1I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.
1Ka lungtangin, Kisain, vualnopnain ka honentel dia; huaijiakin nuambawlnaah bualin; huan, ngaiin, hiai leng bangmahlou ahi, ka chi a.
2I said of laughter, “It is foolishness”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
2Nuihzatna thuah, Hai ahi: vualnopna thu ah, Bang a hiha? ka chi a.
3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
3A damsung ua mite tapaten a hih ding uh bang ahia hoih ka muh theih matan, ka lungtangin pilna kei honpi kawmin, uaiina ka sa kipahsakdan leh, haina let chintendan ka lungtangin ka zonga.
4I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
4Na sepna thupi ka bawla; inte ka kilama;
5I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
5Grep huante ka kibawla; huante leh gamsitte ka kibawla, huaiteah thei chi chih ka suana:
6I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.
6Gammang singte khoihna hihkawt dingin, tui lite ka kibawla.
7I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
7Pasal sikhate leh numei sikhate ka leia, ka insungah sikha te a piang ua; belamhon leh bawnghon leng ka haua, Jerusalema ka maa omte tengteng sangin:
8I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
8Dangka leh dangkaeng leng, bialte akipan leh kumpipate akipan gou lamdang ka ki lak khawma: pasal lasamite leh numei lasamite, mite tapa kipahna, a tama tam meite ka kineiha.
9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
9Huchiin Jerusalema ka maa omte tengteng sangin ka thupiin, ka pung jaw a: ka pilna leng ka kiangah a om gige a.
10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
10Huan, bangpeuhmah ka mitin a lunggulh amau ka it kei hi: nuamsakna himhim akipanin ka lungtang ka len kei, ka sepgimnate tengteng jiakin ka lungtang lah a kipak ngala; huan hiai tuh ka sepgimna tengteng akipan ka tantuan ahi.
11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
11Huchiin ka khutten a bawl uh nasepte tengteng ka vela, semgima ka hih nasep gimna tengteng: huan, ngaiin, bangteng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi a, ni nuaiah bangmah phattuamna a om kei hi.
12I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
12Huan pilna leh lungsimkimlouhna leh haina en dingin ka kiheia: kumpipa nunga hongpai mihingin bang hih thei ding ahia? a kihihkhinsa mahmah leng.
13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
13Huchiin, khovakin khomial a khen dandanin, pilnain haina a kheng ahi chih ka muta hi.
14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
14Mi pil mitte a lutang ah a om, huan mi hai khomial ah a vak hi: huchi hinapiin lah thu khat mi tengteng kiangah a tung a;
15Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
15Huai laiin ka lungtangin, Mi haite kianga a hongom bangin, huchibangin kei kiangah leng a hongom ding; a hihleh bangdinga kei piljaw ka hia? ka chi a. Huan, ka lungtangin hiai mah leng bangmahlou ahi, ka chita hi.
16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
16Mi pil, mi hai bangmaha, theihgigena lah khantawnin a om ngal keia: tunung chiangin a vek ua mangngilh khit ahi ding uh chih theiin. Huan bangchi-a mi hai banga mi pil si ahia?
17So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
17Huchiin hinna ka huaa; ni nuaia bawl thilhih keia dinga a haksat jiakin: bangteng lah bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi ngala.
18I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
18Huan, ni nuaia ka sepgim ka sepgimna tengteng ka huaa: ka nunga hongom ding mi kianga ka nutsiat ngei ding ahi chih theiin.
19Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
19Huan, kuan ahia mipil hia a hihkeileh mihai hia a honghih ding thei? ka sepgimna tengtenga ka sepgimna tungah thu a nei dinga, ni nuaia pilna ka etsakna ah. Hiai leng bangmahlou ahi.
20Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
20Huaijiakin ni nuaia sepgimna tengteng ka nabawltak tungtang thu-a ka lungtang lungdong sak dingin ka kipumhei hi.
21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
21Mi a sepgimna pilna leh, theihna leh, kivakna toh om lah a om ngala: himahleh huaia semgim lou mi kiangah a tantuan dinga nutsiahin a om ding hi. Hiai leng bangmahlou leh gilou lianpi ahi.
22For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
22Ni nuaia a sepgimna tengteng akipan leh, a lungtanga a kisukna tengteng akipan mihingin bang a neia ahia leh?
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
23A nite tengteng ahi lungkhamna lel ahi ngala, a thuakna dahna; ahi, jan nangawnin a lungtang a khawl kei hi. Hiai leng bangmahlou ahi.
24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
24Mihing adinga a neka a dawna, a sepgimnaa thilhoiha a kha a bualsak vala hoihjaw bangmah a om kei hi. Hiai leng ka theia, Pathian khut akipan om ahi.
25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
25Kei sangin, kuan ahia ne theia, a hihkeileh kuan ahia nuamsakna nei jaw?Amah hihlungkim mi kiangah Pathianin pilna leh, theihna leh nuamsakna a pe ngala: himahleh mikhial kiangah, gimthuakna a pia hi, lakhawm ding leh khawl khawm dingin, huchi-a kuapeuh Pathian hihlungkim kianga a piak theihna dingin, Hiai leng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi.
26For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
26Amah hihlungkim mi kiangah Pathianin pilna leh, theihna leh nuamsakna a pe ngala: himahleh mikhial kiangah, gimthuakna a pia hi, lakhawm ding leh khawl khawm dingin, huchi-a kuapeuh Pathian hihlungkim kianga a piak theihna dingin, Hiai leng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi.