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

¹My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;

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

²So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

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

³Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

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

⁴If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

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

⁵then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” .

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

⁶For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

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

⁷He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

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

⁸that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

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

⁹Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

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

¹⁰For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

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

¹¹Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

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

¹²to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

¹³Tanna lampite mangngilh, khomial lampite a pai ding;

¹³who forsake 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 perverseness of evil;

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

¹⁵who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:

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

¹⁶To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

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

¹⁷who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:

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

¹⁸for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.

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

¹⁹None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

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

²⁰that you may 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 will dwell in the land. The perfect will 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 will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.