Ecclesiastes 3
1 To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.
A cungkuem dongah a tuetang om tih vaan hmuikah kongaih boeih dongah khaw a tue om.
2 A time to bee borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to plucke vp that which is planted.
Cun ham tue neh duek ham tue khaw om. Aka phung hamla phung ham tue neh haih ham tue om.
3 A time to slay, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, and a time to builde.
Ngawn ham tue neh hoeih sak ham tue khaw om. Phae ham tue neh sak ham tue khaw om.
4 A time to weepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, and a time to dance.
Rhah tue neh luem tue khaw om. Rhaengsae tue neh soipet tue khaw om.
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones: a time to embrace, and a time to be farre from embracing.
Lungto voeih tue neh lungto calui tue khaw om. Kop tue neh a kop lamloh lakhla tue khaw om.
6 A time to seeke, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.
Tlap tue neh paltham tue khaw om. Ngaithuen tue neh voeih tue khaw om.
7 A time to rent, and a time to sowe: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.
Phen tue neh bo tue khaw om. Duem om ham tue neh thui tue khaw om.
8 A time to loue, and a time to hate: a time of warre, and a time of peace.
Lungnah tue neh thiinah tue om. Caemtloek tue neh rhoepnah tue om.
9 What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?
Anih thakthaekung lamloh mebang rhoeikhangnah lae a saii?
10 I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.
Anih te phaep hamla Pathen loh hlang ca rhoek soah a paek te khaw bibi la ka hmuh.
11 He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought from the beginning euen to the end.
A cungkuem he amah tue neh sakthen la a saii tih kumhal kah te khaw amih lungbuei ah a khueh pah. Te pawt cakhaw, a tong lamloh a bawt hil Pathen loh a saii bibi te hlang loh a hmuh moenih.
12 I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.
Amah hingnah dongah kohoe ham neh a then saii ham lakah amih ham a then a om moenih.
13 And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of God.
Hlang boeih he khaw ca mai saeh lamtah o mai saeh, hnothen khaw hmu mai saeh. Te te amah kah thakthaenah cungkuem khuiah Pathen kah kutdoe ni.
14 I knowe that whatsoeuer God shall doe, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should feare before him.
Pathen loh a cungkuem a saii tila ka ming. Amah tah kumhal duela om. Amah soah thap ham om pawt tih anih lamkah te yueh ham khaw a om bal moenih. Te dongah a mikhmuh ah a rhih uh ham ni Pathen loh a saii.
15 What is that that hath bene? that is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.
Aka om oepsoeh te khaw, aka om ham te khaw om oepsoeh coeng. Te dongah a hloem tangtae te Pathen loh a toem.
16 And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.
Laitloeknah hmuen ah halangnah hnap om tih, duengnah hmuen ah halangnah hnap a om te khomik hmuiah koep ka hmuh.
17 I thought in mine heart, God wil iudge the iust and the wicked: for time is there for euery purpose and for euery worke.
Ka lungbuei ah tah, “A kongaih boeih ham neh a bibi boeih ham khaw a tue a om coeng dongah, aka dueng neh halang khaw Pathen loh lai a tloek ni,” ka ti.
18 I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them: yet to see to, they are in themselues as beastes.
Hlang ca rhoek kah dumlai dongah khaw ka lungbuei ah, “Amih te Pathen loh coelh saeh lamtah, amih bang he rhamsa ni amamih loh hmu saeh,” ka ti mai.
19 For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are euen as one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth, so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellency of man aboue ye beast: for all is vanitie.
Hlang ca rhoek kah a hmatoeng neh rhamsa kah hmatoeng khaw hmatoeng pakhat ni. Amih ham he kah dueknah bangla ke dueknah khaw om tih a cungkuem ham hil pakhat la om. Te dongah rhamsa lakah hlang kah kumkonah a om moenih. A cungkuem he a honghi ni.
20 All goe to one place, and all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.
A cungkuem he hmuen pakhat la cet. A cungkuem helaipi lamloh ha thoeng. A cungkuem he laipi la mael.
21 Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downeward to the earth?
Hlang ca rhoek kah mueihla tah a so la cet tih rhamsa mueihla tah diklai khuila a suntlak thuk khaw ulong a ming?
22 Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shall bring him to see what shalbe after him?
Te dongah a hamsum bangla a bibi dongah hlang a kohoe lakah ah a then om pawh tila ka hmuh. A hnukah aka thoeng ham te hmuh sak hamla ulong anih a khuen thai?
