1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
1Huchiin ka kiheia ni nuaia nuaisiahna hiha om tengteng ka mu a: huan ngaiin, huchibanga nuaisiaha omte, lungmuanpa neiloute; huan amau nuaisiahte lamah thilhihtheihna a oma, himahleh lungmuanpa a neikei uh.
2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
2Huaijiakin misite a sikhinsate a damlai dama om laite sangin ka phat jaw:
3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
3A hi, a om khinsa nailou, ni nuaia nasep gilou hiha om mu khinsa nailoumi amau sangin ka ngaithupi jaw hi.
4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
4Huchiin sepgimna leh nasep siamna tengteng, hiai jiaka mihing a inveng hajata omna ka muta hi. Hiai leng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi.
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
5Mihaiin a bante a khep khawma, amah sa a ne hi.
6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
6Khut dim nih sepgimna leh huih nungdelhna sangin, lungmuanna toh khut dim khat a hoihjaw hi.
7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
7Huchiin ka kiheia ni nuaia bangmahlou ka mu hi.
8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
8Amah kiaa om khat ka mu a, nihna a neikeia; ahi, tapa a neikei, sanggampa leng a neikei; hinapiin lah a sepgim tawpna a om keia, hauhsaknain a mitte leng a lungkim tuan kei hi. Kua adia semgima, ka kha hoih tansak ka hia? a chi a. Hiai leng bangmahlou ahi, ahi, nakpi-a gimthuakna ahi.
9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
9Khat sangin nih a hoihjaw; a sepgimna ua dinga kipahman hoih a neih jiak un.
10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
10Puk le uh, khatin a lawm phong ding a hih jiakin: himahleh a puk chianga amah kiaa oma, amah phong ding midang neilou tung a gik hi.
11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
11Huailouin, nih a lup khawm un, lumna a thei uh: himahleh khat kia bangchiin a lum thei dia?
12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
12Huan, mi khatin amah kiaa ompen zou leh, nihin amah a dou ding ua; huan khau zang guka hek a kitat mengmeng kei.
13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
13Kumpipate leh hai, thuhilhna sang thei nawn lou sangin tuailai genthei leh pil a hoihjaw hi.
14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
14Suangkulh akipana kumpipa hi dinga hongpai khia lah a hingala; ahi, amah gam mahmaha gentheisaa piang ahi.
15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
15Ni nuaia vaka hing tengteng, tuailaite toh a om uh a hih leh, a nihna, a munah a ding chih ka muta hi.Mi tengteng, a amaute tunga a omna mahmah, bei chih a om keia: hinapiinlah tunung chia hongom dingte amahah a kipak kei ding uh. Chihtaktakin hiai leng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi.
16There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
16Mi tengteng, a amaute tunga a omna mahmah, bei chih a om keia: hinapiinlah tunung chia hongom dingte amahah a kipak kei ding uh. Chihtaktakin hiai leng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi.