Patukkung 11
1 Tui nuiah takaw to va ah, ni akra parai pacoengah na hnu let tih.
Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again.
2 Kami sarihto khae khue ah na ai, tazetto hanah doeh paek ah; long nuiah kawbaktih sethaih maw pha tih, tiah na panoek ai.
Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.
3 Tamai loe khotui hoiah koi naah ni, long ah kho angzoh; thing loe aluek bangah maw, to tih ai boeh loe aloih bangah maw, amtim cadoeh, amtimhaih ahmuen ah ni oh.
If the clouds have been filled, they will pour forth rain upon the earth. If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, or to whatever direction it may fall, there it shall remain.
4 Takhi khen kami loe patii mak ai, tamai khen kami doeh aat mak ai.
Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.
5 Takhi caehhaih loklam to na panoek ai, amno zokthung ah nawkta ih ahuh kawbangmaw qoeng tahang, tito na panoek ai; to baktih toengah hmuen boih Sahkung Sithaw toksakhaih to na panoek ai.
In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.
6 Khawnthaw ah cangtii tuh ah, duembang ah doeh na ban to pakhuem duem hmah; kawbaktih maw atho om tih, kawbaktih maw atho om mak ai, to tih ai boeh loe atho om hoi hmaek tih maw, tito na panoek ai.
In the morning, sow your seed, and in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.
7 Tangtang ni ni aengh loe luep, ni aengh hnuk naah mik hanah anghoehaih to oh.
Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
8 Kami loe saning sawk ah hing moe, hmuen boih ah anghoehaih tawn cadoeh, vinghaih aninawk to poek nasoe; to aninawk loe sawk parai tih. Angzo han koi hmuennawk boih loe azom pui ni.
If a man lives for many years, and if he has rejoiced in all of these, he must remember the many days of the dark times, which, when they will have arrived, will accuse the past of vanity.
9 Aw thendoeng, tha oh nathuem ah anghoe ah; tha oh thuem naah na palung to anghoe nasoe, na palung mah koeh ih loklam baktih, na mik mah hnuk ih loklam baktiah caeh ah; toe hae hmuennawk boih pongah Sithaw mah lok na caek tih, tito panoek ah.
So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.
10 To pongah palung na sethaih to takhoe ah loe, na takpum pong ih sethaih to va ah; saning nawkhaih hoi qoeng thuemhaih doeh azom pui ah ni oh.
Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.
