Phungdeikung 11
1 Na rawca hah tui dawk tâkhawng haw, atueng moi a ro hnukkhu bout na hmu han.
Send forth your bread upon the face of the water: for you shall find it after many days.
2 Tami sari touh dueng na hoeh, tami taroe touh hah rei lah. Talai dawk bangmaw kaawm han tie na panuek hoeh.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil there shall be upon the earth.
3 Tâmainaw teh khotui hoi a kawi torei teh talai dawk kho a rak. Thingkung ni akalah, atunglah a rawp nakunghai thoseh, A rawpnae hmuen dawk roup ao.
If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour [it] out upon the earth: and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.
4 Kahlî dueng ka khen e tami ni cati kahei hoeh, Tâmainaw banglahai ka noutna hoeh e ni hai canga mahoeh.
He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap.
5 Kahlî a cei nahane lam hai thoseh, camo ka neng e napui e von dawk a hrunaw ni bangtelamaw a roung tie hai thoseh, panue thai hoeh e patetlah a cawngca pueng kasakkung Cathut ni a tawksak e panuek thai hoeh.
Amongst whom none knows what is the way of the wind: as the bones [are hid] in the womb of a pregnant [woman], so you shall not know the works of God, [even] all things whatever he shall do.
6 Amom lae atueng dawk cati kahei nateh, tangmin lahai kahei laipalah awm hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, bangpatet hah maw aphu o han tie hai thoseh, hot roi teh kâvan e lah aphu ao han tie hai thoseh, panuek thai hoeh.
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening let not your hand be slack: for you know not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both shall be good alike.
7 Atangcalah, angnae teh a radip, kanî raeng a hmu nah lunghawi han kawi lah ao.
Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
8 Hatnavah tami ni a hringyung asaw teh a lunghawi nakunghai, hmonae tueng hah pouk naseh, hote atueng teh moi a ro han. Kaawm tangcoung e hnonaw teh a hrawnghrang la doeh be ao.
For even if a man should live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
9 Thoundoun nang, na naw lahun nah nawmnae sak awh haw, na nawnae tueng nah lunghawinae tawn haw. Ma ngainae lamthung hoi, na panuenae koe lah dawn haw, hat navah, hote hnonaw pueng Cathut ni lawkceng vaiteh, nang yon na pen han tie panuek awh.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart blameless, but not in the sight of your eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring you into judgement.
10 Hatdawkvah, lungreithainae hoi na roedengnae hah takhoe haw, camonae hoi thoundounnae hai a hrawnghrang doeh.
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for youth and folly are vanity.
