¹Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

¹Israel kumpipa, David tapa Solomon paunakte:

²to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

²Pilna leh hilhna theih ding; theisiamna thute theikak ding;

³to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;

³Thilhih pilhuaia hilhna mu ding, diktatna leh vaihawm leh hawmsiamna ah;

⁴to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

⁴Mi mawlte kianga kivensiamna pe ding, tangval kianga theihna leh ngentelna;

⁵He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

⁵Mi pilin a jak theiha, sinsiamnaa a pun theihna dingin; huan theihsiam miin thuphate a phak theihna ding;

⁶to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

⁶Paunak leh lima thugen theisiam ding; mipilte thute, gentehna thugen theihhakte theisiam dingin.

⁷The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.

⁷Toupa kuhtak theihna kipatna ahi: himahleh mihaiin pilna leh hilhna a musit.

⁸Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

⁸Ka tapa, na pa hilhna ja in, na nu dan mangngilh ken:

⁹for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

⁹Na lu adingin deihhuai lungtangjem leh na ngawng vial ding khainiangte hi ding ulah ahi ngala.

¹⁰My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

¹⁰Ka tapa, mikhialten a honzol ua leh, pha sakpih ken.

¹¹If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

¹¹Honjui in, sisan I buk ding ua, a jiak beiin mi hoihte a gukin I tang ding uh, a chih uleh:

¹²let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

¹²Seol bangin amaute a hingin I nawmvalh ding ua, huan, kokhuk sunga pai sukte bangin, a pumin:

¹³we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

¹³Van manpha tengteng I mu ding ua, gallaktein I inte uh I dimsak ding uh;

¹⁴cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:

¹⁴Na tan kou laka ma sep lut dinga; sumbawm khat I nei khawm ding ua:

¹⁵-- my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

¹⁵Ka tapa, lampi ah amau toh ton ken; a lampi ua kipan na khe kaikikin:

¹⁶for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

¹⁶Gilou hih dingin a khe uh a tai ngala, huan sisan suah dingin a kinoh uhi.

¹⁷For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

¹⁷Vasa himhim mitmuh in, len a kiphah thawn ngala:

¹⁸And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

¹⁸Huan hiaiten amau sisan ngeia tang ua, amau hinna ngei a gukin a buk uhi.

¹⁹So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

¹⁹Huchibangin michih punnaa duhgawlte lampi ahi hi; huaia neitute hinna a lak mang sak sek hi.

²⁰Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

²⁰Kongzing ah ngaihtakin pilna a kikoua; mun liante ah a aw a suaha;

²¹she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:

²¹Mipi omkhawmte mun pipen ah a kikoua; kongpite lutna ah, khopi ah, a thute a gen:

²²How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?

²²Bang tan ahia, nou mi mawlten, mawlna na it ding uh? Nuihsanmiten nuihsana amaute a kipah ding ua, mihaiten theihna a huat ding uh?

²³Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.

²³Ka salhna ah kihei unla: ngaiin na tunguah ka kha ka sung bo ding, na kianguah ka thute ka theisak ding hi.

²⁴Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

²⁴Ka sap a, na nial jiakun: ka bante ka jaka, kuamahin a limsak kei uh;

²⁵and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

²⁵Himahleh ka thupha tengteng bangmahlou in na koih ua, ka salhnate a bangmah na deih kei uh:

²⁶I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

²⁶Ken leng na tuahsiatna ni un ka honnuihsan dia; na launa uh a hongtun chiangin kon chiamnuih ding;

²⁷when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

²⁷Huihpi banga na launa uh a hongtun chiangin; pingpei banga na tuahsiatna uh a hongtun chiang in; lungkhamna leh dahna na tung ua a hongtun chiangin.

²⁸-- then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

²⁸Huai hun chiangin kei a honsam ding ua, himahleh ka dawng kei ding; thanuam takin a honzong ding ua, himahleh a honmu kei ding uh:

²⁹Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

²⁹Theihna a huat ua, Toupa kihtakna a zon louh jiak un:

³⁰they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:

³⁰Ka thupha laka bangmah a deih kei ua; ka salhna tengteng a musit uh:

³¹therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.

³¹Huaijiakin a lampi uh gah a ne ding ua, amau thusawmte ngeiin a vah ding uh.

³²For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

³²Mimawlte nungtolhna in amaute a hihlum dia, mihaite hausaknain amau hihmang ding ahih jiakin.Himahleh kuapeuh kei honngaikhia bittakin a teng ding ua, gilou launa pang louin a muang ding uh.

³³But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.

³³Himahleh kuapeuh kei honngaikhia bittakin a teng ding ua, gilou launa pang louin a muang ding uh.