Phungdeikung 6
1 Taminaw ni kapap lah a kâhmo teh, kanî rahim ka hmu e hno kathoutnaw teh;
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:
2 A ngai e hno pueng, hnopai hoi bawinae, barinae naw hah Cathut ni a poe eiteh, canae kâ a poe hoeh dawkvah, amamouh ni cat laipalah, kâkuen hoeh e alouke ram e taminaw ni a ca e heh, ahrawnghrang doeh, kahawihoehe hno doeh.
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
3 Tami ni kum moikasawlah a hring teh, a canaw, 100 touh ka tawn nakunghai, ngainae kuep laipalah, pakawp laipalah oun dout pawiteh, hote tami hlak camo ka hrun e ahawihnawn.
If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.
4 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka hrun e camo teh ayawmyin lah a kamnue teh, hmonae thung a cei. Ahnie min teh hmonae ni a ramuk han.
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
5 Kanî hai hmawt mahoeh. Banghai panuek mahoeh. Hateiteh, hmaloe dei e tami hlak ahawihnawn.
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing: ] this hath more rest than the other.
6 Hmaloe dei e tami teh a kum thawnghni touh ka hring nakunghai aphu awmhoeh. A hmuen buet touh koe nahoehmaw koung a khup awh heh vaw.
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7 Tami ni panki thapatho e naw pueng teh, vonpui hanelah panki thapatho awh eiteh, cangainae lung roum thai hoeh.
All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8 Lungkaang e tami teh ka pathu e tami hlak bangmaw hawinae kaawm. Kahring e taminaw hmalah, ka tawk e mathoe ni a coe e hawinae teh bangne.
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9 Mit hoi hmu e teh pouk e hlak ahawi. Hote hno teh ahrawnghrang e hno, kahlî man e hoi doeh a kâvan.
Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10 Kaawm tangcoung e hnonaw, pâkuem lah ao toe. Tami teh bang patet e tami maw tie hai panue tangcoung e lah ao toung dawkvah, ama hlak tha ka sai e tami tâ thai mahoeh.
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11 Cungkeihoehnae hoe a pung dawkvah, tami teh bangmaw hawinae kaawm.
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
12 Tâhlip patetlah kaloum ni teh ahrawnghrang hring nathung, tami dawk hnokahawi sak e heh apinimaw a panue thai han. Kanî rahim tami hnukkhu kaawm hane naw hai apinimaw a dei thai han.
For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
