Thuhilpa 3
1 Ijakai dingin aphat aumcheh in, vannoija hin ijakai achat loh thei ding in phat aum cheh’e.
For, every thing, there is a season, —and a time for every pursuit, under the heavens: —
2 Penna ding phat aum in chule thiphat aum’e. Aphu phat aum in chule a‘at phat aum’e.
A time to be born, and a time to die, —A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted;
3 Atha’phat aum in chule asuhdam phat aum’e. Aphet lhah phat aum in chule asahdoh phat aum’e.
A time to kill, and a time to heal, —A time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 Ka phat aumin chule nui phat aume. Lunghem phat aum in chule lam phat aume.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh, —A time to wail, and a time to dance for joy;
5 Song sethang phat aum in chule song khopkhom phat aum’e. Ki-angkol phat aum in chule kihei mang phat aum’e.
A time to cast away stones, and a time to heap up stones, —A time to embrace, and a time to be far from loving embrace;
6 Thil holphat aum in chule thilhol ngah phat aum’e. Akholkhom phat aumin chule athe cheh phat aum’e.
A time to seek, and a time to give up as lost, —A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 Abo-eh phat aumnin chule akhui bit phat aum’e. Thipbeh’a umphat aumin chule thusei phat aume.
A time to rend, and a time to sew, —A time to be silent, and a time to speak;
8 Kingailut phat aumin chule kivetda phat aume. Kinah phat aum in chule kicham phat aum’e.
A time to love and a time to hate, —A time of war, and a time of peace.
9 Ana tohhat man uva miho hin ipi akimu mong mong uvem?
What profit hath he that worketh, in that wherein, himself, hath toiled?
10 Pathen’in i-bonchau chunga pohgih eikoipeh cheh’u kamu doh tai.
I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:
11 Ahijeng vang'in, Pathen’in ijakai amachang cheh dingin hoisel in asem in ahi. Aman mihemte lungsunga tonsot akhum lut peh in, hinlah chuti ahijeng vang'in, mihem in Pathen tohgon apatna pat achaina geijin amu phapoi.
Everything, hath he made beautiful in its own time, —also, intelligence, hath he put in their heart, without which men could not find out the work which God hath wrought, from the beginning even unto the end.
12 Hijeh’a hi keiman, mihem chu akipa’a chule ijochan geijuva thanopna inei dingu sanga phajo dang aumpoi, tia ka gel lhah ahi tai.
I know that there is no blessedness in them, —save to be glad, and to do well with one’s life.
13 Chule miho hin aneh’uva chule adon’uva chule atohgim gahou, athanoppi diu hi Pathen’in manbeiya athil peh-u chu ahi.
Though indeed, that any man should eat and drink, and see blessedness, in all his toil, it is, the gift of God.
14 Chule ipi hijongleh Pathen in athilbol chan chu achaina ahi jenge. Imacha gah koibe ding ahilouleh gah lahdoh ding aum poi. Pathen in alung gon chu mihem ten Ama agin ding’u hi ahi.
I know, that, whatsoever God doeth, the same, shall be age-abiding, unto it, there is nothing to add, and, from it, there is nothing to take away, —and, God, hath done it, that men should stand in awe before him.
15 Tua hung sohdoh hohi tumasanga ana sohdohsa ahitai, chule khonunga hung soh ding ho chu tuma’a ana sohdoh sa ahitai, ajeh chu Pathen in hiho chu avel vella ahin um dohsah kitji ahije.
That which was, already, had been, and, that which shall be, already, shall have been, —but, God, seeketh that which hath been chased away.
16 Nisa noija keiman ka mudoh kit chu, thutanna dan aphalou um ka hedoh’e. Tahbeh in, Dan Thutanna mun chu thudih aum poi.
Then, again, I saw under the sun, the place of justice, that there was lawlessness, and, the place of righteousness, that there was lawlessness.
17 Keimatah in ka lungthima, “Aphatcha Pathen in apha hileh ase hileh amichang cheh chu anatoh hou jouse jal'a achungthu’u atan ding ahi,” kati.
Said, I, in my heart, Both the righteous and the lawless, will God judge, —for [there will be] a time for every pursuit, and concerning every work—there.
18 Keiman mihemte dinmun thua kagel lin-Pathen’in mihemte henga amaho jong gancha hole gamsaho tobangbep ahiuve, ti aphochen in ahi.
Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them, —and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.
19 Ajeh chu gamsaho le mihemte chan kibang ahinau aume-haitheina anei gel uvin chule thithei gel ahiuve. Hitia hi mihemin gamsa ho sanga phatchom john a tahbeh anei deh pouve. Ajeh bei iti hi’a hitam!
For, as regardeth the destiny of the sons of men and the destiny of beasts, one fate, have they, as dieth the one, so, dieth the other, and, one spirit, have they all, —and, the pre-eminence of man over beast, is nothing, for, all, were vanity:
20 Ania munkhatna chekhoma ahi-vutna kona hung kondoh’uva ahin, aniuva vut kisohkit diu ahi.
all, go unto one place, —all, came from the dust, and all, return to the dust.
21 Ajeh chu koiham mihem lhagao akaltouvin chule gamsaho lhagao leisetna akumsuh’e ti, koi jin aphotchet thei jem?
Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of men, whether it, ascendeth, above, —or the spirit of the beast, whether it, descendeth, below, to the earth?
22 Hitia hi keiman mihem dinga anatoh chunga akipa diu sanga phajo kamupoi. Eiho hi koiman ithi jou tenguleh nopsahna dinga thina’a konna eihin lepui ding’u ahi tapoi.
So I saw, that there was nothing better than that a man should be glad in his works, for, that, is his portion, —for who can bring him in, to look upon that which shall be after him?
