih atho to paek boih.
11As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
11Ui mah angmah ih tamlok to caak let baktiah, kamthu loe angmah amthuhaih thungah amlaem let.
12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
12Angmah hoi angmah palungha kami ah poek kami to na hnuk maw? To kami pongah loe kamthu to oepthoh kue.
13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
13Thasae kami mah loe loklam ah kaipui oh; loklam ah hmawsaeng kaipui oh, tiah thuih.
14As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
14Thok loe takhing ih sum nuiah angbang baktih toengah, thasae kami doeh angmah ih iihkhun nuiah angbet caeng.
15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
15Thasae kami loe laom thungah ban to tapawh boeh, toe pakha ah buh abah hanah paqak.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
16Thasae kami loe khopoek thaih kami sarihto pongah, angmah hoi angmah to palungha kue ah poek.
17Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
17Lamcaeh naah angmah hoi asaenghaih om ai angzoehhaih pongah kathum kami loe, ui naa patawn caeng kami hoiah anghmong.
18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
18Tamhnuilok ni ka thuih, tiah thuih moe, a imtaeng kami aling kami loe kangqong hmai vah ih baktih, duekhaih phasak kalii kaat kamthu hoiah anghmong.
19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
no verse 19 in this text
20For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
20Thing om ai pongah hmai to duek; pronghaih lok kaom ai ahmuen ah loe, angzoehhaih to om ai.
21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
21Hmaisaae to amngaeh moe, thing angqong baktih toengah, angzoeh koeh kami mah lok pungsak thaih.
22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
22Pronghaih lok loe kahoih caaknaek baktiah, kami ih takpum thungah akun.
23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
23Lok loe hoih, toe poeksae palungthin loe anui ah rong nok dui ih long laom baktiah oh.
24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
24Minawk hnuma kami loe pahni hoiah kahoih hmuen to thuih, toe a palung thungah loe alinghaih hoiah koi.
25When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
25Anih mah thuih ih lok loe hoih, toe tang hmah; anih ih palung thungah panuet thok hmuen sarihto oh.
26His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
26Anih mah hnukmahaih to alinghaih hoiah kraeng khoep, toe anih sethaih to minawk hmaa ah angphong let tih.
27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
27Qumqai kami loe angmah qumqaih ih tangqom thungah krah tih; thlung palet kami doeh a palet ih thlung to angmah nuiah amlet let tih.
28A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
28Amsawnlok thui palai loe angmah pacaekthlaek ih kami to hnukma; lokcaep thaih pakha mah kami to amrosak.
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