Thuituen 11
1 Na buh te tui hman ah tueih lamtah a khohnin a cungkuem phoeiah na hmuh bitni.
Cast thy bread upon the face of the waters; for after many days wilt thou 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.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil may come upon the earth.—
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 be full of rain, they will empty it out upon the earth; and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, on the place where the tree falleth, there will it remain.
4 Khohli aka dawn loh soem pawt vetih khomai dongkah aka so loh at mahpawh.
He that watcheth the wind will not sow; and he that gazeth on the clouds will not 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 thou knowest not which is the way of the wind, as little as what is enclosed in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou canst not know the works of God who maketh all.
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.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thy hand rest; for thou knowest not which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both of them will be alike good.
7 Vangnah he didip pai tih khomik a hmuh te mik hamla then.
Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for 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.
For if a man live [even] many years, let him rejoice in them all; and let him remember the days of darkness; for they will be many; all that cometh is vanity.
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, in thy childhood; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youthful vigor, and walk firmly in the ways of thy heart, and in [the direction which] thy eyes see: but know thou, that concerning all these things God will bring thee into 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.
And remove vexation from thy heart, and cause evil to pass away from thy body; for childhood and the time when the head is black are vanity.
