1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
1Ni nuaia ka muh gilou a oma, mite tungah a gik hi:
2a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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.
3If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:
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:
4for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.
4Bangmahlou ah lah a hong hi-a, khomial ah a pai manga, huaia min khomialin a khuh hi;
5Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
5Huailouin ni a mu keia theih leng a theikei; hiaiin a dang sangin a khawlna a neia:
6Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?
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?
7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
7Mihing sepgimna tengteng a kam ading ahi a, himahleh a gilkialna a dim tuan kei.
8For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
8Mi hai sangin mipilin bang phatuamna a nei aleh? Ahihkeileh, mihing maa omdan thei, mi gentheiin bang a neia?
9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
9Lunggulhna tamvak sangin mitte muh a hoihjaw hi: hiai leng bangmahlou leh huih nungdelh ahi.
10Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
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.
11For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
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?
12For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
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?