Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:
Khomik hmuiah ka hmuh he boethae la om tih te te hlang soah yet coeng.
2 one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and 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 a sore evil.
Pathen loh hlang te a taengah khuehtawn, koeva, neh thangpomnah a paek. Te dongah a ngaidam boeih khui lamloh a hinglu te talh pawh. Tedae te te a caak hamla Pathen loh anih a taemrhai sak moenih. Te te kholong hlang a cah he a honghi neh tloh thae ni.
3 If a man beget a hundred [sons], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and also he have no burial, I say an untimely birth is better than he.
Hlang long he yakhat a sak tih kum a yet a hing mai khaming, a kum khohnin khaw muep lo mai khaming. Tedae a hinglu loh hnothen te cung pawt tih phuel ah khaw amah taengah a om pah moenih. Anih lakah aka rhumpu te then lah ka ti.
4 For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;
Anih te a honghi la ha thoeng tih a hmuep ah a caeh dongah a ming khaw a hmuep ah a vuei pah.
5 moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.
Khomik hmu pawt mai cakhaw mongnah he tah a tloe loh anih lakah a ming moenih.
6 Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
Kum thawngkhat a rhaep la hing sitoe cakhaw hnothen a hmuh hae moenih. Hmuen pakhat la boeih a caeh moenih a?
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Hlang kah thakthaenah boeih he a ka ham ni. Tedae a hinglu khaw a cung tlaih moenih.
8 For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Aka ang lakah aka cueih taengah balae a hoeikhang? Mulhing taengah aka pongpa mangdaeng te balae a ming?
9 Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Hinglu a van lakah tah mik kah a hmuethma he then. He khaw a honghi neh khohli doinah mai ni.
10 That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.
Mebang khaw aka om coeng te tah a ming oepsoeh la a sui dongah hlang he amah ah ming uh coeng. Tedae amah lakah thaom neh aka khulae taengah tah laitloek ham a noeng moenih.
11 For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?
Ol muep a lo vaengah a honghi khaw ping tih hlang hamla balae a hoeikhang?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?
Hingnah khohnin tarhing kah hingnah dongah a honghi neh khokhawn bangla a khum te hlang hamla metla a then khaw unim aka ming? Khomik hmuiah anih hnukla aka om te hlang taengah ulong a thui thai?
