Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.
Minphatna kimu hi gimnam tuipen sang in jong amanlu joi. Chule napen nikho sang in jong nathi nikho phajoa ahi.
2 [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good [warning] to his heart.
Thina kin’a kimanchah hi golnop bolna mun’a gache sangin aphajoi. Ahimongin, mitin kithi ding ahijeh'in, mihingin hiche hi alunga agel ding doltah ahi.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.
Lungkham hi muilhah sangin aphajoi, ajeh chu lungkham na hin i-chunga kisuhthengna ahin sodohji ahi.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Miching khat chun thina chung chang hi aha gel’in ahi, hinlah mingol vang chun phatpha muding bou ageljin ahi.
5 [It is] better to hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Mi ngol khat in apachat hisang in, miching khat oimo chan apha joi.
6 As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.
Mi ngol nuijatna chu lingphung meiyin akah gin kija tobang ahin, imacha kah louvin aki chai jitai.
7 for oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.
Miching chu aki-engbol teng angol lojin, chule guhthim thilpeh hin lungthim asuhmo bepji ahi.
8 The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.
Achaina hi apatna sang in apha jon chule kiletsah sang in, thohhat aphachom joi.
9 Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.
Lunghan kitim them in, ajeh chu lunghan hin angoltoh kibang bep naso ding ahi.
10 Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for you do not enquire in wisdom concerning this.
“Achesa nikho phaho chu ngaicha gunset hih in, hichu mi chinga ahi poi.”
11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and [there is] an advantage [by it] to them that see the sun.
Sum nanei teng leh chihna hi phachom cheh ahi. Hinkhoa kho-sahna dinga ania phachom tah ahi.
12 For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: and the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom will give life to him that has it.
Chihna le sum hin ipi hijongleh nanei sah jeng thei ahinai. Hinlah chihna kiti bouhin na hinkho ahuhhing jou ding ahije.
13 Behold the works of God: for who shall be able to straighten him whom God has made crooked?
Pathen thilbol ho chu janom jeng in, ajeh chu aman ahe konsa chu koiyin asuh-jang jou ding ham?
14 In the day of prosperity live joyfully, and consider in the day of adversity: consider, [I say], God also has caused the one to agree with the other for [this] reason, that man should find nothing after him.
Ning lhinga naum laisen kipah’in, hinlah hahsatnan nahinphah teng jongleh, ania Pathenna hungkon ahiti tahsan in. Hiche lei hinkhoa hin ima hiti mong ding ahiti, akisei thei poi kiti hi geldoh jing in.
15 I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.
Keiman hinlona ajeh umlou tobangbep leiset hinkhoa hin, khangdong phatah tah ho athia chule migilou ho hinkho asot’uhi kamu doh in ahi.
16 Be not very just; neither be very wise: lest you be confounded.
Hijeh chun mohphat behset hih in, ahilouva ahileh chingval behset hih in! Idia nangmatah kisumang ding nahi ham?
17 Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest you should die before your time.
Chutima chun gilou behset jong bol hih in. Ngol hih beh in! Ipi dinga naphat lhin masanga thi ding nahim?
18 It is well for you to hold fast by this; also by this defile not your hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth [well].
Hiche kihil naho hi lunggut in gel in, ajeh chu koi hitaleh Pathen ging mi chun; hitobang che valna hi ania hintoh ponte.
19 Wisdom will help the wise man more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
Khopi sunga lamkai mi som sangin, miching khat chu gamcheng in ahat joi.
20 For there is not a righteous man in the earth, who will do good, and not sin
Leiset chunga hin mihem khatcha aphajeng bol chonse kha louhel aumpoi.
21 Also take no heed to all the words which ungodly men shall speak; lest you hear your servant cursing you.
Mi thusei jouse het ding go hih in, nasoh jeng in jong na gaosap get in nate.
22 For many times he shall trespass against you, and repeatedly shall he afflict your heart; for thus also have you cursed others.
Ajeh chu nangma tah jeng in jong midang na gaosap ji chu na henai.
23 All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Keiman kajo channa chihna in kalunggel le kachonna eilamkai jing na ding in ka ngai ton ahi. Keimatah in kaseijin, “Keima chingthei ding in ka kigel lha tai.” Hinlah ka chuti theijou hihbeh in ahi.
24 [That which is] far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?
Chihna hi gamlatah’a aum jing in chule holdoh jong ahah sai.
25 I and my heart went round about to know, and to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account [of things], and to know the folly and trouble and madness of the ungodly man.
Keiman muntina chun, chihna le hetkhenna chu iti hung umhija ham tin ajeh kahol in ahi. Keima tah in kholchilna neija konin gitlouna hi ngol jeh ahin, chule ngol kitihi lung chavai kiseina ahije, tiphot chenna kanei ahi tai.
26 And I find her [to be], and I will pronounce [to be] more bitter than death the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, [who has] a band in her hands: [he that is] good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
Keiman kavet chil’a ahileh, duha-thuhtah numei chu thitheina thangkol sanga khohse joa ahichu ka kholdoh ahitai. Ami hebol jong kipalna thangkol bep ahi, chule akhut nemtah jong chu kihenna thihkol ahibouve. Pathen lunglhaina’a umho chu amanua kon’a hoidoh ding, hinlah chonse ho chu amanu thanga ga-oh ding ahiuve.
27 Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, [seeking] by one at a time to find out the account,
Thuhilpa chun, “Hiche hi keiman hoima lamjouse ahitheina ding kavet toh lea konna achaina kasem chu hiche hi ahi.
28 which my soul sought after, but I found not: for I have found one man of a thousand; but a woman in all these I have not found.
Keiman kavel hol hol jeng vang'in, ka hol lona pentah chu kamu joupoi. Mi sangkhat lah’a khatbou gunchena nei pasal khat ahijouvin, hinlah numei khat jong akimu joupoi.
29 But, behold, this have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.
Chule keiman hiche hi kamui: Pathen’in miho hi gun chena neija asem ahin, hinlah amahon achang cheh-uva aphalou akilam doh-u ahibouve.
