Ecclesiastes 3
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Ijakai dingin aphat aumcheh in, vannoija hin ijakai achat loh thei ding in phat aum cheh’e.
2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Penna ding phat aum in chule thiphat aum’e. Aphu phat aum in chule a‘at phat aum’e.
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Atha’phat aum in chule asuhdam phat aum’e. Aphet lhah phat aum in chule asahdoh phat aum’e.
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ka phat aumin chule nui phat aume. Lunghem phat aum in chule lam phat aume.
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Song sethang phat aum in chule song khopkhom phat aum’e. Ki-angkol phat aum in chule kihei mang phat aum’e.
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Thil holphat aum in chule thilhol ngah phat aum’e. Akholkhom phat aumin chule athe cheh phat aum’e.
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Abo-eh phat aumnin chule akhui bit phat aum’e. Thipbeh’a umphat aumin chule thusei phat aume.
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Kingailut phat aumin chule kivetda phat aume. Kinah phat aum in chule kicham phat aum’e.
9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
Ana tohhat man uva miho hin ipi akimu mong mong uvem?
10 I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
Pathen’in i-bonchau chunga pohgih eikoipeh cheh’u kamu doh tai.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Ahijeng vang'in, Pathen’in ijakai amachang cheh dingin hoisel in asem in ahi. Aman mihemte lungsunga tonsot akhum lut peh in, hinlah chuti ahijeng vang'in, mihem in Pathen tohgon apatna pat achaina geijin amu phapoi.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
Hijeh’a hi keiman, mihem chu akipa’a chule ijochan geijuva thanopna inei dingu sanga phajo dang aumpoi, tia ka gel lhah ahi tai.
13 Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Chule miho hin aneh’uva chule adon’uva chule atohgim gahou, athanoppi diu hi Pathen’in manbeiya athil peh-u chu ahi.
14 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
Chule ipi hijongleh Pathen in athilbol chan chu achaina ahi jenge. Imacha gah koibe ding ahilouleh gah lahdoh ding aum poi. Pathen in alung gon chu mihem ten Ama agin ding’u hi ahi.
15 That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.
Tua hung sohdoh hohi tumasanga ana sohdohsa ahitai, chule khonunga hung soh ding ho chu tuma’a ana sohdoh sa ahitai, ajeh chu Pathen in hiho chu avel vella ahin um dohsah kitji ahije.
16 Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Nisa noija keiman ka mudoh kit chu, thutanna dan aphalou um ka hedoh’e. Tahbeh in, Dan Thutanna mun chu thudih aum poi.
17 I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”
Keimatah in ka lungthima, “Aphatcha Pathen in apha hileh ase hileh amichang cheh chu anatoh hou jouse jal'a achungthu’u atan ding ahi,” kati.
18 I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
Keiman mihemte dinmun thua kagel lin-Pathen’in mihemte henga amaho jong gancha hole gamsaho tobangbep ahiuve, ti aphochen in ahi.
19 For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.
Ajeh chu gamsaho le mihemte chan kibang ahinau aume-haitheina anei gel uvin chule thithei gel ahiuve. Hitia hi mihemin gamsa ho sanga phatchom john a tahbeh anei deh pouve. Ajeh bei iti hi’a hitam!
20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Ania munkhatna chekhoma ahi-vutna kona hung kondoh’uva ahin, aniuva vut kisohkit diu ahi.
21 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”
Ajeh chu koiham mihem lhagao akaltouvin chule gamsaho lhagao leisetna akumsuh’e ti, koi jin aphotchet thei jem?
22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
Hitia hi keiman mihem dinga anatoh chunga akipa diu sanga phajo kamupoi. Eiho hi koiman ithi jou tenguleh nopsahna dinga thina’a konna eihin lepui ding’u ahi tapoi.
