1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
1Hiai tengteng lah ka lungtangin ka vei ngala, hiai tengteng zongkhe dingin; mi diktatte, leh mi pilte leh a thilhihte uh Pathian khut ah a om ahi chih: itna ahi hia, muhdahna, mihingin a theikei; a ma uah a vekin a om hi.
2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
2Thil tengteng kibangin a vek ua kiangah a hongoma: mi diktatte leh mi giloute tungah tanchin khat a om hi; mi hoih kianga leh mi siang kianga leh mi sianglou kiangah; kithoih mi kiang leh kithoih lou mi kiangah: mi hoih a om bangin, mikhial a oma; a kichiampa, thuchiam kihtapa bangin.
3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
3Ni nuaiah hiha om tengteng ah hiai gilou ahi, bangteng tunga tanchin khat om: ahi nalaia, mite tapate lungtang gilouin a dima, a dam lai uh a lungtang uah lungsimkimlouna a om, huai nungin misite kiangah a pai uh.
4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
4Amah hinglaite tengteng toh kizoma om adingin lah lametna a om ngala: humpinelkai sisa sangin ui hinglai lah a hoihzo ngala.
5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
5Mihingteng a si ding uh chih la a thei ngal ua: himahleh misiin thil himhim a theikei, kipahman leng a neita kei uhi; amaute theihgigena lah a kimanghilha.
6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
6A itna uh bangin, a muhdahna u leh a enna uh tuin a mangtaa; ni nuaia hiha om thil himhim ah khantawnin tantuan a nei nawnta kei uhi.
7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
7Pai inla, nuamsakna toh na tanghou ne inla, lungtang kipak tohin na uain dawnin: Pathianin lah na thilhihte a sang khinta ngala.
8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
8Na puansilhte ngou gigein om hen; huan na luin nilhtheih tasam kei hen.
9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
9Na bangmahlou damsung ni tengtenga na it ji kiangah kipak takin om inla, huai aman ni nuaia a honpiak, na bangmahlou ni tengtengin: huai lah damsungin na tantuan ahi ngala, ni nuaia na sepgimnaa na sepgimna ah.
10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
10Na khutin hih ding bangpeuh a muh na theihtawpin hihin; na paina lam han sungah lah, nasep hiam, thilngahtuah hiam, theihna hiam, pilna hiam lah a om nal kei a.
11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
11Na kiheia, kitaitehna kinte ading ahi keia, galdouna hatte ading ahi tuan kei chih ka mu hi, tanghou leng pilte ading, hauhsakna leng theisiam mite ading, deihsakna khutsiamte ading hi tuan lou; himahleh hun leh phat amaute tengteng tungah a hongom sek hi.
12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
12Mihingin lah a hun leng a thei ngal keia: ngasate len gilou-a a kiman bang leh, vasate thanga a awk uh bangin, huchibangin mite tapate, amau tunga thakhata a hongtun guih laiin, hun gilou-a matin a om uhi.
13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
13Hichibangin pilna leng ni nuaiah ka mu a, ka kiangah thupiin a kilanga:
14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
14Khopi lianlou a oma, a sungah mi tawmchik; huan kumpipa thupiin a hongsiama, a laa, a douna dingin sepaih nasep thupi tak a bawla:
15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
15Huchiin huaiah mi pil genthei khat a om, a pilnain khopi a hunkhiaa; himahleh kuamahin hiai migenthei mah a theigige kei uh.
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
16Huan, ken, Hatna sangin pilna a hoihjaw; mi genthei pilna muhsitin a oma, a thute ngaihkhiaksakin a om kei, ka chi.
17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
17Mihaite laka vaihawmmi kikou sang in awla mi pil thugente a kiza jaw hi.Kidouna galvante sangin pilna ahoihjaw; himahleh mikhial khatin hoih tampi a hihsia hi.
18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
18Kidouna galvante sangin pilna ahoihjaw; himahleh mikhial khatin hoih tampi a hihsia hi.