Thuhilpa 11
1 Nangman na muchi chu twipi gallam geijin thotdoh in, chule aphatcha a-pungdoh chu nahenga hung le lhun kit ding ahi.
Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again.
2 Hinlah nangman na sumkhol ho chu mun tampia homjal in, ajeh chu ipi hahsatna in ahinphah ding nangin nahepoi.
Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.
3 Meibol kitol atam tengleh, go ahung julha jin ahi. Thingphung chu sahlam hihen lhanglam hijongleh alhuhna’a chun aum den jeng’e.
If the clouds have been filled, they will pour forth rain upon the earth. If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, or to whatever direction it may fall, there it shall remain.
4 Loubol mi chun gophat pet anga leh chang phutdoh ponte. Meibol kitol avetsui jing uleh, itih in jong chang at pouvinte.
Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.
5 Nangman huinun na chu alampi na hetdoh theilou tobang'in, ahilouleh naocha anu oisunga kijil chu iti hungkhan let ham ti na het thei lou tobang'in, nangman hiche ho jouse hinbol’a Pathen chaloh dan nahet thei lou ding ahi.
In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.
6 Jingkah tengleh na muchi kitun lang, ni lhangkai jongleh gunchun ponpan in, ijeh inem itileh hoipenna chu apung ding pen chu hung sohdoh ding ham ti nangman nahe poi.
In the morning, sow your seed, and in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.
7 Vah hi anom’e! Khovah thah hunglhun vet hi iti lunglhai um hitam?
Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
8 Mi chu ateh geija ahinna ahileh, anitin hinkhoa kipah hen. Chujongleh hinkhoa gimna nikho jong tampi hunglhung ding ahiti jong geldoh uhen. Thil ahung lhungbe dingho hi ajeh bei tobangbep hung hi theija ahi.
If a man lives for many years, and if he has rejoiced in all of these, he must remember the many days of the dark times, which, when they will have arrived, will accuse the past of vanity.
9 Khangdong ho, khandonlai hi iti kidan hitam! Kipana tothon nalunggil in kihilna nei jing in, na bolnom chan bol lin; nalunggot nalam jousea chelen, chule namit tenin avetthei chan vehen. Ahinlah nathilbol chan chu Pathen henga namopohna hiding ahi, ti geldoh in.
So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.
10 Hijeh chun lungkhamna kiti bol hih in, chule natahsa damtheina din kichin tup in; chule hiche hi geldoh jing in, khandonlai na masanga na hinkho umsun hi ajehbei tobangbep ahibouve.
Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.
