Phungdeikung 3
1 Hno cawngca pueng ni amamae atueng a tawn. Kanî rahim vah pouk e pueng lengkaleng tawksaknae atueng ao.
All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval.
2 Khenae atueng hoi duenae atueng hai ao. Patuenae atueng ao patetlah phawknae atueng hai ao.
A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted.
3 Theinae atueng ao patetlah dam saknae atueng hai ao. Raphoenae atueng ao patetlah bout saknae atueng hai ao.
A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up.
4 Kanae atueng hoi, panuinae atueng hai ao. Cingounae atueng hoi, lamtunae atueng hai ao.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
5 Talungnaw kaheikalainae atueng ao. Pâkhuengnae atueng hai ao. Takawinae atueng ao, kâtakawi laipalah kâkapeknae atueng hai ao.
A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
6 Pâkuemnae atueng ao, hnopai a kahmanae hai ao. Pâtungnae atueng hoi, tâkhawngnae atueng hai ao.
A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
7 Hnicu raveinae atueng hoi, khuinae atueng hai ao. Sairasuep onae atueng hoi, lawk deinae atueng hai ao.
A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
8 Kâpahrennae atueng hoi, kâmaithoenae atueng hai ao. Tarankâtuknae atueng hoi, taran roumnae atueng hai ao.
A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
9 Ka tawk e tami ni panki teh a thapathonae hah bangmaw hawinae kaawm.
What more does a man have from his labor?
10 Taminaw kho a sak nahan Cathut ni a poe e tawntanae hai, kai ni ka hmu toe.
I have seen the affliction that God has given to the sons of men, in order that they may be occupied by it.
11 A cawngca pueng amamae atueng a pha nah, kahawicalah a sakyoe toe. Tami e lungthin hai a yungyoe e atueng dawk, a kamtawngnae koehoi apout totouh tami ni teh pâphue nakunghai baw thai hoeh.
He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.
12 Lunghawinae hno dawk ka hring nah, hnokahawi sak hoeh e laipalah alouke thawnaw dawk, ahawinae awm hoeh tie ka panue.
And I realize that there is nothing better than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
13 Tami pueng canei hane hai thoseh, mahoima panki tha patho e naw dawk, nawm nahane hai thoseh, Cathut e lungmanae lahoi doeh kâtawnnae ao.
For this is a gift from God: when each man eats and drinks, and sees the good results of his labor.
14 Cathut e hno a sak e naw teh a yungyoe doeh tie ka panue. Bout sak thai lah awm hoeh, bout rayu thai e lahai awm hoeh. Taminaw teh a hmalah, a taki awh nahanlah Cathut ni telah a sak e doeh.
I have learned that all the works which God has made continue on, in perpetuity. We are not able to add anything, nor to take anything away, from those things which God has made in order that he may be feared.
15 Kaawm tangcoung e hno teh atu kaawm e hno hoi a kâvan. Bout kaawm hane hno hai, kaawm tangcoung e hno hoi a kâvan. Ka loum tangcoung e naw hai Cathut ni bout a hei.
What has been made, the same continues. What is in the future, has already existed. And God restores what has passed away.
16 Hothloilah, Kanî rahim lawkcengnae hmuen dawk kahawihoehe hno ao tie thoseh, lannae dawk yonnae ao tie hai thoseh, ka hmu toe.
I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.
17 Cathut ni tami kalannaw e tawksak e hoi, tamikalan hoeh naw e tawksak e hah lawk a ceng han telah ka pouk. Bangkongtetpawiteh, pouk e pueng, tawk e pueng lawkceng nahane atueng ao.
And I said in my heart: “God will judge the just and the impious, and then the time for each matter shall be.”
18 Taminaw e a hmuenhmawn ka pouk nah, taminaw Cathut ni a tanouk hane hoi, ahnimouh teh saringnaw patetlah doeh tie a kâpanue thai awh nahane hah doeh.
I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals.
19 Tami ni a kâhmo e saring ni hai kâvan e hno a kâhmo teh, bout a due e patetlah a due van. A cawngca pueng hringnae phun touh doeh rei ao awh. Hatdawkvah tami teh saring hlak a taluenae awm hoeh. A cawngca pueng ahrawnghrang seng doeh.
For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity.
20 A cawngca pueng buet touh e hmuen koe doeh ouk a pha awh. A cawngca pueng vaiphu dawk hoi a kangcoung e patetlah vaiphu lah bout a ban han.
And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.
21 Hatnavah, lathueng lah ka luen e tami e muitha hai thoseh, rahim lae hmuen talai lah ka khum e saring e muitha hai thoseh, apinimaw a kapek thai teh a panue thai han.
Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
22 Tami ni a sak e hno dawk nawmnae hno hlak, hoe kahawi e hno awm hoeh tie ka hmu. Hote hno teh ahni hane doeh, ahni ni a hnukkhu lah bang hno ne ka tho han tie hah a panue nahan, apinimaw a bankhai han.
And I have discovered nothing to be better than for a man to rejoice in his work: for this is his portion. And who shall add to him, so that he may know the things that will occur after him?
