Phungdeikung 11
1 Na rawca hah tui dawk tâkhawng haw, atueng moi a ro hnukkhu bout na hmu han.
Cast your bread on the waters: 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 shall be on 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 full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, 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 shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall 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.
As you know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all.
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 withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7 Atangcalah, angnae teh a radip, kanî raeng a hmu nah lunghawi han kawi lah ao.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold 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.
But if a man 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, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
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 childhood and youth are vanity.
