Ecclesiastes 5
1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Cathut e im koe na cei navah na khok kâhruetcuet. Tami pathu ni a sak e thuengnae a sak e hlak teh, lawk thai hanelah hoe kâyawm. Tamipathunaw teh mae yonnae naw pouk awh hoeh.
2 Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
Na pahni hah kâhruetcuet. Cathut hmalah lawk na dei han navah na lungthin rang sak hanh. Cathut teh kalvan vah ao. Nang teh talai dawk na o. Hatdawkvah lawk moikapap dei hanh.
3 As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
Tawksaknae apap e lahoi mang ouk mang e patetlah lawk papnae lahoi pathunae lawk thai lah o.
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
Cathut koe lawkkamnae na sak pawiteh lawkkam sak laipalah awm hanh. Cathut ni tamipathunaw koe lungkuep hoeh. Lawk na kam e patetlah sak. Lawk na kam e patetlah sak loe.
5 It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
Lawkkam tarawi hoeh e hlak teh khoeroe kam laipalah awm pawiteh bet ahawihnawn.
6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
Na pahni ni na tak dawk yon phat sak hanh naseh. Ka payon toe telah a laiceinaw e hmalah dei hanelah awm sak hanh. Bangkongmaw na lawkdei e dawk Cathut a lungphuen vaiteh na sakyoe e a raphoe han vaw.
7 For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
Mang apapnae dawk thoseh, lawk apapnae dawk hai thoseh, kacungkeihoehe hno doeh. Nang teh Cathut hah taket haw.
8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
Kho dawkvah ka roedeng naw ka pacekpahlek e, lam ka phen sak e, kamsoumhoehe laidei ka tâtueng naw na hmu navah, ahnimouh kecu dawk na kângairu sak hanh. Bawi buet touh ni buet touh a panue e patetlah kacuehloe e bawi ni patuen a panue doeh.
9 The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
Talai dawk e tawnta e naw hateh a cawngca hanelah doeh. Siangpahrang nakunghai laikawk hoi kâkawk e doeh.
10 He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Tangka ka raduek e teh tangka ni a ngainae kuep sak mahoeh. Hnopai ka tawn poung e hai hoehoe a tawn ei, a lungkuep thai hoeh. Hot naw pueng teh ahrawnghrang doeh.
11 When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
Hnopai hoe apap navah ka catnet e hai hoe a pap. Hno katawnkung ni a mit hoi a khet e doeh yawhawinae lah kaawm.
12 The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
Thaw ka tawk e tami teh moi a ca nakunghai thoseh, yitca a ca nakunghai thoseh a ihmu atui. Ka tawnta e tami teh a tawn e hno ni ip sak thai hoeh.
13 There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
Ka tawnta kung teh a tawn e a hnopai ni runae a poe. Hote hno teh kanî rahim vah kathout poung e hno lah ao.
14 or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
Hote hnopai teh kahawihoehe hno ni a kamko sak. Hnopai katawnkung a capa haiyah kuthrawng lah doeh ao.
15 As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
Hoehpawiteh, hno katawnkung teh a manu von thung hoi caici lah a khe e patetlah bout a ban han. Kâyawm laihoi a hmu e hnopai buet touh boehai bout sin thai mahoeh.
16 This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
Ahni teh a tâco e patetlah banghai lanae awm laipalah bout ban e hateh, hno kathout doeh. Kahlî man hanelah kâyawm e tami teh bangmaw hawinae kaawm.
17 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
Ahnie hnin a tha teh kahmawt thung doeh a loum sak. Tarawknae, Lungmathoe, lungkhueknae doeh a pang awh.
18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
Kai ni ka hmu e naw hateh, canei e, kanî rahim vah Cathut ni na poe e hringnae hoi hring yunglam kâyawm teh hawinae coe dawkvah lunghawikhai hanelah ao. Ahawi ngounh. Hot hateh tami hane doeh.
19 Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
Cathut ni na poe e hno ka tawnta pueng, ma hanelah coe teh pang hanelah thoseh, kâyawmnae dawk nawmnae thoseh, Cathut pahrennae dawk hoi doeh coe awh.
20 For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
Kaloum tangcoung e ahninnaw hah ngailawi pouk hanh. Lungthin nawmnae teh Cathut ni doeh na poe awh.
