Thuituen 7
1 A ming te tah situi then lakah ah then tih dueknah hnin he a cun khohnin lakah then.
A good name is better than costly perfume, and the day of death is better than the day of birth.
2 Nguekcoinah im la caeh te buhkoknah im la caeh lakah then. He tah hlang boeih kah a bawtnah coeng tih aka hing loh a lungbuei ah dueh saeh.
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, for mourning comes to all people at the end of life, so living people must take this to heart.
3 Konoinah he nueihbu lakah then. Maelhmai thaenah long ni lungbuei a voelphoeng sak.
Grief is better than laughter, for after sadness of face comes gladness of heart.
4 Aka cueih kah lungbuei tah nguekcoinah im ah dae aka ang kah lungbuei tah kohoenah im ah om.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of feasting.
5 Aka cueih kah tluungnah hnatun he tah aka ang laa aka hnatun hlang lakah then.
It is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise than to listen to the song of fools.
6 Am lae kah hling ol bangla aka ang kah nueihbu khaw om. Te dongah he khaw a honghi ni.
For like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so also is the laughter of fools. This, too, is vapor.
7 Hnaemtaeknah loh hlangcueih a yan sak tih kutdoe loh lungbuei a poo sak.
Extortion certainly makes a wise man foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 Ol bawtnah he a tongnah lakah then. Aka ueh kah mueihla he aka oek kah mueihla lakah then.
Better is the end of a matter than the beginning; and the people patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.
9 Huesak hamla na mueihla neh let sak boeh. Konoinah he aka ang kah rhang dongah ni a kol.
Do not be quick to anger in your spirit, for anger resides in the hearts of fools.
10 “Balae tih hnukbuet kah a tue aka om te tahae kah lakah a then la a om?” ti boeh. Te bang te cueihnah neh na dawt moenih.
Do not say, “Why were the days of old better than these?” For it is not because of wisdom that you ask this question.
11 Cueihnah tah rho la then tih khomik aka hmu ham khaw hoeikhang.
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good. It benefits those who see the sun.
12 Cueihnah hlipkhup ah om he tangka hlipkhup kah om banghui ni. Tedae mingnah he tah rhoeikhangnah la om tih cueihnah long tah a kungmah te a hing sak.
For wisdom provides protection as money can provide protection, but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to whoever has it.
13 Pathen kah bibi te hmu lah. Amah loh a khun sak te dueng hamla aka noeng te unim?
Consider the deeds of God: Who can straighten out anything he has made crooked?
14 A then tue vaengah tah a then la om. Tedae a yoethae tue vaengkah khaw hmu. He khaw dumlai dongah Pathen loh voeivang ah a khueh. Te daengah ni hlang loh a hnukah te pakhat khaw ahmu pawt eh.
When times are good, live happily in that good, but when times are bad, consider this: God has allowed both to exist side by side. For this reason, no one will find out anything that is coming after him.
15 Kamah kah a honghi tue vaengah a cungkuem te ka hmuh. Amah kah duengnah dongah aka paltham hlang dueng om tih a boethae neh aka nguel halang khaw om.
I have seen many things in my meaningless days. There are righteous people who perish in spite of their righteousness, and there are wicked people who live a long life in spite of their evil.
16 Aka dueng koek la om boel lamtah hoeikhangnah aih ham khaw cueih boeh. Balae tih namah na phae uh?
Do not be self-righteous, wise in your own eyes. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 Muep poehlip boel lamtah lunghmang la om boeh. Balae tih namah tue pawt vaengah na duek eh?
Do not be too wicked or foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 He he na tuuk vaengah na kut te ke lamloh na hlah pawt ham then. Pathen aka rhih ham tah a cungkuem te a noeng.
It is good that you should take hold of this wisdom, and that you should not let go of righteousness. For the person who fears God will meet all his obligations.
19 Cueihnah long tah aka cueih te khopuei kah aka om boei parha lakah khaw a tanglue sak.
Wisdom is powerful in the wise man, more than ten rulers in a city.
20 Diklai hman ah hnothen a saii tih aka tholh pawh hlang dueng a om moenih.
There is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
21 Ol a thui uh boeih te khaw na lungbuei pae boeh. Te pawt koinih na sal loh namah n'tap te na ya ve.
Do not listen to every word that is spoken, because you might hear your servant curse you.
22 Namah loh hlang tloe na tap te na lungbuei loh a voei a yet khaw a ming.
Similarly, you know yourself that in your own heart you have often cursed others.
23 He boeih he cueihnah neh ka noemcai tih, “Ka cueih eh?,” ka ti dae kai lamloh lakhla laklo.
All this have I proven by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise,” but it was more than I could be.
24 Te tla a om te khaw hla coeng tih a dung lakah dung coeng. Te te aka hmu te unim?
Wisdom is far off and very deep. Who can find it?
25 Kamah neh ka lungbuei khaw, uepnah koikah halangnah neh anglatnah, lunghmangnah te ming ham neh yaam hamla, cueihnah neh poeknah tlap hamla ka maelh.
I turned my heart to learn and examine and seek wisdom and the explanations of reality, and to understand that evil is stupid and that folly is madness.
26 A lungbuei te tluum neh soh la a tung tih a kut dongah pinyennah aka khueh huta he dueknah lakah khahing la ka hmuh. Pathen mikhmuh ah aka then tah anih aeng lamloh loeih suidae aka tholh tah anih loh a tuuk ni.
I found that more bitter than death is any woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
27 So lah he, thuituenkung loh a thui bangla poeknah hmuh hamla pakhat soah pakhat ka phoel.
“Consider what I have discovered,” says the Teacher. “I have been adding one discovery to another in order to find an explanation of reality.
28 Te te ka hinglu loh a tlap pueng dae ka hmuh moenih. Thawngkhat khuiah tongpa pakhat ka hmuh dae te boeih lakli ah huta ka hmuh moenih.
This is what I am still looking for, but I have not found it. I did find one righteous man among a thousand, but a woman among all those I did not find.
29 He bueng mah so lah. Pathen loh hlang he a thuem la a saii coeng dae amih loh phuengnah muep a tlap uh te ka hmuh.
I have discovered only this: That God created humanity upright, but they have gone away looking for many difficulties.”
