Thuhilpa 9
1 Hiche jonghi keiman chingthei tah in ka khol in: Pathen ngaisah hole miching ho jong Pathen khutna uma ahiuvin, amaho hi Pathen’in ahepi ding hinauvem ti koima ahetoh’a aumpoi.
I have drawn all these things through my heart, so that I might carefully understand. There are just men as well as wise men, and their works are in the hand of God. And yet a man does not know so much as whether he is worthy of love or of hatred.
2 Mi tinin atonsot mun diu ngah jinga uma ahiuve, michonpha hihen, migilou hijong leh, mipha hihen, miphalou hijongleh, athenga kigel ho hiuhen, athenglou hijongleu, hou ngaisah hihen, hou ngaisahlou hijongleh, mipha hon jong michonse ho bangma’a Pathen’a kitepna neiho jong kitepna neilouho toh kithakhatma ahije.
But all things in the future remain uncertain, because all things happen equally to the just and to the impious, to the good and to the bad, to the pure and to the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and to those who despise sacrifices. As the good are, so also are sinners. As those who commit perjury are, so also are those who swear to the truth.
3 Amitakip nipi noija umho jouse chan kibanga athiltou hi lungdon umtah ahi. Hitobang hohin thilpha bolbe nadinga ching thei lou’uva ahi. Chusang in amahon angol nau joh chu aki deilhen uve, ajeh chu amaho kinepna neilou ahiuve. Amasang uva imacha dang umlou thina bou chu uma ahi.
This is a very great burden among all things that are done under the sun: that the same things happen to everyone. And when the hearts of the sons of men are filled with malice and contempt in their lives, afterwards they shall be dragged down to hell. (questioned)
4 Mihing ding in kinepna bou aum’e. Ama hon asei uvin, “Uicha hing chu keipi thisa sangin aphachom joi.”
There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 Mihngho chun athi diu beh akihet’uvin, hinlah athisa hon imacha ahe tapouve.
For the living know that they themselves will die, yet truly the dead know nothing anymore, nor do they have any recompense. For the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Amahon ahinkhouva ipi hijongleh abholchanu chu ki-ngailut, ki-thet, ki-mitthip abonna achemangsa ahitai. Amahon hiche leiset chunga hin bolbe ding anei tapouve.
Likewise, love and hatred and envy have all perished together, nor have they any place in this age and in the work which is done under the sun.
7 Hijeh chun na-an chu kipah thanomtah in nen, chule na-lengpitwi chu lung kipah pum in don in, ajeh chu Pathen’in hichu aphatsah ahi.
So then, go and eat your bread with rejoicing, and drink your wine with gladness. For your works are pleasing to God.
8 Von hoipen chun kivon in, chule lou namtui chu kinu-in.
Let your garments be white at all times, and let not oil be absent from your head.
9 Numei nangailutnu chuto nipi noija Pathen’in napeh nahinkho umpet chun kipahtah in hing khom in. Najia nanei chuto phaten hingkhom lhon in.
Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your uncertain life which have been given to you under the sun, during all the time of your vanity. For this is your portion in life and in your labor, with which you labor under the sun.
10 Nabol chan chu hoitah’in bol tan. Ajeh chu nangma lhankhuh’a na chetengleh natoh ding um talou ding, tohgon jong um talou ding, hetna jeng jong umta pontin, chihna geija bei ding ahitai. (Sheol h7585)
Whatever your hand is able to do, do it earnestly. For neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge will exist in death, toward which you are hurrying. (Sheol h7585)
11 Keiman nipi noija adang chom khat jong ka mudoh’e. Lhaija hat penpan jong kipaman amu jing ahipoi, chule galsatna hatpenpa jeng jong chu galjona chang jing ahipoi. Miching jong chu kelthoh’a avale jipet aum in, chule khut them hon jong lungkimna amudeh pouve. Chule lekhathem tahho jong chu lolhinna hinkho mang jinga ahipouve. Hiche ho jouse hi vang'in apohji ahin, hitia chu aphatcha amuna gatoh kha kiti ahi.
I turned myself toward another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the learned, nor grace to the skillful: but there is a time and an end for all these things.
12 Itobang phat hahsa hunglhung ding ahi koima asei theija aum poi. Ngalen sung’a um vacha athangkol sunga um tobang'in miho chu phulou helouvin hamset nan apha jiuve.
Man does not know his own end. But, just as fish are caught with a hook, and birds are captured with a snare, so are men seized in the evil time, when it will suddenly overwhelm them.
13 Hichea hin chihna themkhat keima vannoi khosah dan hin eilung lut sah aume.
This wisdom, likewise, I have seen under the sun, and I have examined it intensely.
14 Khopi neocha khat asunga cheng mijong themkhat bou ahiuve, chule leng lentah khat chu asepai hotoh ahung un, khopi chu aum kimvel tauve.
There was a small city, with a few men in it. There came against it a great king, who surrounded it, and built fortifications all around it, and the blockade was completed.
15 Mivaicha, michingtah khat chun hiche khopi chu iti huhdoh ding ahi ahen, chule hitichun huhdoh in aumtai. Hinlah hiche jou chun koima chan akoma kipa thu aseipouve.
And there was found within it, a poor and wise man, and he freed the city through his wisdom, and nothing was recorded afterward of that poor man.
16 Hiti chun, chihna hi thahat sanga aphatjoh vang'in, miching chu avaichatleh mi nahsahmo achang e. Athuseidoh ho chu kipapi sotna koiman anei poi.
And so, I declared that wisdom is better than strength. But how is it, then, that the wisdom of the poor man is treated with contempt, and his words are not heeded?
17 Leng ngolpa kisen aw jahsang in michingpan olcha thu asei jah nom aum joi.
The words of the wise are heard in silence, more so than the outcry of a prince among the foolish.
18 Galman chah hoa kivon kichei sang in chih thujah apha joi. Hinlah michonse khat chun apha tampi asuh mang thei joh ahi.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war. And whoever offends in one thing, shall lose many good things.
