Thuhilpa 1
1 Hiche hi Thuhilpa, Jerusalem’a vaipoa pang, Leng David chapa thuseidoh ho ahi.
These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 Thuhilpa chun, “Ijakai ajehbei tobang ngen ahi, ajeh bei tobang ngensen ahi sohkeije,” ati.
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
3 Nipi noija hi mihon atoh gim jeh’uva hi ipi aki mudoh uvem?
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
4 Khang achemang in, khang ahung lhung kit in, hinlah leiset hin kikhelna aneikha hih laiye.
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
5 Nisa ahung sohdoh in chule alhum kit jin, chule kinotah’a kipandoh kit ding in akigopai jin ahi.
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
6 Hui chu lhang lama anung in, chule sah lama ahung kihei jin ahi. Avel kol avelkol in, ahui nun chun akollin ahi.
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
7 Vadung ho tuikhanglenna alonglut’uvin, hinlah twikhanglen adim thei deh poi. Chuti chun twi ho chu vadunga ahung kile kit jiuvin chule ahung longdoh un twikhanglenna chun alut kit jiuve.
All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
8 Thil ijakai hi seithei lou hellin thachol chol a um'in ahi. Ijat imit uva imu vang un ilungnau achim poi. Ijat ina khang uva ijah jeng vang un ilunglhai jou pouve.
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
9 Achesa thusim kivelso kitna ahibouve. Masang peh’a ana kibol chaisa ngensen ahiuve. Nisa noija imacha thil athah tahbeh aum poi.
What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Khatvei veileh mihon aseijun, “Imacha athah kiti aum poi,” atiuve. Hinlah tahbeh mong in alui ahi bouvin, imacha athah kiti hi aum poi.
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
11 Achesa phatna ipi anasoh em ti igeldoh pouve, chule khang ahung lhung ding hoa jong tua i-thilbol houhi koiman ahetdoh lou ding ahitai.
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
12 Keima, Thuhilpa hi Israelte leng kahin, chule Jerusalema chenga kahi.
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 Hetkhen themna holdoh theina ding in keima ka kipum pehdoh jeng in, chule nisa noija na kitongdoh ho chengse hi chihna’a kholdoh ding in ka gel’e. Keiman kahin mudoh chu Pathen in mihemte henga aumna akiphondoh hi ahi.
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
14 Keiman nisa noija thil ache jomho ijakai hi kavetna ahileh atahbeh in, abonchan ajeh bei aphachom lou ding tobangbep ahije.
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
15 Adih lou chu aki sudih tahbeh joupon, chule amangsa jong chu akinung mukit tapoi.
What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 Keima ka lungthima ka kihoulim in, ka seijin, “Ven, kamasanga Jerusalema leng changho vaihomlai sangin jong ka ching joi. Keima amaho khatpen sangin jong chih john a le hetjohna kaneije,” kati.
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
17 Hiti chun keima ijakai chihna’a konna ngolna chule kingol sahna geija hetdohna ding in ka kalsong doh in ahi. Hinlah keima tah in kahetdoh chu hiche ho jouse hi pannabei thil tobangbep ahije.
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
18 Ka chihna akibe cheh le ka gimna akibe cheh in, hetna akalbe cheh le lunggim na akibe cheh bepmin ahi.
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
