Thuituen 6
1 Khomik hmuiah ka hmuh he boethae la om tih te te hlang soah yet coeng.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is abundant with man:
2 Pathen loh hlang te a taengah khuehtawn, koeva, neh thangpomnah a paek. Te dongah a ngaidam boeih khui lamloh a hinglu te talh pawh. Tedae te te a caak hamla Pathen loh anih a taemrhai sak moenih. Te te kholong hlang a cah he a honghi neh tloh thae ni.
a man to whom God shall give wealth, and substance, and honour, and he wants nothing for his soul of all things that he shall desire, yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, for a stranger shall devour it: this is vanity, and an evil infirmity.
3 Hlang long he yakhat a sak tih kum a yet a hing mai khaming, a kum khohnin khaw muep lo mai khaming. Tedae a hinglu loh hnothen te cung pawt tih phuel ah khaw amah taengah a om pah moenih. Anih lakah aka rhumpu te then lah ka ti.
If a man beget a hundred [children], and live many years, yea, however abundant the days of his years shall be, yet [if] his soul shall not be satisfied with good, and also he have no burial; I said, An untimely birth is better than he.
4 Anih te a honghi la ha thoeng tih a hmuep ah a caeh dongah a ming khaw a hmuep ah a vuei pah.
For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered in darkness.
5 Khomik hmu pawt mai cakhaw mongnah he tah a tloe loh anih lakah a ming moenih.
Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known rest: there is [no more rest] to this one than another.
6 Kum thawngkhat a rhaep la hing sitoe cakhaw hnothen a hmuh hae moenih. Hmuen pakhat la boeih a caeh moenih a?
Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7 Hlang kah thakthaenah boeih he a ka ham ni. Tedae a hinglu khaw a cung tlaih moenih.
All the labour of a man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite shall not be satisfied.
8 Aka ang lakah aka cueih taengah balae a hoeikhang? Mulhing taengah aka pongpa mangdaeng te balae a ming?
For [what] advantage has the wise man over the fool, since [even] the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?
9 Hinglu a van lakah tah mik kah a hmuethma he then. He khaw a honghi neh khohli doinah mai ni.
The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.
10 Mebang khaw aka om coeng te tah a ming oepsoeh la a sui dongah hlang he amah ah ming uh coeng. Tedae amah lakah thaom neh aka khulae taengah tah laitloek ham a noeng moenih.
If anything has been, its name has already been called: and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he.
11 Ol muep a lo vaengah a honghi khaw ping tih hlang hamla balae a hoeikhang?
For there are many things which increase vanity.
12 Hingnah khohnin tarhing kah hingnah dongah a honghi neh khokhawn bangla a khum te hlang hamla metla a then khaw unim aka ming? Khomik hmuiah anih hnukla aka om te hlang taengah ulong a thui thai?
What advantage has a man? for who knows [what is] good for a man in his life, [during] the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
