1Ni nuaia ka muh gilou a oma, mite tungah a gik hi:
1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
2Mi Pathianin hausakna leh neihzohna leh, zahna a piaka, huchi-a a deihpeuha a kha adia bangmah taksap nei het lou-a, a hihhanga huaia ne dinga Pathianin thilhihtheihna a piak louha, mikhualin a nek jawkna: hiai bangmah lou ahi a, gilou natna ahi.
2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3Mihingin ta za khat suang henla, kum tampi damin a kumte nite tampi pha leh, a kha lah hoihin dim kei ngalin, kivuina neikei ngal leh; amah dingin a hun lou-a pian a hoihjaw ka chi ahi:
3If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
4Bangmahlou ah lah a hong hi-a, khomial ah a pai manga, huaia min khomialin a khuh hi;
4For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
5Huailouin ni a mu keia theih leng a theikei; hiaiin a dang sangin a khawlna a neia:
5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
6A hi, kum sang khat gen tuan dam mahleh, hoih nuam a sak pih tuan kei: bang teng mun khat ah a pai kei umaw?
6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7Mihing sepgimna tengteng a kam ading ahi a, himahleh a gilkialna a dim tuan kei.
7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8Mi hai sangin mipilin bang phatuamna a nei aleh? Ahihkeileh, mihing maa omdan thei, mi gentheiin bang a neia?
8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9Lunggulhna tamvak sangin mitte muh a hoihjaw hi: hiai leng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi.
9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10A naomkhinsa bangpeuh, sawtpi-a huai a min piaksa ahi, huan mihing ahi chih theih ahi: amah sanga hatjaw amah toh leng a kisual theikei ding hi.
10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11Thil tampi bangmahlou pungsak a om ding chih theiin, mihing bang a hoih tuana?A damsung bangmahlou limliap banga a sukbei tengteng, a damsangin mihing adinga hoih kuan a thei aleh? Ni nuaiah amah nungin bang a om dia chih kuan mihing a hilh theia ahia?
11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12A damsung bangmahlou limliap banga a sukbei tengteng, a damsangin mihing adinga hoih kuan a thei aleh? Ni nuaiah amah nungin bang a om dia chih kuan mihing a hilh theia ahia?
12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?