Thuituen 11
1 Na buh te tui hman ah tueih lamtah a khohnin a cungkuem phoeiah na hmuh bitni.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2 Parhih taeng neh parhet taengah khaw hamsum te pae lamtah khohmuen ah mebang yoethae a pai ham khaw na ming moenih.
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
3 Khomai a thah atah diklai ah khonal nam tih thing te tuithim lam khaw, tlangpuei lam khaw cungku. Thing a cungku nah hmuen ah pahoi yalh.
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4 Khohli aka dawn loh soem pawt vetih khomai dongkah aka so loh at mahpawh.
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
5 Khohli kah longpuei neh bungko khuikah rhuh a bae te khaw na ming pawt bangla, cungkuem aka saii Pathen kah bibi te na ming van moenih.
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
6 Na cangti te mincang ah tuh lamtah hlaem ah khaw na kut te duem sak boeh. Heben hebang ah metla a khui he khaw na ming moenih. Te rhoi te vanat la then ngawn.
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
7 Vangnah he didip pai tih khomik a hmuh te mik hamla then.
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8 Hlang he kum a yet a hing van atah a cungkuem dongah a kohoe saeh. Tedae hmaisuep kah khohnin te poek saeh. Aka thoeng ham boeih he a honghi la muep om pueng ni.
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
9 Na tongpang oila vaengah na kohoe sak lamtah na cacawn tue vaengah na lungbuei na voelphoeng sak mako. Na lungbuei kah khosing neh na mik kah hmuhnah dongah pongpa ngawn. Tedae te boeih ham te Pathen loh laitloeknah khuila nang n'khuen ni tila ming.
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. 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 to judgment.
10 Te dongah konoinah te na lungbuei lamloh khoe lamtah boethae khaw na pum lamloh pit laeh. Oila neh cavaa khaw a honghi mai ni.
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
