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1Ginv mengh dauh longx se gauh longx ginv zinh zoih camv,
duqv mienh taaih se gauh longx jiem nyaanh.
2Mienh maaih mienh caux mienh jomc mienh maaih yietc diuc fih hnangv,
se Ziouv zeix ninh mbuo yietc zungv daaih.
3Mienh guai mienh buatc haih maaih sic cuotv ziouc simv nqoi,
mv baac maiv hiuv haaix nyungc nyei mienh hungx jienv mingh ziouc zuqc kouv aqv.
4Nyiemc ganh zoux faix yaac taaih Ziouv
bun mienh duqv zinh zoih, duqv mienh taaih yaac duqv maengc ziangh.
5Buv longh buv dangv mienh nyei jauv maaih njimv caux koux,
haaix dauh goux duqv ganh zungv leih nqoi naaiv deix ga'naaiv go.
6Njaaux fu'jueiv gan ninh horpc zuqc yangh nyei jauv,
gox daaih ninh ziouc maiv leih nqoi.
7Butv-zoih mienh gunv mienh jomc mienh,
gaav zaeqv nyei mienh benx zaeqv-ziouv nyei nouh.
8Mienh zuangx orqv nyei jauv⚓ ziouc siou zeqc naanc,
Tin-Hungh nouz mienh nyei biaav yaac oix bun ninh zuqc mietc.⚓
9Haaix dauh mangc maiv jiex mueic, zoux hnyouv jangv, ziouc duqv fuqv,
weic zuqc ninh zorqv buonc ganh nyei nyanc hopv bun mienh jomc mienh.
10Oix zuqc zunc cuotv huotv mienh nyei mienh, nzaeng jaax nyei jauv ziouc baac mi'aqv.
Nzaeng jaax, gorngv doqc nyei jauv yaac sekv nzengc.
11Haaix dauh a'hneiv maaih cing-nzengc hnyouv, ninh nyei waac yaac maaih en-zingh,
wuov dauh ziouc duqv hungh diex zoux ninh nyei doic.
12Ziouv nyei m'zing goux jienv wuonh zaang,
mv baac ninh mbienv maiv ziepc zuoqv nyei mienh nyei waac.
13Mienh lueic mienh gorngv, “Ga'nyiec maengx maaih dauh sienh.
Nziex yiem wuov jaai-horngc yie haih zuqc ninh ngaatc daic.”
14Hienx nqox nyei m'sieqv dorn⚓ nyei nzuih hnangv ndo haic nyei kuotv,
Ziouv qiex jiez nyei mienh zungv zuqc ndortv bieqc gu'nyuoz.
15Hngongx nyei jauv m'daaih yiem fu'jueiv nyei hnyouv,
mv baac longc biaav mborqv njaaux haih zunc cuotv leih ninh go.
16Haaix dauh zeix mienh jomc mienh weic douh ganh butv zoih,
fai fungx zingh nyeic bun butv-zoih mienh,
setv mueiz ninh ganh jomc mi'aqv.⚓
Faah Ziepc Ginc Cong-Mengh Waac
17Meih oix zuqc baeng m'normh muangx cong-mengh mienh nyei waac.
Yie njaaux nyei waac oix zuqc longc hnyouv muangx.
18Se gorngv meih zaangh jienv naaiv deix waac yiem hnyouv,
yaac liuc leiz ziangx zanc-zanc haih gorngv,
ziouc tengx meih horpc hnyouv aqv.
19Yie ih hnoi njaaux nyei se dongh meih, meih ziouc haih hiuv duqv naaiv deix waac
weic bun meih kaux Ziouv.
20Yie weic meih fiev faah ziepc ginc kuinx nyei waac
caux wuonh zaang nyei waac maiv zeiz?
21Yie oix bun meih hiuv duqv haaix nyungc horpc, haaix nyungc zien,
weic bun meih haih longc zien waac dau paaiv meih mingh nyei mienh.
22Maiv dungx caangv mienh jomc mienh nyei ga'naaiv weic zuqc ninh jomc,
yaac maiv dungx yiem zingh gaengh zeix doh naanc mienh,
23weic zuqc Ziouv oix tengx ninh mbuo caengx sic.
Haaix dauh hoic ninh mbuo, Ziouv oix hoic wuov dauh nyei maengc.
24Maiv dungx caux hungh hec qiex jiez siepv nyei mienh daav loz-gaeng,
yaac maiv dungx caux ga'qiex beqv nyei mienh mingh.
25Nziex meih haih zuotc ninh nyei nyungc zoux,
yaac zuqc koux hlopv zuqc ganh.
26Maiv dungx hnangv mienh laengz nzuih beu mienh nyei zaeqv,
yaac maiv dungx laengz zoux ndaam-daauh.
27Se gorngv meih maiv maaih haaix nyungc jaauv sung,
liemh meih bueix jienv nyei coux ninh mbuo ziouc zorqv mingh.
28Meih nyei ong-taaix liepc nyei deic-jaaix,
meih maiv dungx suiv.
29Meih buatc maaih banh zeic zoux gong longx nyei mienh,
ninh duqv souv jienv hungh diex nyei nza'hmien,
maiv zeiz souv maiv maaih mengh dauh nyei mienh nyei nza'hmien.
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1A ⚓good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
2The ⚓rich and the poor have this in common,
The ⚓Lordis the maker of them all.
3A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are ⚓punished.
4By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.
6⚓Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.
7The ⚓rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
8He who sows iniquity will reap ⚓sorrow,
And the rod of his anger will fail.
9⚓He who has a generous eye will be ⚓blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.
10⚓Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
11⚓He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.
12The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
13⚓The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”
14⚓The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
⚓He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.
15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
⚓The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
Sayings of the Wise
17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your heart to my knowledge;
18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
19So that your trust may be in the Lord;
I have instructed you today, even you.
20Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
21⚓That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
⚓That you may answer words of truth
To those who send to you?
22Do not rob the ⚓poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23⚓For the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
24Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a ⚓furious man do not go,
25Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.
26⚓Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is surety for debts;
27If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?
28⚓Do not remove the ancient landmark
Which your fathers have set.
29Do you see a man who excels in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before unknown men.