¹My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

¹Ka tapa, ka thute kemin, na kiangah ka thupiakte khol khawm in;

²Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

²Ka thupiakte kem inla hing in; huan ka dan na mit tang bangin

³Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

³Na khutzungte tungah vial inla; na lungtang suangpek tungah gelh in.

⁴Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

⁴Pilna kiangah, ka sanggamnu na hi, chiin la, huan theihsiamna na tanaunu chiin:

⁵that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

⁵Numei lamdang akipan nang a honkep theihna ding un, a thutea maitangphatnu mikhual akipan.

⁶For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

⁶Ka in tohlet ah ka tohletkhakna ah ka en paisuaka;

⁷I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

⁷Huan mi mawlte lakah ka ena, tuailaite lakah ka theikaka, tangval theihsiamna beipa,

⁸passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

⁸A omnaning china kongzinga paisuaka, a in lam juana pai jelpa;

⁹in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

⁹Khomuiin, ni nitaklamin, jan mial bibek leh khomial ah.

¹⁰Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

¹⁰Huan, ngaiin, numei khat, kijuak puansilh silh, lungtang kivain a nakituahpiha.

¹¹She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.

¹¹Amah ahi lawlawa, a tum tuntuna; a khe a in ah a om gige kei:

¹²Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

¹²Konhzinga om ton a oma, mun liantea a om ton a oma, ning chiteng a buk jel hi.

¹³So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

¹³Huchiin aman a manta, amah a tawpta, huan zummoh maitang tohin a kiangah:

¹⁴“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows.

¹⁴Lemna kithoihnate ka kiangah a om; tuiin ka thuchiamte ka peta hi,

¹⁵Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

¹⁵Huaijiakin nang tuak dingin ka hongpai khiaa, na mel thanuamtaka zong dingin, ka honmuta hi,

¹⁶I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

¹⁶Ka tutna nuam pialkhang phah ze hoihtea zep, ka phah khinta, Aigupta khau puan gialte toh.

¹⁷Ka lupna murra, aloe, leh sinamonin ka namtui sakta.

¹⁸Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.

¹⁸Hongpai in, jingsang matan I itna dimset I la ding; itnain I kilungmuan tuah ding.

¹⁹For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.

¹⁹Ka pasal lah in ah a om ngal keia, khual gamla ah a zin hi:

²⁰He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

²⁰Sum ip a kitawia; kha a lik chiangin in ah a hongpai ding, a chi a.

²¹With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

²¹A thugen siamnain amah a kipe sakta, a muka maitangphatnatein amah a sawlmang ta hi.

²²He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

²²Amah a jui paha, goh dinga bawngtal a pai bangin, hiam mihai bawlhoihna dia sikkhau khihmi bangin;

²³Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

²³Thalin a sin a kap pailet tan; tang lama vasa a kintat bangin, huan huai tuh a hinna gun a hih a theikei hi.

²⁴Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

²⁴Tuin, ka tapate, huaijiakin honngaikhia un, ka kama thute limsak un.

²⁵Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,

²⁵Na lungtang amah lampi lam ah awn kei henla, lampite lamah pai mang kei hen.

²⁶for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

²⁶Amah lah tampi liamsain a pailumlettaa: ahi, a thahsate mi hat tampi ahi uh.A in Seol zotna lampi ahi, sihna dantante juana suk pai.

²⁷Her house is the way to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , going down to the rooms of death.

²⁷A in Seol zotna lampi ahi, sihna dantante juana suk pai.