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¹Sa čô mnuih arăng ƀuah jêñ jêñ ƀiădah ăt ngă khăng kŏ,
srăng rai tuč bhiâo riâo rit, amâo lŏ mâo êlan dưi mdrao ôh.
²Tơdah phung kpă đĭ kyar phung ƀuôn sang hơ̆k mơak,
ƀiădah tơdah phung ƀai kiă kriê, phung ƀuôn sang ur krao.
³Hlei pô khăp kơ klei thâo mĭn bi mơak kơ ama ñu,
ƀiădah pô dôk hŏng phung mniê knhông bi luč ngăn drăp ñu.
⁴Hŏng klei kpă sa čô mtao bi kjăp čar ñu,
ƀiădah hlei pô mă tŭ ngăn sun bi rai čar.
⁵Sa čô mnuih blŭ myâo mă kơ pô riêng gah ñu
dăng ñuăl kơ jơ̆ng ñu pô.
⁶Mnuih ƀai djŏ ñuăl klei soh ñu pô,
ƀiădah mnuih kpă mmuñ leh anăn hơ̆k mơak.
⁷Mnuih kpă ênô duah klei djŏ kơ phung ƀun ƀin,
ƀiădah mnuih ƀai amâo thâo săng klei anăn ôh.
⁸Phung kreh mưč ƀhur pui hlăm ƀuôn prŏng,
ƀiădah phung thâo mĭn bi hlai klei ngêñ.
⁹Tơdah sa čô thâo mĭn mâo klei bi mgăl hŏng sa čô mnuih mluk,
mnuih mluk knŏng ăl amâodah tlao, amâo mâo klei êđăp ênang ôh.
¹⁰Phung khăp tuh êrah bi êmut kơ mnuih amâo mâo soh ôh,
ƀiădah phung kpă ênô srăng mgang klei hdĭp gơ̆.
¹¹Mnuih mluk bi êdah jih klei ñu ngêñ,
ƀiădah mnuih thâo mĭn kơ̆ng klei ñu ăl.
¹²Tơdah khua kiă kriê mđing knga kơ klei blŭ luar,
jih jang phung dĭng buăl ñu srăng jing ƀai.
¹³Mnuih ƀun ƀin leh anăn pô ktư̆ juă mâo sa klei mbĭt:
Yêhôwa bi mngač ală jih dua diñu.
¹⁴Tơdah sa čô mtao phat kđi phung ƀun ƀin hŏng klei kpă,
jhưng mtao ñu srăng dôk kjăp nanao.
¹⁵Giê hnuăt leh anăn klei ƀuah mkra brei klei thâo mĭn,
ƀiădah anak ngă tui si ñu pô čiăng bi hêñ amĭ ñu.
¹⁶Tơdah phung ƀai đĭ kyar klei soh bi lar msĕ mơh,
ƀiădah phung kpă ênô srăng ƀuh klei diñu lĕ.
¹⁷Mkra bĕ anak ih, leh anăn ñu srăng bi juh ih,
ñu srăng bi mơak mngăt ih.
¹⁸Tơdah amâo mâo klei bi êdah ôh, phung ƀuôn sang êngiê ngă soh,
ƀiădah jăk mơak yơh pô djă pioh klei bhiăn.
¹⁹Amâo djŏ knŏng hŏng klei blŭ ôh arăng dưi mkra sa čô dĭng buăl,
kyuadah wăt tơdah ñu thâo săng dưn, ñu amâo srăng gưt ôh.
²⁰Ih ƀuh mơ̆ sa čô mnuih ruăt blŭ?
Sa čô mluk mâo klei čang hmăng hĭn kơ pô anăn.
²¹Hlei phung ngă jăk đei kơ phung dĭng buăl diñu mơ̆ng hđeh,
hruê êdei digơ̆ srăng mĭn digơ̆ pô jing anak sang anăn.
²²Mnuih krêñ mčhur klei bi mneh msao,
leh anăn sa čô mnuih ngêñ ngă lu klei soh.
²³Klei mnuih mgao srăng mdlưh ñu pô,
ƀiădah hlei pô thâo luă gŭ srăng mâo klei arăng mpŭ.
²⁴Hlei pô bi mguôp hŏng sa čô mnuih knĕ jing roh hŏng mngăt ñu pô,
arăng srăng bi kmhal ñu tơdah ñu hưn klei sĭt hlăm sang phat kđi leh anăn Aê Diê srăng tăm pah ñu tơdah ñu amâo hưn ôh.
²⁵Klei huĭ kơ mnuih jing kđông ƀêč,
ƀiădah hlei pô knang kơ Yêhôwa mâo klei hơĭt.
²⁶Lu mnuih tui duah klei pap mơ̆ng khua kiă kriê,
ƀiădah mơ̆ng Yêhôwa yơh mnuih srăng mă tŭ klei djŏ.
²⁷Phung kpă bi êmut kheh kơ mnuih wê,
ƀiădah phung wê bi êmut kheh kơ pô êbat hlăm êlan kpă.

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¹Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes
will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.

²When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice;
when the wicked rule, the people groan.

³A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

⁴By justice a king gives a country stability,
but those who are greedy for⚓ bribes tear it down.

⁵Those who flatter their neighbors
are spreading nets for their feet.

⁶Evildoers are snared by their own sin,
but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.

⁷The righteous care about justice for the poor,
but the wicked have no such concern.

⁸Mockers stir up a city,
but the wise turn away anger.

⁹If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

¹⁰The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity
and seek to kill the upright.

¹¹Fools give full vent to their rage,
but the wise bring calm in the end.

¹²If a ruler listens to lies,
all his officials become wicked.

¹³The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.

¹⁴If a king judges the poor with fairness,
his throne will be established forever.

¹⁵A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.

¹⁶When the wicked thrive, so does sin,
but the righteous will see their downfall.

¹⁷Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;
they will bring you the delights you desire.

¹⁸Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;
but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.

¹⁹Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;
though they understand, they will not respond.

²⁰Do you see someone who speaks in haste?
There is more hope for a fool than for them.

²¹A servant pampered from youth
will turn out to be insolent.

²²An angry person stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.

²³Pride brings a person low,
but the lowly in spirit gain honor.

²⁴The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;
they are put under oath and dare not testify.

²⁵Fear of man will prove to be a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

²⁶Many seek an audience with a ruler,
but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.

²⁷The righteous detest the dishonest;
the wicked detest the upright.