1Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
1Tuite tungah na tanghou paiin: ni tampi nunga mukhe ding lah na hi ngala.
2Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
2Sagih kiangah tantuan piain, ahi, giat ngei kiangah; leltunga bang gilou hongom ding ahia chih lah na thei ngal keia.
3If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
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.
4He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
4Huih ngeingaihmiin a tuh kei dinga; meipi limsakmiin a la kei ding.
5As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.
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.
6In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
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.
7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.
7Diktakin khovak a nuama, mitte adia ni muh thil nuam tak ahi.
8Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
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.
9Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
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.
10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
10Huaijiakin na lungtang akipan lungkhamna suan khia inla, na sa akipan gilou koih mangin: tuailaina leh khan lutlai lah bangmahlou ahi ngala.