Thuituen 8

1 Unim hlang cueih bangla aka om? Olka te thuingaihnah aka ming te unim? Hlang he cueihnah loh a maelhmai a sae sak tih a maelhmai khaw sarhi a tho.

Who is as the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

2 Kamah manghai ka dongkah he Pathen olhlo dongkah dumlai la a om dongah ngaithuen.

I say, Keep the king's command, and that because of the oath of God.

3 A mikhmuh lamloh na caeh vaengah let boeh. Boethae ol dongah pai boeh. A cungkuem te a ngaih bangla a saii bitni.

Be not hasty to go out of his presence. Persist not in an evil matter, for he does whatever pleases him.

4 Manghai ol dongah a khuet om tih anih te ulong, “Balae na saii?” a ti nah.

For the king's word has power, and who may say to him, What are thou doing?

5 Olpaek aka tuem tah boethae ol a ming moenih. Aka cueih kah lungbuei tah a tue neh laitloeknah khaw a ming.

He who keeps a commandment shall know no evil thing. And a wise man's heart discerns the time and decision.

6 Hlang kah boethae he amah soah ping cakhaw ngaihnah cungkuem ham he a tuetang neh a khosing om.

For to every purpose there is a time and decision, although the distress of man is great upon him.

7 Anih te metla a om te khaw a ming moenih. Te vanbangla mebang a om ham khaw te anih taengah ulong a thui thai?

For he knows not that which shall be, for who can tell him how it shall be?

8 Khohli te hloh hamla khohli soah hlang a boei moenih. Dueknah khohnin soah a khuet aka khueh khaw om pawh. Caemtloeknah khuiah khaw paanah a om moenih. Te dongah halangnah loh a boei te loeih sak mahpawh.

There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, nor has he power over the day of death. And there is no discharge in war. Neither shall wickedness deliver him who is given to it.

9 A cungkuem he ka sawt tih khomik hmuikah a saii bibi boeih he ka lungbuei ah ka dueh. Hlang loh hlang soah amah kah a yoethae ham duela a taemrhai tue khaw om.

All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

10 Halang rhoek a up uh he ka sawt vaengah hmuen cim lamloh aka thoeng tih aka pongpa rhoek ni. Tedae te bang a saii nah khopuei ah a hnilh uh coeng. He khaw a honghi coeng ni.

So I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were praised in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

11 Khoboe thae khaw oltloeknah hat a saii hae moenih. Te dongah ni hlang koca kah lungbuei tah a khuiah thae saii hamla a hah.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

12 Aka tholh khaw boethae yakhat a saii tih anih te nguel mai cakhaw Pathen aka rhih tih a mikhmuh ah aka rhih taengah ni hnothen a om eh tila ka ming.

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and prolongs his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before him.

13 Tedae hnothen he halang taengah om mahpawh. Anih te Pathen mikhmuh ah a rhih pawt dongah khokhawn bangla a khohnin vang mahpawh.

But it shall not be well with a wicked man, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he did not fear before God.

14 Diklai ah aka thoeng he a honghi mai ni. Aka dueng khaw a soah halang kah khoboe bangla aka thoeng te om tih, halang khaw a taengah aka dueng kah khoboe bangla a thoeng pah te om bal. He khaw a honghi mai la ka ti.

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked, again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

15 Te dongah kai tah kohoenah he ni ka domyok sak mai. Khomik hmuiah a caak, a ok tih ko a hoe mak atah hlang ham hnothen a om moenih. Te dongah anih te a hingnah tue vaengah tah a thakthaenah nen khaw a naem coeng. Te te Pathen loh anih taengla khomik hmuiah a paek coeng.

Then I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be cheerful. For that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

16 Cueihnah ming ham neh bibi hmuh ham ka lungbuei te ka paek coeng. Te long te diklai hman ah tah khothaih ah khaw, khoyin ah khaw, a mik te ih sak pawt tih hmuh sak pawt ham a saii.

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is he who sees sleep with his eyes neither day nor night),

17 Pathen bibi boeih te ka hmuh. Te bibi te hlang loh a hmuh ham a noeng moenih. Khomik hmuiah a saii te hlang loh tlap hamla thakthae sitoe mai cakhaw a hmuh moenih. Aka cueih loh ming hamla a ti van akhaw a hmuh hamla a noeng moenih.

then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it. Yea moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, yet he shall not be able to find it.