Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in my heart, “Pray, come, I try you with mirth, and look on gladness”; and behold, even it [is] vanity.
Ka lungthin thung hoi atuteh nawmnae hoi na tanouk han, hno alouke pouk laipalah nawmnae dueng ka sak han ka ti. Hatei, hot hai ahrawnghrang doeh.
2 Of laughter I said, “Foolish!” And of mirth, “What [is] this it is doing?”
Thoumthainae heh pathunae doeh. Nawmnae haiyah bang ahawinae awm hoeh.
3 I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly until I see where this [is]—the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.
Tami ni talai van kum kaduem ca a hring nathung vah hnokahawi a sak hane panue hanelah lungangnae lamthung dawn hoi thahmei nahanelah, yamu ngainae koelah a pâlei teh pathunae dawk khosak hanlah lungthin hoi ka tawng.
4 I made great my works, I built for myself houses, I planted for myself vineyards.
Hno kalennaw hah ka sak. Kama hanlah im ka sak teh misur takha hai ka sak.
5 I made for myself gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
Takha aphunphun ka sak teh a pawhik aphunphun ka ung.
6 I made for myself pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.
Thingthai karoung lahun naw awi nahanelah tui imnaw hah ka sak.
7 I acquired menservants, and maidservants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance—herd and flock—above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.
San ka tawn dueng tho laipalah sannu hoi sanpanaw hai bout ka ran sin. Ka tawn e saringnaw teh ka o hoehnahlan Jerusalem kaawm e naw hlak a pap.
8 I also gathered for myself silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for myself men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man—a wife and wives.
Suingun hai thoseh, siangpahrang hoi kâkuen e hno hai thoseh, khocanaw koe cawng e hno hai thoseh ka pâkhueng toe. Ratoung tamawi ka tum e napui tongpa hai thoseh, taminaw ni nawmnae yupui yudonaw hai thoseh ka la toe.
9 And I became great, and increased above everyone who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.
Hottelah Jerusalem kho ouk kaawm tangcoungnaw hlak ka tawnta teh ka talue toe. Ka lungangnae hai a cak.
10 And all that my eyes asked I did not keep back from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this has been my portion, from all my labor,
Ka mit ni a noe e kangek hoeh. Ka lung ka nawm sak hane buet touh hai ka hnoun hoeh. Ka thawtawknae dawk lunghawinae ka hmu, hot teh ka tawkphu ka hmu e doeh.
11 and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labor that I have labored to do, and behold, the whole [is] vanity and distress of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!
Hete hnonaw pueng heh ka pouk teh ka tawk e hoi ka sak e hnonaw pueng ka pouk navah, khenhaw! ahrawnghrang doeh. Kahlî man e patetlah la doeh ao ti ka panuecai. Kanî rahim talaivan, taminaw hanlah hnokahawi banghai awm hoeh.
12 And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what [is] the man who comes after the king? That which [is] already—they have done it!
Hahoi, lungangnae, pathunae hoi lunganghoehnae, naw ka pâkhing ka palang. Siangpahrang ni a sak tangcoung e hloilah a hnuklah ka tho e tami ni hai bang bout sak thai hoeh.
13 And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.
Ka pakhingpalang hnukkhu, lungangnae teh pathunae hlak, angnae teh hmonae hlak ahawi ti ka panue.
14 The wise—his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool is walking in darkness, and I also knew that one event happens with them all;
Tami a lungkaang e teh a lû dawk mit a tawn. Hatei, tamipathu teh hmonae dawk kho a sak. Hateiteh, tami pueng ni hno buet touh rip a kâhmo e hah ka hmu.
15 and I said in my heart, “As it happens with the fool, it happens also with me, and why am I then more wise?” And I spoke in my heart, that also this [is] vanity:
Tamipathu ni a kâhmo e hno ka kâhmo van boipawiteh, ahni hlak lungkaang ka tie haiyah ahrawnghrang pui doeh.
16 That there is no remembrance to the wise—with the fool—for all time, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dies the wise? With the fool!
A tu kaawm e hnonaw pueng heh hmalah pahnim lah ao han. Tamipathu ni a pahnim thai e patetlah tami lungkaang ni hai a pahnim thai. Tamipathu a due e patetlah tami lungkaang hai a due van.
17 And I have hated life, for sad to me [is] the work that has been done under the sun, for the whole [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
Hatdawkvah, hringnae kahmawt toe. Kanî rahim e hnonaw pueng ni runae duengdoeh a thokhai. Hnonaw pueng teh ahrawnghrang doeh. Hnonaw pueng heh ahrawnghrang lah ao. Kahlî ka man e patetlah doeh ao.
18 And I have hated all my labor that I labor at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.
Kanî rahim ka sak e hoi ka tawk e hnonaw pueng ka panuet. Ka hnuklah ka tho hane naw hanlah ka ceitakhai han ti ka panue.
19 And who knows whether he is wise or foolish? Yet he rules over all my labor that I have labored at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! This [is] also vanity.
Ahni teh tami lungkaang e maw, ka pathu e maw tie apinimaw a panue thai han. Ahni ni ka kâyawm laihoi ka tawk e pueng, kanî rahim ka lungangnae kamnue sak e pueng koe kâ a tawn han. Hatei hotnaw haiyah ahrawnghrang doeh.
20 And I turned around to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor that I labored at under the sun.
Hatdawkvah, Kanî rahim vah panki laihoi ka tawknae dawk ngaihawinae awm hoeh. Lungpoutnae lah ka pouk.
21 For there is a man whose labor [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who has not labored therein he gives it—his portion! Even this [is] vanity and a great evil.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, banghai ka tawk hoeh hanelah lungangnae, panuethainae, thoumthainae hoi thaw ka tawk e ni a ceitakhai hanlah ao. Hot hai thoseh, banghai ahawinae awm hoeh. Hoe kathoute hno lah ao.
22 For what has been to a man by all his labor, and by the thought of his heart that he labored at under the sun?
Kanî rahim kaawm e tami ni panki laihoi a tawk e thaw, a lungthin hoi a lungpennae naw pueng hai bangmaw aphu kaawm.
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart has not lain down; this [is] also vanity.
Ahnie a hnintha teh lungmathoenae hoi akawi. A tawk e dawk hai reithainae lah ao. Tangmin haiyah ip thai hoeh. Hot haiyah ahrawnghrang doeh.
24 There is nothing good in a man who eats, and has drunk, and has shown his soul good in his labor. This also I have seen that it [is] from the hand of God.
Tami hane teh canei hoi a thawtawknae dawk hoi nawmnae a hmu e heh hnokahawi lah ao. Hot haiyah, Cathut koehoi a hmu awh e ti ka panue.
25 For who eats and who hurries out more than I?
Cathut laipalah apimaw ka cat thai ni teh ka nawm thai.
26 For to a man who [is] good before Him, He has given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He has given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
Cathut lung ka youk e taminaw koevah lungangnae, panuethainae hoi lunghawinae a poe. Hatei, yon ka sak naw teh patang laihoi a tawknae dawk yawhawinae a poe. Hatdawkvah, hot hai ahrawnghrang lah doeh ao.
