Thuhilpa 7
1 Minphatna kimu hi gimnam tuipen sang in jong amanlu joi. Chule napen nikho sang in jong nathi nikho phajoa ahi.
A good name is better than costly perfume, and the day of death is better than the day of birth.
2 Thina kin’a kimanchah hi golnop bolna mun’a gache sangin aphajoi. Ahimongin, mitin kithi ding ahijeh'in, mihingin hiche hi alunga agel ding doltah ahi.
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 Lungkham hi muilhah sangin aphajoi, ajeh chu lungkham na hin i-chunga kisuhthengna ahin sodohji ahi.
Grief is better than laughter, for after sadness of face comes gladness of heart.
4 Miching khat chun thina chung chang hi aha gel’in ahi, hinlah mingol vang chun phatpha muding bou ageljin ahi.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of feasting.
5 Mi ngol khat in apachat hisang in, miching khat oimo chan apha joi.
It is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise than to listen to the song of fools.
6 Mi ngol nuijatna chu lingphung meiyin akah gin kija tobang ahin, imacha kah louvin aki chai jitai.
For like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so also is the laughter of fools. This, too, is vapor.
7 Miching chu aki-engbol teng angol lojin, chule guhthim thilpeh hin lungthim asuhmo bepji ahi.
Extortion certainly makes a wise man foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 Achaina hi apatna sang in apha jon chule kiletsah sang in, thohhat aphachom joi.
Better is the end of a matter than the beginning; and the people patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.
9 Lunghan kitim them in, ajeh chu lunghan hin angoltoh kibang bep naso ding ahi.
Do not be quick to anger in your spirit, for anger resides in the hearts of fools.
10 “Achesa nikho phaho chu ngaicha gunset hih in, hichu mi chinga ahi poi.”
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 Sum nanei teng leh chihna hi phachom cheh ahi. Hinkhoa kho-sahna dinga ania phachom tah ahi.
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good. It benefits those who see the sun.
12 Chihna le sum hin ipi hijongleh nanei sah jeng thei ahinai. Hinlah chihna kiti bouhin na hinkho ahuhhing jou ding ahije.
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 thilbol ho chu janom jeng in, ajeh chu aman ahe konsa chu koiyin asuh-jang jou ding ham?
Consider the deeds of God: Who can straighten out anything he has made crooked?
14 Ning lhinga naum laisen kipah’in, hinlah hahsatnan nahinphah teng jongleh, ania Pathenna hungkon ahiti tahsan in. Hiche lei hinkhoa hin ima hiti mong ding ahiti, akisei thei poi kiti hi geldoh jing in.
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 Keiman hinlona ajeh umlou tobangbep leiset hinkhoa hin, khangdong phatah tah ho athia chule migilou ho hinkho asot’uhi kamu doh in ahi.
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 Hijeh chun mohphat behset hih in, ahilouva ahileh chingval behset hih in! Idia nangmatah kisumang ding nahi ham?
Do not be self-righteous, wise in your own eyes. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 Chutima chun gilou behset jong bol hih in. Ngol hih beh in! Ipi dinga naphat lhin masanga thi ding nahim?
Do not be too wicked or foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 Hiche kihil naho hi lunggut in gel in, ajeh chu koi hitaleh Pathen ging mi chun; hitobang che valna hi ania hintoh ponte.
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 Khopi sunga lamkai mi som sangin, miching khat chu gamcheng in ahat joi.
Wisdom is powerful in the wise man, more than ten rulers in a city.
20 Leiset chunga hin mihem khatcha aphajeng bol chonse kha louhel aumpoi.
There is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
21 Mi thusei jouse het ding go hih in, nasoh jeng in jong na gaosap get in nate.
Do not listen to every word that is spoken, because you might hear your servant curse you.
22 Ajeh chu nangma tah jeng in jong midang na gaosap ji chu na henai.
Similarly, you know yourself that in your own heart you have often cursed others.
23 Keiman kajo channa chihna in kalunggel le kachonna eilamkai jing na ding in ka ngai ton ahi. Keimatah in kaseijin, “Keima chingthei ding in ka kigel lha tai.” Hinlah ka chuti theijou hihbeh in ahi.
All this have I proven by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise,” but it was more than I could be.
24 Chihna hi gamlatah’a aum jing in chule holdoh jong ahah sai.
Wisdom is far off and very deep. Who can find it?
25 Keiman muntina chun, chihna le hetkhenna chu iti hung umhija ham tin ajeh kahol in ahi. Keima tah in kholchilna neija konin gitlouna hi ngol jeh ahin, chule ngol kitihi lung chavai kiseina ahije, tiphot chenna kanei ahi tai.
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 Keiman kavet chil’a ahileh, duha-thuhtah numei chu thitheina thangkol sanga khohse joa ahichu ka kholdoh ahitai. Ami hebol jong kipalna thangkol bep ahi, chule akhut nemtah jong chu kihenna thihkol ahibouve. Pathen lunglhaina’a umho chu amanua kon’a hoidoh ding, hinlah chonse ho chu amanu thanga ga-oh ding ahiuve.
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 Thuhilpa chun, “Hiche hi keiman hoima lamjouse ahitheina ding kavet toh lea konna achaina kasem chu hiche hi ahi.
“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 Keiman kavel hol hol jeng vang'in, ka hol lona pentah chu kamu joupoi. Mi sangkhat lah’a khatbou gunchena nei pasal khat ahijouvin, hinlah numei khat jong akimu joupoi.
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 Chule keiman hiche hi kamui: Pathen’in miho hi gun chena neija asem ahin, hinlah amahon achang cheh-uva aphalou akilam doh-u ahibouve.
I have discovered only this: That God created humanity upright, but they have gone away looking for many difficulties.”
