¹My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

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

²that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

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

³For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

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

⁴But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as 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 lead straight to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .

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

⁶She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

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

⁷Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

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

⁸Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

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

⁹lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

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

¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

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

¹¹You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

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

¹²and say, “How I have 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;

¹³neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

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

¹⁴I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly.”

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

¹⁵Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

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

¹⁶Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?

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

¹⁷Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.

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

¹⁸Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

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

¹⁹A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always 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.

²⁰For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

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 Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

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

²²The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

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 will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

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