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 thought about all those things, and I concluded that God controls [what happens to] everyone, even those who are wise and those who are righteous. No one knows whether [others] will love them or whether they will hate them.
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 we know that some time in the future] we will all die; it does not matter whether we act righteously or wickedly, whether we are good or whether we are bad, whether we are acceptable for [worshiping God] or whether [we have done things to cause us to be] unacceptable; it does not matter if we offer sacrifices [to God] or if we do not; it does not matter if we do what we have promised God that we will do or if we do not; [we all die]. The same thing will happen to good people and to sinful people, to those who solemnly promise [to do things for God] and to those who are afraid to make such promises.
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.
It seems wrong that the same thing happens to everyone on this earth: Everyone dies [EUP]. Furthermore, people’s inner beings are full of evil. People do foolish things while they are alive, and then they die and join those who are already dead.
4 Mihing ding in kinepna bou aum’e. Ama hon asei uvin, “Uicha hing chu keipi thisa sangin aphachom joi.”
While we are alive, we confidently expect [that good things will happen to us]. [We despise] dogs, but it is better to be a dog that is alive than to be a [majestic] lion that is dead.
5 Mihngho chun athi diu beh akihet’uvin, hinlah athisa hon imacha ahe tapouve.
We who are alive know that [some day] we will die, but dead people do not know anything. Dead people do not receive any more rewards, and people soon forget them.
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.
[While they were alive], they loved [some people], they hated [some people], they envied [some people], but that all ends when they die. They will never again be a part of anything that happens here on the earth.
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 I say], be joyful [DOU] while you eat your food and drink your wine, because that is what God wants you to do.
8 Von hoipen chun kivon in, chule lou namtui chu kinu-in.
Wear nice [MTY] clothes and make your face look nice.
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 living with your wife whom you love, all during the time that God has given to you to be alive here on this earth. And even though it is difficult to understand why many things happen, enjoy doing the work that you do here on this earth.
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 you are able to do, do it with all your energy, because [some time you will die], and in the place of the dead where you are going, no one works or plans to do anything or knows anything or is wise. (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 have seen something else here on the earth: The person who runs fastest does not [always] win the race, the strongest soldiers do not [always] win the battle, the wisest people do not [always] have food, the smartest people do not [always] become rich, and people who have studied a lot are not [always] (honored/treated very specially) by others; we cannot [always] control what things will happen to us and where they will happen.
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.
No one knows when he will die [EUP]; fish are cruelly caught in a net, and birds are caught in snares/traps; similarly [SIM], people experience disasters at times when they do not expect them to happen.
13 Hichea hin chihna themkhat keima vannoi khosah dan hin eilung lut sah aume.
Once I saw something that a wise man did that impressed me.
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 town, where only a few people lived. The army of a great king came to that town and surrounded it. They built dirt ramps up against the walls in order to climb up and attack the town.
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.
In that town there was a man who was poor but very wise. Because of doing what that man [suggested], the town was saved; but people [soon] forgot about him.
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.
So I realized that although being wise is better than being strong, if you are poor, no one will appreciate what you do, and people will soon forget what you said.
17 Leng ngolpa kisen aw jahsang in michingpan olcha thu asei jah nom aum joi.
Speaking quietly what is [very] wise is [much] more sensible than a king shouting to foolish people.
18 Galman chah hoa kivon kichei sang in chih thujah apha joi. Hinlah michonse khat chun apha tampi asuh mang thei joh ahi.
Being wise is more useful than [a lot of] weapons; but if you do one foolish thing, [it is possible that] because of doing that, you will ruin all the good things that you have done.
