¹My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,

¹Ka tapa, na inveng adia moh khu dia na din leh, mikhual adinga na khut na kichiam leh,

²thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

²Na kama thute a awk na hiha, na kama thute a mat na hih leh,

³Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

³Tuin hiai hihin, ka tapa, nang leh nang kihonkhiain, na inveng khut sungah na hongom chih theiin; kuanin, nang leh nang kiniamkhiak inla, na inveng vangen ngutngut in.

⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:

⁴Na mitte ihmu sak kenla, na mitvunte leng lusu sak sam ken.

⁵deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

⁵Gamvakpa khuta sakhipi bangin kihonkhia in, thangkampa khuta vasa bangin.

⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

⁶Miksi kiangah hoh in, nang thadah; a lampite ngaihtuah inla, pil in:

⁷which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

⁷Hausa, heutu, hiam vaihawmmi, neilouin,

⁸provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.

⁸Nipi chiangin a an a sutuaha, pawltak chiangin a an a kaikhawm hi.

⁹How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

⁹Bang tan ihmu ding na hia, aw thadah? Na ihmutna akipan chikchianga thou ding na hia?

¹⁰A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

¹⁰Neukha ihmut lai, neukha lusuk, ihmu dinga neukha khutte khep:

¹¹So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

¹¹Huchiin na gentheihna guta bangin a hongpai dia, huan na taksapna mi kigalvan bangin.

¹²A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

¹²Mi phatuam lou, mi gilou; kam kiuangsak toh a vaka;

¹³he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

¹³A mittein chiamtehna a bawla, a khetein thu a gena, a khutzung tein chiamtehna a bawl;

¹⁴deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.

¹⁴A lungtang sungah hoihlouhna a oma, gilou a gel gige; kilemlouhna a tuh naknak.

¹⁵Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.

¹⁵Huaijiakin a tuahsiatna thakhatin a hongtung dia; thakhata kek gawp in a om dia, a hihdamna beiin.

¹⁶These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

¹⁶Toupan a muhdah thil guk a oma; ahi, amah adia kihhuai sagih a om hi:

¹⁷haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

¹⁷Mit kiuangsakte, lei juauthei, mi hoih sisan suah khutte;

¹⁸a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

¹⁸Ngaihtuahna gilou ngaihtuah lungtang, siatna hih dinga kin tai khete;

¹⁹a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.

¹⁹Juau thugen palai taklou, leh unaute laka kilemlouhna tuh.

²⁰My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

²⁰Ka tapa, na pa thupiak juiin, huan na nu dan mangngilh ken:

²¹bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:

²¹Na lungtang tungah vial gige inla, na ngawng kimah khihin.

²²when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

²²Na vak chiangin, nang a honpi ding: na ihmut chiangin, nang a honveng ding hi; huan na khanloh chiangin, nang a honhoupih ding.

²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

²³Thupiak lah khawnvak ahi ngala: huan dan vakna ahi; huchiin hilhna taihilhna hinna lampi ahi:

²⁴to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

²⁴Numei gilou akipan nang honkem ding, mikhual lei maitangphatna akipanin.

²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;

²⁵Na lungtangin a kilawmna lunggulh ken; a mitvuntein nang honman kei hen.

²⁶for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

²⁶Numaei kijuaknu jiakin pasal tanghou thema matin a om hi: huchiin angkawmnun hinna manpha a zong sek hi.

²⁷Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?

²⁷Min a ang sungah mei a la thei diam, a puante a kang kei diam?

²⁸Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

²⁸Ahihkeileh mi suangkuangthei sa tungah a vak thei diam, a khete a kang kei diam?

²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

²⁹Huchibangin kuapeuh a inveng ji huan; kuapeuh amah khoih gawtlouh a om kei ding.

³⁰They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:

³⁰Miten guta a musit kei ua, a gil kiallaia a kha lungtaisak dinga a guk leh:

³¹and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

³¹Himahleh muha a om leh, azah sagihin a din ding; a ina vantengteng a pe ding hi.

³²Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

³²Kuapeuh angkawm theisiamna bei ahi: amah kha hihse dinga a hih ahi.

³³A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

³³Liamnate leh zumhuaite a mu ding; huan a zahpihhuaina nulmang ahi kei ding.

³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;

³⁴Mullitna lah mi thangpaihna ahi ngala; huchiin phulak ni chiangin a hawi kei ding hi.Tatna a limsak kei dinga; thilpiak tampi pe lechin leng, lungdamin a om kei ding hi.

³⁵he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy] gifts.

³⁵Tatna a limsak kei dinga; thilpiak tampi pe lechin leng, lungdamin a om kei ding hi.