Ecclesiastes 11
1 Send forth your bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days you find it.
Tui nuiah takaw to va ah, ni akra parai pacoengah na hnu let tih.
2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For you do not know what evil is on the earth.
Kami sarihto khae khue ah na ai, tazetto hanah doeh paek ah; long nuiah kawbaktih sethaih maw pha tih, tiah na panoek ai.
3 If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty [themselves]; And if a tree falls in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falls, there it is.
Tamai loe khotui hoiah koi naah ni, long ah kho angzoh; thing loe aluek bangah maw, to tih ai boeh loe aloih bangah maw, amtim cadoeh, amtimhaih ahmuen ah ni oh.
4 Whoever is observing the wind does not sow, And whoever is looking on the thick clouds does not reap.
Takhi khen kami loe patii mak ai, tamai khen kami doeh aat mak ai.
5 As you do not know what [is] the way of the spirit, How—bones in the womb of the full one, So you do not know the work of God who makes the whole.
Takhi caehhaih loklam to na panoek ai, amno zokthung ah nawkta ih ahuh kawbangmaw qoeng tahang, tito na panoek ai; to baktih toengah hmuen boih Sahkung Sithaw toksakhaih to na panoek ai.
6 In the morning sow your seed, And at evening do not withdraw your hand, For you do not know which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike [are] good.
Khawnthaw ah cangtii tuh ah, duembang ah doeh na ban to pakhuem duem hmah; kawbaktih maw atho om tih, kawbaktih maw atho om mak ai, to tih ai boeh loe atho om hoi hmaek tih maw, tito na panoek ai.
7 Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
Tangtang ni ni aengh loe luep, ni aengh hnuk naah mik hanah anghoehaih to oh.
8 But if man lives many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! All that is coming [is] vanity.
Kami loe saning sawk ah hing moe, hmuen boih ah anghoehaih tawn cadoeh, vinghaih aninawk to poek nasoe; to aninawk loe sawk parai tih. Angzo han koi hmuennawk boih loe azom pui ni.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your childhood, And let your heart gladden you in days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes, And know that for all these, God brings you into judgment.
Aw thendoeng, tha oh nathuem ah anghoe ah; tha oh thuem naah na palung to anghoe nasoe, na palung mah koeh ih loklam baktih, na mik mah hnuk ih loklam baktiah caeh ah; toe hae hmuennawk boih pongah Sithaw mah lok na caek tih, tito panoek ah.
10 And turn aside anger from your heart, And cause evil to pass from your flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!
To pongah palung na sethaih to takhoe ah loe, na takpum pong ih sethaih to va ah; saning nawkhaih hoi qoeng thuemhaih doeh azom pui ah ni oh.
