¹I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

¹Ka lungtangin, Kisain, vualnopnain ka honentel dia; huaijiakin nuambawlnaah bualin; huan, ngaiin, hiai leng bangmahlou ahi, ka chi a.

²I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

²Nuihzatna thuah, Hai ahi: vualnopna thu ah, Bang a hiha? ka chi a.

³I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

³A damsung ua mite tapaten a hih ding uh bang ahia hoih ka muh theih matan, ka lungtangin pilna kei honpi kawmin, uaiina ka sa kipahsakdan leh, haina let chintendan ka lungtangin ka zonga.

⁴I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

⁴Na sepna thupi ka bawla; inte ka kilama;

⁵I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

⁵Grep huante ka kibawla; huante leh gamsitte ka kibawla, huaiteah thei chi chih ka suana:

⁶I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

⁶Gammang singte khoihna hihkawt dingin, tui lite ka kibawla.

⁷I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

⁷Pasal sikhate leh numei sikhate ka leia, ka insungah sikha te a piang ua; belamhon leh bawnghon leng ka haua, Jerusalema ka maa omte tengteng sangin:

⁸I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

⁸Dangka leh dangkaeng leng, bialte akipan leh kumpipate akipan gou lamdang ka ki lak khawma: pasal lasamite leh numei lasamite, mite tapa kipahna, a tama tam meite ka kineiha.

⁹So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

⁹Huchiin Jerusalema ka maa omte tengteng sangin ka thupiin, ka pung jaw a: ka pilna leng ka kiangah a om gige a.

¹⁰And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

¹⁰Huan, bangpeuhmah ka mitin a lunggulh amau ka it kei hi: nuamsakna himhim akipanin ka lungtang ka len kei, ka sepgimnate tengteng jiakin ka lungtang lah a kipak ngala; huan hiai tuh ka sepgimna tengteng akipan ka tantuan ahi.

¹¹Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

¹¹Huchiin ka khutten a bawl uh nasepte tengteng ka vela, semgima ka hih nasep gimna tengteng: huan, ngaiin, bangteng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi a, ni nuaiah bangmah phattuamna a om kei hi.

¹²And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

¹²Huan pilna leh lungsimkimlouhna leh haina en dingin ka kiheia: kumpipa nunga hongpai mihingin bang hih thei ding ahia? a kihihkhinsa mahmah leng.

¹³Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

¹³Huchiin, khovakin khomial a khen dandanin, pilnain haina a kheng ahi chih ka muta hi.

¹⁴The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

¹⁴Mi pil mitte a lutang ah a om, huan mi hai khomial ah a vak hi: huchi hinapiin lah thu khat mi tengteng kiangah a tung a;

¹⁵Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

¹⁵Huai laiin ka lungtangin, Mi haite kianga a hongom bangin, huchibangin kei kiangah leng a hongom ding; a hihleh bangdinga kei piljaw ka hia? ka chi a. Huan, ka lungtangin hiai mah leng bangmahlou ahi, ka chita hi.

¹⁶For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

¹⁶Mi pil, mi hai bangmaha, theihgigena lah khantawnin a om ngal keia: tunung chiangin a vek ua mangngilh khit ahi ding uh chih theiin. Huan bangchi-a mi hai banga mi pil si ahia?

¹⁷Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

¹⁷Huchiin hinna ka huaa; ni nuaia bawl thilhih keia dinga a haksat jiakin: bangteng lah bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi ngala.

¹⁸Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

¹⁸Huan, ni nuaia ka sepgim ka sepgimna tengteng ka huaa: ka nunga hongom ding mi kianga ka nutsiat ngei ding ahi chih theiin.

¹⁹And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

¹⁹Huan, kuan ahia mipil hia a hihkeileh mihai hia a honghih ding thei? ka sepgimna tengtenga ka sepgimna tungah thu a nei dinga, ni nuaia pilna ka etsakna ah. Hiai leng bangmahlou ahi.

²⁰Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

²⁰Huaijiakin ni nuaia sepgimna tengteng ka nabawltak tungtang thu-a ka lungtang lungdong sak dingin ka kipumhei hi.

²¹For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

²¹Mi a sepgimna pilna leh, theihna leh, kivakna toh om lah a om ngala: himahleh huaia semgim lou mi kiangah a tantuan dinga nutsiahin a om ding hi. Hiai leng bangmahlou leh gilou lianpi ahi.

²²For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

²²Ni nuaia a sepgimna tengteng akipan leh, a lungtanga a kisukna tengteng akipan mihingin bang a neia ahia leh?

²³For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

²³A nite tengteng ahi lungkhamna lel ahi ngala, a thuakna dahna; ahi, jan nangawnin a lungtang a khawl kei hi. Hiai leng bangmahlou ahi.

²⁴There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

²⁴Mihing adinga a neka a dawna, a sepgimnaa thilhoiha a kha a bualsak vala hoihjaw bangmah a om kei hi. Hiai leng ka theia, Pathian khut akipan om ahi.

²⁵For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

²⁵Kei sangin, kuan ahia ne theia, a hihkeileh kuan ahia nuamsakna nei jaw?Amah hihlungkim mi kiangah Pathianin pilna leh, theihna leh nuamsakna a pe ngala: himahleh mikhial kiangah, gimthuakna a pia hi, lakhawm ding leh khawl khawm dingin, huchi-a kuapeuh Pathian hihlungkim kianga a piak theihna dingin, Hiai leng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi.

²⁶For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

²⁶Amah hihlungkim mi kiangah Pathianin pilna leh, theihna leh nuamsakna a pe ngala: himahleh mikhial kiangah, gimthuakna a pia hi, lakhawm ding leh khawl khawm dingin, huchi-a kuapeuh Pathian hihlungkim kianga a piak theihna dingin, Hiai leng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi.