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Kuinx Mienh Lunx Mienh Nyei Waac

¹Yie nyei dorn aah! Maiv dungx la'kuqv yie njaaux nyei waac.
Meih nyei hnyouv oix zuqc gan longx yie nyei leiz-latc.
²meih yiem seix zaangc nyei hnoi-nyieqc caux hnyangx-soux ziouc haih ziangh duqv ndaauv,
meih yaac haih duqv longx.
³Maiv dungx guangc hnamv nyei, ziepc zuoqv nyei jauv.
Oix zuqc zorqv daaih kuangx jienv meih nyei jaang,
aengx fiev jienv meih nyei hnyouv gu'nyuoz.
⁴Hnangv naaic ziux Tin-Hungh caux baamh mienh mangc,
meih zoux duqv horpc yaac maaih mengh dauh longx.⚓
⁵Oix zuqc longc nzengc hnyouv kaux Ziouv,
maiv dungx kaux ganh haih mengh baeqc.⚓
⁶Yiem meih zoux nyei diuh diuh jauv oix zuqc nyiemc ninh,
ninh ziouc dorh meih yangh horpc nyei jauv-louc.⚓
⁷Maiv dungx hnamv ganh maaih cong-mengh,
oix zuqc taaih Ziouv yaac leih nqoi orqv nyei sic.⚓
⁸Hnangv naaic ziouc hnangv longx haic nyei ndie zorc meih⚓ wangc siangx,
sin⚓ yaac kuh yiem.
⁹Oix zuqc longc meih nyei zinh zoih
caux meih nyei yietc zungv gaeng-zuangx nyei daauh torngx biouv taaih Ziouv.
¹⁰Hnangv naaic meih nyei lamz ziouc buangv nzengc,
meih nyei diuv-ongx maaih a'ngunc diuv buangv mienz cuotv.
¹¹Yie nyei dorn aah! Maiv dungx mangc piex Ziouv mborqv njaaux nyei waac,
yaac maiv dungx youx ninh gorngv-njaaux,⚓
¹²weic zuqc Ziouv hnamv wuov dauh ninh gorngv-njaaux wuov dauh,
hnangv die gorngv-njaaux ninh a'hneiv nyei dorn.⚓

Cong-Mengh Se Jaaix Haic

¹³Duqv cong-mengh yaac duqv bieqc hnyouv nyei mienh,
za'gengh maaih orn-lorqc,
¹⁴weic zuqc duqv cong-mengh nyei ndaauv-daauh se gauh longx jiex nyaanh,
ninh duqv nyei leic gauh longx jiex jiem.
¹⁵Cong-mengh gauh jaaix jiex la'bieiv-jaaix.
Meih oix duqv nyei yietc zungv ga'naaiv,
maiv maaih yietc nyungc haih beiv duqv ninh.⚓
¹⁶Yiem ninh nyei mbiaauc jieqv buoz maaih siouc nyuonh ndaauv,
yiem ninh nyei zaaix jieqv buoz maaih zinh zoih caux njang-laangc.
¹⁷Ninh nyei jauv se bun mienh maaih orn-lorqc,
ninh nyei yietc zungv jauv-louc bun mienh duqv baengh orn.
¹⁸Cong-mengh beiv diuh ziangh maengc nyei ndiangx.
Haaix dauh nanv jienv ninh, wuov dauh ziouc duqv mienh heuc orn-lorqc.
¹⁹Ziouv longc cong-mengh liepc ndau,
longc ninh nyei wuonh zaang⚓ liepc lungh.
²⁰Ninh nyei wuonh zaang bun ndau-ndiev nyei wuom mbeux cuotv,
bun lungh⚓ maaih mbiungc-suiv ndiepv njiec.
²¹Yie nyei dorn aah! Meih oix zuqc goux jienv cong-mengh caux haih samx duqv cuotv nyei jauv.
Maiv dungx bun naaiv deix i nyungc leih nqoi meih nyei m'zing-ndaangc.
²²I nyungc ziouc bun meih ziangh duqv maengc ndaauv,
yaac beiv dangh jaang nzueic nyei ga'naaiv.
²³Meih ziouc baengh orn nyei gan meih nyei jauv yangh,
meih nyei zaux yaac maiv ndiqv zuqc ndorpc.
²⁴Meih bueix njiec nyei ziangh hoc maiv dungx gamh nziex,
meih bueix njiec, meih ziouc m'njormh duqv kuv.
²⁵Liemh zeih zuqc heiv sic maiv dungx gamh nziex,
orqv mienh zuqc baaic waaic, maiv dungx gamh nziex.
²⁶Weic zuqc Ziouv zoux meih kaux nyei dorngx,
ninh oix goux jienv maiv bun meih nyei zaux caaiv zuqc hlaang hlopv.
²⁷Meih maaih banh zeic tengx mienh nyei ziangh hoc,
maiv dungx ngaengc zoux longx nyei sic bun qiemx zuqc tengx nyei mienh.
²⁸Se gorngv meih ih zanc maaih jienv gaux tengx mienh nyei,
maiv dungx gorngv mbuox juangc laangz mienh,
“Mingh aqv, aengx daaih nzunc. Njang hnoi yie m'daaih bun meih.”
²⁹Maiv dungx daav za'eix hoic juangc laangz mienh,
ninh yiem meih ga'hlen bungx hnyouv meih.
³⁰Se gorngv mienh maiv zoux haaix nyungc bun meih
yaac maiv maaih haaix nyungc gorn-baengx, maiv dungx caux ninh nzaeng.
³¹Maiv dungx mueic jieqv mienh doqc mienh,
maiv dungx ginv ninh nyei haaix diuh jauv.
³²Ziouv youx haic buv longh buv dangv nyei mienh,
mv baac ninh caux hnyouv zingx nyei mienh zuoqc haic.
³³Ziouv zioux orqv mienh nyei jaa-dingh,⚓
mv baac Ziouv ceix fuqv bun kuv mienh yiem nyei dorngx.
³⁴Ninh huotv zoux maux huotv mienh nyei mienh,
mv baac ninh ceix en bun nyiemc ganh zoux faix nyei mienh.⚓
³⁵Cong-mengh mienh duqv⚓ mienh taaih,
mv baac mienh hngongx mienh zungv zuqc mienh mangc piex.

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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

¹My son, do not forget my teaching,
but keep my commands in your heart,
²for they will prolong your life many years
and bring you peace and prosperity.

³Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.

⁵Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
⁶in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.⚓

⁷Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and shun evil.
⁸This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.

⁹Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops;
¹⁰then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.

¹¹My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
and do not resent his rebuke,
¹²because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.⚓

¹³Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding,
¹⁴for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.
¹⁵She is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
¹⁶Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.
¹⁷Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.
¹⁸She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;
those who hold her fast will be blessed.

¹⁹By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations,
by understanding he set the heavens in place;
²⁰by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,
and the clouds let drop the dew.

²¹My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,
preserve sound judgment and discretion;
²²they will be life for you,
an ornament to grace your neck.
²³Then you will go on your way in safety,
and your foot will not stumble.
²⁴When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
²⁵Have no fear of sudden disaster
or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
²⁶for the Lord will be at your side
and will keep your foot from being snared.

²⁷Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to act.
²⁸Do not say to your neighbor,
“Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
when you already have it with you.
²⁹Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
who lives trustfully near you.
³⁰Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
when they have done you no harm.

³¹Do not envy the violent
or choose any of their ways.

³²For the Lord detests the perverse
but takes the upright into his confidence.
³³The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the home of the righteous.
³⁴He mocks proud mockers
but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.
³⁵The wise inherit honor,
but fools get only shame.