Phungdeikung 8
1 Apimaw a lungkaang e patetlah kaawm Apimaw deicainae ka panuek. Lungangnae ni minhmai a pan sak teh taranhawinae mei a kamnue sak.
The wisdom of a man shines in his countenance, and even the expression of a most powerful man will change.
2 Cathut hmalah lawk na kam e patetlah siangpahrang e lawk ngâi haw telah pouknae na poe.
I heed the mouth of the king, and the commandment of an oath to God.
3 Siangpahrang hmalah hoi karanglah tâcawt hanh. Kahawi hoeh e hno saknae koe lah kampang hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a ngai e patetlah lawk a ceng.
You should not hastily withdraw from his presence, nor should you remain in an evil work. For all that pleases him, he will do.
4 Siangpahrang e kâlawk dawk bahu ao. Ahni koe apini maw, nang bangmaw na sak tie hah a pacei ngam han.
And his word is filled with authority. Neither is anyone able to say to him: “Why are you acting this way?”
5 Ahnie kâ ka tarawi e teh runae dawk hoi a hlout han. Tami a lungkaang e a lungthin ni atueng hoi sak han kawi a panue.
Whoever keeps the commandment will not experience evil. The heart of a wise man understands the time to respond.
6 Tami ni a pouk e pueng hah atueng hoi saknae kâ ao. Hatei, tami teh runae puenghoi a khang.
For every matter, there is a time and an opportunity, as well as many difficulties, for man.
7 Hmalah ka tho hane panuek hoeh. Bangtelamaw ao han tie apinihai dei thai hoeh.
For he is ignorant of the past, and he is able to know nothing of the future by means of a messenger.
8 Apihai muitha ka kuen thai e tami buet touh hai awm hoeh. A due hnin dawk apinihai kâ tawn hoeh. Hote kâtuknae dawk hoi apihai hlout thai hoeh. Yonnae a sak ei nakunghai, yonnae ni hot dawk hoi hlout sak thai hoeh.
It is not in the power of a man to prohibit the spirit, nor does he have authority over the day of death, nor is he permitted to rest when war breaks out, and neither will impiety save the impious.
9 Hetnaw pueng heh ka hmu toe. Kanî rahim vah sakyoe e pueng heh ka pouk toe. Amahoima runae kâhmo hanelah ayâ alouknaw uknae tueng hai ao.
I have considered all these things, and I have applied my heart to all the works which are being done under the sun. Sometimes one man rules over another to his own harm.
10 Hothloilah, thoungnae hmuen koe ka cet e tami kahawihoehnaw pakawp lah ao awh e hai thoseh, hawihoehnae a saknae kho dawk apinihai ahni hah a pouk awh hoeh e hai thoseh, ka hmu toe. Hathai ahrawnghrang doeh.
I have seen the impious buried. These same, while they were still living, were in the holy place, and they were praised in the city as workers of justice. But this, too, is emptiness.
11 Kahawi hoeh ka sak naw hah karanglah lawkceng teh dan ouk a poe hoeh dawkvah, taminaw ni kahawihoehe hno sak hanelah a lungtang awh.
For the sons of men perpetrate evils without any fear, because judgment is not pronounced quickly against the evil.
12 Tami kahawihoeh ni avai cum touh hawihoehnae a sak nahlangva a hring a saw eiteh, Cathut kataketnaw ni a hmalah a taki awh dawkvah, hawinae a coe awh han tie kamcengcalah ka hmu.
But although a sinner may do evil of himself one hundred times, and by patience still endure, I realize that it will be well with those who fear God, who revere his face.
13 Tami kahawihoehe niteh, Cathut a taki hoeh dawkvah hawinae coe mahoeh. Tâhlip hoi kâvan e a hringnae hai aduem han.
So, may it not go well with the impious, and may his days not be prolonged. And let those who do not fear the face of the Lord pass away like a shadow.
14 Talai van kaawm e ahrawnghrang hno buet touh teh, tami kahawihoehnaw ni a pang awh hane kathout hno hah tami kalannaw ni a pang awh teh, tami kalannaw ni a pang awh hane kahawi hno hah tami kahawihoehnaw ni letlang a pang awh. Hathai ahrawnghrang doeh telah ka pouk.
There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are the just, to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the impious. And there are the impious, who are very secure, as though they possess the deeds of the just. But this, too, I judge to be a very great vanity.
15 Hatnavah nawmnae hah ka oup. Bangkongtetpawiteh, kanî rahim vah caneinae, nawmnae hlakvah kahawi e hno awm hoeh. Kanî rahim vah Cathut ni na hring sak nathung vah, panki laihoi hmu e hno thung dawkvah, hot doeh pou coe awh.
And so, I praised rejoicing, because there was no good for a man under the sun, except to eat and drink, and to be cheerful, and because he may take nothing with him from his labor in the days of his life, which God has given to him under the sun.
16 Lungangnae panue hane hoi talai van thaw tawk e pueng hmu hanelah karum khodai ip laipalah ka lungthin ka hroecoe navah,
And I applied my heart, so that I might know wisdom, and so that I might understand a disturbance that turns upon the earth: it is a man, who takes no sleep with his eyes, day and night.
17 Cathut ni kanî rahim a sak e hno pueng tami ni panuek thai hoeh tie ka hmu. Hothloilah banghloi e a lungkaang ni koung ka panue han ka tet nakunghai coung thai hoeh.
And I understood that man is able to find no explanation for all those works of God which are done under the sun. And so, the more that he labors to seek, so much the less does he find. Yes, even if a wise man were to claim that he knows, he would not be able to discover it.
