Thuhilpa 2
1 Keile kei ka kihouvin, “Hung in nopsahna patep hitin, hinkhoa thilpha phaho vehite,” kati ahi. Hinlah hiche jong hi ajeh-beihel tobangbep ahiti, keiman kamu doh in ahi.
I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with happiness. So enjoy pleasure.” But look, this also was just a temporary breeze.
2 Hiti chun keiman, “Nui jong hi ngolhoi ahi bouvin, nopsahna hol jong hin ipi phatna ahinsodoh em,” kati.
I said about laughter, “It is crazy,” and about pleasure, “What use is it?”
3 Lunggel tampi gel jouvin, keiman judonna lungthim kipasah ding in kagel in ahi. Chule chihna ka holhol laijin, ngolhoithu jong kagel in ahi. Hiti hin keiman hiche vannoija hi chomcha ahinsunguva, mi atamjon kipana tah ahol hol-u chu kahetdoh nom in ahi.
I explored in my heart how to gratify my desires with wine. I let my mind guide me with wisdom although I was still holding on to folly. I wanted to find out what is good for people to do under heaven during the days of their lives.
4 Hiti hin keiman chenna ding in-len tahtah sah’a chule lengpilei hoi tahtah ho semdoh a kon hin, hinlona jeh hidiham tin kanagel in ahi.
I accomplished great things. I built houses for myself and planted vineyards.
5 Keiman hon tampi le kicholdona mun tampi kasem in, theiphung jat tintang kaphut dimin ahi.
I built for myself gardens and parks; I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
6 Keiman thingphung mang keikoija ahung um doh theinan twichapna ding in twikhol khomna ding tampi jong kasem in ahi.
I created pools of water to water a forest where trees were grown.
7 Keiman soh pasal hole soh numeiho jong ka chon chule ka-in muna pengden soh phabep jong ka neijin ahi. Chule keiman masanga Jerusalema ana cheng leng ana umsa ho sang in jong, gancha hole gan lentah tah ho geijin jong kanei tam jon ahi.
I purchased male slaves and female slaves; I had slaves born in my palace. I also had large herds and flocks of livestock, much more than any king who ruled before me in Jerusalem.
8 Keiman lengtampi ho le agam sung uva dangka tamtah le sana tamtah ho ka kholkhom in ahi. Keiman numei hole pasal ho lah’a lasathem kidangtah tah kaki thalah in chule melhoitah tah thaikem ho jong ka neijin, pasal khat in alung’a adeichat chan chu ka neisoh kei jin ahi.
I also accumulated for myself silver and gold, the treasures of kings and provinces. I got male and female singers for myself—the delights of the children of humanity—and many concubines.
9 Hiti chun keima ka masanga Jerusalema ana cheng ho jouse sang in ka loupi jon, chule ka chihna’n keima eidalha pon ahi.
So I became greater and wealthier than all who were before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom remained with me.
10 Kalunga ka ngaichat chan kakilah ji'e. Nopsahna kiti pouva chun ka noplou na aum poi. Na hahsa toh jeng’a jong ka tha nom lheh in, katoh gimna jousea tohman ka kimu cheh in ahi.
Whatever my eyes desired, I did not withhold from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, because my heart rejoiced in all my labor and pleasure was my reward for all my work.
11 Hinlah kana tohna jouse hi kavetna ahileh bulhit molso kiti hi ahahlheh in, ajeh bei ngensen ahi-huinung gahdel tobangbep ahi. Hoilai mun hijong leh aphachom dihtah kiti hi aum deh poi.
Then I looked on all the deeds that my hands had accomplished, and on the work that I had done, but again, everything was vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind. There was no profit under the sun in it.
12 Hitia hi keiman chihna hitoh ki ngolsah nale ngolna hi ka tekah in ahileh (ajeh chu keima Lengpa tah’in kabol banga hi koiyin abolthei ding ham?)
Then I turned to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. For what can the next king do who comes after the king, which has not already been done?
13 “Khovah hi muthim sanga aphatjoh bang in, chihna hi ngolna sang in apha joi, tin ka gel in ahi.
Then I began to understand that wisdom has advantages over folly, just as light is better than darkness.
14 Ajeh chu miching hon achena ding aki muchet masat un, hinlah angol chu muthima avah lei. Hinlah miching le mingol jong achanding’u aki banggel in ahi.”
The wise man uses his eyes in his head to see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness, although I know the same event happens to all of them.
15 Keima lunggel’a, “Aniuva thigel ding ahi. Keima mingol banga kichai ding kahijeh in, kachihna jouse hi amanlutna ipi hintem? Hiche hi aboncha ajehbei hisohkei ahije!” kati.
Then I said in my heart, “What happens to the fool, will also happen to me. So what difference does it make if I am very wise?” I concluded in my heart, “This too is only vapor.”
16 Ajeh chu miching le mingol aniuva athigellin ahi. Miching chu mingol sanga aki geldoh ding aumbe dehpoi. Ahung lhung ding nikhohoa aniuva ki geldoh lou ding ahi tauve.
For the wise man, like the fool, is not remembered for very long. In the days to come everything will have been long forgotten. The wise man dies just like the fool dies.
17 Hitia keiman lei hinkho kahotna ajeh chu, hiche nisa noija kibol doh jouse hi lungboina bep ahije. Ijakai hi ajehbei tobang ahi-huinung gahdel tobangbep ahije.
So I detested life because all the work done under the sun was evil to me. This was because everything is vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind.
18 Keiman hiche leiset chunga kana toh gimna jouse hi kahin thei chim ahitai, ijeh- iham itileh keiman ka lodoh jouse hi midang ka dalhah peh ding ahije.
I hated all my accomplishments for which I had worked under the sun because I must leave them behind to the man who comes after me.
19 Chule keima panmun hinlo dingho chu ching diuha ahilouleh ngoldiu ha kon asei thei ding ham? Hinlah nipi noija keima boltheina le tohgimna jal'a phatchom pina kanei hohi, amahon ahin kimanchah diu ahitai. Itia ajeh bei soh hin tem!
For who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over everything under the sun that my work and wisdom have built. This also is vapor.
20 Hitia hi keima, hiche vannoija hi ka tohgimna jouse hi aphatchomna ipi um'em tia lung lha tah’a uma kahi.
Therefore my heart began to despair over all the work under the sun that I did.
21 Mi phabep chun chingtheile hetna neijin, chule themtah in atongun, amaho chun chutia atohgimgau chu atong louhel khat dinga chu adalhah teidiu ahi. Hiche jong hi ajeh kihe lou ahin, lungnat umtah ahi.
For there might be someone who works with wisdom, with knowledge, and skill, but he will leave everything he has to a man who has not made any of it. This also is vapor and a great tragedy.
22 Hitia hi mihon hiche hinkhoa hi atohgim nau jouse le alung gim nau jouseuva hi ipi akimu’u hinam?
For what profit does the person gain who works so hard and tries in his heart to complete his labors under the sun?
23 Atoh gimnau nikhoho chu thohgimna le lungnat nan adim un, jan ahi teng jongleh alung thim-u akicholdo theipoi. Chehi ajehbei tobangbep ahisoh keije.
Every day his work is painful and stressful, so at night his soul does not find rest. This also is vapor.
24 Hiti hin keiman ka gellin mihem in aneh’a chule adonna, anatoh’a lungkimna anei ding sanga phajo aum poi kati. Hiti hin, hiche nopsahna hohi Pathen khutna hungkon ahi, ti keiman ka geldoh in ahi.
There is nothing better for anyone than to simply eat and drink and be satisfied with what is good in his work. I saw that this truth comes from God's hand.
25 Ajeh chu Amalouva kon aneh’a, ahilou leh nop asah ding hiya ham?
For who can eat or who can have any kind of pleasure apart from God?
26 Pathen in chihna, hetna chule thanopna Ana lunglhaiho apeh ahi. Hinlah michonse khat chu neile gou ahaova ahileh hiche ahaona chu Pathen in alahmanga, ama lunglhaiho apeh ding ahi. Hiche jong hi ajeh beihel aphachom lou ding ahibouve.
For to anyone who pleases him, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. However, to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and storing up so that he may give it away to someone who pleases God. This also amounts to vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind.
