1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
1Pathian ina na hoh chiangin na khepek kemin; za dinga pai lah mihaite kithoihna piak sangin a hoihzo ngala: gilou a hih uh chih lah a thei ngal kei ua.
2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
2Kam lawp kenla, Pathian maa thil himhim gen dingin na lungtang lawptawp kei hen; Pathian lah van ah a om a, nang lah leitungah na om ngala: huaijiakin na thute tawmsakin.
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
3Mang lah thu leh la tampi toh ahongoma; huan mihai aw thu tampi toh.
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
4Pathian laka thuchiam na chiam chiangin, pe dingin hal ken; mihaite tungah lah kipahna a nei ngal keia: na thuchiam pen piain.
5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
5Na chiama na piak louh sangin, na chiamlouh a hoihjaw hi.
6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
6Na kamin na sa thil a hihkhelh sak phal ken: angel maah leng, a dikkei chi sam ken: bangdingin na aw ah Pathianin a hehin, na khut nasep a hihse dia?
7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
7Huchibangin mangte tamna ah bangmahloute a tam thu tampite jiakin siatna hongom ngal naka: himahleh nangjaw Pathian kihta in.
8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
8Gentheite nuaisiahna leh, hiamgamnain bial sungah vaihawmna leh diktatna a lamang chih na muh leh, huai thu lamdang sa ken: sang sanga sangjaw khatin lah a limsak ngala; huan amau sanga sang om ahi.
9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
9Huailouin leia punna bangteng ading ahi: kumpipa ngei leng loumain a na a sepsak hi.
10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
10Kuapeuh dangka deihta dangkain a lungkim kei ding; kuapeuh hauhsakna punna deihta leng: hiai leng bangmahlou ahi.
11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
11Van a khan chiangin, amau nete a khang uh; huan huai neimi adingin bang phattuamna a oma, a mittea huaite et chihngallouh?
12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
12Ne tawmin ne tam leh, semgim mi ihmut a lima; himahleh mihausa vahnain amah a ihmu sak kei hi.
13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
13Ni nuaia gilou hoihhetlou ka muh a oma, huai tuh, hauhsakna a neipan amah siatna dia a kep:
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
14Huan huai hauhsaknate thuakna gilouin a mangthang hi; huan tapa a suan leh, a khut ah bangmah a om kei.
15As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
15A nu gil akipana a hongpai leh, vuaktangin a pai nawn ding a hongpai bangin, a sepgimna, a khuta a puak mang theih, adingin bangmah a la kei ding hi.
16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
16Huan hiai leng gilou hoihhetlou ahi, a hongpai bang dan tengtengin, hichibangin a pai dinga: huih adinga a sepgimnaah bang punna a nei a?
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
17A damsung tengin khomial ah an a nea, huan nakpi taka hih buaiin a oma, chinatna leh thangpaihna a nei hi.
18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
18Ngaiin, hoih leh kilawm hia ka muh min Pathianin amah a piak a damsung tenga a neka, a dawna, ni nuaia a sepgimnaa sepgimna tengtenga hoih nuam a sakpiha, huai tuh ahi: hiai lah a tantuan ahi ngala.
19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
19Mi chiteng leng amah kianga Pathianin hausakna leh neihzohna a piak, huaia nek theihna a piaka, a tantuan la ding leh a sepgimnaa kipak dingin; hiai Pathian thilpiak ahi.A dam lai nite lah a theigige lo kei dinga; a lungtang kipahnaa Pathianin amah a dawn jiakin.
20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
20A dam lai nite lah a theigige lo kei dinga; a lungtang kipahnaa Pathianin amah a dawn jiakin.