Phungdeikung 11
1 Na rawca hah tui dawk tâkhawng haw, atueng moi a ro hnukkhu bout na hmu han.
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt 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 thou knowest not what evil 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 full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, 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 observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth 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 thou knowest 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 thou knowest not the works of God who maketh 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 thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest 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 cometh [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 thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Hatdawkvah, lungreithainae hoi na roedengnae hah takhoe haw, camonae hoi thoundounnae hai a hrawnghrang doeh.
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
