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¹In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
that he channels toward all who please him.

²A person may think their own ways are right,
but the Lord weighs the heart.

³To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

⁴Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

⁵The plans of the diligent lead to profit
as surely as haste leads to poverty.

⁶A fortune made by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.⚓

⁷The violence of the wicked will drag them away,
for they refuse to do what is right.

⁸The way of the guilty is devious,
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

⁹Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

¹⁰The wicked crave evil;
their neighbors get no mercy from them.

¹¹When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.

¹²The Righteous One⚓ takes note of the house of the wicked
and brings the wicked to ruin.

¹³Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
will also cry out and not be answered.

¹⁴A gift given in secret soothes anger,
and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

¹⁵When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
but terror to evildoers.

¹⁶Whoever strays from the path of prudence
comes to rest in the company of the dead.

¹⁷Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.

¹⁸The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
and the unfaithful for the upright.

¹⁹Better to live in a desert
than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

²⁰The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
but fools gulp theirs down.

²¹Whoever pursues righteousness and love
finds life, prosperity⚓ and honor.

²²One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty
and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.

²³Those who guard their mouths and their tongues
keep themselves from calamity.

²⁴The proud and arrogant person—“Mocker” is his name—
behaves with insolent fury.

²⁵The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,
because his hands refuse to work.
²⁶All day long he craves for more,
but the righteous give without sparing.

²⁷The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—
how much more so when brought with evil intent!

²⁸A false witness will perish,
but a careful listener will testify successfully.

²⁹The wicked put up a bold front,
but the upright give thought to their ways.

³⁰There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan
that can succeed against the Lord.

³¹The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but victory rests with the Lord.

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¹Yiang Sursĩ bán curiaq mứt pahỡm puo ariang Yiang Sursĩ sadoi rana yỗn dỡq hoi chu nâi chu ki.
²Dũ ranáq cũai táq, án chanchớm pai khoiq pĩeiq lứq chơ, ma Yiang Sursĩ ỡt nhêng salĩq níc mứt pahỡm cũai.
³Yiang Sursĩ ễq hái táq ranáq tanoang tapứng cớp pĩeiq o, hỡn tễ án yoc hái dững crơng chiau sang yỗn án.
⁴Cũai culiau moat chóq yớu cớp achỗn tỗ, ki bữn lôih lứq; yuaq ranáq ki apáh yỗn noau hữm alới la cũai sâuq lứq.
⁵Aloŏh ngê carsĩat o cớp táq sarâng, ŏ́c ki táq yỗn dũ ranáq cỡt lơi; ma khân hâp coâp táq ranáq cớp tỡ bữn chanchớm voai, ŏ́c ki táq yỗn cỡt cadĩt níc sâng.
⁶Sanốc bữn na raphếq rathũ, ki pứt chái lứq, cỡt samoât sarnŏ́q dững chu ŏ́c cuchĩt.
⁷Máh cũai sâuq cóq roap tôt cỗ alới tachoât; alới tỡ ễq tháng táq ranáq pĩeiq.
⁸Máh cũai khoiq táq ranáq lôih, alới pỡq tâng rana cooc véc; máh cũai ca tỡ bữn táq lôih, alới táq ranáq pĩeiq.
⁹Khaq ỡt chíq tâng mpuol dống, saláng ỡt muoi dống cớp lacuoi ma yoc ralỗih níc.
¹⁰Cũai sâuq déc-padéc yoc ễ táq ranáq sâuq; án ŏ́q loâng mứt sarũiq chóq cũai canŏ́h.
¹¹Toâq noau manrap cũai ca dốq ayê ra‑ac yớu, máh cũai tỡ bữn dáng ntrớu, têq tutuaiq cớp rien tễ ŏ́c noau manrap ki; toâq noau atỡng cũai rangoaiq, án bữn dáng sa‑ữi ễn.
¹²Yiang Sursĩ la Yiang tanoang o, án dáng nheq máh ranáq sâuq tâng dống cũai loâi, cớp án dững atoâq ŏ́c rúng ralốh pỡ alới.
¹³Cũai ca tỡ ễq tamứng toâq cũai cadĩt sễq tễ án, ki tỡ bữn noau tamứng tê toâq án sễq yỗn noau chuai án.
¹⁴Khân cũai aléq nhôp mới, cóq mới ĩt crơng mpon cớp yỗn án na clỡp, chơ ŏ́c cutâu ki cỡt ngcuai taiq loah.
¹⁵Cũai tanoang o sâng bũi pahỡm toâq án hữm noau táq pĩeiq o; ma máh cũai sâuq, ki alới sâng croŏq lứq.
¹⁶Ŏ́c cuchĩt ỡt acoan níc cũai ca parnging-parnguang tễ ngê tanoang o.
¹⁷Cũai ca yoc ễ tâc cha sâng, nguaiq níc blŏ́ng, cớp cha níc sana ra‑ỗt, cũai ki tỡ nai cỡt sốc bữn.
¹⁸Khân máh cũai sâuq chi-chuaq ngê ễ táq túh arức cũai tanoang o, chơ ŏ́c túh arức ki lứq toâq loah pỡ alới bữm.
¹⁹Khaq ỡt tâng ntốq aiq, saláng ỡt muoi dống cớp lacuoi ca hap-pahap loai níc.
²⁰Cũai rangoaiq pachứm máh sanốc tâng dống án; ma cũai sacũl, máh léq án bữn án tâc cha pốih nheq.
²¹Cũai tanoang tapứng bữn mứt sarũiq, án bữn ỡt cóng tamoong dũn; noau yám noap án, cớp án táq pỡq lứq pân cỡt.
²²Sốt tahan rangoaiq, têq án riap cheng ndỡm vil ca bữn clứng tahan, dếh talốh viang vil khâm ca máh cũai tâng vil ki poâng.
²³Cũai khễuq rabán lieih bữm, ŏ́c túh coat tỡ bữn toâq pỡ án.
²⁴Cũai achỗn tỗ cớp ỗt sác, cũai ki ŏ́q mứt saryóq chóq cũai canŏ́h.
²⁵Cũai tỡ ễq táq ranáq, la samoât án cachĩt tỗ án bữm;
²⁶án ham yoc ễ bữn crơng crớu sa‑ữi. Ma cũai tanoang o yoc ễ chuai cũai canŏ́h, yuaq cũai tanoang o bữn mứt pahỡm la‑a.
²⁷Yiang Sursĩ kêt crơng cũai loâi chiau sang; alới chiau sang ma mứt alới chanchớm tỡ bữn o.
²⁸Cũai tũn apớt cũai canŏ́h, lứq án cuchĩt pứt; cớp khân cũai aléq tamứng santoiq án ki, lứq án cỡt rúng ralốh tê.
²⁹Cũai tanoang o chanchớm yỗn samoât voai tễ ranáq án ễ táq; ma cũai sâuq táq nan án la cũai tanoang o cớp dáng dũ ramứh.
³⁰Ŏ́c tacáng dáng rangoaiq la tỡ bữn kia ntrớu khân Yiang Sursĩ tỡ bữn pruam.
³¹Tam bữn muoi cantóh aséh thrũan dŏq loŏh rachíl, ma ống Yiang Sursĩ toâp yỗn têq chíl riap.