¹Ka tapa, ka thute na sana, ka thupiakte nanga na khol khawm leh;

¹My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

²Huchia pilna lama na bil na doha, theihsiamna lama na lung na suk leh;

²So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

³Ahi, theihkakna na sap a, theihsiamna dinga na aw na suah leh;

³Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

⁴Dangka banga huai na zona, gou sel banga huai na zon leh;

⁴If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

⁵Huchiin Toupa kihtakna na theisiam dinga, Pathian theihna na mu ding hi.

⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

⁶Toupan lah pilna a pe ngala; a kam akipanin theihna leh theihsiamna a hong pai.

⁶For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

⁷Midika dingin pilna hoih a khol khawma, muanhuainaa omte amaute ading in lum ahi;

⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

⁸Vaihawmna lampite a ven theihna dingin, a misiangthoute lampi ahawi theihna dingin.

⁸He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

⁹Huchiin diktatna leh vaihawmna na theisiam dia, huan, hawmsiamna, ahi, lampi hoih chiteng.

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

¹⁰Na lungtang sungah pilna a honglut sin ngala, huan na kha adingin theihna a nuam ding hi;

¹⁰When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹Ngentelnain nang a honveng dia, theihsiamnain nang a honkem ding hi.

¹¹Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

¹²Gilou lampi akipan honhun khe ding, mi thil hoihlou gente akipan;

¹²To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³Tanna lampite mangngilh, khomial lampite a pai ding;

¹³Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴Gilou hih ding kipaka, gilou hoihlouhnaa nuamsa;

¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

¹⁵A lampite ua kawia, a lampite ua diklou te;

¹⁵Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

¹⁶Numei lamdang akipan nang honhun ding, mikhualnu a thute toha maitangphatnu akipan mahmahin;

¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

¹⁷Aman a tuailai lawm a nusia, a Pathian thukhun a mangngilh hi:

¹⁷Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

¹⁸A inn in lah sihna lam a doha, a lampiten misite lam:

¹⁸For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

¹⁹Amah kiang hoh kuamah a kik nawn kei ua, kuamahin hinna lampite a pha zou sam kei uhi:

¹⁹None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

²⁰Mi hoihte lampia na pai theiha, mi diktatte lampi na zuih theihna dingin.

²⁰That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

²¹Mi tangte gamsunga teng ding ahi ua, huan a sungah mi hoihkimte a om tawntung ding uh.Himahleh giloute gam akipan satkhiakin a om ding ua, huan lepchiah taka hihte huai akipan zungkalh khiakin a om ding uh.

²¹For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

²²Himahleh giloute gam akipan satkhiakin a om ding ua, huan lepchiah taka hihte huai akipan zungkalh khiakin a om ding uh.

²²But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.