Phungdeikung 4
1 Hahoi, kanî rahim vah sak e pacekpahleknae naw pueng bout ka pouk. Pacekpahleknae ka khang e taminaw ni a khuika ei nakunghai, hloutnae ka poe thai e tami awm hoeh. Ka pacekpahlek e taminaw teh bahu a tawn dawk hloutnae ka poe thai e tami awm hoeh.
And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors [is] power, and they have no comforter.
2 Hateiteh, kadout tangcoung e tami teh kahring rae tami hlak hoe yawhawinae ao telah a ti.
And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
3 Hatdawkvah, vai touh hai kaawm hoeh e tami, kanî rahim sak e yonnae kahmawt hoeh rae tami teh hote kahni touh hlak hoe yawhawinae ao.
And better than both of them [is] he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.
4 Hahoi, panki thapathonae hoi kahawicalah pâbaw e hnonaw pueng dawk hai thoseh, hot patetlah e hno dawkvah alouke tami ni hmuhmanae thoseh, kai ni ka pouk. Hote hno teh ahrawnghrang e hno kahlî man e hoi doeh a kâvan.
And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
5 Tami pathu ni teh a kut a kâtapam teh, amae a tak hah letlang a ca.
The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
6 Roumnae hoi hmu e kutvang touh e hno teh, tawnta laihoi kahlî man laihoi hmu e kutkarum touh e hno hlak bet ahawihnawn.
'Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than two handfuls [with] labour and vexation of spirit.'
7 Hahoi, kanî rahim ahrawnghrang e hno bout ka pouk navah,
And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:
8 tami teh a huiko, a canaw, a hmaunawnghanaw tawn hoeh, ama dueng kaawm ei nakunghai, panki thapathonae baw thai hoeh. A hno hmunae dawkvah lungkuep thai hoeh. Kai ni mahoima ka yue teh api hane maw ka panki aw telah ka pacei boihoeh. Hete haiyah ahrawnghrang tawntam nah hrum doeh.
There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.
9 Tami teh madueng hlak tami kahni touh bet ahawi. Tawk pawiteh kahawie tawkphu a hmu.
The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
10 Buet touh rawm pawiteh buet touh ni a pathaw han. Buet touh dueng e tami rawm pawiteh ahawinae awm hoeh. Kapathawkung awm mahoeh.
For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!
11 Tami teh kahni touh rei ip pawiteh a phubet han. Madueng teh bangtelamaw phubet thai han.
Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
12 Tami buet touh ni buet touh tâ pawiteh ahni hah tami kahni touh ni a ngang thai. Rui kathum touh hoi pakhit e tangron teh kayawicalah thawk thai hoeh.
And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.
13 Tounnae ka ngai hoeh e, a kum kacue ka pathu e siangpahrang hlak, a lungkaang e mathoe camo teh aphuohnawn.
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.
14 Thongim hoi siangpahrang koe ka phat e hai, a uknaeram dawk mathoe lah doeh a khe.
For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.
15 Kanî rahim kaawm e taminaw pueng e kong ka pouk navah, ahnimouh thung dawk siangpahrang hmuen ka coe hane, camo ao awh e hah ka panue.
I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;
16 Hote siangpahrang ni a uk e taminaw pueng parei thai kawi lah awm hoeh. A hnukkhu lah ka tho e taminaw ni hai hote siangpahrang hah a lungkuep thai awh mahoeh. Atangcalah, hote hno hai ahrawnghrang e hno, kahlî man e hoi doeh a kâvan.
there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
