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Tapoât
1Toâq mới tacu cha cớp cũai bữn chớc, cóq mới chanchớm yỗn samoât, án ca ntôm chi-cha cớp mới la noau.
2Khân mới cơi dốq cha sa‑ữi, cóq mới ót voai.
3Chỗi ham sana án aloŏh yỗn cha; cŏh lơ án tơm ngê mới cống bữn.
Tapul
4Cóq mới bữn ŏ́c rangoaiq; chỗi táq luat ngư cỗ ễ bữn tĩen práq sa‑ữi;
5yuaq práq mới têq pứt tâng muoi carbéh moat sâng, ariang pai án bữn khlap pâr machớng calang crức.
Tacual
6Chỗi cha parnơi cớp cũai rahĩt, tỡ la ham sana ễm ca án aloŏh yỗn mới.
7Án pai neq: “Sễq mơi mới cha cớp ĩt tữm ễn,” ma tỡ cỡn lứq ngkíq, yuaq án sâng lô lứq tễ máh sana án aloŏh ki.
8Mới lứq cuta aloŏh loah nheq máh sana mới khoiq cha, cớp máh santoiq ca mới achưng alư án tỡ bữn cỡt kia ntrớu noâng.
Takêh
9Chỗi apooh bỗq noâng atỡng cũai sacũl yỗn dáng, yuaq án tỡ dáng pasếq máh ŏ́c rangoaiq mới atỡng.
Muoi Chít
10Chỗi asĩc lác raloan khoiq bữn tễ nhũang, cỗ cheng ĩt cutễq con cumuiq,
11yuaq Yiang Sursĩ ca rêng lứq bán kĩaq alới, cớp án lứq chíl mới tang alới.
Muoi Chít La Muoi
12Cóq mới cayớm dŏq samoât samơi tễ máh santoiq noau atỡng, cớp rien yỗn samoât máh léq mới rơi rien.
Muoi Chít La Bar
13Chỗi táq cro dŏq manrap con anhia. Khân anhia tambráih án toâq dũi, lứq án tỡ bữn cuchĩt mŏ.
14Anhia táq ngkíq, la dŏq chuai dỡi tamoong án.
Muoi Chít La Pái
15Con ơi! Khân mới ma bữn sarnớm rangoaiq, cứq mpoaq sâng bũi pahỡm.
16Cứq mpoaq bũi pahỡm toâq sâng con cứq táq ntỡng moang santoiq pĩeiq.
Muoi Chít La Pỗn
17Chỗi sa‑on tễ máh cũai lôih; ma sốt dỡi tamoong mới cóq mới yám noap níc Yiang Sursĩ.
18Khân mới táq ngkíq, ki mới ngcuang bữn dỡi tamoong o.
Muoi Chít La Sỡng
19Con ơi! Cóq mới tamứng nơ! Cóq mới rangoaiq níc cớp chanchớm yỗn samoât tễ dỡi tamoong mới.
20Chỗi ratoi cớp cũai mác nguaiq blŏ́ng, tỡ la cha tôn-tín.
21Cũai dốq bũl blŏ́ng cớp cha tôn-tín, alới lứq cỡt cadĩt. Khân mới ham cha nguaiq cớp bếq sâng, tỡ bữn dũn mới lứq tâc tampâc raháq.
Muoi Chít Tapoât
22Cóq mới tamứng santoiq mpoaq mới, án ca chứm siem yỗn mới bữn tamoong. Chỗi táh mpiq mới toâq án thâu crưong.
23Cóq mới chi-chuaq ŏ́c pĩeiq; cóq mới ravoât ŏ́c rangoaiq cớp rien yỗn dáng samoât, yuaq máh ramứh ki bữn kia lứq; o yỗn mới chỡng, cayớm dŏq, cớp chỗi chếq.
24Mpoaq sâng bũi toâq án hữm con cỡt cũai tanoang o. Toâq con bữn sarnớm rangoaiq, ki mpoaq cỡt bũi pahỡm lứq.
25Cóq mới táq yỗn mpoaq sâng tanga tễ mới, cớp cóq táq yỗn mpiq mới bữn ŏ́c bũi.
Muoi Chít Tapul
26Con ơi! Cóq mới roap ĩt yỗn samoât máh ŏ́c mpoaq mới atỡng, cớp tũoiq ĩn mpoaq mới tê.
27Mansễm chếq tỗ cớp mansễm táq ranáq tanghang, cỡt samoât rabang dững chu ŏ́c cuchĩt.
28Tỗp mansễm ki ỡt crŏ́q samoât cũai tutuoiq, cớp táq yỗn sa‑ữi náq samiang tỡ bữn tanoang tapứng noâng.
Muoi Chít Tacual
29-30Cứq sacâm tễ muoi noaq cũai ham nguaiq blŏ́ng, án tỡ nai tangứt carchốc parnơi sa‑ữi thữ blŏ́ng. Ngkíq, cứq ễ yỗn mới dáng ŏ́c túh arức cớp ŏ́c ngua tễ cũai ki. Án bữn níc ŏ́c túh coat, án bubéq túh níc, moat án cusâu phĩang, cớp tỗ chác án cỡt trúc nheq.
31Yuaq ngkíq, chỗi sa‑on cumíq blŏ́ng nho, tam án cỡt rapooh cusâu nêuq o lứq cớp raloang ễm lứq.
32Ma toâq mới nguaiq, mới sâng a‑ĩ ariang cusân bữn pih tot.
33Mới cỡt langât-langơ cớp ralan moat; mới cỡt clŏ́c clu, tỡ têq táq ntỡng yỗn raloaih noâng.
34Mới sâng samoât ỡt tâng mpứng dĩ cloong dỡq mưt, cớp ariang ỡt tâng tuoc parlât parlĩang tứng-tooc lốh savĩr plỡ.
35Chơ mới pai neq: “Tỡ dáng noau chooc cứq; tỡ dáng noau tapáh cứq; ma cứq tỡ bữn sâng a‑ĩ, cớp tỡ bữn chữ ntrớu loâng. Yuaq nŏ́q cứq ma tỡ rơi yuor tayứng noâng; o tê tŏ́q loah muoi cachoc ễn.”
1When you sit to dine with a ruler,
note well what⚓ is before you,
2and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to gluttony.
3Do not crave his delicacies,
for that food is deceptive.
4Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
do not trust your own cleverness.
5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
for they will surely sprout wings
and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
6Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
do not crave his delicacies;
7for he is the kind of person
who is always thinking about the cost.⚓
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
8You will vomit up the little you have eaten
and will have wasted your compliments.
9Do not speak to fools,
for they will scorn your prudent words.
10Do not move an ancient boundary stone
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11for their Defender is strong;
he will take up their case against you.
12Apply your heart to instruction
and your ears to words of knowledge.
13Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.
15My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed;
16my inmost being will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
17Do not let your heart envy sinners,
but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
18There is surely a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.
19Listen, my son, and be wise,
and set your heart on the right path:
20Do not join those who drink too much wine
or gorge themselves on meat,
21for drunkards and gluttons become poor,
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth and do not sell it—
wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
24The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
25May your father and mother rejoice;
may she who gave you birth be joyful!
26My son, give me your heart
and let your eyes delight in my ways,
27for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28Like a bandit she lies in wait
and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
29Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30Those who linger over wine,
who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
31Do not gaze at wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly!
32In the end it bites like a snake
and poisons like a viper.
33Your eyes will see strange sights,
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,
lying on top of the rigging.
35“They hit me,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt!
They beat me, but I don’t feel it!
When will I wake up
so I can find another drink?”