Ecclesiastes 9
1 [I saw] that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yes, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, [though] all are before their face.
Hiche jonghi keiman chingthei tah in ka khol in: Pathen ngaisah hole miching ho jong Pathen khutna uma ahiuvin, amaho hi Pathen’in ahepi ding hinauvem ti koima ahetoh’a aumpoi.
2 Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifice not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.
Mi tinin atonsot mun diu ngah jinga uma ahiuve, michonpha hihen, migilou hijong leh, mipha hihen, miphalou hijongleh, athenga kigel ho hiuhen, athenglou hijongleu, hou ngaisah hihen, hou ngaisahlou hijongleh, mipha hon jong michonse ho bangma’a Pathen’a kitepna neiho jong kitepna neilouho toh kithakhatma ahije.
3 There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after that [they go] to the dead.
Amitakip nipi noija umho jouse chan kibanga athiltou hi lungdon umtah ahi. Hitobang hohin thilpha bolbe nadinga ching thei lou’uva ahi. Chusang in amahon angol nau joh chu aki deilhen uve, ajeh chu amaho kinepna neilou ahiuve. Amasang uva imacha dang umlou thina bou chu uma ahi.
4 for who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope [of him]: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Mihing ding in kinepna bou aum’e. Ama hon asei uvin, “Uicha hing chu keipi thisa sangin aphachom joi.”
5 For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.
Mihngho chun athi diu beh akihet’uvin, hinlah athisa hon imacha ahe tapouve.
6 also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; yes, there is no portion for them any more for ever in all that is done under the sun.
Amahon ahinkhouva ipi hijongleh abholchanu chu ki-ngailut, ki-thet, ki-mitthip abonna achemangsa ahitai. Amahon hiche leiset chunga hin bolbe ding anei tapouve.
7 Go, eat your bread with mirth, and drink your wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favourably accepted your works.
Hijeh chun na-an chu kipah thanomtah in nen, chule na-lengpitwi chu lung kipah pum in don in, ajeh chu Pathen’in hichu aphatsah ahi.
8 Let your garments be always white; and let not oil be lacking on your head.
Von hoipen chun kivon in, chule lou namtui chu kinu-in.
9 And see life with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which are given you under the sun: for that is your portion in your life, and in your labor wherein you labor under the sun.
Numei nangailutnu chuto nipi noija Pathen’in napeh nahinkho umpet chun kipahtah in hing khom in. Najia nanei chuto phaten hingkhom lhon in.
10 Whatsoever your hand shall find to do, do with all your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades wither you go. (Sheol h7585)
Nabol chan chu hoitah’in bol tan. Ajeh chu nangma lhankhuh’a na chetengleh natoh ding um talou ding, tohgon jong um talou ding, hetna jeng jong umta pontin, chihna geija bei ding ahitai. (Sheol h7585)
11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen to them all.
Keiman nipi noija adang chom khat jong ka mudoh’e. Lhaija hat penpan jong kipaman amu jing ahipoi, chule galsatna hatpenpa jeng jong chu galjona chang jing ahipoi. Miching jong chu kelthoh’a avale jipet aum in, chule khut them hon jong lungkimna amudeh pouve. Chule lekhathem tahho jong chu lolhinna hinkho mang jinga ahipouve. Hiche ho jouse hi vang'in apohji ahin, hitia chu aphatcha amuna gatoh kha kiti ahi.
12 For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
Itobang phat hahsa hunglhung ding ahi koima asei theija aum poi. Ngalen sung’a um vacha athangkol sunga um tobang'in miho chu phulou helouvin hamset nan apha jiuve.
13 This I also saw [to be] wisdom under the sun, and it is great before me:
Hichea hin chihna themkhat keima vannoi khosah dan hin eilung lut sah aume.
14 [suppose there were] a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it;
Khopi neocha khat asunga cheng mijong themkhat bou ahiuve, chule leng lentah khat chu asepai hotoh ahung un, khopi chu aum kimvel tauve.
15 and should find in it a poor wise man, and he should save the city through his wisdom: yet no man would remember that poor man.
Mivaicha, michingtah khat chun hiche khopi chu iti huhdoh ding ahi ahen, chule hitichun huhdoh in aumtai. Hinlah hiche jou chun koima chan akoma kipa thu aseipouve.
16 And I said Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nothing, and his words not listened to.
Hiti chun, chihna hi thahat sanga aphatjoh vang'in, miching chu avaichatleh mi nahsahmo achang e. Athuseidoh ho chu kipapi sotna koiman anei poi.
17 The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.
Leng ngolpa kisen aw jahsang in michingpan olcha thu asei jah nom aum joi.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: and one sinner will destroy much good.
Galman chah hoa kivon kichei sang in chih thujah apha joi. Hinlah michonse khat chun apha tampi asuh mang thei joh ahi.
