1Tuite tungah na tanghou paiin: ni tampi nunga mukhe ding lah na hi ngala.
1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2Sagih kiangah tantuan piain, ahi, giat ngei kiangah; leltunga bang gilou hongom ding ahia chih lah na thei ngal keia.
2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3Meipite vuaha a dim leh, leitungah a kihihawngthawl uh: huan sim lama sing a puk leh, hiam mal lamah, a pukna mun ah, huailaiah a om ding.
3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4Huih ngeingaihmiin a tuh kei dinga; meipi limsakmiin a la kei ding.
4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
5Huih lampi hiam, amah nau toh omna gil sunga guhte bang hongchikhan uh ahia chih na theih louh bangin; bangteng hihpa Pathian thilhih na theikei hi.
5As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
6Jingsangin na chi tuh inla, nitakin na khut ton maimah ken: koipen honglohching ding ahia, hiai hia huai hia, ahihkeileh honghoih tuaktuak ding uhia chih lah na thei ngal kei a.
6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7Diktakin khovak a nuama, mitte adia ni muh thil nuam tak ahi.
7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
8A hi, mi kum tampi a dama leh, huaite tengteng ah kipah hen; himahleh khomial hunte theigige hen, tampi pha ding uh lah ahi ngala. A hongom tengteng bangmahlou ahi.
8But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
9Aw tangval, na tuailaiin kipakin: na tuailai nite ah na lungtangin honkipak sak hen, na lungtang lampite ah leh, na mitte muhin omin: himahleh hiai thilte tengteng jiakin Pathianin nang vaihawmnaa honpi ding ahi chih theiin.Huaijiakin na lungtang akipan lungkhamna suan khia inla, na sa akipan gilou koih mangin: tuailaina leh khan lutlai lah bangmahlou ahi ngala.
9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
10Huaijiakin na lungtang akipan lungkhamna suan khia inla, na sa akipan gilou koih mangin: tuailaina leh khan lutlai lah bangmahlou ahi ngala.
10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.