¹My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;

¹Ka tapa, ka pilna limsak in; ka theihsiamna na bil doh in:

²that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.

²Ngentelna na vom theihna, na mukten theihna a kep theih ding un.

³For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

³Numei lamdang mukten lah khuaiju a takkhe sak ngala, huan a kam sathau sangin a nal jaw:

⁴but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

⁴Himahleh a tawpna nanung gamsai bangin a khaa, namsau hiamtuah bangin ahiam hi.

⁵Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.

⁵A khete sihna lamah a pai suka; a kalsuanten Seol a pom a len chinten;

⁶Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].

⁶Huchiin hinna lampi phei a mu kei hi: a lampite a kip keia aman a theikei hi.

⁷And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

⁷Huaijiakin tuin, ka tapate, honngaikhia unla, ka kama thute akipan pai mang kei un.

⁸Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

⁸Amah akipanin na lampi gamla pi ah suan mangin, a in kongkhak naiah hongpai ken:

⁹lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

⁹Huchilouin jaw midangte kiangah na zahtakhuaina na pe kha ding a, na kumte gilou kiangah:

¹⁰lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;

¹⁰Huchilouin jaw na hatna in mikhualte a vah kha ding ua, gamdang mi in ah na seogimnate a om kha ding;

¹¹and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;

¹¹Huan, na sa leh na pumpi hihgawpa a om laiin na tawpna nanung ah na sun kha ding:

¹²and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

¹²Huan, hilhna naza nuam lou hina tel ing e, ka lungtangin salhna namusitna tel e, na chi kha ding;

¹³and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

¹³hon sinsakmite aw na mang keia, kei honhilhte lam leng ka bilin ka nadoh kei:

¹⁴I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

¹⁴Omkhawmte leh kikhawmpite lakah gilou tengteng ah siatna ka nahita mahmah hi.

¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

¹⁵nangmah tuibem akipanin tuite dawn in, nangmah tuileh akipanin tuiluang laite.

¹⁶Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.

¹⁶Na tuinakneite sukthanghuai gawpa om ding hia, kongzing ahte na tui luite?

¹⁷Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

¹⁷Nangmah ading kia hi uhenla, nang kianga mikhualte ding hi louin.

¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.

¹⁸Na tuikhuk vualjawlin om hen; huan na tuailai ji ah kipak in.

¹⁹As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

¹⁹Deihhuai sazukpi leh heksiam sakhipi bang. A itna leh ngaihnatnain chik lai peuhin leng nang honlungkimsak gige hen; huan a itnaa vakin om gige in.

²⁰And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

²⁰Bangdingin ahia, ka tapa, numei lamdang vaka om ding na hia, mikhual ang kawi ding na hia?

²¹For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

²¹Mihing lampite lah Toupa mit maah a om ngala, huan aman a lampi te tengteng a pheisak hi.

²²His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

²²Amah thulimlouhnaten giloute aman dinga, a khelhna guitea kanin a om ding hi.Hilhna taksap jiakin a si dinga; a khelhna thupina ah a pai khial ding hi.

²³He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

²³Hilhna taksap jiakin a si dinga; a khelhna thupina ah a pai khial ding hi.