¹The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

¹Massa mi Jakeh tapa Agur thute: Huai miin Ithiel kiangah, Ithiel leh Ukal kiangah:

²Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

²Chihtaktakin kuamah sangin ka hai jawa, mihing theihsiamna ka neikei:

³I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

³Pilna ka sin naikeia, Mi siangthou theihna leng ka neikei, a chi.

⁴Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

⁴Van ah kua a kahtoutain a hongkum suka? A khuttun sungah kuan huih a lakhawmtaa? a puansilhin kuan tuite a tuna? Lei tawpna tengteng kuan a hihkiptaa? a min banga hia. huan a tapa min bang ahia, na theih leh?

⁵Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

⁵Pathian thu chiteng ettel ahi: amaha muangte adingin lum ahi.

⁶Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

⁶A thute ah behlap ken, a honsal dia, juautheia muhin na om kha ding hi.

⁷Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

⁷Thil nih ka hon ngen: ka sih main huaite honkitheihmoh-bawl ken:

⁸Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

⁸Bangmahlou leh juau keia kipan gamlapi ah suan in: Gentheihna hiam hauhsaknate hiam hon pe ken: kei a kiphamoh anin hon vak in.

⁹Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

⁹Huchilouinjaw ka khamin, nang kon kitheihmawhbawlin, TOUPA kua ahia? Ka chi kha ding hi. Ahihkeileh, ka gentheiin, ka guin, ka pathian min thanghuaitakin ka bawl kha ding hi.

¹⁰Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

¹⁰A pu kiangah sikha gense ken, huchilouinjaw nang a honhamsiat dia, mohtansakin na om ding.

¹¹There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

¹¹A pa uh hamsiat suan khat a oma, a nu uh vualjawl lou.

¹²There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

¹²Amau mittea siangthou suan khat a oma, ahi alah a nitna ua kipan silsiang louh ahi uh.

¹³There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

¹³Suan khat aoma, Aw a mitte uh sanghah hina e: huan a mitkhu vunte sansakin a om hi.

¹⁴There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

¹⁴A hate uh namsau bang, leh a hate uh temta bang suan khat a om uh, lei akipan migenthei leh, tasamte mite laka kipana nekbeina dingin.

¹⁵The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

¹⁵Votin tanu nih a neia, honpia in, honpia in, chiin kikou ua. Thil thum lungkimsak theih ngeilouh a om uh, ahi, li, Hun e. chi lou:

¹⁶The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

¹⁶Han; leh sul hut; lei tuia hihlungkima om lou; huan mei, hun e chi lou.

¹⁷The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

¹⁷Mit a pa nuihsan leh, a nu thuman musit, guam vaakten a tawm ding ua, muvanlai nouten a ne ding uh.

¹⁸There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

¹⁸Thil thum kei adingin lamdang lua a om ua, ahi, ka theih louh li:

¹⁹The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

¹⁹Huihkhuaa muvanlai lampi; suangpi tunga gulpi lampi; tuipi laka long lampi leh pasal nungak toh a lampi.

²⁰Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

²⁰Huaimah bangin angkawmhat numei lampi ahi; a nea, zapiin a kamkaa, Gitlouhna ka hih kei, achi hi.

²¹For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

²¹Thil thum jiakin lei a linga, huan thil li a puak zohlouh jiakin;

²²For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

²²Sikha kumpipa honghih lai leh mihai an kham lai;

²³For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

²³Numei huathuaitakin pasal a neiha, sikha nungakin a pi a luahin.

²⁴There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

²⁴Lei tungah aneu thil li a om ua himahleh apil mahmah uh:

²⁵The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

²⁵Miksite hatlou mite ahi ua, himahleh nipi laiin a nek ding uh a sutuah ua;

²⁶The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

²⁶Kawlsajawte hatlou pawl tak ahi ua, himahleh suangpi hengte ah a in uh a bawl uhi:

²⁷The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

²⁷Khaukhupten kumpipa a neikei ua, himahleh a honhonin a vekun kilemin a pai uh;

²⁸The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

²⁸Inhikte na khuta na tawi theih ahi ua; himahleh kumpipate inpite ah a teng uh.

²⁹There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

²⁹A paichiang ua thupi thil thum a om ua, ahi, apai chiangua thupi, li:

³⁰A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

³⁰Humpinelkai, gamsa laklaka hatpenpen, bangmah ma ah a kihei mang kei hi;

³¹A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

³¹Kidouna-sakol; keltal leng; huan kumpipa, a mite maa pai,

³²If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

³²Na kiletsaka haitaka na gamtat leh, ahihkeileh ngaihtuahna gilou na neih leh, na kam tungah na khut koih in,Nawitui peiin mokhon a omsaka, nak hekin sisan a suahkhe sak: huchimahbangin thangpaihna paisuakin kilaina a omsak hi.

³³Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

³³Nawitui peiin mokhon a omsaka, nak hekin sisan a suahkhe sak: huchimahbangin thangpaihna paisuakin kilaina a omsak hi.