Ecclesiastes 3
1 To everything—a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
Hno cawngca pueng ni amamae atueng a tawn. Kanî rahim vah pouk e pueng lengkaleng tawksaknae atueng ao.
2 A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
Khenae atueng hoi duenae atueng hai ao. Patuenae atueng ao patetlah phawknae atueng hai ao.
3 A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.
Theinae atueng ao patetlah dam saknae atueng hai ao. Raphoenae atueng ao patetlah bout saknae atueng hai ao.
4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
Kanae atueng hoi, panuinae atueng hai ao. Cingounae atueng hoi, lamtunae atueng hai ao.
5 A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.
Talungnaw kaheikalainae atueng ao. Pâkhuengnae atueng hai ao. Takawinae atueng ao, kâtakawi laipalah kâkapeknae atueng hai ao.
6 A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.
Pâkuemnae atueng ao, hnopai a kahmanae hai ao. Pâtungnae atueng hoi, tâkhawngnae atueng hai ao.
7 A time to tear, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.
Hnicu raveinae atueng hoi, khuinae atueng hai ao. Sairasuep onae atueng hoi, lawk deinae atueng hai ao.
8 A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.
Kâpahrennae atueng hoi, kâmaithoenae atueng hai ao. Tarankâtuknae atueng hoi, taran roumnae atueng hai ao.
9 What advantage does the doer have in that which he is laboring at?
Ka tawk e tami ni panki teh a thapathonae hah bangmaw hawinae kaawm.
10 I have seen the travail that God has given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
Taminaw kho a sak nahan Cathut ni a poe e tawntanae hai, kai ni ka hmu toe.
11 The whole He has made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He has put in their heart without which man does not find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
A cawngca pueng amamae atueng a pha nah, kahawicalah a sakyoe toe. Tami e lungthin hai a yungyoe e atueng dawk, a kamtawngnae koehoi apout totouh tami ni teh pâphue nakunghai baw thai hoeh.
12 I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
Lunghawinae hno dawk ka hring nah, hnokahawi sak hoeh e laipalah alouke thawnaw dawk, ahawinae awm hoeh tie ka panue.
13 indeed, even every man who eats and has drunk and seen good by all his labor, it [is] a gift of God.
Tami pueng canei hane hai thoseh, mahoima panki tha patho e naw dawk, nawm nahane hai thoseh, Cathut e lungmanae lahoi doeh kâtawnnae ao.
14 I have known that all that God does is for all time, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God has worked that they fear before Him.
Cathut e hno a sak e naw teh a yungyoe doeh tie ka panue. Bout sak thai lah awm hoeh, bout rayu thai e lahai awm hoeh. Taminaw teh a hmalah, a taki awh nahanlah Cathut ni telah a sak e doeh.
15 What is that which has been? Already it is, and that which [is] to be has already been, and God requires that which is pursued.
Kaawm tangcoung e hno teh atu kaawm e hno hoi a kâvan. Bout kaawm hane hno hai, kaawm tangcoung e hno hoi a kâvan. Ka loum tangcoung e naw hai Cathut ni bout a hei.
16 And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment—there [is] the wicked; and the place of righteousness—there [is] the wicked.
Hothloilah, Kanî rahim lawkcengnae hmuen dawk kahawihoehe hno ao tie thoseh, lannae dawk yonnae ao tie hai thoseh, ka hmu toe.
17 I said in my heart, “The righteous and the wicked God judges, for a time [is] to every matter and for every work there.”
Cathut ni tami kalannaw e tawksak e hoi, tamikalan hoeh naw e tawksak e hah lawk a ceng han telah ka pouk. Bangkongtetpawiteh, pouk e pueng, tawk e pueng lawkceng nahane atueng ao.
18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] beasts.
Taminaw e a hmuenhmawn ka pouk nah, taminaw Cathut ni a tanouk hane hoi, ahnimouh teh saringnaw patetlah doeh tie a kâpanue thai awh nahane hah doeh.
19 For an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity.
Tami ni a kâhmo e saring ni hai kâvan e hno a kâhmo teh, bout a due e patetlah a due van. A cawngca pueng hringnae phun touh doeh rei ao awh. Hatdawkvah tami teh saring hlak a taluenae awm hoeh. A cawngca pueng ahrawnghrang seng doeh.
20 The whole are going to one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back to the dust.
A cawngca pueng buet touh e hmuen koe doeh ouk a pha awh. A cawngca pueng vaiphu dawk hoi a kangcoung e patetlah vaiphu lah bout a ban han.
21 Who knows the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
Hatnavah, lathueng lah ka luen e tami e muitha hai thoseh, rahim lae hmuen talai lah ka khum e saring e muitha hai thoseh, apinimaw a kapek thai teh a panue thai han.
22 And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it [is] his portion; for who brings him to look on that which is after him?
Tami ni a sak e hno dawk nawmnae hno hlak, hoe kahawi e hno awm hoeh tie ka hmu. Hote hno teh ahni hane doeh, ahni ni a hnukkhu lah bang hno ne ka tho han tie hah a panue nahan, apinimaw a bankhai han.
