Ecclesiastes 12
1 Remember also your Creator in days of your youth, While that the evil days do not come, Nor the years have arrived, that you say, “I have no pleasure in them.”
Nakhangdonlai thanopna chun na Sempa suhmilna sodoh hih hen. Natehset masang nakhangdon laihin, Ama chu jabollin chule “Hinkho hi anomtapoi,” tin seijin.
2 While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.
Nateh’a namit tenin nisa lha le ahsiho vah avetna athim masang in, chule meibol’a kona go hung ju lha ding van chu athim masangin Ama chu geldoh in.
3 In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,
Na in ngah’a pang nakengho chu ahung kithin masang in, na mihat ho alhahsuh uva chule na lengkou teni ahung bon masang in, na Sempa geldoh in. Nasoh um amoh chengse le naha hon ima alhai theilou masang in; chule namit tenin amutheina bangkot, numei hon avetna chu ahung thim masang in, Ama chu geldoh in.
4 And doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And [one] rises at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down.
Hinkhoa phat kijen naneipat ahung kichai masang in chule natohgim phat ahung kichai masang in, Ama chu geldoh in. Husat ginho ahung thipma chule vacha hamgin najah masat tengleh nangma nahung kithodoh ding ahi.
5 Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper has become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going to his perpetual home, And the mourners have gone around through the street.
Nangma lhuh ding nahung kichat tijatna, chule lamlen jotna’a jong setto ding nalung khama, vaopah banga nasam ho ahung kana, chule khaokhopi tobanga nakhupboh’a lam nahin jot masang in, chule jitoh kingaina imacha nei talouva nahung um masang in, Ama chu geldoh in. Nangman na tonsot mun na jot masanga, lhankhuh nanai tul tul’a, na kivuina muna lunghem ho aka phat’u hung lhun masang in, Ama chu geldoh in.
6 While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.
Nangma nakhandon pat hin dangka khaogui akibotan masang, sana khon aki vohkeh masang, twinah phunga twibel aki tachip masang, twibel phunga kangtalai aki vohbal masang in, na Sempa geldoh in.
7 And the dust returns to the earth as it was, And the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Ijeh inem itileh hiche phat chu ahung lhunteng, vut leiset kisoh kit intin; chule lhagao chu apepa Pathen henga kile kit ding ahi.
8 Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole [is] vanity.
Thuhilpa chun, “Ijakai ajehbei tobangbep ahi, ajeh bei ahisoh keije,” ati.
9 And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out—he made right many allegories.
Hiche hi nalung in ching jing in: Thuhilpa chu miching ahin, chule amachun ahetchan chu miho ahilji ahi. Ama chun thuchih tampi chingthetah’a angaitoa, agel-a chule ahop khen tohle ahi.
10 The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and [that] written [by] the upright—words of truth.
Thuhilpa chun, thudihtah chu mudoh dinga ahol-a thutah chu kichehtah’a aphondoh nom ahi.
11 Words of the wise [are] as the goads, and as nails planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one Shepherd.
Miching thusei hochu tengcha hemtah tobanga ahin, najongleh phachoma ahi. Athuseiju kilakhom hohi thingkil kikil matchet tobang leuva kelngoi chingpan akelngoi ho huikhomna’a amanchah ji tobang ahi.
12 And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many scrolls has no end, and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh.
Hinlah kacha, Keiman thuhilna naneibe kit inge: Chingthei jin, ajeh chu lekhabu ho jihdoh kitia kichai tih aumpoi, chule lekha hasim hin na cholsah ahije.
13 The end of the whole matter let us hear: “Fear God, and keep His commands, for this [is] the whole of man.
Hiche hi aboncha thu kaigom ahi. Tun keiman thukhumkhana kanei hi ngai phan: Pathen ginna neijin chule athupeh ho jui jin, ajeh chu hiche hi amitakip tohding kin ahi.
14 For every work God brings into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.”
Ijakai chung changa, guhthim thudol- apha hihen ase hijongleh, Pathen in eiho thilbol dungjui cheh’a thutanna anei ding ahi.
