Ecclesiastes 10
1 Dead flies cause a perfumer’s perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom—By reason of honor—a little folly!
Gimnamtui bom chu thoulhe thisa ho uijin anamset sah jeng theijin, chuto bangma chun kingolsahna mai maijin chihna le jabolna sangtah chu mohseh asosah theije.
2 The heart of the wise [is] at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.
Miching theijin lamdih akilhen in, angol in adihlou chu aki lhen’e.
3 And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he has said to everyone, “He [is] a fool.”
Nangman mingol ho chu lamsuh akijot nauva nahetdoh jeng thei ahi.
4 If the spirit of the ruler goes up against you, do not leave your place, For yielding quiets great sinners.
Na vaihompa chu na chunga alunglhai louva ahileh mohthip san hih in! Thipkhen cha kitohpa chun asuhkhel lentah jong asem hoi thei ahi.
5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As ignorance that goes out from the ruler,
Keiman nipi noija aphalou chombeh khat ka mudoh in ahi. Lengho le vaihom hon suhkhelna hoise tah aboldoh jiuve.
6 He has set the fool in many high places, And the rich sits in a low place.
Amahon mingol ho thuneina len apeh doh’uva chule athunei dinga kilom tah ho asuhnem jiuhi ahi.
7 I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth.
Keiman soh ho jeng jong chu sakol chunga leng chapate tobanga atoudoh’u, chule leng chapate ho chu sohho tobanga lam ajotnu kamu tai.
8 Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, And whoever is breaking a hedge, a serpent bites him.
Twikul nalai tengleh na lhahlut thei ahi. Chule banglui chu nang in naphetlhah teng leh gul-in jong na chuh thei ahi.
9 Whoever is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoever is cleaving trees endangered by them.
Song ima laiya nakon tengleh, song hungchima nalhuh khum thei ahi. Nang in thing natan tengleh, na heiga chun thing phata atan thei lou ding ahi.
10 If the iron has been blunt, And he has not sharpened the face, Then he increases strength, And wisdom [is] advantageous to make right.
Heicha hemlou mang mi chun tha tamtah asuhmang ding ahi, hijeh chun na hei chang kinol phat in. Hiche hi chihna amanlutna ahin, na lolhin sah ding ahi.
11 If the serpent bites without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
Gul chu na kingai sah kah’a na hin chuh man tahleh ipi phatsah’a gulchu na kingai sah ki got ham?
12 Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
Chih thusei ho pachat achanguve, hinlah ngolna thuseiho athusei-uva akipal jiuve.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] folly, And the latter end of his mouth [Is] mischievous madness.
Mingol ho lunggel chu ngolhoi thua akipanin, hiti chun athungah lhahnau jong chu gitlouna tah ngolna hung hiding ahi.
14 And the fool multiplies words: “Man does not know that which is—And that which is after him, who declares to him?”
Mingol hon thu aseibe beuvin, khonunga ipi hunglhung ding ahi koiman ahepon, asei chenthei pouvin ahi.
15 The labor of the foolish wearies him, In that he has not known to go to the city.
Mingol hon neocha atoh nauva chun athangui pai uvin, in iti hunglhun ding ham tijong akihetji pouve.
16 Woe to you, O land, when your king [is] a youth, And your princes eat in the morning.
Gamsunga vaihom hon jingpia golvah abolluva, gamsung vaihomma pang soh chu lunghem umtah ahi.
17 Blessed are you, O land, When your king [is] a son of nobles, And your princes eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.
Lenga pang milunglen lamkai nei gamsung chule aphatcha golvahbol vaipi popa chu pachat umtah ahi.
18 By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands the house drops.
Mithase inchung chu govatna theijin anem lha suh jin, thaset jeh’a inchung vangchet chut jia ahi.
19 For mirth they are making a feast, And wine makes life joyful, And the silver answers with all.
Golnop bol hin nuipohlahna asodohjin, lengpitwi jin kipana apei, chule sum in ijakai achojin ahi.
20 Even in your mind do not revile a king, And in the inner parts of your bed-chamber do not revile the rich: For a bird of the heavens causes the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declares the word.
Lengpa chu imacha louvin gel-hihbeh in, chule athuneipa chu nalupna jenga jong nuisat hih in. Ajeh chu vacha neocha chun nathusei chu agalhutna naseiho chu aseipeh ding ahi.
