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!
Kâhluk e hmuitui hah bitsei ro ni a hmuikawk sak e patetlah, pathunae titca e ni a lungkaang e hoi bari kaawm e tami hah hot boiboe lah ao sak.
2 The heart of the wise [is] at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.
Tami lungkaang e a lungthin teh amae aranglae kut dawk ao. Tamipathu e a lungthin teh avoilae kut dawk ao.
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.”
Tamipathu teh lam a cei lahun nah pouknae a tawn hoeh dawkvah, kai teh tamipathu doeh telah tami pueng koe ouk a dei.
4 If the spirit of the ruler goes up against you, do not leave your place, For yielding quiets great sinners.
Bawi buet touh ni nang koe a lungphuen pawiteh, nama e hmuen cettakhai hanh. Panguepnae ni yon kalen e hai ouk a roum sak.
5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As ignorance that goes out from the ruler,
Bawi ni a payon e kecu dawk kanî rahim vah hnokahawi hoeh ka hmu e teh,
6 He has set the fool in many high places, And the rich sits in a low place.
kapathunaw ni a rasangnae koe, ka tangrengnaw ni a rahnoumnae koe a tahung awh e,
7 I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth.
sannaw ni marang a kâcui awh teh, bawinaw ni sannaw patetlah khok hoi a cei awh e hah ka hmu.
8 Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, And whoever is breaking a hedge, a serpent bites him.
Tangkom ka tai e tami teh hote tangkom dawk a bo han. Takha ka raphoe e tami teh tahrun ni a khue han.
9 Whoever is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoever is cleaving trees endangered by them.
Talungnaw ka takhoe e tami teh ama a ratet han, thing ka tâtueng tami haiyah hmâtanca hoi ao han.
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.
Cakâ a hâ a kim nah na kata hoeh pawiteh, tha hoe patung han. Thoumthainae ni tânae hoi yawhawinae a coe sak.
11 If the serpent bites without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
Ân hoehnahlan tahrun ni tami khuek pawiteh, Taânkasinnaw teh banghai hawinae awm hoeh.
12 Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
Tami lungkaang e lawk teh a radip. Hatei, tamipathu e pahni teh amahoima a kâpayawp thai.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] folly, And the latter end of his mouth [Is] mischievous madness.
Lawkdei a kamtawng nah pathunae lah a o, apoutnae koe lah teh ka mathout poung e pathunae lah ao.
14 And the fool multiplies words: “Man does not know that which is—And that which is after him, who declares to him?”
Tamipathu teh lawk apap. Hateiteh, kaawm hane hno tami ni dei thai awh hoeh. Ahnie a hnuklah bangtelamaw a tho han tie apimaw ka dei thai.
15 The labor of the foolish wearies him, In that he has not known to go to the city.
Tamipathunaw teh khothung a cei awh han e lamthung pateng a panue awh hoeh dawkvah, ahnimae kâyawmnae teh ayâ patang sak.
16 Woe to you, O land, when your king [is] a youth, And your princes eat in the morning.
Camo rae siangpahrang ni a uknaeram teh, Ukkungnaw ni amom patenghai a ngai patetlah a canei dawkvah yawthoenae lah ao.
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.
Na ram dawk e siangpahrang teh ka talue e a miphun lah ao dawkvah, ukkungnaw ni yamuhrinae laipalah thao nahanelah atueng khoe e dawk catnet pawiteh yawhawinae lah o.
18 By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands the house drops.
Ekvoi pangak dawkvah lemphu a hmawn thai kut hoi pathoup hoehpawiteh kho a yu thai.
19 For mirth they are making a feast, And wine makes life joyful, And the silver answers with all.
Nawm nahanelah pawi ouk to awh. Misur ni hai na nawm sak thai. Tangka ni bangpueng a sak thai.
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.
Na lungthin hoi siangpahrang hah thoebo hanh. Na inae hmuen koehai kacue e hah thoebo hanh. Kalvan kamleng e tava ni hote lawk hah a kamlengkhai han. A kamleng lahun nah hote tava ni hote kong hah a pathang han.
